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Spanish Suffixes: Another Meeting Point for English and Spanish (Part 1) Posted by Anais on Dec 29, 2021
Another special kind of particles shared by English and Spanish are suffixes, used to build new words by being placed at the end of the stem of nouns, adjectives, verbs or adverbs. These affixes work in one of two ways: either by conferring gramatical information to that word with an inflectional suffix—like when adding…
Prefixes: Where Spanish and English Go Hand in Hand (Part 3) Posted by Anais on Dec 23, 2021
Welcome to part 3 of my blog dedicated to the most common prefixes in Spanish and English. This will be the last part dedicated to these affixes, as the next one will focus on the other type of particles that share traits in English and in Spanish: the suffixes. For now, let’s say goodbye to…
Prefixes: Where Spanish and English Go Hand in Hand (Part 2) Posted by Anais on Nov 29, 2021
Welcome to part 2 of my blog dedicated to the common prefixes in Spanish and English. It is worth recalling one important fact about prefix spelling in la lengua de Cervantes. Each and every prefix must always be written directly attached to the word they are modifying, with only two major exceptions: If the modified…
Prefixes: Where Spanish and English Go Hand in Hand (Part 1) Posted by Anais on Nov 26, 2021
If there is an aspect where Spanish and English truly match, it is the fact that both languages make extensive use of affixes to change the meaning of established words in a logical way. Specifically in the case of prefixes, the long-standing influence of Latin and Greek has left a notable mark in our modern…
A Guide to Interjections in Spanish (Part 2) Posted by Anais on Oct 29, 2021
Let’s get straight to the point and start the second part of my practical guide for interjections in the Spanish language by mentioning that, for many sounds, there could be a good amount of uses in a given speech, like for “¡ah!”, whose non-verbal meaning ranges from a sincere signal of understanding (“ah, ahora entiendo…
A Guide to Interjections in Spanish (Part 1) Posted by Anais on Oct 27, 2021
Ouch, argh, hmmm, great!… An interjection in any language could be defined as a word that happens almost instinctively during speech to convey a feeling or some kind of reaction before some kind of stimuli. We can thank interjections for the fact they make much easier for us to express emotions, a way of greeting…
Uppercases in Spanish: A practical guide (Part 3) Posted by Anais on Sep 24, 2021
Here we are at the last entry dedicated to the way the Spanish language uses uppercase letters. It may be a rough little journey, but all this guidance is designed to make you more comfortable with these grammar issues that differentiate Spanish from other languages. This time, I will be indicating those instances where you…