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Hedy Lamarr, la actriz que inventó el wifi

Read an intermediate Spanish profile about Hedy Lamarr, an actress and inventor whose ideas helped shape modern wireless…

Practice

Pretérito perfecto reflexivos – Yo me he bañado (I have taken a bath).

Participios irregulares Algunos verbos tienen participios irregulares. En estos casos, no usamos la forma regular con -ado o…

Grammar

Subjuntivo presente using poder

Let’s practice the present subjunctive using poder. Overview Let’s create a sentence like this: Ojala pueda comer pizza…

Grammar

Imperativo irregular

Irregular commands are common in daily Spanish. Forms like ven, haz, di, pon, sal, s?, ten, ve, and…

Grammar

Imperativo regular

Regular commands in Spanish Regular commands help you tell someone what to do. In Spanish, the form changes…

Grammar

How to Use “Ya” and “Todavía” in Spanish

Ya means already. Todavía no means not yet.

Grammar

How to Use “Nunca” “Jamás” and “Alguna vez”. Préterito perfecto.

Use nunca, jamás, and alguna vez to talk about life experiences.

Grammar

Compuestos: Pretérito Perfecto. Verbos regulares.

The pretérito perfecto in Spanish helps us talk about actions that have happened. Overview Let’s express something like…

Grammar

Indicativo: Condicional. Verbos irregulares

Irregular conditional verbs use the same endings as regular conditional verbs, but the stem changes. The endings are…

Grammar

Indicativo: Condicional. Verbos regulars

The conditional in Spanish is used to say what someone would do, want, buy, study, or say. In…

Grammar

Futuro simple. Verbos irregulares

Some Spanish verbs have irregular in the future tense.

Grammar

Futuro simple. Verbos regulares

Use the future tense to talk about actions that will happen later.

Grammar

“Hay que”

Hay que / No hay que Hay que means it is necessary to or one must. It expresses…

Grammar

Past in spanish: Imperfecto. Verbos de acción

Only three verbs are truly irregular in the imperfect: ser, ir, and ver. They are common because they…

Grammar

Past in spanish: Ser, ir and ver en imperfecto

Ser, ir, and ver are the three everyday irregular verbs in the imperfect. Use them to describe what…

Grammar

Past in spanish: Imperfecto: iba a + infinitivo

Iba a + infinitive talks about plans, intentions, or expected actions in the past. It is the past…

Grammar

Past in spanish: Imperfect. Verbos regulares

The regular imperfect is used to talk about past habits, repeated actions, descriptions, and things that used to…

Grammar

Past in spanish: Preterito con objeto indirecto.

Estructura Patrón Example Translation indirect object pronoun + verb in the preterite + thing Le mandé un mensaje.…