If you have any diet special needs, allergies or intolerance, these phrases might just save your next trip to a Spanish speakig country.
You can listen to the pronunciation here: https://youtu.be/lHn1bcyHkiA
I'm sure you already know that in Spanish we use different verbs depending on what weather conditions we want to talk about and that is a bit confusing, so here is a quick summary. We usually use "Hace", "Hay" or "Está" and some weather conditions have their own verbs.
You can also say "está lloviendo..." if it's raining right now as a normal present continuous.
Note: In some regions they say "Hace humedad" and "Hay viento"
I hope it helps next time you talk about the weather!
Here are 20 very common phrases Spanish native speakers use all the time but normally are not in beginner's books. Was any of these new to you?
Here is the verb "Querer" in some of the main tenses with examples. This is a verb that might sound weird in some tenses if you are not a native speaker. I hope it helps!
I was surprised by how many people use some Spanish at work outside of Spanish speaking countries. Do you have any Spanish speaking colleagues?
Here are 25 very common phrases for working environments in case you need them.
You can listen to them too to learn the correct pronunciation here: https://youtu.be/zcoYh0TZ-e8
These are just 10 examples of everday words that are very different in Spain and in Argentina. So how do we understand each other? These are usually synonyms that we both know but each country chose a different one as the "standard" or we guess it from context 🙂
DO you know any more qords that are different in Spain and in Argentina? There are many!
In Spanish we often ask these questions to people we live with, so if you are living or planning to live with Spanish speakers, these will be really useful.
If you wnat to learn the correct pronunciation and possible answers, you can also listen to them here: https://youtu.be/INAkB7JjT-c
Here are some of the main tenses of the verb "HACER" in Spanish for "Yo" with examples so you can see how and when we use each of them.
Here's a list of the 3 tenses for the "YO" subject of some of the main verbs in Spanish. A good practice exercise is to try telling a story using at least 3 of these verbs in the past, then talk about your daily routine using the present and talk about your weekend or holiday plan using the future.
If you do, drop them below and I'll take a look :)
I see a lot of posts and comments about people who studied Spanish for years but still can't really speak. They want to become fluent, but when asked about their learning and practice routine, 95% of the time is studying and reading and maybe some listening, but very very little or no speaking.
Those are 3 different skills, and each of them requires their own practice. If you read and study, you'll get really good at that. You can't practice one thing and expect to get good at another.
That's like reading a book about driving and expect to actually drive really well...It won't happen. Or reading about swimming, the first time you jump into a pool you'll drown a few times until you undertand the mechanics. Reading and grammar are like an instruction manual, but you still have to actually practice speaking.
So tell me, how are you actually practicing speaking? Let's make a list to help other members find ways to practice.
I'll start: Since most people don't practice because they have no one to practice with, a good exercise you can do by yourself is to listen and repeat. You play a conversation video or a podcast and try to repeat (out loud) every phrase the other person says. Even better if you can record yourself to listen to it afterwards. That way a passive input exercise becomes an active output exercise which what you need.
When we meet someone for the first time we use some of these questions and phrases.
Here's a list of common verbs we use in Spanish in different situations.
Here's a list of Spanish verbs we use to talk about eating and drinking.
Something most people get mixed up all the time because we use 4 different verbs!. When talking about temperature in SPanish it's different to talk about the weather, the temperature to the touch, the personal feeling of temperature or being a certain temperature.
So following this guide, if you say: Soy frío - You are saying you are a cold person, not very emotional. And if you say: Estoy frío - You are saying you are cold to the touch, your skin is cold (or in sports, it means you need to warm up doing some stretching before playing).
I hope this guide helps.