Tag Archives: Spanish Grammar
The superlative with “-ísimo” in Spanish Posted by Adir on Mar 11, 2013
In Spanish we can say that something is “the most / -est” also by using the ending -ísimo(a). Check out how this superlative is formed. 1. Most adjectives barato [cheap] – baratísimo Este hotel es baratísimo. [This hotel is extremely cheap.] grande [big] – grandísimo Él tiene una casa grandísima. [He has an extremely big…
Answer to yesterday’s verb exercise Posted by Adir on Feb 9, 2013
¡Hola a todos! Here are the answers to yesterday’s verb exercise. ¿Por qué Julián no habrá venido a cenar? (venir) I wonder why Julián hasn’t come to dinner. En pocos minutos (tú) habrás terminado el examen.(terminar) In a few minutes you will have finished your test. Cuando lleguemos al cine la película ya habrá empezado (empezar)…
What will you have done tomorrow evening? Posted by Adir on Feb 8, 2013
¡Hola, mi gente! ¿Cómo les va? Espero que estén todos bien. Today we are going to take a look at the verb tense Futuro Perfecto de Indicativo. Adir, what the heck is that? Acálmate that I’m going to explain. First of all, it’s a future tense (you probably know that already!). Now, we call it…
Irregular verbs in the present (III) Posted by Adir on Jan 29, 2013
¡Hola, mi gente! Let’s continue with our series of posta about verb irregularities in Spanish, in the present. Today we have two cases, check them out! 1. The e becomes an i. Pedir Presente de Indicativo – pido, pides, pide, pedimos, pedís, piden Presente de Subjuntivo – pida, pidas, pida, pidamos, pidáis, pidan Imperativo –…
Irregular verbs in the present (II) Posted by Adir on Jan 2, 2013
Hello, everybody! How were your holidays? I’m pretty sure you had a great time! So let’s kick off 2013 with the second post of the irregular verbs series in Spanish. These verbs have vowel changes in the Present tense. The verb irregularity today is the vowel change o to ue in verbs like almorzar (to…
What are the question words in Spanish? Posted by Adir on Dec 17, 2012
¡Hola! How are you doing today? When we speak a foreign language it is of utmost importance to be able to ask questions properly and we are going to start with the questions words en español. Here are the most common ones: Qué: what ¿Qué estás diciendo? [What are you saying?] ¿Qué quieres de regalo…
How to say “myself”, “yourself”, “himself” in Spanish Posted by Adir on Dec 3, 2012
Hello, there! How was your weekend? I hope it was fun. Today we have a little grammar post about reflexive pronouns in Spanish. In English we have the reflexive pronouns to say that we perform and receive an action: I saw myself in the mirror. Enjoy yourself! She cut herself with a knife. In Spanish we…