Gerald's Spanish Language Blog May 2006 Archive

It is usual in English grammar for conjunctions to be classified according to the way they function in a sentence. In Spanish grammar, however, it is also common to classify ... Read More

For most of us, learning one foreign language is challenging enough. But how about learning two foreign languages at the same time? Our forum participants who have tried it say ... Read More

Like many other aspects of life, the speech patterns you use are a habit. So when you're learning Spanish is the best time to develop good habits of grammar and ... Read More

I've been asked recently why the Spanish for city names of cities with "New" in them are feminine — for example, why Spanish uses Nueva Orleans and Nueva York for ... Read More

Poder is a useful verb that usually means "can" or "to be able," it also has some other uses. It is usually used as an auxiliary verb, but it can ... Read More

You can't do much about the weather, but you can talk about it — if you know the vocabulary. Here's a guide to the vocabulary of weather, and the phrases ... Read More

Don Francisco is something of an anomaly: Although he hosts one of the world's most popular TV variety shows — some 100 million viewers in 42 countries — he is ... Read More

Our forum is a good place to get your questions answered, usually quickly. Here are some of the questions that have been asked and answered recently: Can sentarse be used as ... Read More

"Best" and "brightest," which would be mejor and más listo in Spanish, are examples of superlatives. Superlatives are used to indicate that something has a quality that is the most ... Read More

Look up the word "cool" in a Spanish-English dictionary, and the first word you're likely to find is fresco. That's fine if you're talking about temperature, but fresco doesn't convey ... Read More

One good way to learn new words is to see or hear how they are used in real life. That is why most of the sample sentences in our Word ... Read More