Reported speech in Spanish is always a recurrent topic in our lessons at advanced levels. A couple of months ago, we introduced this content in our blog, talking about the verbal changes. However, the changes [...]
Verbs of feelings in Spanish are not easy to learn. We have a large amount of options to express emotions and, as you might know, the feelings and emotions belong to “the reign of the [...]
Breaking myths about Spanish is very important for intermediate and advanced students. There’s a special moment in a student’s life when a teacher says: “all that you thought you knew about this topic is not [...]
Prohibitions and permissions in Spanish is a trending topic in Spain these days. The Spanish Government has developed a gradual system for the lockdown de-escalated against the Covid-19. The provinces that have good results and [...]
Reported speech in Spanish (estilo indirecto) is a concept that linguists use to explain how the speakers interpret another person’s words. Spaniards love cotilleos (rumors), knowing about our neighbors’ lives or telling secrets. Well, when [...]
Spanish double meaning verbs are a matter that concerns our students on Spanishviaskype.com. Polysemic verbs are always tricky words that need time and effort to master them. However, if we add the subjunctive in this [...]
Phrasal verbs in Spanish (perífrasis verbales) are groups of verbs (usually two) that provide nuances of aspect and modality to the verbal action. These constructions are used because the regular conjugation does not offer those [...]
The verb quedar in Spanish is one of those verbs that cause confussion among our students on Spanishviaskype.com. When they ask us why the Spanish language has verbs with so many different meanings, we ask [...]
Prepositional verbs in Spanish are a kind of verbs that require or are often followed by a preposition. Some of them are even formed with the reflexive pronoun se. This extraordinary nature makes them very [...]
