Spanish Pronominal Verbs (sometimes aka Reflexive Verbs)

Have you ever seen those funny looking verbs that appear in the dictionary with a ‘se’ tacked on the end of them?  If you would like to know more about what makes them special, how to conjugate and use them then this little book is just for you.  They are called pronominal verbs and they … Read more

Qué vs Cuál

¿Qué? vs ¿Cuál?   These words can cause a bit of confusion as they are both question words (when they have accents) and can both be translated as ‘what’ or ‘which’ depending on the construction of the sentence. NB: if these words don’t have accents they are relative pronouns and will be translated as ‘which’ or … Read more

YO, ME, MI & MÍ

    YO, ME, MI & MÍ   Do you sometimes get confused between ‘yo’, ‘me’, ‘mi’ and ‘mí’?   Here’s a quick guide to what they all are and how they work:     Yo = I, the subject of a sentence. Yo no quiero ir.    I don’t want to go.   Me … Read more

Extra en español (Video Series)

    NB:  Due to trouble with spammers we have recently removed the option to register which was a prerequisite for doing our quizzes but as the quizzes are so much work to set up we have decided to make them part of the premium content.  If you would like to access all content on … Read more

Mi Vida Loca (Ejercicio – Verbos en el Pasado)

  Mi Vida Loca  (Ejercicio – Verbos en el Pasado) Fill the gaps by conjugating the given verbs in either the preterite or imperfect tense to fit the translation. PREVIAMENTE… PREVIOUSLY… (Llegar – you arrived) _______  a Madrid el sábado  Llegaste pero la bienvenida no te la _________.   (Esperar – you weren’t expecting)  esperaba … Read more