by Andrew | Jan 30, 2020 | Articles/Posts (go here to start learning Spanish!), Spanish
I know you probably got here from googling “how to say tour in Spanish” so I’ll be very brief here and just get you the answer you want. Unlike English which uses one word for both of these things, Spanish has two different words depending on what... Read more
by Andrew | Jul 18, 2017 | Basic Spanish Grammar Rules: Lessons & Explanations, Learn Spanish on YouTube: Lessons Based on Spanish YouTube Videos, Recommended Channels, How to Do It, Short Spanish Lessons
Ok, I’m going to start a list of YouTube Spanish lessons I recommend, that is to say YouTube channels that teach Spanish and, in my opinion, do a good job of it. This list will be continually updated and maintained (as it will need to be in order to remain... Read more
by Andrew | Jun 13, 2017 | Learn Spanish for Real: Spanish Slang, Colloquialisms, & Cursewords, Spanish
1. En pelotas This literally means “in balls” (hence the photo) per the modern definition of “pelota”, but that’s not what it refers to at all (it’s not using the modern definition of “pelota”). Contrary to what many... Read more
by Andrew | Apr 20, 2017 | General Language-Learning, Spanish, Telenovela Method
This is a simple technique I developed on my own as part of the Telenovela Method years ago and I’ve just never gotten around to writing about it because it never occurred to me how much trouble most people have learning Spanish pronunciation (note: this... Read more
by Andrew | Mar 2, 2015 | Basic Spanish Grammar Rules: Lessons & Explanations, Spanish
First of all, it’s “which Spanish verb tenses…”, not “what Spanish verb tenses…”, but Google tells me the first one is what people are searching for, so that’s what the title is. Now that that’s out of the... Read more
by Andrew | Nov 16, 2014 | Learn Spanish for Real: Spanish Slang, Colloquialisms, & Cursewords, Learn Spanish from Spain
Welcome to the second installment of a category of posts I do called Learn Spanish for Real: Spanish Slang, Colloquialisms, and Curse Words! This post will be a sort of continuation on the first one in that we’ll be examining the same sentence from the same... Read more
by Andrew | Apr 24, 2014 | General Language-Learning, Product Reviews, Reviews, Reviews of Free Websites and Tools, Spanish
I’ve talked about (here) how I think language exchanges are probably the single most valuable thing you can do to learn a language because that’s where you’re actually talking to – and being corrected by – a native speaker, that’s... Read more
by Andrew | Apr 6, 2013 | Spanish, Telenovela Method
The following list of resources are the ones that I use the most, by far. These are my “daily tools”, that is things that I use every. single. day. to learn more and more Spanish, and that I’ve been using for a very long time now. They are... Read more
by Andrew | Aug 4, 2012 | General Language-Learning, Spanish
I just found a new resource that I really like and wanted to let you guys know about it (it’s free, before you ask): Edustation.es It’s a website for people learning languages that’s entirely in Spanish (not a big deal, even if you’re a... Read more
by Andrew | Aug 18, 2010 | General Language-Learning, Miscellaneous, Spanish
Just found this, I smiled a bit, kind of funny (“Merci beau coup!” lol), but he’s absolutely right: Most Western Europeans speak at least two languages fluently, and someone speaking 5 or 6 isn’t the least bit abnormal or special over there at... Read more