Ecuador is a small country located in South America. It is bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its name is Ecuador because the imaginary line (equator) that divides the world into two hemispheres passes through several countries, and one of them is Ecuador. Kichwa is one of…
Hay un Hoyo en la Orilla del Mar Have you ever wanted to say “there is” or “there are” in Spanish, and you don’t know how to? Have you ever wanted to say “There are places I remember”, and you realize you just get stuck? Well, let us tell you that there is one magic word that will solve this…
It is true, it is undeniable that Spanish has many shortcuts and corners that can lead you to different destinations; one of the controversial ones is the one that brings us on this occasion: when to use “cuál” and when to use “qué”? At first glance, even a native Spanish speaker might say: how can you confuse these two words,…
Saludos y Adios in SpanishSay Hello & Goodbye the Right Way! Looks simple, doesn’t it? This first line is basically the day-to-day life of the native Spanish speaker, and it can also become your day-to-day life. When you start learning a new language you will find many lessons that are essential for a more fluent vocabulary, such as everyday verbs,…
Imagine watching the movie “Back to the Future” in Spanish and understanding each time Martin and the Doc say “Vengo del futuro”, “Vamos al pasado” or “¡Tienes que venir!”. Venir is one of those words that is said more times than we actually realize: in everyday life it represents daily movement along with its sister word “Ir”. Hence, the title…
It is inevitable to read the word play and not think of children, childhood or fun. And there is nothing better than learning by playing, or simply playing for fun. When you are learning a new language there are words that are like Thanos, inevitable, and Jugar is one of those verbs that, at first, can make us run to…
If you could choose just one topic that would fit in your head without having to study so much, what would it be? For many of our students, the answer would probably be: Spanish verb conjugation. And I understand them, of course! For a native Spanish speaker, conjugating a verb is not something to think about, we grow up conjugating…
Translation: to find, meet, encounter, detect somebody/something, strike somebody/something, see somebody/something, identify somebody/something. Encontrar is an irregular Spanish AR verb, this is it changes the stem in the Present, Present Subjunctive and Imperative tenses. Following the pattern of sonar, when the stem of the verb is stressed, the “o” changes to “ue”. Though encontrar has the same basic meaning as…
