Bienvenido o bienvenida, my dear Spanish beginner to other «Reto de la semana». Today we are going with one of the trickiest retos de la semana ever. And we are going to focus in our loved verbo «GUSTAR«. We know that it has just two forms: gusta and gustan. And we know that gusta goes […]
El acento diacrítico (Ep. 57)
Bienvenido o bienvenida, my dear Spanish beginner to other «Reto de la semana». Today we are going to see what’s «acento diacrítico». We use this «acento» (called orthographically «tilde» in Spanish) to make a distinction among words that are writen in the same way but whose meaning is completely different. General rule: monosílabos (words with […]
Verbos Utilizar vs. Usar (Ep. 56)
Bienvenido o bienvenida, my dear Spanish beginner to other «Reto de la semana». Today we are going to see two verbs that in English mean the same: TO USE. Verbos Utilizar vs. Usar Reto de la semana ¿CUÁL ES LA DIFERENCIA ENTRE EL VERBO USAR Y UTILIZAR? a) Uso pantalón para trabajar b) Utilizo pantalón […]
Verbos reflexivos vs. Gustar (Ep. 55)
Bienvenido o bienvenida, my dear Spanish beginner to other «Reto de la semana». Today we are going to treat a tricky question: ¿Are verbos reflexivos and verbo gustar the same family of verbs? This a classic mistake that appears even in A1 levels. Reto de la semana ¿SON LA MISMA FAMILIA DE VERBOS? a) Me […]
Poder vs. Saber (Ep. 52)
Bienvenido o bienvenida, my dear Spanish beginner to other «Reto de la semana». If you are English speaker and I ask you, please, translate this sentence in Spanish («I cannot swim well») you will see that you can use two different verbs: verbo poder and verbo saber. But… which is the difference? Reto de la […]
DELE (Basics III): ¿Cuánto y cómo? (Ep. 51)
My dear Spanish beginner! Do you want to take DELE exam (Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera) this year? In this podcast, I am going to explain how much is it (cuánto) y how you can sign it up (cómo) ¿Cuánto cuesta? ¿Cómo puedes inscribirte? Do you want to prepare DELE exam with an official […]