by Patrick Jackson | Jul 29, 2015 | Intermediate Spanish
In my last email, I said that I would make my last and final argument why I insist that Spanish has more commonly used words than English. Well here it goes . . . Let’s compare the Spanish verb “hablar” with the English word with the same meaning (to...
by Patrick Jackson | Jul 28, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
I recently heard an English speaking friend here in Medellin, Colombia talking to his “novia” (girlfriend), actually she’s his “prometida” (fiancée) — while using his “celular” (cell phone). I heard him make two mistakes...
by Patrick Jackson | Jul 27, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Let’s learn how to say “facedown” in Spanish while learning how to avoid a common mistake that English speakers make when speaking Spanish. I have mentioned in previous blog posts that I practice an “artes marciales” (martial arts) here...
by Patrick Jackson | Jul 27, 2015 | Spanish Verb Lessons, Spanish Verbs
Today, let’s talk about how do you give commands with the verbs “competir,” “hervir,” “gemir,” “preferir,” “morir,” “sugerir,” and other stem changing “ir” verbs as well as...
by Patrick Jackson | Jul 26, 2015 | Spanish Verb Lessons, Spanish Verbs
In a recent blog post, I said that I would tell you how to use the command form or imperative form of “vos.” And these are basically two (2) rules for using “vos” with commands. Regla Número Uno: El imperativo de vos nunca tiene cambios en las...
