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…
Basic vocabulary in Spanish across the world Vocabulary in Spanish is diverse. Spanish is the official language for 20 countries. There are also other countries, like the United States, where Spanish is spoken as a second language by a large community. Therefore, around 500 million people in the world speak…
Hablar el español en clase puede ser fácil si seguimos un libro o una serie de actividades. Sin embargo, en las clases de conversación cara a cara, mis estudiantes siempre querían preguntarme sobre mi fin de semana, mi día, desearme una buena tarde, etc. A veces los profesores les restamos…
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…
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