{"id":138180,"date":"2023-10-12T19:18:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T23:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/spanish-grammar\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T19:42:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T00:42:43","slug":"spanish-grammar-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-grammar-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complete Guide to Spanish Grammar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to learn Spanish grammar but don&#8217;t know where to start?\u00a0Don&#8217;t worry\u2014if you take it bit by bit, you will be able to navigate the intricacies of Spanish grammar.<\/p>\n<p>Here we&#8217;ve covered over all the essential elements of Spanish grammar, and provided resources where you can learn them in depth. Think of it like your own Spanish grammar Wiki.<\/p>\n<p>[fluentu-toc]<\/p>\n<h2>Nouns<\/h2>\n<p>Nouns are essentially the name for any person, animal, place, thing, quality, idea or action.<\/p>\n<p>As with English, Spanish nouns have several classifications. There are nine different types of nouns in total, and understanding them is complicated by the simple fact that you probably aren&#8217;t familiar with noun classifications in English, either (guilty).\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fxCBN0VDYY\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-nouns\/\">80+ Common Nouns in Spanish (Plus the Different Types)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;80+ Common Nouns in Spanish (Plus the Different Types)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-nouns\/embed\/#?secret=wDnyGj5AiN#?secret=fxCBN0VDYY\" data-secret=\"fxCBN0VDYY\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Gender<\/h3>\n<p>If you only speak English, it may take some time to get your head around the concept of gender in Spanish grammar. But just go with it!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Put simply, every noun in Spanish is classified as either masculine or feminine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, while there are some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-gender-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rules regarding gender<\/a>, whether a word is masculine or feminine is not always obvious. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s important to learn the gender of a noun at the same time you learn its translation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"SaNWhaFSk0\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/masculine-and-feminine-spanish\/\">Masculine and Feminine in Spanish: What You Need to Know About Spanish Gender<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Masculine and Feminine in Spanish: What You Need to Know About Spanish Gender&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/masculine-and-feminine-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=8mjK6f5soY#?secret=SaNWhaFSk0\" data-secret=\"SaNWhaFSk0\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Plurals\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Plural nouns\u2014as opposed to singular nouns\u2014are relatively easy to form in Spanish. More often than not it&#8217;s as straightforward as adding &#8220;s&#8221; or &#8220;es&#8221; to the end of a word (just like in English!).<\/p>\n<p>However, there are situations where the spelling of a word may change or the word is kept the same and only the article changes, and you&#8217;ve got to take into account the gender of the word.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kX3eCjPBxR\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/plural-in-spanish\/\">Forming the Spanish Plural (Rules &amp; Examples)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Forming the Spanish Plural (Rules &amp; Examples)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/plural-in-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=HBtE3ZP1Wt#?secret=kX3eCjPBxR\" data-secret=\"kX3eCjPBxR\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Placement<\/h3>\n<p>The subject of a sentence (the word for whatever is performing an action, usually a noun) is typically placed first in a sentence, followed by a verb and then an object (if the verb actually has an object).<\/p>\n<p>This structure often changes, though: the noun can be placed differently in order to emphasize different parts of the sentence, and you&#8217;ll often find that adjectives come before a lot of nouns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Prefixes and\u00a0Suffixes\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Prefixes and suffixes are additions to the beginning and end of a word (respectively) which modify its meaning.<\/p>\n<p>For example, adding the suffix <em>-ito \/ -ita\u00a0<\/em>to the end of a word conveys smallness or endearment. If you take the word\u00a0<em>gato <\/em>(cat) and add <em>-ito<\/em>\u00a0it becomes <em>gatito, <\/em>which means &#8220;little kitten\/cat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Knowing prefixes and suffixes will help you understand the meaning of a word even if it&#8217;s unfamiliar to you!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sAbPsE9qPk\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-prefixes\/\">20 Prefixes in Spanish That&#8217;ll Help You Understand Hundreds of Words<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;20 Prefixes in Spanish That&#8217;ll Help You Understand Hundreds of Words&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-prefixes\/embed\/#?secret=xcsXwNoqUc#?secret=sAbPsE9qPk\" data-secret=\"sAbPsE9qPk\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZBQJB7F6lv\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-suffixes\/\">30 Spanish Suffixes to Increase Your Vocabulary Knowledge<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;30 Spanish Suffixes to Increase Your Vocabulary Knowledge&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-suffixes\/embed\/#?secret=aTWWv1Sxa1#?secret=ZBQJB7F6lv\" data-secret=\"ZBQJB7F6lv\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Pronouns<\/h2>\n<p>Pronouns are words which are used in the place of a noun (e.g. using &#8220;he,&#8221; &#8220;she&#8221; or &#8220;they&#8221; in place of using someone&#8217;s actual name).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spanish however has a few more pronouns than we&#8217;re used to in English. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/you-in-spanish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">five ways of saying &#8220;you&#8221;<\/a>, and to use them we must consider things like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/tu-and-usted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">formality of the situation<\/a> and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/voseo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what area of the world you&#8217;re in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"76QJ2lOHCC\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-pronouns\/\">Spanish Pronouns and How to Use Them<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Spanish Pronouns and How to Use Them&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-pronouns\/embed\/#?secret=pyGjZBWsLw#?secret=76QJ2lOHCC\" data-secret=\"76QJ2lOHCC\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Personal Pronouns<\/h3>\n<p>Personal pronouns are short words which replace the names of people, things or places in order to make a sentence shorter and more concise\u2014for example, instead of repeating a person&#8217;s name over and over in a conversation, we could substitute it with the word &#8220;they.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are split into &#8220;subject pronouns&#8221; and &#8220;object pronouns,&#8221; depending on the role the word takes in a sentence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Subject Pronouns<\/h4>\n<p>The subject pronouns replace the name of the subject in a sentence: whoever is performing the action. Spanish has 12 subject pronouns, which are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Yo<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u2014 I<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>T\u00fa<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u2014 you (singular, informal)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>\u00c9l<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 he<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Ella<\/em> <\/strong>\u2014 she<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Usted<\/em> <\/strong>\u2014 you (singular, formal)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Ustedes<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 you (plural, formal or informal depending on the country)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Ellos \/\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ellas<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 they<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Vosotros \/vosotras<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 you (plural, informal used in Spain)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Nosotros \/ nosotras<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 we<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UkwiNzI4pz\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-subject-pronouns\/\">The Spanish Subject Pronouns Explained<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The Spanish Subject Pronouns Explained&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-subject-pronouns\/embed\/#?secret=2F3cUDlQad#?secret=UkwiNzI4pz\" data-secret=\"UkwiNzI4pz\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Object Pronouns<\/h4>\n<p>Next we have object pronouns, which replace the &#8220;object&#8221; of the sentence: the person or thing that receives the action of a verb. We split these into &#8220;direct object&#8221; and &#8220;indirect object.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Direct object pronouns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Direct object pronouns receive the action of the verb directly. For example, in the phrase\u00a0<em>su pap\u00e1 la quiere <\/em>(her dad loves her), the direct object is &#8220;her,&#8221; because she is receiving the action of the verb &#8220;love&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish direct object pronouns are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Me<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>me<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Te<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>you<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Lo, la<\/strong> \u2014 <\/em>him, her, it, you (formal)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Los, las<\/strong> \u2014 <\/em>them, you all (formal in Spain)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Os<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>you all (informal in Spain)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Nos<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>us<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Indirect object pronouns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indirect object pronouns are indirectly affected by the action of the verb.<\/p>\n<p>For example, consider the phrase <em>le escribo una carta.\u00a0<\/em>(I write him a letter). In this case,\u00a0<em>le\u00a0<\/em>(him or her)\u00a0is the indirect object, as the verb is not directly affecting them.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re almost the same as direct object pronouns<em>\u2014<\/em>just with\u00a0<em>lo <\/em>and <em>la <\/em>becoming\u00a0<em>le,<\/em> and\u00a0<em>los\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>las\u00a0<\/em>becoming\u00a0<em>les:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Me<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>me<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Te<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>you<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Le<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>him, her, it, you (formal)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Les<\/strong> \u2014 <\/em>them, you all (formal in Spain)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Os<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>you all (informal in Spain)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Nos<\/strong> \u2014 <\/em>us<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZLmltYJdIN\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/indirect-object-pronouns-spanish\/\">Indirect Object Pronouns in Spanish [Quiz Included]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Indirect Object Pronouns in Spanish [Quiz Included]&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/indirect-object-pronouns-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=2w3J8lKwGw#?secret=ZLmltYJdIN\" data-secret=\"ZLmltYJdIN\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Possessive Pronouns<\/h3>\n<p>Like the rest of the pronouns we&#8217;ve seen, possessive pronouns are also words which replace nouns<em>\u2014<\/em>but also indicate ownership.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re often confused with possessive adjectives, which are different because possessive adjectives merely describe nouns and do not actually replace them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are the possessive pronouns in Spanish:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>M\u00edo, m\u00eda, m\u00edos, m\u00edas<\/em><\/strong> <em>\u2014 <\/em>mine<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Tuyo, tuya, tuyos, tuyas<\/em><\/strong> <em>\u2014 <\/em>yours (informal singular)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Suyo, suya, suyos, suyas<\/em><\/strong> <em>\u2014 <\/em>his, hers, theirs, yours (formal singular and plural)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Vuestro, vuestra, vuestros, vuestras<\/strong><\/em> <em>\u2014 <\/em>yours (informal plural in Spain)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014 <\/em>ours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OMDMiK5on5\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-possessive-pronouns\/\">Spanish Possessive Pronouns: What They Are and How to Use Them<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Spanish Possessive Pronouns: What They Are and How to Use Them&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-possessive-pronouns\/embed\/#?secret=0hPoBePTff#?secret=OMDMiK5on5\" data-secret=\"OMDMiK5on5\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Demonstrative Pronouns<\/h3>\n<p>Demonstrative pronouns are used to point out specific people or things<i>. <\/i>They change depending on the distance of the speaker, and of course the gender of whatever is being referred to.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, though, you&#8217;ll find yourself in situations where you don&#8217;t actually know the gender of the object you&#8217;re referring to: in these cases, you&#8217;ll want to use neuter demonstrative pronouns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Este<\/strong>\u00a0(m),\u00a0<strong>esta<\/strong> (f),\u00a0<strong>esto<\/strong> (n) \u2014 <\/em>this<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Estos<\/strong>\u00a0(m),\u00a0<strong>estas<\/strong> (f) \u2014 <\/em>these<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Ese<\/strong>\u00a0(m),\u00a0<strong>esa<\/strong> (f),\u00a0<strong>eso<\/strong> (n) \u2014 <\/em>that<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Esos<\/strong>\u00a0(m),\u00a0<strong>esas<\/strong> (f)\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>those<\/li>\n<li><em><b>Aquel <\/b>(m),\u00a0<strong>aquella<\/strong> (f),\u00a0<strong>aquello<\/strong> (n) \u2014 <\/em>that (over there)<\/li>\n<li><em><b>Aquellos <\/b>(m),\u00a0<strong>aquellas<\/strong> (f) \u2014 <\/em>those (over there)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3rGfeDDke2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-demonstratives\/\">Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-demonstratives\/embed\/#?secret=NfqRM8rzqH#?secret=3rGfeDDke2\" data-secret=\"3rGfeDDke2\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Reflexive Pronouns<\/h3>\n<p>When the object of a verb refers to the same noun as the subject of that verb, we use reflexive pronouns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are the reflexive pronouns alongside their English translations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Me<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014<\/em>\u00a0myself<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Te<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<em>\u2014<\/em> yourself<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Se<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em>\u2014<\/em> himself, herself, themselves\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Se <\/strong>\u2014 <\/em>yourself (formal), yourselves (formal in Spain)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Os<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em>\u2014<\/em> yourselves (informal in Spain)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Nos<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<em>\u2014<\/em> ourselves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Relative Pronouns<\/h3>\n<p>Relative pronouns are words or phrases which refer back to a noun that was used earlier in communication. In English, they&#8217;re often words like &#8220;who,&#8221; &#8220;whose,&#8221; &#8220;that&#8221; and &#8220;which.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example, in the phrase &#8220;the food that I bought,&#8221; the relative pronoun is &#8220;that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The following words and phrases are used as relative pronouns in Spanish:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Que<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Quien, quienes\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>El que, la que, los que, las que<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>El cual, la cual, los cuales, las cuales<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Lo que, lo cual<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Cuando,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>donde<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CIIIhiRVEn\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-relative-pronouns\/\">Using Relative Pronouns in Spanish (Plus the 9 Main Ones)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Using Relative Pronouns in Spanish (Plus the 9 Main Ones)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-relative-pronouns\/embed\/#?secret=ERsGlKw4rz#?secret=CIIIhiRVEn\" data-secret=\"CIIIhiRVEn\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Indefinite Pronouns<\/h3>\n<p>Indefinite pronouns are words which don&#8217;t actually refer to anything in particular\u2014that is, they aren&#8217;t specific to any person, amount, or thing. In English we would use words like &#8220;anything,&#8221; &#8220;everybody,&#8221; &#8220;none,&#8221; &#8220;several&#8221; and &#8220;some.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of common indefinite pronouns you&#8217;ll come across in Spanish:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Alguien<\/strong><\/em><em>\u2014 s<\/em>omebody, someone<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Alguno\/alguna\/algunos\/<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>algunas<\/em><\/strong> <em>\u2014 <\/em>one, some, any<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Cualquiera <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014 <\/em>any, any one, anyone<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Nada<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>nothing, not anything<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Nadie<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em>\u2014 <\/em>no one, not anyone<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Ninguno\/ninguna <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014 <\/em>none, no one<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Otro\/otra<\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014 <\/em>other one, another one<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Poco\/poca<\/em><\/strong> <em>\u2014 <\/em>little, few<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"09Z18vVKzT\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/indefinite-pronouns-spanish\/\">Indefinite Pronouns in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Indefinite Pronouns in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/indefinite-pronouns-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=aNMSWXBSEF#?secret=09Z18vVKzT\" data-secret=\"09Z18vVKzT\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Interrogative Pronouns<\/h3>\n<p>Finally, we have interrogative pronouns: these are pronouns which are used to ask questions (hence the name &#8220;interrogative&#8221;).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the most common interrogative pronouns in Spanish:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong><em>D<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>\u00f3nde<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>where<\/li>\n<li><em><strong><em>Q<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>u\u00e9<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 <\/em>what<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Por qu\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>why<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>C\u00f3mo<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>how<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Cu\u00e1ndo<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>when<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Qui\u00e9n<\/strong> \u2014 <\/em>who<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"acoTPjORDl\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/question-words-in-spanish\/\">Important Interrogative Words in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Important Interrogative Words in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/question-words-in-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=ypi1kP2zd9#?secret=acoTPjORDl\" data-secret=\"acoTPjORDl\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Articles<\/h2>\n<p>An article is a word which identifies a part of a speech as a noun, without actually describing it.<\/p>\n<p>It sounds complicated but it all makes sense when you see what the English equivalent would be: in this case, articles in English are &#8220;the,&#8221; &#8220;a&#8221; and &#8220;an.&#8221; For example:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>&#8220;<strong>The<\/strong> baby started to cry, so I gave him <strong>a <\/strong>bottle&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Articles can also be classified as &#8220;definite&#8221; and &#8220;indefinite&#8221; articles, which are explained below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aGBUAwpECv\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/definite-and-indefinite-articles-in-spanish\/\">Definite and Indefinite Articles in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Definite and Indefinite Articles in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/definite-and-indefinite-articles-in-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=lzjd64en2y#?secret=aGBUAwpECv\" data-secret=\"aGBUAwpECv\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Definite Articles<\/h3>\n<p>The definite article is used when the noun being referred to is already known to the speaker or reader. It refers to a specific, defined object.<\/p>\n<p>In Spanish it has four forms, depending on the gender and number of the noun in question:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>El, la, los<\/em>,\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>las<\/strong> \u2014 <\/em>the<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Indefinite Articles<\/h3>\n<p>In contrast, definite articles are used when the noun being referred to is general, or is not known to the speaker or reader.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like definite articles, indefinite articles in Spanish also reflect the gender and number of the noun. These are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Un, una <\/em><\/strong>\u2014 a, an<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Unos,\u00a0<\/em><em>unas <\/em><\/strong>\u2014 some<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aGBUAwpECv\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/definite-and-indefinite-articles-in-spanish\/\">Definite and Indefinite Articles in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Definite and Indefinite Articles in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/definite-and-indefinite-articles-in-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=lzjd64en2y#?secret=aGBUAwpECv\" data-secret=\"aGBUAwpECv\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Verbs<\/h2>\n<p>Verbs are words used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.<\/p>\n<p>Using verbs in Spanish is a bit more complex than in English\u2014the following section has a run down of the most important things you should know.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Infinitive Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>An infinitive is the form of a verb that states nothing but an action\u2014that is, they tell us nothing about who is actually performing the action, and when it&#8217;s being (or was) performed.<\/p>\n<p>The English equivalent would be when we use verbs with &#8220;to&#8221; in front, such as: &#8220;to go,&#8221; &#8220;to sleep&#8221; or &#8220;to think.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While in English our infinitive verbs begin with the word &#8220;to&#8221; in Spanish we identify them by their endings: <em>-ar, -er<\/em> and <em>-ir<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lUIzssC8g0\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-infinitive-verbs\/\">Spanish Infinitives: What They Are and How to Use Them<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Spanish Infinitives: What They Are and How to Use Them&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-infinitive-verbs\/embed\/#?secret=FIfgFI8nUy#?secret=lUIzssC8g0\" data-secret=\"lUIzssC8g0\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Verb groups<\/h4>\n<p>Spanish verbs are split into three groups based on whether they end in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-ar-verb-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">-ar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-er-verbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">-er<\/a><\/em>, or <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-ir-verbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">-ir<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Each group is conjugated differently, so it&#8217;s important to know where the verb belongs so that you can conjugate them accordingly.<\/p>\n<h3>Verb Conjugation<\/h3>\n<p>Verb conjugation is what we call it when a verb is changed to reflect a person, tense, number and mood.<\/p>\n<p>In Spanish, we start with the infinitive verb and modify its ending according to who we&#8217;re talking about and how.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say that I want to say &#8220;I speak.&#8221; Here are\u00a0the basic steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Identify the verb you want to conjugate.<\/strong> In this case it would be\u00a0<em>hablar\u00a0<\/em>(&#8220;to speak&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decide who is performing the action (aka the subject).<\/strong> In this case, I am the subject<\/li>\n<li><strong>Find the appropriate ending.<\/strong> Use a verb conjugation table to find the ending that corresponds with &#8220;I&#8221; in the present tense. This will be<em> -o<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Conjugate the verb. <\/strong>Remove\u00a0<em>-ar\u00a0<\/em>from\u00a0<em>hablar\u00a0<\/em>and add <em>-o.\u00a0<\/em>This gives us\u00a0<em>hablo <\/em>(&#8220;I speak.&#8221;).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2bKjtWSaRS\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/vosotros-form\/\">Vosotros and How to Use it in Castilian Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Vosotros and How to Use it in Castilian Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/vosotros-form\/embed\/#?secret=VTARW5dQmX#?secret=2bKjtWSaRS\" data-secret=\"2bKjtWSaRS\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Regular and\u00a0Irregular Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>While most verbs in Spanish are regular and so follow the usual conjugation pattern, a large portion of them\u201442%, to be exact\u2014are actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/most-common-irregular-spanish-verbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">irregular verbs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This means that they (unhelpfully) don&#8217;t always follow standard conjugation patterns, so you&#8217;ll have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-verbs-with-irregular-yo-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">learn their conjugations<\/a> individually!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tlzff1oe9M\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/most-common-irregular-spanish-verbs\/\">20 Most Common Irregular Verbs in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;20 Most Common Irregular Verbs in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/most-common-irregular-spanish-verbs\/embed\/#?secret=IS0y0cbqAz#?secret=tlzff1oe9M\" data-secret=\"tlzff1oe9M\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Essential Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>To learn Spanish you need to work smarter, not harder.<\/p>\n<p>So instead of learning everything you possibly can when you first start out, stick to what will get you the most results\u2014you need to learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/important-spanish-verbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the essential<\/a>, most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/commonly-used-spanish-verbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">common verbs<\/a> before you get into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/advanced-spanish-verbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more complex<\/a> ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1Z3UbYUltl\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/most-common-spanish-verbs\/\">Most Common Spanish Verbs (Plus Conjugations and Examples)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Most Common Spanish Verbs (Plus Conjugations and Examples)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/most-common-spanish-verbs\/embed\/#?secret=qsotluJSKx#?secret=1Z3UbYUltl\" data-secret=\"1Z3UbYUltl\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vZAW8avfGu\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/difficult-spanish-verbs\/\">33 Very Common Yet Hard-to-conjugate Spanish Verbs<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;33 Very Common Yet Hard-to-conjugate Spanish Verbs&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/difficult-spanish-verbs\/embed\/#?secret=5RppD0zSIF#?secret=vZAW8avfGu\" data-secret=\"vZAW8avfGu\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dgVwzjUS7l\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/tener-vs-haber\/\">Tener vs Haber: What&#8217;s the Difference?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Tener vs Haber: What&#8217;s the Difference?&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/tener-vs-haber\/embed\/#?secret=kzKxWn4prQ#?secret=dgVwzjUS7l\" data-secret=\"dgVwzjUS7l\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"SKQULtjKJs\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/what-does-hay-mean-in-spanish\/\">How to Use &#8220;Hay&#8221; in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use &#8220;Hay&#8221; in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/what-does-hay-mean-in-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=lfh5n2SnW1#?secret=SKQULtjKJs\" data-secret=\"SKQULtjKJs\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nWkEk0n6u8\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/haber-conjugation\/\">How to Use &#8220;Haber&#8221; in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use &#8220;Haber&#8221; in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/haber-conjugation\/embed\/#?secret=morx6uqOZn#?secret=nWkEk0n6u8\" data-secret=\"nWkEk0n6u8\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>Ser<\/em> and <em>Estar<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Whether to use <em>ser<\/em> or<em> estar<\/em> (which both mean &#8220;to be&#8221;) is probably one of the most Googled questions by us Spanish learners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In general, I like to remember that <em>ser\u00a0<\/em>is for more permanent states, whereas\u00a0<em>estar\u00a0<\/em>is used for more transient states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it would be no fun if the rules were that simple. Here&#8217;s a story-based lesson from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FluentUSpanish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> to help clear things up:<\/p>\n<p><lite-youtube videoid=\"wmbXTBjMnJU\"><\/lite-youtube><\/p>\n<p>We also have this post that gives a full rundown!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"oKCemME5S0\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/when-to-use-ser-vs-estar\/\">Differences Between Ser vs. Estar (Plus Examples)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Differences Between Ser vs. Estar (Plus Examples)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/when-to-use-ser-vs-estar\/embed\/#?secret=P4m22qQfkY#?secret=oKCemME5S0\" data-secret=\"oKCemME5S0\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Verbs Like <em>Gustar<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>While verbs like\u00a0<em>gustar<\/em> (to like) appear complicated at first, the good news is that if you take a bit of time to understand them they really do make sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With these verbs the object of the sentence becomes the subject, and the subject becomes the indirect object.<\/p>\n<p>For example, to say &#8220;I like you&#8221; in Spanish is <em>me gustas\u2014<\/em>directly translated this would be something like &#8220;to me, you are pleasing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/how-to-use-gustar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the verb <em>gustar<\/em><\/a> &#8220;you&#8221; becomes subject (where it would normally be the object), and is therefore conjugated from <em>gustar <\/em>into <em>gustas. <\/em>&#8220;I&#8221; then becomes the indirect object (instead of the subject), which necessitates the indirect object pronoun <em>me.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rAsqOBYlTZ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/verbs-like-gustar\/\">100+ Useful Spanish Verbs Like Gustar<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;100+ Useful Spanish Verbs Like Gustar&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/verbs-like-gustar\/embed\/#?secret=BCLnUVhlQD#?secret=rAsqOBYlTZ\" data-secret=\"rAsqOBYlTZ\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Stem-changing Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>Stem-changing verbs are verbs which do not only change their endings while being conjugated, their &#8220;stem&#8221;, or the beginning of the verb, also changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are three main types of stem changing verbs:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>E<\/em> to <em>ie<\/em> stem-changing verbs\n<\/li>\n<li><em>E<\/em> to <em>i<\/em> stem-changing verbs\n<\/li>\n<li><em>O<\/em> to <em>ue<\/em> stem-changing verbs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LeUsxnan4k\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-stem-changing-verbs\/\">Understanding Stem-changing Verbs in Spanish (Plus Common Ones)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Understanding Stem-changing Verbs in Spanish (Plus Common Ones)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-stem-changing-verbs\/embed\/#?secret=VB5Uh96WfT#?secret=LeUsxnan4k\" data-secret=\"LeUsxnan4k\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FznKYeomBP\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/tener-and-venir\/\">How to Use Tener and Venir<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use Tener and Venir&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/tener-and-venir\/embed\/#?secret=zUcDEgKq2l#?secret=FznKYeomBP\" data-secret=\"FznKYeomBP\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Pronominal Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>This is a type of verb which requires a reflexive pronoun (the <em>me, te, se<\/em> etc. pronouns that I mentioned earlier in the post). They&#8217;re easy to identify as they end in <em>-se<\/em> instead of the regular\u00a0<em>-ar, -er\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0<em>-ir<\/em> infinitive ending.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are several types of pronominal verbs, but purely pronominal verbs cannot exist without a reflexive pronoun.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"E6u9yyQ9qD\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/pronominal-verbs-spanish\/\">How to Use Pronominal Verbs in Spanish (Example Sentences Included)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use Pronominal Verbs in Spanish (Example Sentences Included)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/pronominal-verbs-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=E2VZQKn61w#?secret=E6u9yyQ9qD\" data-secret=\"E6u9yyQ9qD\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Reflexive Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>Reflexive verbs are a type of pronominal verb. They too end in <em>-se<\/em>, and refer to an action that a subject performs on itself\u2014in contrast to a regular verb, where the subject performs the action on someone or something else.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Lavar<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/em>to wash<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Lavarse<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/em>to wash yourself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"jc8bxxU2mz\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-reflexive-verbs\/\">Reflexive Verbs in Spanish and How to Use Them<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Reflexive Verbs in Spanish and How to Use Them&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-reflexive-verbs\/embed\/#?secret=lCDt5jcZDw#?secret=jc8bxxU2mz\" data-secret=\"jc8bxxU2mz\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Phrasal Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>Next on the list of grammar terms you never knew existed we have phrasal verbs! These are verbs which actually change their meaning when you add an adverb or preposition to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re on the advanced side, but learning them will help you to express yourself better\u2014and also make your Spanish sound pretty flash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zMFcy5i5fv\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/phrasal-verbs-spanish\/\">32 Most Common Spanish Phrasal Verbs<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;32 Most Common Spanish Phrasal Verbs&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/phrasal-verbs-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=o1AWqdicDW#?secret=zMFcy5i5fv\" data-secret=\"zMFcy5i5fv\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OAA1DdWbJ0\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/acabar\/\">&#8220;Acabar&#8221; in Spanish: Meaning, Conjugation and Examples<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;Acabar&#8221; in Spanish: Meaning, Conjugation and Examples&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/acabar\/embed\/#?secret=vpuhvTQ62R#?secret=OAA1DdWbJ0\" data-secret=\"OAA1DdWbJ0\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Modal Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>These verbs indicate meanings such as likelihood, ability, suggestion, or advice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In English, these verbs include words like \u201ccan,\u201d \u201cwould,\u201d \u201cshould\u201d or \u201cmight.\u201d Here are a few common ones in Spanish:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Poder<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>can, to be able to<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Saber<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>to know how to<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Querer<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>to want<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Deber<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0\u2014 <\/em>must, should<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"A5peqjzESi\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/conocer-vs-saber\/\">The Difference Between Saber vs. Conocer<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The Difference Between Saber vs. Conocer&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/conocer-vs-saber\/embed\/#?secret=pHM2V8MLw7#?secret=A5peqjzESi\" data-secret=\"A5peqjzESi\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Active and\u00a0Passive\u00a0Voice<\/h3>\n<p>The active voice is what we use to communicate the vast majority of the time. It&#8217;s a form of a verb in which the subject is performing the action, while the passive voice is where the subject undergoes the action of the verb.<\/p>\n<p>By contrasting these examples, you should get a better idea of what they are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Active: <\/strong>You broke the glass<\/li>\n<li><strong>Passive: <\/strong>The glass was broken by you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Spanish, the passive voice is formed with the formula <strong>subject + <em>ser<\/em> + past participle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WWNGxe4ci2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-passive-voice\/\">Passive Voice in Spanish (Including Examples)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Passive Voice in Spanish (Including Examples)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-passive-voice\/embed\/#?secret=Z7gOTJArDL#?secret=WWNGxe4ci2\" data-secret=\"WWNGxe4ci2\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Tenses<\/h2>\n<p>You&#8217;re probably aware what a tense is, but just for those of us who appreciate more formal explanations: tense indicates the time of an action in relation to the time of utterance.<\/p>\n<p>There are 14 tenses to explore in Spanish, each with different conjugations depending on the subject<em>\u2014<\/em>so buckle up!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QKJlrT57ow\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-tenses\/\">The 18 Spanish Verb Tenses Explained<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The 18 Spanish Verb Tenses Explained&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-tenses\/embed\/#?secret=zAvZlNJhiA#?secret=QKJlrT57ow\" data-secret=\"QKJlrT57ow\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Present Tense<\/h3>\n<p>The present tense in Spanish is the most basic tense, and what you&#8217;ll start off learning. It&#8217;s used to express actions which:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are happening now<\/li>\n<li>Are habitually performed<\/li>\n<li>Generally exist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KReZY4uchC\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-present-tense-endings-conjugations\/\">How to Form and Use the Spanish Present Tense<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Form and Use the Spanish Present Tense&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-present-tense-endings-conjugations\/embed\/#?secret=X5GH5bIwgf#?secret=KReZY4uchC\" data-secret=\"KReZY4uchC\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Present participle<\/h4>\n<p>The present participle comes after another verb and expresses a continuous action. Think of them as the &#8220;-ing&#8221; words in English.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To form the present participle in Spanish, remove the\u00a0<em><strong>-ar, -er<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<strong><em>-ir<\/em><\/strong> from the infinitive verb and simply add <strong><em>-ando<\/em><\/strong> (for an <em>-ar<\/em> verb) and<strong> <em>-iendo<\/em><\/strong> (for <em>-er<\/em> and <em>-ir<\/em> verbs).\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nPsA0bB0dm\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-gerund\/\">How to Form and Use the Gerund in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Form and Use the Gerund in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-gerund\/embed\/#?secret=Opil4zgEs3#?secret=nPsA0bB0dm\" data-secret=\"nPsA0bB0dm\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Past Tense<\/h3>\n<p>At first glance, the past tense seems just as straightforward as the present tense<em>\u2014<\/em>except that it&#8217;s actually not.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-preterite-and-imperfect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">types of past tenses<\/a> in Spanish, and we&#8217;ll explain the main ones below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6usYfwftk5\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/past-tense-spanish\/\">How to Use the Different Spanish Past Tenses<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use the Different Spanish Past Tenses&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/past-tense-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=lILInCNG0b#?secret=6usYfwftk5\" data-secret=\"6usYfwftk5\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Preterite\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>This verb tense expresses an action which took place at a specific point in the past. Specifically actions or events which:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are completed<\/li>\n<li>Occurred on specific times\/dates or during a specific time period<\/li>\n<li>Have specific beginnings or endings<\/li>\n<li>Took place in a sequence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Past imperfect<\/h4>\n<p>In contrast, the past imperfect expresses an action in the past which was ongoing or didn&#8217;t have a defined beginning\/end. Here are some of its uses in Spanish:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Repeated or habitual actions in the past\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Something that was in progress in the past<\/li>\n<li>Descriptions of people\/things in the past<\/li>\n<li>People&#8217;s ages in the past<\/li>\n<li>Times and dates in the past\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NXWNRoRNtI\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/imperfect-tense-spanish\/\">The Imperfect Tense in Spanish: How to Use It with Confidence<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The Imperfect Tense in Spanish: How to Use It with Confidence&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/imperfect-tense-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=VEYJaTln81#?secret=NXWNRoRNtI\" data-secret=\"NXWNRoRNtI\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Past participle<\/h4>\n<p>The past participle is a form of a verb used as a noun, an adjective, or to make &#8220;perfect tenses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For example, consider the sentence:\u00a0<em>I have eaten.\u00a0<\/em>&#8220;Eaten&#8221; is the past participle of &#8220;to eat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To form the past participle in Spanish, we just remove the infinitive ending (<em>-ar, -er\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>-ir<\/em>) and add <em>-ado<\/em> (for <em>-ar<\/em> verbs) or <em>-ido\u00a0<\/em>(for\u00a0<em>-er\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>-ir<\/em> verbs).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HnIl7mYVnf\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/past-participle-spanish\/\">Past Participle in Spanish (Forming and Using It)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Past Participle in Spanish (Forming and Using It)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/past-participle-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=XUAxmJ90ze#?secret=HnIl7mYVnf\" data-secret=\"HnIl7mYVnf\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Future Tense<\/h3>\n<p>To talk about the future in Spanish, we have a few options\u2014which thankfully have some pretty close equivalents in English. Note that the first two options are most commonly used.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Simple future.<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Hablar\u00e9 con ella. <\/em>(I&#8217;ll talk to her).<br \/>\nThis tense is formed by conjugating a verb with a specific ending.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/ir-a-infinitive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ir + a + infinitive<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><em>Voy a hablar con ella. <\/em>(I&#8217;m going to talk to her).<br \/>\nThis is formed by using the present simple conjugation of the verb\u00a0<em>ir\u00a0<\/em>(in this case\u00a0<em>voy<\/em>) plus <em>a<\/em> (meaning &#8220;to&#8221;) plus\u00a0<em>hablar\u00a0<\/em>(the infinitive form of the verb &#8220;to talk)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future perfect.\u00a0<\/strong><em>Habr\u00e9 hablado con ella.\u00a0<\/em>(I will have talked to her).<br \/>\nTo form this, we conjugate <em>haber<\/em> in the simple future tense (<em>h<\/em><em>abr\u00e9<\/em>) and add the past participle of the main verb (<em>hablado)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LVdvSxQFF4\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-future-tense\/\">Future Tense in Spanish (Uses, Conjugations and Examples)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Future Tense in Spanish (Uses, Conjugations and Examples)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-future-tense\/embed\/#?secret=EadNYOFhDZ#?secret=LVdvSxQFF4\" data-secret=\"LVdvSxQFF4\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Conditional Tense<\/h3>\n<p>The conditional tense is incredibly useful for conversation and for forming advanced phrases, and once I discovered it it opened up a whole new world of expressing myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In layman&#8217;s terms, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-conditional-tense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the conditional<\/a> indicates degrees of possibility in the present, future and past\u2014like when we&#8217;re talking about something that might happen in the future, something that didn\u2019t happen in the past or something that will probably never happen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Prsg4g6r3P\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-conditional-tense\/\">How to Form and Use the Spanish Conditional Tense<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Form and Use the Spanish Conditional Tense&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-conditional-tense\/embed\/#?secret=UJ9v2wkcuG#?secret=Prsg4g6r3P\" data-secret=\"Prsg4g6r3P\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Perfect Tense<\/h3>\n<p>This tense is used to talk about actions or events that have occurred in the recent past, started in the past and continues to the present day, or when something has happened a certain number of times. For example:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">&#8220;They <strong>have been<\/strong> waiting for you&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In Spanish it&#8217;s formed by using the verb <em>haber <\/em>(to have) and the past participle.<\/p>\n<h4>Present perfect\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>Present perfect is formed by conjugating\u00a0<em>haber\u00a0<\/em>(to have) in the present tense, and pairing it with the past participle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><strong><em>He querido\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>verte.<\/em> <\/em>(I have wanted to see you)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dahZncQ1Ng\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/present-perfect-tense-spanish\/\">How to Use the Present Perfect in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use the Present Perfect in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/present-perfect-tense-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=Yi8HM6SPtf#?secret=dahZncQ1Ng\" data-secret=\"dahZncQ1Ng\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Future perfect<\/h4>\n<p>Future perfect is formed by conjugating <em>haber\u00a0<\/em>(to have) in the\u2014you guessed it\u2014future tense, and pairing it with the past participle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>\u00bf<\/em><strong><em>Habr\u00e1s terminado <\/em><\/strong><em>ma\u00f1ana?<\/em> (Will you have finished tomorrow?)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xB7GtdXYCh\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-future-perfect\/\">Spanish Future Perfect Tense<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Spanish Future Perfect Tense&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-future-perfect\/embed\/#?secret=F3fdBxONVx#?secret=xB7GtdXYCh\" data-secret=\"xB7GtdXYCh\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Pluperfect Tense<\/h4>\n<p>The pluperfect tense has several uses, the main one being to indicate that an action took place before another action in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We form it by conjugating <em>haber\u00a0<\/em>(to have) in the past imperfect tense, and again, pairing it with the past participle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><strong><em>Hab\u00edas dicho<\/em><\/strong><em> que <\/em><em>s\u00ed.<\/em> <\/em>(You had said yes)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8rLmR9BNs6\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/pluscuamperfecto-spanish\/\">How to Use the Pluscuamperfecto<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use the Pluscuamperfecto&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/pluscuamperfecto-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=VSXSAgBVjw#?secret=8rLmR9BNs6\" data-secret=\"8rLmR9BNs6\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Progressive Tense<\/h3>\n<p>Progressive is a type of tense that expresses an incomplete action at a specific time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In order to form the progressive tense in Spanish, we use the formula <em>estar<\/em> (to be) + present participle (finally, we&#8217;re moving away from the past participle!).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><strong>Estoy\u00a0saliendo. <\/strong><\/em>(I&#8217;m leaving)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"E8UvBEehQ3\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/progressive-tense-spanish\/\">Progressive Tenses in Spanish and How to Use Them<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Progressive Tenses in Spanish and How to Use Them&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/progressive-tense-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=AShWxJomVm#?secret=E8UvBEehQ3\" data-secret=\"E8UvBEehQ3\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Present progressive\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>The present progressive tense is pretty self explanatory: it&#8217;s a progressive tense, used in the present.<\/p>\n<p>Following the same formula as above, we conjugate\u00a0<em>estar\u00a0<\/em>in the present tense and add the present participle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><strong><em>Estamos intentando<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em> <\/em>(We&#8217;re trying)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BMpTfbPxWK\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/present-progressive-spanish\/\">Using the Present Progressive in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Using the Present Progressive in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/present-progressive-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=gXheVRoAPr#?secret=BMpTfbPxWK\" data-secret=\"BMpTfbPxWK\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Past progressive<\/h4>\n<p>Again, past progressive is a progressive tense which is used in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following the same formula <em>estar +<\/em> present participle, we conjugate <em>estar\u00a0<\/em>in the past imperfect tense and add the present participle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><strong><em>Est\u00e1bamos intentando<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em> <\/em>(We were trying)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sUvMW93S6Q\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/past-progressive-spanish\/\">How to Use the Past Progressive in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use the Past Progressive in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/past-progressive-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=wEAWCrR5Cq#?secret=sUvMW93S6Q\" data-secret=\"sUvMW93S6Q\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Mood<\/h2>\n<p>Mood in Spanish grammar isn&#8217;t what it first appears\u2014it doesn&#8217;t have to do with your state of mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the context of grammar, it&#8217;s a category of verb form which expresses whether something is:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A fact (indicative mood)<\/li>\n<li>A condition (subjunctive mood)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A command (imperative mood)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Verb conjugations change depending on which mood you&#8217;re speaking in, so it&#8217;s important to understand when and how to use each one.<\/p>\n<h3>Indicative Mood<\/h3>\n<p>The indicative mood is the mood we use most often to communicate. Simply put, it&#8217;s used to express anything that we consider to be fact.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9bWJAEwp68\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/subjunctive-vs-indicative-spanish\/\">Subjunctive vs. Indicative Spanish Moods<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Subjunctive vs. Indicative Spanish Moods&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/subjunctive-vs-indicative-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=PFkxLfNCud#?secret=9bWJAEwp68\" data-secret=\"9bWJAEwp68\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Subjunctive Mood<\/h3>\n<p>The subjunctive mood can be trickier to understand and use. This is due in part to the fact that the subjunctive in English is pretty vague, so we aren&#8217;t very familiar with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Where the indicative mood is objective, the subjunctive is\u00a0<em>subjective<\/em>\u2014it&#8217;s used to express something that is wished, imagined or possible.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"jc6cPY5Td3\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-subjunctive\/\">How to Use the Spanish Subjunctive<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use the Spanish Subjunctive&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-subjunctive\/embed\/#?secret=hXHrFGCy3m#?secret=jc6cPY5Td3\" data-secret=\"jc6cPY5Td3\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dVA5ThRsGd\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-subjunctive-practice\/\">25+ Spanish Subjunctive Practice Questions<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;25+ Spanish Subjunctive Practice Questions&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-subjunctive-practice\/embed\/#?secret=hQxlF8bY8J#?secret=dVA5ThRsGd\" data-secret=\"dVA5ThRsGd\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"iTwy5mbq6D\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/imperfect-subjunctive-spanish\/\">The Spanish Imperfect Subjunctive (Conjugation, Uses and Examples)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The Spanish Imperfect Subjunctive (Conjugation, Uses and Examples)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/imperfect-subjunctive-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=3oo5jFHhKs#?secret=iTwy5mbq6D\" data-secret=\"iTwy5mbq6D\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Imperative Mood<\/h3>\n<p>The imperative mood is used to form commands or requests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While ordering someone around may sound impolite, you&#8217;d be surprised how often this mood comes up in our day to day lives: e.g. &#8220;come here&#8221; or &#8220;take the next right turn.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EqTAq4YDda\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-commands\/\">How to Form and Use Commands in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Form and Use Commands in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-commands\/embed\/#?secret=n9SB2Ar6FD#?secret=EqTAq4YDda\" data-secret=\"EqTAq4YDda\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FPgb6Esgra\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/vosotros-commands\/\">How to Use Vosotros Commands (With Examples)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use Vosotros Commands (With Examples)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/vosotros-commands\/embed\/#?secret=YZYFG2s1Dv#?secret=FPgb6Esgra\" data-secret=\"FPgb6Esgra\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Negative commands<\/h4>\n<p>In contrast to affirmative commands (where you tell someone\/something to do something), negative commands are where you tell someone\/something\u00a0<strong>not <\/strong>to do something.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the\u00a0<em>no<\/em> (no) that you&#8217;ll add to the start of the verb, the verb itself is also conjugated differently\u2014so it pays to learn the conjugations for both affirmative and negative commands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RRfzf48PUV\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/negative-commands-in-spanish\/\">How to Use Negative Commands in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use Negative Commands in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/negative-commands-in-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=koCMgNo3wO#?secret=RRfzf48PUV\" data-secret=\"RRfzf48PUV\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Adjectives<\/h2>\n<p>You may remember from your elementary school days that adjectives are &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/common-spanish-adjectives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">describing words<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0While this is true, more formally they&#8217;re defined as &#8220;a word which names an attribute of a noun.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like many things in Spanish, adjectives usually have to reflect the number and gender of the noun (or pronoun) it&#8217;s describing. Let&#8217;s have a deeper look at them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KI3uhpToxF\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/common-spanish-adjectives\/\">50 Most Common Spanish Adjectives [With PDF Download]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;50 Most Common Spanish Adjectives [With PDF Download]&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/common-spanish-adjectives\/embed\/#?secret=AaPIyuy06L#?secret=KI3uhpToxF\" data-secret=\"KI3uhpToxF\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VKepIfgOEK\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-adjectives-to-describe-a-person\/\">100 Useful Spanish Adjectives to Describe a Person<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;100 Useful Spanish Adjectives to Describe a Person&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-adjectives-to-describe-a-person\/embed\/#?secret=elUteRLDZs#?secret=VKepIfgOEK\" data-secret=\"VKepIfgOEK\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AHpXuamjVw\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/advanced-spanish-adjectives\/\">32 Advanced Spanish Adjectives for Better Self-expression<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;32 Advanced Spanish Adjectives for Better Self-expression&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/advanced-spanish-adjectives\/embed\/#?secret=ZfeTkUI4Lm#?secret=AHpXuamjVw\" data-secret=\"AHpXuamjVw\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"o7mL8fzSkr\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/opposites-in-spanish\/\">Common Antonyms to Discuss Opposites in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Common Antonyms to Discuss Opposites in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/opposites-in-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=8CTYSu8Ezn#?secret=o7mL8fzSkr\" data-secret=\"o7mL8fzSkr\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Adjective Endings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adjectives that end in &#8211;<\/strong><em><strong>o<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>make up the majority of adjectives in Spanish. They have four possible endings, each which reflects gender and number\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li><em>-o \u2014\u00a0<\/em>masculine singular<\/li>\n<li><em>-os<\/em> <em>\u2014<\/em>masculine plural<\/li>\n<li><em>-a<\/em> <em>\u2014<\/em>feminine\u00a0singular<\/li>\n<li><em>-as <\/em><em>\u2014 <\/em>feminine plural<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adjectives that end in <em>-e <\/em>or <em>-ista<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>do not change for gender, only for number:\n<ul>\n<li><em>-e \u2014\u00a0<\/em>masculine\/feminine singular<\/li>\n<li><em>-es \u2014\u00a0<\/em>masculine\/feminine plural<\/li>\n<li><em>-ista \u2014\u00a0<\/em>masculine\/feminine singular<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;<em>istas \u2014\u00a0<\/em>masculine\/feminine plural<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Adjectives that end in a consonant <\/b>also do not change for gender, only for number. To change these adjectives from singular to plural we usually just add\u00a0<em>-es\u00a0<\/em>to the end, however there are several exceptions to this rule<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Adjective Placement<\/h3>\n<p>You may already be aware that adjectives are placed differently in Spanish than in English: the majority of the time, the adjective is placed after the noun it modifies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But there are a couple of exceptions, so be aware of these cases where the adjective actually goes in front:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proper nouns<\/li>\n<li>Nouns\/relations that we only have one of<\/li>\n<li>Inherent qualities that are always associated with that noun<\/li>\n<li>When you already know the noun that the adjective is referencing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"h0lZgmvHq4\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-adjective-placement\/\">Adjective Placement in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Adjective Placement in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-adjective-placement\/embed\/#?secret=xin2Qk2uhv#?secret=h0lZgmvHq4\" data-secret=\"h0lZgmvHq4\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Adjective Clauses<\/h3>\n<p>You know we&#8217;re getting deep when we start talking about clauses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. In the case of an adjective clause, it&#8217;s essentially a group of words\u2014including a subject and a verb\u2014which functions much the same as a regular adjective.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"A6imHJ0oYQ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-adjective-clauses\/\">Adjective Clauses in Spanish and How to Use Them<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Adjective Clauses in Spanish and How to Use Them&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-adjective-clauses\/embed\/#?secret=WjoLtifIlE#?secret=A6imHJ0oYQ\" data-secret=\"A6imHJ0oYQ\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Possessive Adjectives<\/h3>\n<p>Possessive adjectives are adjectives which indicate a relationship of possession\u2014whether it be strict ownership or other types of ownership to a lesser degree.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re words like &#8220;my,&#8221; &#8220;mine,&#8221; &#8220;ours&#8221; and &#8220;theirs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Ijkp23MPFu\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-possessive-adjectives\/\">How to Use Spanish Possessive Adjectives (with Examples)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use Spanish Possessive Adjectives (with Examples)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-possessive-adjectives\/embed\/#?secret=CInI33DEGb#?secret=Ijkp23MPFu\" data-secret=\"Ijkp23MPFu\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Comparative and Superlative Adjectives<\/h3>\n<p>These two sorts of adjectives help describe relationships between two (or more) objects.<\/p>\n<p>Comparative adjectives compare the quality of two things (&#8220;she is <strong>taller<\/strong> than him&#8221;),\u00a0while a superlative expresses the highest degree of the quality (&#8220;she is the\u00a0<strong>tallest<\/strong>&#8220;).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"z6uBvzfmyD\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-comparisons\/\">How to Make Comparisons in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Make Comparisons in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-comparisons\/embed\/#?secret=mmFEHqZ4dm#?secret=z6uBvzfmyD\" data-secret=\"z6uBvzfmyD\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Demonstrative Adjectives<\/h3>\n<p>Demonstrative adjectives identify the relative position of someone or something in time or space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrative adjectives in Spanish express three types of distance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Este \u2014 <\/em>this<\/li>\n<li><em>Ese \u2014<\/em> that<\/li>\n<li><em>Aquel \u2014 <\/em>that (over there)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And because they&#8217;re adjectives\u2014don&#8217;t forget that they&#8217;ll change to reflect number and gender!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3rGfeDDke2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-demonstratives\/\">Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-demonstratives\/embed\/#?secret=NfqRM8rzqH#?secret=3rGfeDDke2\" data-secret=\"3rGfeDDke2\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Adjectives as Nouns<\/h3>\n<p>By now we know what an adjective is, and what a noun is. But what about using an adjective as a noun?<\/p>\n<p>There are a couple of ways that adjectives can be altered to function as a noun:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">1. Adding an article<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">2. Modifying an adjective with a demonstrative adjective<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">3. Using the article\u00a0<em>lo<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">4. Using the personal\u00a0<em>a<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Relative Adjectives<\/h3>\n<p>These are adjectives which show relation in a sentence\u2014hence the nomenclature. They introduce new information about something or someone that has been previously mentioned in the form of a relative clause.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example, in English we use the word &#8220;whose.&#8221; In Spanish, we would use <em>cuyo, cuya, cuyos<\/em> and <em>cuyas <\/em>(depending on the gender and number of whatever you&#8217;re referring to).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fQoVADssI7\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/cuyo-spanish\/\">How to Use Cuyo in Spanish: Meaning, Forms and Examples<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use Cuyo in Spanish: Meaning, Forms and Examples&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/cuyo-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=AXHKgGOZgn#?secret=fQoVADssI7\" data-secret=\"fQoVADssI7\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Adverbs<\/h2>\n<p>Adverbs are a word or phrase which modifies other words in a sentence (usually an adjective, verb or another adverb) to further describe details such as place, time, manner or degree.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Because they don&#8217;t modify nouns, adverbs don&#8217;t change according to gender or number like other classes of words do\u2014that&#8217;s one less thing to worry about, at least!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OafIASbXkb\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-adverbs\/\">100 Most Important Spanish Adverbs<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;100 Most Important Spanish Adverbs&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-adverbs\/embed\/#?secret=BgSmaOW0iu#?secret=OafIASbXkb\" data-secret=\"OafIASbXkb\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Types of Adverbs<\/h3>\n<p>Adverbs can be placed into several categories depending on the sort of information they provide. Let&#8217;s have a look at the main ones and some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adverbs of place<\/strong> give information about a place or location that something is happening, answering the question &#8220;where?&#8221;. For example <em>aqu\u00ed<\/em> (here) and <em>cerca\u00a0<\/em>(close)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adverbs of frequency\u00a0<\/strong>describe how often an action is performed. For example <em>a veces (<\/em>sometimes) and <em>siempre<\/em> (always)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adverbs of manner\u00a0<\/strong>express the way in which an action is performed by answering &#8220;how?&#8221; or &#8220;in what way?&#8221;. For example <em>juntos\u00a0<\/em>(together) and <em>bien\u00a0<\/em>(well)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adverbs of degree<\/strong> modify adjectives, and answer the question &#8220;how much\/many?&#8221;. For example <em>mucho\u00a0<\/em>(much), <em>peor\u00a0<\/em>(worse)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adverbs of time\u00a0<\/strong>as the name suggests, these adverbs describe the time and duration of something. They answer questions like &#8220;when?&#8221; and &#8220;how long?&#8221;. For example <em>ya\u00a0<\/em>(already) and <em>pronto\u00a0<\/em>(soon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Vk3cLEpf0T\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-adverbs-of-frequency\/\">30 Common Spanish Adverbs of Frequency<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;30 Common Spanish Adverbs of Frequency&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-adverbs-of-frequency\/embed\/#?secret=hT5YGzci3e#?secret=Vk3cLEpf0T\" data-secret=\"Vk3cLEpf0T\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Adverb Placement<\/h3>\n<p>Adverbs in Spanish are usually placed either right before or right after the word they are modifying, and the type of word determines this placement. As a general rule, we can assume that they are usually:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Placed<em> a<\/em><em>fter <\/em>verbs<\/li>\n<li>Placed<em> before <\/em>adjectives<\/li>\n<li>Flexible if modifying the meaning of a sentence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Adverb Endings<\/h3>\n<p>Many adverbs in Spanish end in\u00a0<em>-mente<\/em>, which is like the equivalent of words ending in\u00a0&#8220;-ly&#8221; in English (like &#8220;slowly,&#8221; &#8220;quickly,&#8221; or &#8220;regularly&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>We can form an adverb by using almost any singular feminine adjective and adding\u00a0<em>-mente.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>R\u00e1pida<\/em> (quick, fem. sing.) + &#8211;<em>mente <\/em>=<em> r\u00e1pidamente\u00a0<\/em>(quickly)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Prepositions<\/h2>\n<p>Prepositions play a huge role in the meaning of sentences, but are often overlooked by those studying Spanish.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prepositions are words\u2014or a group of words\u2014used <em>before<\/em> nouns, pronouns or noun phrases to link them to other words in a sentence.<\/p>\n<p>They communicate things like direction, time, location, spatial relationship, or introduce an object.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5To0pIzWjt\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-prepositions\/\">Spanish Prepositions and How to Use Them<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Spanish Prepositions and How to Use Them&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-prepositions\/embed\/#?secret=OjTNokGAja#?secret=5To0pIzWjt\" data-secret=\"5To0pIzWjt\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kJCbNZeCZA\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/volver-a\/\">How to Use Volver A + Infinitive<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use Volver A + Infinitive&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/volver-a\/embed\/#?secret=aRIyBukkyD#?secret=kJCbNZeCZA\" data-secret=\"kJCbNZeCZA\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Prepositions of Place<\/h3>\n<p>These prepositions describe the position of something (or someone) in relation to something else. There are a few to learn, but here are some of the most common ones to get you started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>A<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0 to, by, at<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Cerca de<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 near to<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Debajo de<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 under<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Encima de<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u2014 on top of<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>En frente de<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u2014 in front of<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Sobre<\/strong> <\/em>\u2014 on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XycGDTlO6p\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-prepositions-of-place\/\">25 Prepositions of Place in Spanish (Plus Example Sentences)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;25 Prepositions of Place in Spanish (Plus Example Sentences)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-prepositions-of-place\/embed\/#?secret=Dm8vPs81LG#?secret=XycGDTlO6p\" data-secret=\"XycGDTlO6p\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>The Personal A<\/h3>\n<p>Even after many years of learning Spanish, the &#8220;personal a&#8221; still trips me up a bit\u2014probably because there is no equivalent in English.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a preposition that is placed between the verb and the direct object of a sentence <em>when the <\/em><em>direct object<\/em> <em>is a person or a pet.\u00a0<\/em>It doesn&#8217;t translate to anything, but we need to use it nonetheless!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>Llamo <strong>a<\/strong> mi novio <\/em>\u2014 I call my boyfriend<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5BfyWAEQaU\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/personal-a-in-spanish\/\">How to Use the Personal A in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use the Personal A in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/personal-a-in-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=GMZRWkf8om#?secret=5BfyWAEQaU\" data-secret=\"5BfyWAEQaU\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Por and Para<\/h3>\n<p>Like\u00a0<em>ser\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>estar<\/em>, whether you should use <em>por\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0<em>para\u00a0<\/em>is another great conundrum of the Spanish learner.<\/p>\n<p>They both loosely translate to &#8220;for&#8221;\u2014however they&#8217;re pretty versatile in their meanings\u2014so it can be pretty challenging figuring out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/por-versus-para\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when to use one over the other<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some basic points to remember:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong><em>Por<\/em><\/strong> is used to mean \u201cby\u201d someone<em>, <\/em>while <em><strong>para<\/strong><\/em> is \u201cfor\u201d someone<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Por<\/strong><\/em> is used for reason, while <em><strong>para<\/strong><\/em> is for purpose<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><em>Por<\/em><\/strong> is for traveling around or through somewhere, <strong><em>para<\/em><\/strong> is for the destination<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"01qE1Tgjdm\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/por-versus-para\/\">When to Use Por vs Para (Examples Included)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;When to Use Por vs Para (Examples Included)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/por-versus-para\/embed\/#?secret=F2opvMHL7m#?secret=01qE1Tgjdm\" data-secret=\"01qE1Tgjdm\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Verbs and Prepositions<\/h3>\n<p>There are a whole lot of Spanish verbs which either must be used with a preposition, or change their meanings when paired with a preposition.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately there isn&#8217;t a specific rule to help you learn them\u2014you&#8217;ll have to pick them up as you use them!<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple of common examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>So\u00f1ar con<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u2014 to dream about<\/li>\n<li><i><strong>Cuidar a<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 <\/i>to take care of<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Preocuparse por<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 to be worried about<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rT4qB3kMUc\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-verbs-with-prepositions\/\">Spanish Verbs with Prepositions<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Spanish Verbs with Prepositions&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-verbs-with-prepositions\/embed\/#?secret=nqzlHRhPh2#?secret=rT4qB3kMUc\" data-secret=\"rT4qB3kMUc\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Conjunctions<\/h2>\n<p>Conjunctions are\u00a0words used to connect other words and sentences, and they&#8217;ll help you bridge from beginner to intermediate and advanced by allowing you to make more complex sentences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the most common Spanish conjunctions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Y<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 and<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>O <\/strong>\u2014 <\/em>or<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Pero<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 but, yet<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Aunque<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 though, even though, but<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Para que<\/strong> <\/em>\u2014 so that, so, in order to\/for<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Porque<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 because<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>As\u00ed que<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 so<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Si\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u2014 if<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They seem basic, but don&#8217;t underestimate them\u2014you&#8217;d be surprised what knowing them will do for your Spanish!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JUrIhsTrjx\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-conjunctions\/\">45 Spanish Conjunctions for Naturally Flowing Sentences<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;45 Spanish Conjunctions for Naturally Flowing Sentences&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-conjunctions\/embed\/#?secret=W7eaI6jYh6#?secret=JUrIhsTrjx\" data-secret=\"JUrIhsTrjx\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Contractions<\/h2>\n<p>A contraction is a shortened version of a word or phrase, created by the omission of letters and sounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In English you&#8217;ll see contractions with an apostrophe: &#8220;I&#8217;m&#8221; (from I am), &#8220;couldn&#8217;t&#8221; (from could not), &#8220;you&#8217;ll&#8221; (from you will).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m happy to tell you that in Spanish, there are only two contractions to remember:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">1.\u00a0<em><strong>A + el = al<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">2.\u00a0<em><strong>De + el = del<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"x7Ijpu4sIC\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-contractions\/\">How and When to Use Spanish Contractions &#8220;Al&#8221; and &#8220;Del&#8221;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How and When to Use Spanish Contractions &#8220;Al&#8221; and &#8220;Del&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-contractions\/embed\/#?secret=hmDHNU2lBy#?secret=x7Ijpu4sIC\" data-secret=\"x7Ijpu4sIC\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Sentences<\/h2>\n<p>So you&#8217;ve learned a bunch of Spanish words, now you need to string them together to make a coherent sentence\u2014luckily, it&#8217;s not super complicated!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s have a look at some of the main components of sentences in Spanish.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Jtvs5AYpNY\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/learn-basic-spanish-sentences\/\">10 Simple Rules to Form Sentences in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;10 Simple Rules to Form Sentences in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/learn-basic-spanish-sentences\/embed\/#?secret=6oQpLmEW2O#?secret=Jtvs5AYpNY\" data-secret=\"Jtvs5AYpNY\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sentence Structure<\/h3>\n<p>The sentence structure in Spanish usually follows the same formula we use for English:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Subject + verb + object<\/p>\n<p>It would be great if we could just say it&#8217;s the same as in English and leave it there, but there a couple of other important points regarding sentence structure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s not always necessary to add a subject (like we must do in English)<\/li>\n<li>Pronouns are placed <em>directly before<\/em> the verb, not after it<\/li>\n<li>The verb can sometimes be placed in front of the subject<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Aim0j4RsX3\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-sentence-structure\/\">Spanish Sentence Structure and Word Order [With Examples]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Spanish Sentence Structure and Word Order [With Examples]&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-sentence-structure\/embed\/#?secret=BHTr3wH2cD#?secret=Aim0j4RsX3\" data-secret=\"Aim0j4RsX3\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Negation<\/h3>\n<p>Negation is where we insert a word or phrase to express the opposite meaning of a word or sentence.<\/p>\n<p>In Spanish, it&#8217;s usually as straightforward as adding <em>no<\/em> before the verb in a sentence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong><em>No <\/em><\/strong><em>quiero irme. <\/em>(I don&#8217;t want to go).<\/p>\n<p>It gets a little trickier when it comes to the &#8220;double negative,&#8221; which is considered incorrect (or non-standard) in English but is used often in correct Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>We do this by using &#8220;negative words&#8221;\u2014such as <em>nada<\/em> (nothing)\u00a0or <em>nunca<\/em>\u00a0(never)\u2014either on their own or in conjunction with\u00a0<em>no.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">1. Negative word used alone before the verb<br \/>\n<em><strong>Nunca\u00a0<\/strong>veo pel\u00edculas.\u00a0<\/em>(I never watch movies).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">2.\u00a0<em>No\u00a0<\/em>before the verb and negative word after the verb<br \/>\n<em><strong>No\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>veo pel\u00edculas\u00a0<strong>nunca.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(I never watch movies).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"J8WYjt2SLm\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-negation\/\">Spanish Negation (Including Key Negative Words and the Double Negative)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Spanish Negation (Including Key Negative Words and the Double Negative)&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-negation\/embed\/#?secret=iScMZ1QlHr#?secret=J8WYjt2SLm\" data-secret=\"J8WYjt2SLm\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Transition Words<\/h3>\n<p>Transition words are easy to confuse with conjunctions. The difference is that transition words indicate the <em>relationship between sentences or paragraphs, <\/em>and removing them won&#8217;t actually affect grammatical correctness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are a ton of different types for various situations\u2014such as for explanations, results, emphasis and summaries\u2014and knowing them will really help your Spanish flow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trust me, take some time to learn them and you&#8217;ll thank me later!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ISXSvtRWxi\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-transition-words\/\">75 Common Spanish Transition Words to Connect Your Thoughts<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;75 Common Spanish Transition Words to Connect Your Thoughts&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-transition-words\/embed\/#?secret=1MZ6CrHEGK#?secret=ISXSvtRWxi\" data-secret=\"ISXSvtRWxi\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Comparisons<\/h3>\n<p>We use a specific type of language to compare and contrast things, whether you realize it or not. Here are some formulas for making simple comparisons in Spanish:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To compare two things: <em><strong>m\u00e1s\/menos<\/strong><\/em><strong> + adjective +<em> que<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To compare nouns: <strong><em>m\u00e1s\/menos<\/em>\u00a0+ noun +\u00a0<em>que<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To compare numbers: <strong><em>m\u00e1s\/menos<\/em> + <em>de<\/em> + number<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To describe a difference in how something is done: <em><strong>m\u00e1s\/menos + <\/strong><\/em><strong>adverb <\/strong><em><strong>+ que\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the post below to find out how to use superlatives and make comparisons of equality!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"z6uBvzfmyD\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-comparisons\/\">How to Make Comparisons in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Make Comparisons in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-comparisons\/embed\/#?secret=mmFEHqZ4dm#?secret=z6uBvzfmyD\" data-secret=\"z6uBvzfmyD\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qBfYvaj2VR\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/tan-vs-tanto\/\">Comparisons of Equality in Spanish: Tan vs. Tanto<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Comparisons of Equality in Spanish: Tan vs. Tanto&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/tan-vs-tanto\/embed\/#?secret=7XpWyNfm9I#?secret=qBfYvaj2VR\" data-secret=\"qBfYvaj2VR\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Reported Speech\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>You might actually live your whole life as a Spanish learner and never come across this term, but since we&#8217;re here we may as well get the run-down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reported speech is a type of speech that tells you what someone said, but doesn&#8217;t actually use the person&#8217;s words.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><strong>Mi hermana dice que est\u00e1 cansada. <\/strong><\/em>(My sister says she is tired).<\/p>\n<p>To use this type of speech you&#8217;ll need to learn &#8220;reporting&#8221; or &#8220;communication&#8221; verbs, such as <strong><em>decir<\/em><\/strong> (to say, to tell), <strong><em>querer saber<\/em><\/strong> (to want to know) and <strong><em>pedir<\/em> <\/strong>(to ask)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pidAOMQIzB\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-reported-speech\/\">How to Use Reported Speech in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Use Reported Speech in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-reported-speech\/embed\/#?secret=c2KhJfE8nY#?secret=pidAOMQIzB\" data-secret=\"pidAOMQIzB\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Questions<\/h2>\n<p>Learning to ask questions in Spanish is super important\u2014in fact, you could argue that it&#8217;s one of the most important things to learn!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately it&#8217;s relatively simple, especially because in Spanish we don&#8217;t need to use auxiliary verbs (like &#8220;do&#8221; or &#8220;does&#8221;). Often a question mark and a rising intonation will do just fine, but we can also utilize &#8220;question words&#8221; to better elicit information.<\/p>\n<h3>Question Words<\/h3>\n<p>While they aren&#8217;t always essential, we do often need &#8220;question words&#8221; to form questions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We actually covered many of these words earlier under &#8220;Interrogative Pronouns,&#8221; but these words are so important that it won&#8217;t hurt to give this list another read!\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>\u00bfQui\u00e9n?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 who?<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>\u00bf<strong>Qu\u00e9?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bfCu\u00e1l?<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/what-in-spanish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo?<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u2014 when?<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>\u00bfD\u00f3nde?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 where?<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>\u00bfPara qu\u00e9?\u00a0\u2014<\/strong><\/em> what for?<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9?<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u2014 why?<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>\u00bfC\u00f3mo?<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 how?<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>\u00bfCu\u00e1nto\/cuanta\/cuantos\/cuantas?<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 how many\/how much?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"acoTPjORDl\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/question-words-in-spanish\/\">Important Interrogative Words in Spanish<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Important Interrogative Words in Spanish&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/question-words-in-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=ypi1kP2zd9#?secret=acoTPjORDl\" data-secret=\"acoTPjORDl\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Por Qu\u00e9 v Porque<\/h3>\n<p>If you used to think it was enough to know the difference between <em>por qu\u00e9 and porque,\u00a0<\/em>you&#8217;re not alone (and, unfortunately, you&#8217;re also incorrect).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spanish is already bursting with <em>por<\/em>s and\u00a0<em>que<\/em>s, but we&#8217;re going to add some variations to the list in the form of <em>por qu\u00e9, por que, porqu\u00e9 <\/em>and<em> porque.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get too worried, though\u2014here are their basic meanings in a nutshell:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Por qu\u00e9 <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014\u00a0<\/em>why<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Por que <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014\u00a0<\/em>for which, so that (least commonly used)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Porqu\u00e9 <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014\u00a0<\/em>reason (noun)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Porque <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014\u00a0<\/em>because<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dk5F0scicF\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/porque-por-que\/\">Differences Between Por Qu\u00e9, Porque, Porqu\u00e9 and Por Que<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Differences Between Por Qu\u00e9, Porque, Porqu\u00e9 and Por Que&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/porque-por-que\/embed\/#?secret=VLD4JGYX2l#?secret=dk5F0scicF\" data-secret=\"dk5F0scicF\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Question Marks<\/h3>\n<p>No doubt you&#8217;ve seen the curious upside down question mark that&#8217;s unique to the Spanish language.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no secret to it\u2014this inverted question mark is used along with a regular question mark to indicate a question, just like in English. If a sentence is long, just use the question marks immediately before the question:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>No he probado jam\u00f3n serrano, <strong>\u00bf<\/strong>c\u00f3mo es<strong>?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(I haven&#8217;t tried\u00a0<em>jam\u00f3n,\u00a0<\/em>what&#8217;s it like?)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s used mostly in formal settings these days, so you definitely don&#8217;t worry about it if you&#8217;re chatting with your Spanish-speaking friends on WhatsApp!<\/p>\n<h2>Exclamations and Interjections<\/h2>\n<p>Exclamations and interjections are both used to express strong feelings and emotions.<\/p>\n<p>An exclamation is usually a phrase or clause used with exclamation marks, whereas interjections are usually single words and are used with commas and question marks in addition to exclamation marks.<\/p>\n<p>Interjections can also be sounds, and are grammatically unrelated to the sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These not only let you express emotion in just a word or two, they show that you understand what&#8217;s going on and they&#8217;ll make you sound really fluent!<\/p>\n<p>Check out the posts below to learn some really useful ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ycTfdBWrEI\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-exclamations-interjections\/\">47 Spanish Exclamations and Interjections for Lively Conversations<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;47 Spanish Exclamations and Interjections for Lively Conversations&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-exclamations-interjections\/embed\/#?secret=NnD86G7Vwx#?secret=ycTfdBWrEI\" data-secret=\"ycTfdBWrEI\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/learn-spanish-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Numbers<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>It might feel like you&#8217;re going back to elementary school by learning numbers from scratch again, but it&#8217;s well worth your while!\u00a0You&#8217;ll need to learn numbers in Spanish for everything from telling the time to making transactions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s have a look at numbers one to ten:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Uno <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 one<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Dos <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 two<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Tres <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 three<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Cuatro <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 four<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Cinco <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 five<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Seis <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 six<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Siete <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 seven<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Ocho <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 eight<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Nueve <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 nine<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Diez <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 ten<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And then some ordinal numbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Primero\/primera <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 first<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Segundo\/segunda <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 second<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Tercero\/tercera <\/em><\/strong>\u2014 third<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Cuarto\/cuarta <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 fourth<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Quinto\/quinta <\/em><\/strong>\u2014 fifth<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Sexto\/sexta <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 sixth<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>S\u00e9ptimo\/septima<\/strong> <\/em>\u2014 seventh<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Octavo\/octava <\/strong><\/em>\u2014 eighth<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Noveno\/novena<\/em> <\/strong>\u2014 ninth<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>D\u00e9cimo\/decima <\/em><\/strong>\u2014 tenth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CigJO5Pvrq\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/numbers-in-spanish\/\">Numbers in Spanish from 1 to 100 and Beyond<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Numbers in Spanish from 1 to 100 and Beyond&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/numbers-in-spanish\/embed\/#?secret=1rMmTagz5P#?secret=CigJO5Pvrq\" data-secret=\"CigJO5Pvrq\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Writing Mechanics<\/h2>\n<p>Writing mechanics are just rules of a written language\u2014things like punctuation, capitalization, spelling and abbreviations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You may have already picked up on a couple (such as the quirky &#8220;upside down&#8221; question mark), but we&#8217;re going to go over a few differences between Spanish and English that are important to know.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Punctuation<\/h3>\n<p>For the most part punctuation is pretty straightforward in Spanish. If you&#8217;re unsure about something can usually assume that it&#8217;s the same as in English, but here are the main things to look out for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Question marks.\u00a0<\/strong>As mentioned earlier, in more formal writing you need to add an inverted question mark at the\u00a0<em>beginning\u00a0<\/em>of the question as well as the end.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exclamation marks.\u00a0<\/strong>Similarly, inverted exclamation points are also used at the beginning and end of the exclaimed word or phrase in Spanish.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writing numbers.\u00a0<\/strong>There are a few differences between English and Spanish when it comes to writing numbers. In Spanish, when writing numbers with four or less numerals, the numerals are written together. For example, where in English we would write &#8220;4,500,&#8221; in Spanish you would see &#8220;4500.&#8221;\n<p>If there are more than four numerals in a number, a space is supposed to be used to separate the groups of numerals\u2014instead of the comma which we would use in English. For example, in English we would write &#8220;1,500,00,&#8221; in Spanish the same number would be written as &#8220;1 500 000.&#8221; In saying this, you may well see numbers of this size written as &#8220;1.500.000&#8221; in many places. <\/p>\n<p>The last point to remember is that in many Spanish-speaking countries it&#8217;s common to see a comma used as a decimal separator, instead of a period like in English. For example the number &#8220;20.50&#8221; in English is often written in Spanish as &#8220;20,50.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Writing scripts\/dialogue.\u00a0<\/b>You&#8217;ll probably come across this difference while reading more so than while writing, and that&#8217;s the use of the em-dash (\u2014) in dialogue instead of speech marks. Here&#8217;s an idea of what you might see:\n<p><em>\u2014\u00a1Hola! \u2014dijo la se\u00f1ora. <\/em>(&#8220;Hello!&#8221; said the lady).<br \/>\n<em>\u2014Hola, \u00bfc\u00f3mo est\u00e1? \u2014contest\u00f3 el ni\u00f1o. <\/em>(&#8220;Hello, how are you?&#8221; answered the boy).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"F6blzsTAAl\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-punctuation\/\">Most Important Spanish Punctuation Marks<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Most Important Spanish Punctuation Marks&#8221; &#8212; FluentU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-punctuation\/embed\/#?secret=xCGyBfDpfT#?secret=F6blzsTAAl\" data-secret=\"F6blzsTAAl\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Capitalization<\/h3>\n<p>Spanish doesn&#8217;t capitalize words as often as we do in English, so unfortunately we can&#8217;t apply the same rules!<\/p>\n<p>The following types of words are <em>not<\/em> capitalized in Spanish unless it&#8217;s the first word in a sentence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Months and days of the week<\/li>\n<li>Book and movie titles (only the first word is capitalized)<\/li>\n<li>Places (excluding countries and cities)<\/li>\n<li>Religions<\/li>\n<li>Languages<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/nationalities-in-spanish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nationalities<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The personal pronoun\u00a0<em>yo\u00a0<\/em>(I)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to learn Spanish grammar but don&#8217;t know where to start?\u00a0Don&#8217;t worry\u2014if you take it bit by bit, you will be able to navigate the intricacies of Spanish grammar. 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