If there’s one verb that gave me a lot of trouble when I first started learning Spanish grammar that verb was “gustar.” Many of the Spanish lessons and Spanish classes that I took in order to learn Spanish only confused me even more about the use of “gustar.” “Gustar” means “to be pleasing to” or “to find pleasant.” But in many instances, Spanish speakers use it the same way that we use the verb “to like.”

In this article I start to talk about Spanish verb formations. Verb conjugation forms a significant part of learning Spanish grammar and isn’t really something that can be ignored. It has to be learnt!

When learning a new language, it is always useful to be familiar with its main grammatical units. This constitutes the first necessary step in order to understand and create meaningful speech. Here are the main grammatical elements in Spanish and some useful information about them: Nouns: A noun is a word which is mostly used to refer to a person or thing. All nouns in Spanish have a gender, meaning that they are either masculine or feminine. For example, “niсo” (boy) ...

In my next article I intend to talk in more detail about the Spanish language school that I attended in Antigua, Guatemala. I will explain how the lessons were conducted and how I befitted from the different teaching styles that my teacher and the school in general used during my two weeks of study there.

Like just about anything these days learning Spanish is a service that can be found on the internet.

This article discusses some of the benefits of conversational Spanish lessons. I explain what my lessons were like at the Spanish school I attended in Antigua, Guatemala for two weeks and in what ways they helped me to improve my overall level of Spanish.

With the popularity of the Internet has come the opportunity to partake in a plethora of new services. Who would have imagined that you could, for example, learn the fundamentals of the Spanish language from an online course? All you need is an Internet connection and the desire to learn. Providers of online Spanish language courses offer a number of programs from whhich to choose. Online language-course services not only offer fast-paced Spanish language lessons but many ...

Whether we are talking about a five year old that is about to start learning to read or whether we are talking about a thirty year old woman who is attempting to write a thesis for her master's degree, we cannot deny the fact that taking time to learn proper English grammar is important. When we see or hear about English grammar, the immediate reaction of many people I know is to cringe. They are reminded of junior high and high school English class and the way that their ...

This article looks at some of the first steps that you might want to think about taking when learning Spanish. It introduces some of the differences between how English and Spanish is used and makes the point, that early on it is best not to get to bogged down with these differences.