Basic Spanish

In the previous lesson, we learned the days of the week. In this one, we will learn how to write, pronounce and use the vocabulary for months of the year in Spanish. We prepared several basic conversations with some important questions and expressions using the months. You will also have the chance to practice with a listening activity on people […]

There are several ways to say our name, greet people and say goodbye in Spanish. Most of these expressions have been covered in two separate lessons, one teaching how to introduce yourself and another about common greetings and farewells. This time we are going to focus on how to use Spanish greetings and introductions to hold basic conversations. The lesson includes four

LOS DÍAS DE LA SEMANA or the days of the week in Spanish are very easy to learn and remember. In this lesson, you will learn how to say the days and how to use them in simple sentences and questions. We have included a nice video, some short conversations, two listening activities and several

“¿Puede repetir por favor?” is a very common classroom question when you are learning Spanish. In this lesson, you will learn a list of the most important questions in the Spanish class and essential expressions to communicate with your classmates and teacher. You will find many examples and exercises in interactive quizzes to practice as

Spanish greetings and farewells are part of the vocabulary that you will need in daily interactions. Using the right greeting (saludo) before getting into the main conversation is always a good sign of politeness, especially when introducing yourself or someone else. In this lesson, you will learn how to use Spanish greetings correctly and the appropriate

Spanish ordinal numbers, “los números ordinales”, are used to show the order that things or events follow, whereas cardinal numbers are used to talk about quantities. Both of them are very useful in many situations in the language. In this lesson, we will explain how to use “los números ordinales” in sentences through many examples

The way we write and pronounce numbers is quite different from English, but they are still as important to give or get some personal information. In this lesson, we will learn how to spell and pronounce Spanish numbers 1-20, “los números del uno al veinte“. We will discuss the rules to form a few of them

LOS COLORES are some of the most important and useful adjectives you can learn in any language. In this lesson, we will learn the vocabulary for basic Spanish colors and how to make sentences with colors to describe objects. More than a vocabulary list, you will learn how to use colors to convey simple ideas through many

The vocabulary for classroom objects in Spanish (los objetos de la clase) may be very useful at school and also in many other settings. In this lesson, you will read and listen to several examples using a list of classroom items. Besides, we will make use of the vocabulary and grammar structures we have covered in previous lessons

Prepositions of place in Spanish, LAS PREPOSICIONES DE LUGAR, are words like “Sobre” (on) and “Debajo” (under) that are normally used to indicate the location of one object in relation to another. In this lesson, we will learn how to use these prepositions together with the verb ESTAR to form basic sentences. In addition, you