Which Spanish Should You Learn?
Want to learn Spanish but don’t know which one to choose? The good news is, there’s no wrong choice!
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When it comes to learning a language, there are a myriad of resources one can choose from to add authenticity to the experience: from travelling to the countries where the language is spoken to finding a tandem partner or listening to music in the target…
Ahorita, an elusive temporal concept
As a Peruvian-German, I’m often torn between two distinctly different languages and thus two distinctly different cultural styles of communication. Because I grew up in Lima and my mother is Peruvian, I have a more emotional connection to Spanish. There is no way that I…
False Friends and Common Mixups in Spanish
Whenever you are learning a new language, you are bound to make mistakes. Some of these, are possibly going to sound funny to native speakers that hear you making them. An example of these are so called false friends, where you use a word that…
Christmas Holidays in Spain
Spain is historically a culturally diverse country with many different traditions for the holidays in its various regions. Some of them, however, are common across the whole of the country and due to history, sometimes in Latin America as well. This article will look at…
Listening to Podcasts to Learn Spanish
Podcasts have come a long way since the term was coined in 2004 by joining up the words “iPod” and “broadcast”. Besides listening to them on your iPod or mp3 player, you can now download or stream them on your computer, tablet and phone, and,…
Spanish from Spain vs Latin American Spanish
Due to its vast geographical reach and large number of native speakers, Spanish, like English, has diverged in many different ways as it has come under a variety of influences. These influences are sometimes the result of Spanish or “proto-Spanish” moving into an area where…
Lost in translation? Ways to say buddy in Spanish
The tricky thing about Spanish is that it quite often happens that speakers from different places use words in ways that make absolutely no sense to Spanish speakers from other places. The same word means different things in different places and this can often lead…
5 YouTube Channels to Learn Spanish
Do you want to learn Spanish, but don’t know where to start? Try YouTube! YouTube is full of language learning tools. However, sometimes it can be overwhelming with the amount of content out there, so we have put together a list of some of the…