Señora vs Señorita vs Doña: Spanish-speaking Ways of Making some Tactless Remark This can happen anywhere, at a bank teller, in a supermarket checkout line, even when buying a newspaper: – At your service ma’am (señora), the amount to be paid is $10 – What do you mean, ma’am? I am a lady (señorita)! – Excuse me, I’m so sorry!…
What’s easier, to ask for permission or to ask for forgiveness?: Conjugation of the verb Pedir A few years ago, in a beauty pageant, this was one of the questions asked to a Miss: “What is easier, to ask for permission or to ask for forgiveness?” (in spanish: “Es mejor pedir perdón, que pedir permiso), I guess this kind of…
See you later, alligator What does it take to know what verb we’re going to talk about today? It’s as simple as waking up and opening your eyes, and that’s it! We can already see the verb: Ver. But do you think you are able to recognize at a glance the forms in which the Spanish verb “ver” is conjugated?…
I Don’t Lose my Hopes Every day when learning a language as a native speaker, and without even thinking about it, verbs are used. Children have a special and sometimes funny way of conjugating them. However, they are corrected by their parents so that they learn the correct use in such a way that it flows in their language. One…
No pain, no gain: Conjugation of the verb Doler OUCH! (“¡Au!” or “¡Ay!” in Spanish): this is the classic sound to recognize pain, but are you able to recognize the forms in which the verb “doler” is presented? If you can’t, don’t worry, you’ve come to the right place to learn! In Italian they call it “dolore”, in Spanish “dolor”…
¿Cuál es la mejor forma de aprender?: Conjugation of the verb Hacer Last week I was talking to a friend that I made in the USA thanks to an exchange program and you can still tell that he is not a native Spanish speaker. This is not necessarily a bad thing, everyone has an accent according to their country of…
En un abrir y cerrar de ojos: Conjugation of the verb Cerrar Learning Spanish is a path that is rarely linear, you go back and forth learning adjectives, common phrases, the culture, finding a good teacher, even getting to online tutorials and realizing what you really need. Most Spanish learners go through that whole process, and there is nothing you…
Let’s get back on the horse: Conjugation of the verb Caer Of all the verbs, there is one that teaches us a lot: the verb Caer. Today we are going to learn how to conjugate and use this verb in Spanish. Caer is a verb that can be complex to understand if you are just starting out with the language.…
