Tag Archives: misspelling
Spanish tricky words. Should I write “haya” or “halla”? Posted by Magda on Dec 5, 2013
There are different letters in Spanish with a similar pronunciation, and it makes difficult to decide whether we should write a word with “V” or “B”, for example. The problem is that sometimes the misspelling can also imply a new word with a different meaning. Today, I want to give you some hints to distinguish…
Some common linguistic mistakes in Spanish Posted by Magda on Aug 8, 2013
To learn a language also implies to avoid some native speakers´ typical mistakes. In some previous posts, we have talked about “dequeismo” (to know more, click here) and “laísmo” (to know more, click here), for example. Today, I want to share with you some linguistic mistakes, or vulgarisms: Así (this way): Things are this way…