Basic Spanish Grammar Rules: Lessons & Explanations Archives

The Spanish Subjunctive Explained: How the Subjunctive Works Plus a Mnemonic Trick to Help you Remember When to Use It (The W.E.I.R.D.O. System)

by Andrew | Apr 12, 2021 | Basic Spanish Grammar Rules: Lessons & Explanations

I couldn’t find a picture that related to what I was writing about (I always try to do that), in this case the Spanish subjunctive, so here’s a picture of my idea for an anti-gravity device based on a cat with some buttered toast on its head – what...

When to Say “Yo” (“I”) in Spanish (and Why Native Speakers Almost Never Do)

by Andrew | Feb 1, 2020 | Articles/Posts (go here to start learning Spanish!), Basic Spanish Grammar Rules: Lessons & Explanations

Why It’s for the same reason you can just point at a cow and say “Cow!” instead of “There is a cow over there and I want you to look at it!”. It’s for the same reason that when someone asks you if you would like fries with that you...

A Brief Guide to Regional Variation of the Forms of Address (Tú, Vos, Usted) in Spanish

by Andrew | Apr 10, 2018 | Articles/Posts (go here to start learning Spanish!), Basic Spanish Grammar Rules: Lessons & Explanations

This is actually an excerpt from a longer article I’m currently in the process of writing (should be out in a few weeks, when it is I’ll edit this) about Spanish pronouns. It’s just a brief guide to the form of address used in each country (regional...

List of Best YouTube Spanish Lessons – Short Description and Sample Video Included

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...

What Spanish Verb Tenses You Should Learn First, and Why They’re So Important

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...

Para qué vs. Por qué – The difference explained and when to use each

by Andrew | Jan 27, 2012 | Articles/Posts (go here to start learning Spanish!), Basic Spanish Grammar Rules: Lessons & Explanations, Spanish

I was just watching one of my favorite Spanish-language movies, Maria Full of Grace, which is fantastic for learning Spanish, by the way (because you can turn on English or Spanish subtitles and the script is available online), and I noticed they would use the...

The Spanish Subjunctive Explained: How the Subjunctive Works Plus a Mnemonic Trick to Help you Remember When to Use It (The W.E.I.R.D.O. System)

by Andrew | Dec 11, 2010 | Basic Spanish Grammar Rules: Lessons & Explanations, Popular, Short Spanish Lessons, Spanish

How Many Words Do You Need to Know to Be Fluent in Spanish (or Any Foreign Language)? And Which Words Should You Be Learning?

by Andrew | Aug 10, 2010 | Basic Spanish Grammar Rules: Lessons & Explanations, General Language-Learning, Popular, Spanish

This is going to start out a bit technical and academic, but I promise that if you’ll wade through it you will be rewarded with some very useful practical information that you can use to significantly enhance your learning of the Spanish language, or any other...