Tag Archives: Spanish Grammar
Verb agreement in Spanish – Part 01 Posted by Adir on Mar 26, 2012
La concordancia is the harmonious combination of elements in a sentence. There are two kinds of agreement (concordancia) in Spanish: la concordancia nominal (noun agreement) and la concordancia verbal (verb agreement). Let’s check out some rules for la concordancia verbal. 1. When we have only one subject, the verb agrees with it in number and…
How to use the preposition “de” Posted by Adir on Mar 21, 2012
Ah, prepositions! They surely give us one heck of a hard time when we are learning a foreign language. If you want to learn Spanish one of the most common prepositions is “de”. Let’s check out some of its uses. 1. from, indicates origin Venía del teatro cuando vio el accidente. [He was coming from…
How to use “tan” and “tanto” in Spanish Posted by Adir on Mar 15, 2012
Tan and tanto are some of the indefinidos, those words that show an indefinite quantity. Let’s check out how they are used! Tanto, tan Tanto is used before nouns, acting as an adjective: Tengo tanto miedo de dormir sola. [I’m so afraid / I have so much fear of sleeping alone.] Siento tantas ganas de…
Las conjunciones coordinadas – Part 01 Posted by Adir on Jan 10, 2012
Conjunctions are words that are used to link two terms in a clause or two clauses. Here are two examples: Juan y María son primos. (Juan and Maria are cousins.) Lo encontramos por la calle y lo invitamos a cenar. (We run into him on the street and we invited him to dinner.) In the…
The position of direct and indirect objects in sentences Posted by Adir on Dec 24, 2011
The pronombre complemento can come: 1. After the verb – this is called énclisis. Llámame a las ocho. In the case above the verb and the pronoun are written together. Attention! The pronombre complement always comes after verbs: – in the gerund: Estoy escribiéndole una carta. – Estoy escribiéndosela. – in the infinitive: Voy a…
¿Por qué, por qué… ? Porque… Posted by Magda on Apr 29, 2011
There are some words and expressions that can be quite confusing, but not only for those of you who are learning the language, but even for native speakers themselves. That’s the case of porqué, porque, por qué and por que. Let’s remember how to use them. Por qué has the meaning of “why”, so we’ll…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 15 Pronombres Relativos Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 27, 2011
Advanced level Spanish video lesson investigating when and how to use the relative pronouns: que, el que, los que, la que, las que, lo que, quien, quienes, el cual, los cuales, la cual, las cuales, lo cual, cuyo, cuyos, cuya, cuyas, donde. ¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a ver los pronombres relativos. Estos se usan…