Spanish Imperative Commands How to be Polite in Spanish In my opinion, all students should learn Spanish polite commands, even though politeness isn’t our thing in Argentina. I am not saying people aren’t polite in Argentina, because we are in our own special way, but we just don’t sound polite.…
What is vos in Spanish? When students first come to me they ask what is the vos form in Spanish? Voseo is the use of the pronoun “vos” instead of “tú”. In Argentina we never use the pronoun “tú”. The voseo also occurs in Costa Rica, Paraguay, Uruguay, and in…
Why is Argentinian Spanish so different? This is a frequently asked question. I feel like most Spanish students panic when they think of Argentine Spanish. That is because most of them were told that Spanish in Argentina is completely different from other variants. In fact, a question that is asked…
Cuando daba clases a principiantes, uno de los primeros temas que enseñaba eran los colores en español y en inglés. A diferencia del inglés, en español los colores pueden tener género (formas femenina y masculina) y número (singular y plural). Mientras enseñaba los colores en español, noté que los estudiantes…
Are you ready to test your knowledge on these common Argentine Spanish phrases? Take our quiz now! What do these Argentinian Spanish phrases mean? Take a couple of minutes to think about the meaning of these phrases. The examples are there to give you context and help you figure out…
El español rioplatense suena bastante distinto de otras variantes del español. Se llama rioplatense porque se habla principalmente en los alrededores del Río de la Plata, es decir, Buenos Aires y Montevideo. ¿Pero cómo hablan en Argentina y Uruguay? Una de las características principales de esta variedad dialectal es el…