Expressing Commands in Spanish: Law and Order
Expressing commands in Spanish can make you feel like a merciful King or a cruel tyrant. Our language has so many options at your disposal that it is sometimes difficult to know which form is [...]
Reported Speech in Spanish: More Changes
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 [...]
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?. [...]
Verbs of feelings in Spanish: Emotional Grammar
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
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
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: Verbal Changes
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 [...]
Don’t Say “Adiós” in Spanish and Try This
Don’t say adiós in Spanish every time you need to say goodbye. Obviously, it’s one of the commonest words in our language and one of the best known all around. However, nowadays, adiós can sound [...]