03/02/04 - Conditional Tense
This tense is used to indicate that an action or state of being is dependent on the occurrence of a condition.

02/27/04 - Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is the formation or use of words that are intended to sound like the what they represent.

02/26/04 - Keep Adverbs Close to What They Modify
As a general rule, Spanish adverbs (and adverbial phrases) usually are placed near the word they modify.

02/24/04 - Sondeo: Los matrimonios gay
¿Tienes una opinión sobre los matrimonios de parejas del mismo sexo?

02/23/04 - Orthographic Accent
In Spanish, an accent mark sometimes is used over vowels to distinguish how a word is used or what it means.

02/18/04 - Perfect Tense
Spanish has seven types of perfect tensess, which are used to indicate that action has been (or will be or could be) completed.

02/16/04 - Introducing Afterthoughts and Offhand Remarks
Spanish has two common ways of introducing an afterthought, unrelated comment or offhand remark, ways that are typically translated as "by the way" or "incidentally" in English.

02/14/04 - Using the Spanish "No"
The Spanish no is often the equivalent of "no," "not" or "non-."

02/12/04 - Names of Nationalilties
If you're Spanish you're español, and if you're from the United States you're estadounidense. Here is a list of the most common nationalities you'll hear or read about.

02/11/04 - Subjunctive
The subjunctive mood is used not to indicate that something is being asserted but that it is contrary to fact, supposed, doubted, feared or desired.

02/10/04 - Indicative
The indicative mood is the verb mood used in ordinary, typical speech when making statements.

02/06/04 - Concession
In grammar, concession is the use of a word, phrase or sentence that diminishes and may contradict implications of a statement or description.

02/05/04 - Expressing Concepts Such as 'Although' and 'In Spite Of'
Spanish has several ways of indicating that what is said might seem to be at odds with what the listener might expect. Examples in English involve words or phrases such as "in spite of" or "nevertheless."

02/02/04 - Using Hacer
Often translated as "to make" or "to do," hacer has a wide variety of uses.

02/01/04 - Choosing the Right Person of Verb
There are a number of instances where Spanish uses a different person of verb than English speakers might expect. These include cases where a person is referring to himself or herself.

01/01/04 - Word of the Day: February
Learn a new word each day this month, then review those from previous months. This month's words all begin with C.

01/31/04 - Indefinite Article
Indefinite articles are used to make a noun refer to a nonspecific member or members of a class.

01/30/04 - Definite Article
English has only one definite article, but Spanish has four.

01/29/04 - Article
Only a few words fit in this grammatical category, but they're among the words you use the most often.

01/24/04 - Assimilation
In both Spanish and English, it is common for the sounds of letters to vary depending on the sounds that are adjacent to them.

01/23/04 - Elision
Elision is the omission of sounds, especially as words flow together.

01/22/04 - Keep Auxiliary and Main Verbs Together
Separating auxiliary verbs from the main verbs they go with is fairly common in English. But it usually isn't done in Spanish.

01/21/04 - Gerund
The gerund is the "-ing" form of the verb in English, the -ando or -endo form of the verb in Spanish. However, the two gerunds aren't used exactly alike.

01/20/04 - Poll: Studying Spanish
There are plenty of reasons for studying Spanish. What are yours?

01/19/04 - Sondeo: Estudiar el español
How long have you been studying Spanish? This poll is in Spanish.

01/18/04 - Sondeo: Candidatos presidenciales estadounidenses
Who is your favorite U.S. presidential candidate? This poll is in Spanish. Updated 02/23/04.

01/17/04 - Profile of Argentina
Argentina is the second-largest country in South America, and its form of Spanish has some distinctive differences.

01/14/04 - Present Participle
Spanish has two types of present participles, verbal present participles and adjectival present participles, which are used as adjectives.

01/13/04 - Past Participle
The present participle can be used as an adjective or with auxiliary verbs to form the perfect tenses or the passive voice.

01/12/04 - Participle
A participle is an impersonal inflected verb form that combines with auxiliary verbs and can sometimes function as an adjective.

01/10/04 - Singular or Plural?
When two singular nouns are joined by o (meaning "or"), the unit can usually be treated as singular or plural.

01/09/04 - Conjunction
A conjunction is one of the parts of speech that is used to connect words or groups of words.

01/09/04 - Correlative Conjunction
Correlative conjunctions are also known as paired conjunction.

01/09/04 - Coordinating Conjunction
This type of word is used to connect two words or groups of words of equal grammatical status.

01/09/04 - Subordinate Conjunction
This is a type of conjunction used to introduce a dependent clause.

01/05/04 - Compound Verb
A compound verb is made up of an auxiliary verb followed by the main verb.

01/03/04 - Auxiliary Verb
Auxiliary verbs, also known as helper verbs, are used more often in English than in Spanish.

01/02/04 - Saying 'Again'
Spanish has no single word meaning "again," but there are three phrases you can use to express the concept.

01/01/04 - Word of the Day: January
Learn a new word each day this month, then review those from previous months. This month's words all begin with B.