Hello readers! We hope that you are doing fine and enjoying your time learning Spanish! Here in Valencia, where our Spanish lessons take place, we have lots of things to do and lots of local people interested in meeting foreigners to change a little bit their point of view and getting to know other people’s...
Once a week Spanish & Valencia publishes linguistic tips to help you reach a new level in Spanish. In the beginning, we give an expression that is correct from a grammatical point of view but sounds boring. Then we give its a more advanced analog. • No tienes que hacer el trabajo DE OTRAS...
What are stereotypes in Spain? Stereotypes are ideas or images that are generally accepted by a group of people or even society. These ideas are often unchanging due to the fact that they are deeply ingrained. Stereotypes are preconceived conceptions of what certain things or people are like, and these ideas are wrong. Stereotypes often...
Do you know what borrowing is when we speak about languages? Well, this consists of taking words or expressions from one language to using them in another one. Some people find this irritating or just bad for one’s language, but the truth is that, if you want to learn Spanish, it will become a...
We have already seen how gender can affect some word’s meanings. But in today’s quick Spanish class we are going to talk about 10 Spanish words that change meanings depending on if they are being used in plural or singular when you are in Spain. Learning Spanish can be difficult, but some of these words...
Learning Spanish is a matter of trial and error, but there are often many other difficulties along the way. It often happens that we do not understand something, some of the words, or something that has been said: if that is the case, you will always do the typical sentence ¿puedes repetir, por favor?...
Here are some ideas that can help you with your Spanish learning, while being fun and entertaining. Each person should find the one they like best and start as soon as possible: Spanish is not an easy language but by following these ideas you will finally be able to speak and write like a native....
Studying a new language is not easy and even less so when it comes to Spanish. It is a tricky language both to speak and to write, and making mistakes is very easy, but do not worry, even native speakers sometimes make it wrong! In the coming article we would like to introduce you some...
Many words in English are written the same, or almost the same, as in Spanish. So, planet equals planeta, or drug equals droga. If we follow this rule, what about actually? Is the Spanish equivalence actualmente? One of the difficulties we have when learning a new language other than our native one is the...
