Spanish grammar lessons for Idioms, Idiomatic Usage, and Structures
A1: Beginner
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using ser in Spanish (not estar) to say what you do for a living
- Using vez/veces = time/times in Spanish
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using ser in Spanish (not estar) to express origin or nationality
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using ser in Spanish (not estar) to identify things
- Using the present tense in Spanish to talk about regular actions (El Presente)
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using ser in Spanish (not estar) to describe relationships
- Using hace to talk about the weather in Spanish
- Polite requests in Spanish: querría, quería and quisiera to politely say "I would like"
- Using deber, poder, querer in Spanish + infinitive to express must, can, to want to (Verbo modal)
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using estar in Spanish (not ser) when talking about locations
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using ser in Spanish (not estar) to introduce people
- Using hay, está, or an impersonal verb to talk about the weather in Spanish
- Using doler in Spanish to say that something hurts
- Using hace to talk about the weather in Spanish
- Using gustar in Spanish to say you like something
- Using gustar in Spanish + verb to say like [doing something]
- Using hay, está, or an impersonal verb to talk about the weather in Spanish
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using ser in Spanish (not estar) to express an essential or permanent characteristic
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using ser in Spanish (not estar) to say when / where something takes place
- Using the verb llamarse in Spanish in the present tense to say what someone's name is (Verbo reflexivo)
- Telling the time in Spanish
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using ser in Spanish (not estar) to talk about time, days, dates and seasons
- Expressing obligation with tener que in Spanish
- Using necesitar in the present tense to express a need (to do something) in Spanish
- Using A + la/las + [time] to say at what time something takes place in Spanish
- Difference between hay and está in Spanish
A2: Lower Intermediate
- Using desde (hace) with the present instead of the perfect tense to express since/for
- Using todavía/aún for "still"
- Using es bueno/malo or está bien/mal in Spanish
- When to use the perfect tense versus the simple past (Perfecto vs Indefinido)
- Expressing instructions and general statements in Spanish with the impersonal se = one
- Using definite articles + mismo to say "the same" in Spanish
- How to say "something bores/annoys/saddens you" in Spanish
- Using todavía no with El Pretérito Indefinido = not yet (negative expression)
- Forming Spanish exclamatory sentences with qué [noun] or qué [adjective]
- Sentir vs Sentirse (to feel) in Spanish
- How to use Spanish question tags: ¿no? ¿verdad?
- Using ser+preposition para (not estar) to indicate a recipient
- When to use the perfect tense versus the simple past (Perfecto vs Indefinido)
- Using the preterite tense in Spanish to talk about experiences
- Talking about measurements and distances in Spanish
- How to say "to love something/doing something" in Spanish
- Talking about decades in Spanish
- Using ser (not estar) with the preposition para, to indicate a purpose
- "There was"/"there were": hubo
- Talking about measurements and distances in Spanish
- "There was"/"there were" in Spanish: había
- Spanish perception verbs: Most verbs of perception usually use the present, not the modal poder
- Using the perfect tense in Spanish (not the preterite) to talk about experiences
- Difference between hay, ahí and ay
- Use "hace" for "ago" with the preterite tense (El Pretérito Indefinido)
- Spanish personal "a" verbs (ver, visitar, buscar, conocer)
- Spanish verbs Traer vs Llevar (to take/to bring)
- Acabar de + [infinitive] = to have just done / just did something in Spanish (perífrasis verbal)
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using estar (not ser) when talking about feelings and emotions
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using estar (and not ser) to express relationship statuses
- Using the verb tomar for having food/drink
- Using gustar to say you like something (he likes, she likes, we like, you like, they like)
- Ser vs Estar in Spanish: Using estar (not ser) when talking about physical condition of something, someone or a place
- Using the infinitive (not the gerund) as the subject/object of the verb
- Verbs jugar and tocar: differences
- Using gustar to say you like doing something (he likes, she likes, we like, you like, they like)
- Using todavía no with El Pretérito Perfecto = not yet (negative expression)
- Hay que in Spanish (expressing obligation)
B2: Upper Intermediate
- Yo que tú / Si yo fuera tú / Yo de ti for If I were you in Spanish
- Para que followed by the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish (purpose subordinate clauses)
- How to use olvidar/olvidarse for "to forget" in Spanish (pronominal verbs/accidental se)
- Antes de/Después de followed by haber + participle in Spanish
- Using por poco/casi/un poco más y + present tense for nearly/almost in Spanish
- Spanish modal verb Deber versus Deber de (obligation and assumption)
- Using the infinitive to express a request/command/give instructions in Spanish
- Using que to introduce a warning or threat in Spanish
- Aunque + the present indicative vs the present subjunctive in Spanish
- Spanish verb "faltar": different meanings
- Using que to express cause in Spanish
- Spanish impersonal statements followed by the infinitive or by the subjunctive with que
- Por culpa de/gracias a = because of/thanks to in Spanish
- Using poder in the present perfect and the preterite for "could" in past actions
- Ojalá with past tenses in the subjunctive in Spanish
- Using poder in the preterite vs the imperfect in Spanish (could in past actions)
- Using convertirse en / ponerse / hacerse / quedarse to express "to become" (Spanish verbs of change)
- Using antes de que/después de que with indicative or subjunctive in Spanish (subordinate time clauses) (Spain)
- Using haber + participle: perfect infinitive in Spanish
- Using the Spanish conditional simple to talk about a future in the past
- Spanish verb sobrar: different meanings
- Using [verb] + tan + [adjective/adverb] + que to say "so... that..."
- Using dársele bien/mal algo to say you are good/bad at something/doing something
- Using Spanish verb ser in the imperfect vs the preterite
- Using the "accidental" reflexive (se) with an indirect object pronoun
- Spanish modal verbs in progressive tenses
- Using poder to say could have [done something] in Spanish (modal verbs)
- Using the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish with impersonal expressions in the conditional (Sería+adjective+que)
- Cuanto/mientras más/cuanto menos... for The more/The less... in Spanish
- Using [verb] + tanto/a/os/as + [noun]+ que = [verb] so much/many...that...
- Verbs ver, oír, escuchar, oler, sentir, encontrar in the imperfect
- Using the Spanish future perfect to talk about the past (El Futuro Perfecto)
- Using haber to say would have [done something] in Spanish
- Using quisiera for I would like (alternative to querría)
- Using Spanish demonstrative adjectives to refer to time (present, past and future)
- Using querer in the preterite vs the imperfect in Spanish
- Using the Spanish conditional simple to express probability/speculation about the past
- How to say I can't wait/I can't wait to do something in Spanish with no ver la hora
- How to say "must have [done something] in Spanish with the verb deber
- Using Spanish conjunction al + infinitive/perfect infinitive = when doing/ because of doing [something]
- How to say to have something done in Spanish - mainly beauty and body contexts
- Using Spanish verb estar in the imperfect vs the preterite
- Using the Spanish perfect future to talk about completed actions in the future with reference to another future action (El Futuro Perfecto)
- Verbs ver, oír, escuchar + infinitive/gerund
- Using preposition a + infinitive to express a command in Spanish
- Using Spanish verb tener in the imperfect vs the preterite
- Using antes de que/después de que/luego de que with indicative or subjunctive in Spanish (subordinate time clauses) (LatAm)
- Spanish verbs Decir vs Contar (to tell)
- Using ser de un/una [noun]
- Spanish impersonal sentences using the ellos form of the verb
- Using Spanish verbs seguir/continuar + present participle = to keep on [doing something]
- Using Hacía + length of time + que + the Spanish imperfect tense to express duration in the past
- Using the Spanish present perfect subjunctive after esperar que to express a completed action in the past
- Using the Spanish subjunctive after "puede que" to express possibility
- The Spanish imperfect progressive vs the Spanish preterite progressive (was +ing)
- Using the imperfect vs the preterite in Spanish (general use)
- Antes de/Después de/Luego de followed by haber + participle in Spanish
- Using the Spanish present subjunctive with verbs giving advice / order (sugerir, recomendar, prohibir)
- Using the Spanish gerund to say while [doing something]
- Using the Spanish subjunctive with impersonal expressions
- Pedir followed by the Spanish present subjunctive to ask someone to do something
- Using Spanish verb volverse to express to become/to turn (verbs of change)
- Using the Spanish imperfect subjunctive with verbs giving advice/order (sugerir, recomendar, prohibir)
- The conditional simple + que + the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish (wish, advice, feelings)
- Using the Spanish present perfect subjunctive after esperar que to express a completed action in the future
- Using the Spanish indicative with a lo mejor/igual/lo mismo (Spain)
- Using the Spanish subjunctive with negative opinion phrases
- Como / cuando / donde / quien with indicative or subjunctive in Spanish
- Spanish verbs Perder/perderse (pronominal verbs)
- Using Spanish verb gustar to express personal attraction
- Pedir followed by the Spanish imperfect subjunctive to ask someone to do something
- Menos mal / menos mal que to express relief
- Using the Spanish imperfect subjunctive in hypothetical clauses introduced by si followed by the Spanish conditional simple
- Using Qué poco/s + verb/noun to express surprise about a small quantity or infrequency
- Para que followed by the present subjunctive in Spanish (purpose subordinate clauses)
- Using the Spanish subjunctive with verbs that express "wish" and "feeling"
- Using the Spanish subjunctive to express doubt or uncertainty
- Quedarse + [gerund] = to do something continuously in Spanish (perífrasis verbal)
- Some adjectives change meaning in Spanish when used with ser or estar
- Using desde que / hasta que (since/until) with Spanish indicative and subjunctive (subordinate time clauses)
- Using the Spanish subjunctive with verbs that express "wish" and "feeling" (conditional in the main clause)
- Using the Spanish indicative with a lo mejor/lo mismo (LatAm)
- Using hacer with subjunctive/infinitive for to make [someone] do something in Spanish
- Using se debe/se puede to say You must/you can (impersonal sentences)
