by Patrick Jackson | Jun 7, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
In today’s blog post, I want to talk about a mistake which I call the excessive or inappropriate use of the word “pero” (but). Actually, the mistake that non-native Spanish speakers make is using “pero” in a sentence when they should be...
by Patrick Jackson | Jun 6, 2015 | Spanish Verb Lessons, Spanish Verbs
In a recent blog post, I talked about “how to wonder” about something in the PRESENT in Spanish. I mentioned that Spanish doesn’t have a verb for “to wonder.” I also said Spanish does have a verb called “preguntarse” or to ask...
by Patrick Jackson | Jun 5, 2015 | Spanish Verb Lessons, Spanish Verbs
From this blog post, you will learn how to say I wonder in Spanish. Spanish doesn’t have a verb for “to wonder.” Spanish does have a verb called “preguntarse” or to ask one’s self. But “me pregunto” or “I ask...
by Patrick Jackson | Jun 4, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
I received an interesting email from a customer. He wrote: “Hola Patrick, I live in Mexico and I am an English professor here. Most of my friends are native English-speakers who teach English here in Mexico. My wife is also an American who teaches English here...
by Patrick Jackson | Jun 3, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
I received an email yesterday from a reader who asked, “Patrick, how are your Salsa classes going? You sent us an email a couple of weeks ago saying that you had just started Salsa classes and you have not mentioned anything about your Salsa classes...
