Spanish Grammar

Proper Spanish Grammar

Understanding Spanish grammar is an essential part of learning the language. With so many grammar rules, however, this can be difficult for beginners. Here, Carmichael, CA Spanish tutor Joan B. shares some simple shortcuts to help you learn Spanish grammar… Having trouble with Spanish verbs, demonstratives, and commands? Once you have a good foundation in grammar, you’ll be…

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Spanish Grammar notes

The Spanish verb gustar is very commonly used to express likes, interests and preferences. However, the construction of sentences expressing likes/dislikes in Spanish is very different from that used in English. If we had to translate gustar to English we would say to be pleasing so instead of saying I like something we would be saying Something is pleasing to me . For…

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Spanish Advanced Grammar

You’ve got fluency in your sights. It’s tantalizingly within reach. So, how can you push yourself beyond advanced Spanish? Here, we’ve provided all the best learning textbooks, reference books and dual-readers for advanced Spanish learners. It’s time to fill in the little gaps that separate you from fluency. Why Advanced Spanish Learners Still Need Books There’s a common misconception…

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Grammar Study

If there’s one piece of advice you take away from this site, let it be this: You don’t need to study grammar to learn to speak a foreign language. It’s a fact that flies in the face of a whole world of failed classroom methodologies for foreign language instruction and misconceptions among learners about the way in which we acquire language. I’ve seen this topic cause arguments…

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Studying Grammar

日本人みたい！(にほんじんみたい！) Or, “You’re like a Japanese person!” That’s what Japanese tourists said to me the last time I was in Bangkok. In fact, I started studying Japanese just before I turned 16. And when I landed in Japan at age 17, I was holding conversations in Japanese with my host family. By the time I returned to the states a year later, I had internalized Japanese grammar…

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