In Spanish there are four different ways of talking directly to people other that yourself. In English, we use the single word “you’ to express these four ways of addressing other people. Therefore, it is not suprising most English speakers get confused when trying to state the different forms of saying “you’ in Spanish since read more

In Spanish there are two different verbs which mean ‘to give’ — dar and regalar. let’s first start by examing the verb dar since it is used more frequently and is an important part of many idiomatic expressions.

Dar is most often used as follows: Give me a glass of water / Dáme un vaso de agua or I want to give read more

Recently I wrote an article about a short cut to speaking in the future in Spanish. We call this method the “false future.”

Briefly, we form the false future by placing the conjugated present tense form of the verb “IR” followed by the letter “A” before any unconjugated verb. For example, Voy a comer read more

In Spanish as well as English, we most often use the word “will” followed by a verb when referring to future events. For example, tomorrow I will go to Mexico.

However, if you pay close attention to most conversations in English, you will notice the verb “to go” is used much more frequently than the word “will” read more