This lesson is about the verb “Tener”, a very useful verb in Spanish, that is used to express many things. As you start to speak Spanish with more ease, you will find yourself using the verb “Tener” a good amount. Firstly, we use Tener, to express “possession”. “Tengo un auto azul.” (I have a blue car.) “¿Tienes casa?” ...
The perfect subjunctive is a tense used to speak about situations in the past, but with a point of view in the present. In this context, we could say that we use the Perfect Subjunctive with the same rules as the Present Subjunctive, with the principal verb in present, but with the situation being in ...
Today we are going to take a look at Reflexive Verbs. What are “Reflexive Verbs”? This is a difficult question as in some instances you might not find logical reasons about why some verbs are reflexive and others aren’t. But the best way to describe Reflexive Verbs is that they are verbs where the person ...
In this lesson we are going to take a look at “Perífrasis Verbales” (Verbal Periphrasis). “Perífrasis Verbales” are constructions of 2 or more words that form an idea, but they sometimes don’t translate literally from Spanish to English. We use these phrases by conjugating a principal verb and following it with an infinitive verb. This ...
There are many things that confuse beginners when learning Spanish. Keeping track of everything you learned is hard to do if you are not constantly practicing and putting the language in use. One of these is when we have to use Después/ Después de que (After) – Antes/ Antes de que (Before). Lets clear the air ...