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Know When to Use Usted and Tú
Imagine meeting your Latin American parents-in-law and not knowing if you should use an usted (you) or tú (you) when speaking to them. What if you sound disrespectful? Or imagine saying usted to a friend and hearing...
7 Best Spanish Podcasts (Free and Paid)
Improving your proficiency in Spanish can be a big challenge but it is nothing that cannot be done. One of the best and most effective ways to improve your proficiency in Spanish is listening and comprehending it as...
Love in Spanish: Te Quiero vs Te Amo
Is Valentine’s Day coming up? Or maybe you and your partner’s anniversary, or your Spanish-speaking friend’s birthday, and you don’t know if you should say te quiero or te amo? Well, you’re not alone! Affection can...
Learn Spanish with Songs: Imperfect Past Tense Spanish Practice
Spanish has different types of past tenses. There are also many conjugations and moods. So, it’s not a surprise that Spanish can be a confusing language for many people. Maybe you’ve tried to memorize all the rules,...
5 Common English Grammar Mistakes
English is a very important language: it’s spoken around the world and, in most cases, it will help you to make yourself understood while traveling or working in another country. It’s a great tool for surviving abroad,...
Learn Spanish with Songs: Simple Past Tense Spanish Practice
The Spanish language has many tenses and the conjugation of the past tense is one of the most complicated because there are many types of past tense. And since listening to music is one of the coolest and most useful...
Your Guide to Colombian Spanish: Grammar & Pronunciation
If “parce”, “bacano”, and “quiubo” resonate in your mind, you might have heard Colombian Spanish. If not, then you’re about to find out what these words mean, and more! Colombia is a vibrant and diverse country with...
The Perfect Movies to Watch to Learn Spanish
Movies to Improve Your Spanish Spanish is a rich language, full of tenses, complicated conjugations, language moods like the subjunctive, particular idioms, and of course, the accent/pronunciation. So, just learning...
5 Common Spanish Grammar Mistakes
5 Common Grammar Mistakes in Spanish Learning grammar can be tiring, because of all the rules you have to follow. Even native speakers have some trouble with certain structures or words. But, at the same time, grammar...
Differences Between European Spanish and Latin American Spanish
Want to learn Spanish before a cultural immersion trip? Relocating for a job and the opportunity to improve your Spanish language skills? Then it’s important you know the differences between European Spanish and Latin...
5 Common Mistakes When Learning Mandarin Chinese
5 Worldwide Mistakes When Learning Mandarin When learning a new language, one inevitable truth is that we have to make mistakes. Failing is a good way to remind ourselves that we are learning and improving. A lot of...
Learn Spanish with Songs: Present Tense Spanish Practice
Music is an art form that almost everyone loves. We can relate to the many emotions that it transmits; it can entertain us; it’s an important part of other art forms, and music can also help you improve your Spanish....
What happens in your brain when you learn a new language?
Isn't it true that learning a new language is difficult? It certainly takes hundreds of hours of practice! It seems like some people pick up a new language ‘quickly’, while others struggle to learn even simple phrases....
Can you Forget your Mother Tongue?
Perhaps you know how it feels... After a considerable time living and breathing a language different from your mother tongue, you feel unsure. You can’t remember words, your pronunciation has a dash of a foreign...
Online Language Learning – The Best Way to Learn a New Language
It's official: online learning is the future of education. Nowadays, we are living in a world that is experiencing lots of changes, and education is no exception. Online learning is becoming increasingly more popular...
