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Reasons to go to Colombia to learn Spanish

We have already talked about reasons why it is important to visit Spanish countries. So this time, we are going to focus on one specifically: Colombia. As we are Colombians, we get to enjoy the beautiful things that this amazing country has and we also want you to enjoy them. But, what about the language? …

10 Spanish expressions you have to know to understand Colombians

Since our last post was about going to Colombiato practice your Spanish, today, we want to give you some tools to understand Colombians, because as you know, a language can have different expressions and they can mean one thing in a country but also a very different thing in another country. These kinds of differences …

How to conjugate verbs in Spanish

Welcome to another boring post about conjugating verbs in Spanish, today we’re going to make a list of pronouns and then we will make a long and boring list of verbs, and by the way, you will have to learn and memorize which verbs are regular and which ones are irregular, so get ready to …

Why are idioms essentials to learn Spanish?

Let’s picture the next scene in your mind: Mike was born and raised in the US, he has lived there his whole life and ever since Mike was a child he has never been out of the country.

A secret technique you need to know to learn Spanish

Spanish is a very popular language; several studies show that Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the world. Actually there are approximately 45 million Spanish speaking people in the US, this quantity reveals that there is a big need for people to speak Spanish, and this is because we need to communicate.

How to learn new words in Spanish

If you’ve been following this blog, you probably know that I was born and raised in a Spanish speaking country, and I remember when I was back in middle school and we had English as a subject and some of the tests that we had during the year were about memory; First the teacher gave us a long list of verbs on their base form and in front of the verbs there was the past tense of the verb and in front of the past tense there was the past participle tense, it looked just like this:

3 Tips that will improve your Spanish

There are many ways you can practice Spanish, the language you want to learn; but sometimes we get trapped thinking that the only way to practice Spanish is talking to a native speaker or a teacher.Well, keep reading and you will see how to practice and then improve your Spanish on a daily basis with these simple things we do.

How to learn Spanish on your own

Warning:the following article is intended for intermediate Spanish learners, the activities we recommend could be frustrating for beginners.

A couple of months ago, I was talking to a friend who liked music very much, he always enjoyed going to concerts and listening to his favorite bands, he was always watching YouTube videos of music festivals, he was really passionate about music, the meaning of the songs he liked, the sounds of the instruments and everything a fan of music likes. Interestingly though, he didn’t know how to play a musical instrument. My friend and I lost touch for almost a year and when I saw him again he was playing guitar really good. He was not a pro or something like that, but he could play some of his favorite songs and was practicing new songs too.

Why can’t you be fluent in Spanish?

Learning to speak Spanish or any other language is not an easy job, or at least it doesn’t seem like an easy job. Some people spend a lot of time and money on schools to learn to speak Spanish, they even spend years studying this language, but when the moment comes to speak to a Spanish native speaker, they just can’t talk fluently.

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