The Most Common Mistakes of Spanish Speakers
The most common mistakes of Spanish speakers force us to be more humble. Students of Spanish tend to listen to Spanish speakers as if we were gods. They are like sponges because they try to [...]
Opinions in Indicative and Subjunctive in Spanish
Opinions in indicative and subjunctive, this is one of the first uses of the subjunctive that our students learn at Spanishviaskype.com: "With affirmative opinions we use indicative; when they are negative, they go with subjunctive"; [...]
Special Usages of Imperfect Indicative
Special usages of imperfect indicative in Spanish is a topic that our students learn at the advanced levels on Spanishviaskype.com. As you might know, the imperfect tense is often used to describe and express routines [...]
The weather in Spanish: What’s the Weather Like?
The weather in Spanish is one of the very first topics our basic students learn on Spanishviaskype.com. The fact is that they can start a conversation in Spanish just saying hoy hace buen día, ¿verdad?. [...]
Nouns and Articles in Spanish
Nouns Nouns are used to name all sorts of things: people, animals, objects, places, ideas, emotions, feelings, virtues, defects. Examples of nouns in English: cat, dog, house, river, Richard, Santiago, courage.. Gender Spanish nouns may be masculine or [...]
SIELE: the first international certificate of universal Spanish
The Instituto Cervantes, the University of Salamanca (USAL) and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) have launched a new model for certification in Universal Spanish called the SIELE, International Assessment Service for the Spanish [...]
