Spanish · For teachers
Every Spanish printable, chapter by chapter
The whole Spanish curriculum in one place, mapped to its 54 chapters and 1174 lessons. Each lesson lists its downloads inline - worksheets with answer keys, infographics and PDFs - and each chapter's words fold out into their own per-word printable sets, so you can open and print any sheet for a class without hunting through the site.
Chapter 1 · Introduction to Spanish
Chapter page →- Introduction to SpanishIntroduction
Read this first. The orientation: how Spanish works, what it costs in hours, what the apps get wrong, and how to use this curriculum.
- First words for sentencesVocabulary
10 words · A pronoun, a few verbs, the things they act on. Enough to build a real Spanish sentence by the end.
- Word order in SpanishGrammar
Subject, verb, object - and the moments Spanish bends the English order.
- More people, more wordsVocabulary
11 words · Subject pronouns for everyone else, plus the rest of the vocabulary you need for your first story.
- Your first story in SpanishGraded-reader story
Every word in this story comes from the lessons you've just finished. No lookups required.
- Spanish articlesVocabulary
6 words · The definite and indefinite articles in one place: el / la / los / las / un / una. The next lesson covers when to use which.
Definite vs indefinite, masculine vs feminine, singular vs plural - the agreement rules and the cases where Spanish uses an article and English doesn't (and vice versa).
- The sounds of SpanishPronunciation
Five pure vowels, two r's, and the soft d. Watch the mouth make each one, then make it yourself.
A dozen fixed everyday phrases - hola, gracias, me llamo - so you can greet a real Spanish speaker before you have learned any grammar.
- Arcade reviewReview games
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Word printables
Per-word sheets26 words · a worksheet, infographic and listicle each
Chapter 2 · es or está?
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- Words 11-20Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 11-20
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 21-30Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 21-30
- es or está?Mistake clinic
The first thing English speakers get wrong in Spanish, and the one that never stops mattering.
- Words 31-40Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 31-40
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.
- Words 41-50Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 41-50
- Noun gender: el or laGrammar
El or la: how Spanish decides, and the short exception list worth memorising.
- Words 51-60Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 51-60
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 61-70Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 61-70
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 71-80Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 71-80
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 81-90Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 81-90
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.
- Words 91-100Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 91-100
From la casa to las casas: the three rules that pluralise every noun you know.
- Story milestone: top 100 wordsGraded-reader story
You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-100 ceiling.
- The words you already knowGrammar
Five ending swaps turn thousands of English words into Spanish ones. The highest-return five minutes in the course.
- The pronoun house: who does whatVocabulary
10 words · All ten subject pronouns in one place - yo to ustedes. Frequency scatters them; this house keeps the whole set together.
Matching this and that to gender and number - the agreement drill, hands-on, before the forms fossilise wrong.
Spanish has a referee: the RAE has guarded the language since 1713 and publishes its official dictionary. Look up a word you already know.
Spain's cultural embassy for the language: classes, libraries and exams in dozens of countries. See what it does - and whether there is a centre near you.
- The KiloKombat dojoLesson
Learn 10 new words faster than a rival. Spar the training partner to earn your grams, then challenge a real person - winner takes a tooth.
- Arcade reviewReview games
Replay this chapter's words as games - a different kind of repetition, and it counts.
Word printables
Per-word sheets82 words · a worksheet, infographic and listicle each
Chapter 3 · -ar verbs
Chapter page →- -ar verbsVocabulary
10 words · Memorise these 10 verb infinitives. The next lesson covers how to conjugate them.
- Conjugating -ar verbsGrammar
Present-tense conjugation for the verbs you just learned, with a worksheet to drill the endings.
- -er verbsVocabulary
10 words · Memorise these 10 verb infinitives. The next lesson covers how to conjugate them.
- Conjugating -er verbsGrammar
Present-tense conjugation for the verbs you just learned, with a worksheet to drill the endings.
- -ir verbsVocabulary
10 words · Memorise these 10 verb infinitives. The next lesson covers how to conjugate them.
- Conjugating -ir verbsGrammar
Present-tense conjugation for the verbs you just learned, with a worksheet to drill the endings.
- reflexive verbsVocabulary
5 words · Memorise these 5 verb infinitives. The next lesson covers how to conjugate them.
- Conjugating reflexive verbsGrammar
Present-tense conjugation for the verbs you just learned, with a worksheet to drill the endings.
- A day in the present tenseGraded-reader story
Every verb you just conjugated, in a short story about an ordinary day. The payoff for chapter 3.
- bueno or bien?Mistake clinic
One describes a thing. The other describes how something goes.
- Arcade reviewReview games
Replay this chapter's words as games - a different kind of repetition, and it counts.
Word printables
Per-word sheets17 words · a worksheet, infographic and listicle each
Chapter 4 · Demonstratives: este, ese, aquel
Chapter page →- Words 101-111Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 101-111
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 112-124Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 112-124
- Crossword review sessionReview games
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- Words 125-134Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 125-134
This, that, and that-over-there. Gender + number agreement with the noun being pointed at.
- Words 135-145Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 135-145
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 146-156Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 146-156
- por or para?Mistake clinic
Both become
forin English, which is why English speakers guess. The full lesson comes in chapter 13; this is the shape of it. - Possessive adjectivesGrammar
mi, tu, su, nuestro, vuestro - and the difference between 'my' and 'mine'.
- Words 157-166Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 157-166
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 168-177Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 168-177
How to negate a verb, and why Spanish allows (and expects) double negatives.
- Please, thank you, sorryPhrase session
Six phrases that cost nothing to learn and buy more goodwill than any amount of grammar.
- Words 178-189Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 178-189
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 191-200Vocabulary
9 words · ranks 191-200
- Story milestone: top 200 wordsGraded-reader story
You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-200 ceiling.
The interrogatives as a set - the accents that make them questions, and the drill that fixes which one asks what.
- Arcade reviewReview games
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Word printables
Per-word sheets86 words · a worksheet, infographic and listicle each
Chapter 5 · Adjective agreement
Chapter page →- Words 201-211Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 201-211
- Crossword review sessionReview games
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- Words 212-221Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 212-221
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 222-231Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 222-231
- Adjective agreementGrammar
Adjectives agree with the noun for gender and number. The endings, the position, the agreement patterns.
- hay or está?Mistake clinic
Both come out as
there isoris, and Spanish will not let you swap them. - Words 232-241Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 232-241
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 242-252Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 242-252
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 253-262Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 253-262
- Ser vs estarGrammar
Two verbs that both translate as 'to be'. The permanence vs state heuristic, plus the seven cases where the rule bends.
- Words 263-274Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 263-274
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 275-284Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 275-284
de, a, en, con, por, para - plus the two mandatory contractions al and del.
- Words 285-294Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 285-294
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 295-300Vocabulary
6 words · ranks 295-300
- Story milestone: top 300 wordsGraded-reader story
You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-300 ceiling.
- El tiempo que pasaThemed review
Days, hours and the words for when.
tiempois doing double duty from the start - it is the time and the weather both. Post a hello to the Spanish community, in Spanish.
- Arcade reviewReview games
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Word printables
Per-word sheets95 words · a worksheet, infographic and listicle each
Chapter 6 · Direct and indirect object pronouns
Chapter page →- Words 301-310Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 301-310
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 311-320Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 311-320
- Crossword review sessionReview games
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- Words 321-330Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 321-330
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 331-340Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 331-340
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 341-350Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 341-350
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 351-360Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 351-360
me, te, lo, la, le - the words that replace 'him', 'her', 'it' and 'to him/her'. Position before the verb.
- Words 361-370Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 361-370
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 371-380Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 371-380
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 381-390Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 381-390
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 391-400Vocabulary
9 words · ranks 391-400
- Story milestone: top 400 wordsGraded-reader story
You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-400 ceiling.
- La familiaThemed review
Everyone you have met so far in one place. Note the pairs: hijo and hija, hermano and hermana - Spanish family words come two at a time.
Join a Spanish community and introduce yourself in a general channel - these are a great way to practise SPEAKING without leaving the house.
- saber or conocer?Mistake clinic
Both mean
to know, and Spanish will not let you pick either. - Arcade reviewReview games
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Word printables
Per-word sheets99 words · a worksheet, infographic and listicle each
Chapter 7 · Reflexive verbs
Chapter page →- Words 401-410Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 401-410
- Crossword review sessionReview games
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- Words 411-421Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 411-421
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 422-431Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 422-431
- Reflexive verbsGrammar
Verbs where the subject acts on itself: levantarse, llamarse, ducharse. The pronoun shift and what it means.
- Words 432-441Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 432-441
- muy or mucho?Mistake clinic
One intensifies a quality. The other counts a quantity.
- Words 442-451Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 442-451
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 452-461Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 452-461
- ComparativesGrammar
más que, menos que, tan como. Plus the irregular comparatives mejor and peor.
- Words 462-471Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 462-471
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.
- Words 472-481Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 472-481
- When you have not understoodPhrase session
The phrases that keep a conversation alive when you have lost it. Learn these before you need them.
- Question wordsGrammar
qué, quién, cuándo, por qué, cómo, cuál, cuánto, dónde - and the word order rule that comes with each.
- Words 482-491Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 482-491
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 492-500Vocabulary
9 words · ranks 492-500
- Story milestone: top 500 wordsGraded-reader story
You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-500 ceiling.
- Arcade reviewReview games
Replay this chapter's words as games - a different kind of repetition, and it counts.
Word printables
Per-word sheets99 words · a worksheet, infographic and listicle each
Chapter 8 · pedir or preguntar?
Chapter page →- Words 501-510Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 501-510
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 511-520Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 511-520
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
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- Words 521-530Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 521-530
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 531-541Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 531-541
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
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- Words 542-551Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 542-551
- pedir or preguntar?Mistake clinic
English says
askfor both of these. Spanish never does. - Words 552-561Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 552-561
haber + past participle. The Spanish equivalent of 'I have done X'. Formation, when to use it, the irregular participles.
- Words 562-571Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 562-571
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 572-581Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 572-581
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 582-591Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 582-591
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.
- Words 592-600Vocabulary
9 words · ranks 592-600
- Story milestone: top 600 wordsGraded-reader story
You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-600 ceiling.
- El cuerpo y la saludThemed review
Hand, head and heart, and enough to tell a doctor what hurts. Careful with
cara: the face, but also expensive. - Email us in SpanishLesson
Tell us how your Spanish is going - what you like and what you'd change - written only in Spanish.
- Arcade reviewReview games
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Word printables
Per-word sheets99 words · a worksheet, infographic and listicle each
Chapter 9 · The preterite tense
Chapter page →- Words 601-610Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 601-610
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- Words 611-620Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 611-620
- Crossword review sessionReview games
Cross the words you just met, clued in English. Slower than a drill, and it sticks harder.
- Words 621-630Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 621-630
- The preterite tenseGrammar
Past for specified-time events: ayer, anoche, el lunes pasado. Regular and irregular conjugations.
- Words 631-640Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 631-640
- ver or mirar?Mistake clinic
Seeing happens to you. Looking is something you do.
- Words 641-650Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 641-650
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 651-660Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 651-660
- The imperfect tenseGrammar
Past for habitual or ongoing action: 'used to', 'was -ing'. Only three irregulars in the whole tense.
- Words 661-670Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 661-670
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.
- Words 671-680Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 671-680
- At the tablePhrase session
Enough to get fed, get watered and get the bill without pointing.
The single hardest grammar topic in Spanish for English speakers. Side-by-side examples, decision rules, and the cases that break the rules.
- Words 681-690Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 681-690
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 691-700Vocabulary
9 words · ranks 691-700
- Story milestone: top 700 wordsGraded-reader story
You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-700 ceiling.
- Arcade reviewReview games
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Word printables
Per-word sheets97 words · a worksheet, infographic and listicle each
Chapter 10 · oÃr or escuchar?
Chapter page →- Words 701-711Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 701-711
- Crossword review sessionReview games
Cross the words you just met, clued in English. Slower than a drill, and it sticks harder.
- Words 712-721Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 712-721
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
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- Words 722-731Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 722-731
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 732-741Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 732-741
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 742-751Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 742-751
- oÃr or escuchar?Mistake clinic
The same distinction as ver and mirar, moved to the ears.
- Words 752-761Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 752-761
- Talking about the futureGrammar
Two ways: ir a + infinitive (going to) and the inflectional future tense (will). When to use each.
- Words 762-771Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 762-771
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.
- Words 772-781Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 772-781
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 782-791Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 782-791
- Asking the wayPhrase session
Asking is the easy half. These are built so you can also understand the answer.
- Words 792-800Vocabulary
9 words · ranks 792-800
- Story milestone: top 800 wordsGraded-reader story
You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-800 ceiling.
Leave a comment in Spanish on a video from a Spanish creator.
- Arcade reviewReview games
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Word printables
Per-word sheets99 words · a worksheet, infographic and listicle each
Chapter 11 · llevar or traer?
Chapter page →- Words 801-810Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 801-810
- Crossword review sessionReview games
Cross the words you just met, clued in English. Slower than a drill, and it sticks harder.
- Words 811-820Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 811-820
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 821-830Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 821-830
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
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- Words 831-840Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 831-840
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 841-850Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 841-850
- llevar or traer?Mistake clinic
Which one you use depends on where you are standing.
- Words 851-860Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 851-860
- The conditional tenseGrammar
Would: hablarÃa, comerÃa, vivirÃa. Regular formation, the same irregular stems as the future, and how to use it for politeness.
- Words 861-870Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 861-870
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 871-880Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 871-880
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 881-890Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 881-890
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
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- Words 891-900Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 891-900
- Story milestone: top 900 wordsGraded-reader story
You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-900 ceiling.
- De viajeThemed review
Getting there and back. Chapter 10 supplies
izquierdo, which is the earliest the course can point you anywhere. - Arcade reviewReview games
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Word printables
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Chapter 12 · Commands: the imperative
Chapter page →- Words 901-910Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 901-910
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- Words 911-921Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 911-921
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 922-931Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 922-931
- Commands: the imperativeGrammar
Affirmative tú: habla, come, escribe. Eight irregulars: sé, ve, ten, ven, haz, di, pon, sal.
- Words 932-941Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 932-941
- también or tampoco?Mistake clinic
One agrees with a yes. The other agrees with a no.
- Words 942-951Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 942-951
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 952-961Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 952-961
How Spanish says 'there is', 'it's cold', 'one can'. The constructions that have no subject.
- Words 962-971Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 962-971
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
Sixty seconds on the endings of the verbs this chapter has drilled so far.
- Words 972-981Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 972-981
How to glue clauses together. The defaults, the contrasts, and when each one is required.
- Words 982-991Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 982-991
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.
- Words 992-1000Vocabulary
9 words · ranks 992-1000
- Story milestone: top 1000 wordsGraded-reader story
You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-1000 ceiling.
- El trabajo y los estudiosThemed review
The office and the classroom.
papelis paper, and also the part you play. - Arcade reviewReview games
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Word printables
Per-word sheets99 words · a worksheet, infographic and listicle each
Chapter 13 · The personal a
Chapter page →- Words 1001-1010Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 1001-1010
- Crossword review sessionReview games
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- Words 1011-1020Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 1011-1020
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- Words 1021-1030Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 1021-1030
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
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- Words 1031-1040Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 1031-1040
- The personal aGrammar
The little 'a' Spanish puts before a specific person (or pet) that is the direct object - and the cases where it disappears.
- tan or tanto?Mistake clinic
One goes with a description, the other with an amount.
- Words 1041-1050Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 1041-1050
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 1051-1060Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 1051-1060
- Conjugation Sprint review sessionReview games
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- Words 1061-1070Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 1061-1070
- Por vs paraGrammar
Cause and route vs goal and destination. The use-buckets for each, and the minimal pairs where swapping one for the other changes the meaning.
- Words 1071-1080Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 1071-1080
- Word Bubbles review sessionReview games
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- Words 1081-1090Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 1081-1090
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- Words 1091-1100Vocabulary
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- Los sentimientosThemed review
Love, fear and everything between.
quereris both to want and to love, which tells you something about Spanish. - Arcade reviewReview games
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Chapter 14 · Adverbs in -mente
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- Adverbs in -menteGrammar
Building adverbs of manner from the feminine adjective (rapida -> rapidamente), the accent rule, and when Spanish reaches for con + noun instead.
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- Possessive pronounsGrammar
The long possessives - el mio, la tuya, lo nuestro - and how 'mine' and 'yours' differ from the short mi / tu / su.
- fue or era?Mistake clinic
You met both five chapters ago. This is the one that keeps going wrong.
- Words 1173-1182Vocabulary
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- Words 1183-1192Vocabulary
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- En casaThemed review
Room by room. Spanish has several words for room -
habitacion,cuarto,sala,pieza- and they are not interchangeable. - Arcade reviewReview games
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Chapter 15 · Demonstrative pronouns
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- Demonstrative pronounsGrammar
este, ese, aquel standing in for the noun - this one, that one, that one over there - plus the neuter esto / eso / aquello for unnamed things.
- este or esto?Mistake clinic
One points at a thing. The other points at a situation.
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- SuperlativesGrammar
The most and the least: el mas ... de, the irregulars mejor / peor / mayor / menor, and the absolute -isimo.
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- A la mesaThemed review
Eating and drinking.
sabermeans to know and to taste, andsalis salt as well as an order to get out. - Arcade reviewReview games
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Chapter 16 · Indefinites: alguno, ninguno, cualquiera
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The words for some, any, none and whichever - agreement, the apocopated forms, and the double-negative pattern they trigger.
- Words 1343-1352Vocabulary
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- Saber vs conocerGrammar
Two verbs for 'to know': saber for facts and how-to, conocer for being acquainted with people and places (and 'to meet' in the preterite).
- algún or alguno?Mistake clinic
The word loses its ending in front of a noun, and only there.
- Words 1373-1382Vocabulary
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- La naturalezaThemed review
Sun, sea and weather.
perroarrived in chapter 1 and has been waiting fifteen chapters for the rest of the animals. - Arcade reviewReview games
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Chapter 17 · Verbs like gustar
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- Verbs like gustarGrammar
gustar, encantar, faltar, doler - where the thing you like is the subject and you are the indirect object. Why it is 'me gusta', not 'yo gusto'.
- me gusta or me gustan?Mistake clinic
The verb agrees with the thing you like, not with you.
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- Words 1462-1471Vocabulary
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- Pronoun orderGrammar
Stacking two object pronouns: indirect before direct, the le -> se switch (se lo di), and where they sit around the verb.
- Words 1472-1481Vocabulary
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- In a shopPhrase session
Buying something, and getting out without buying something.
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Chapter 18 · The present progressive
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- The present progressiveGrammar
estar + gerundio for what is happening right now - how to build the gerund, and why Spanish does not use it for the future the way English does.
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hace dos anos que..., desde hace, desde, and hace + time for 'ago'. The patterns for duration and time-since, with the present-tense trap.
- hace or desde hace?Mistake clinic
One counts back to a finished point. The other measures a stretch that is still running.
- Words 1571-1580Vocabulary
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- El dinero y las comprasThemed review
Buying, selling and what it costs.
ricois rich and also delicious, which is a good word to have at a market. - Arcade reviewReview games
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Chapter 19 · The present subjunctive: forms
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How to build it - the yo-form stem, the opposite-vowel endings, and the six irregulars (sea, vaya, haya, sepa, de, este). A sister lesson covers when to use it.
- sale or salga?Mistake clinic
What is true, against what you want to be true.
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- The subjunctive after wishesGrammar
querer que, esperar que, ojala - the subjunctive of wanting and hoping, and the different-subjects rule that triggers it (quiero que vengas, not quiero venir).
- Words 1671-1680Vocabulary
10 words · ranks 1671-1680
- Making plansPhrase session
Arranging to meet, and getting out of it politely.
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Chapter 20 · The subjunctive after emotion
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me alegro de que, me molesta que, es una pena que - reactions and feelings trigger the subjunctive, even when the fact is true.
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es importante que, es necesario que, es posible que - and the certainty exceptions (es verdad que, es evidente que) that keep the indicative.
- es or sea?Mistake clinic
Does the sentence claim it is true, or react to it?
- Words 1771-1780Vocabulary
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Chapter 21 · The subjunctive after doubt and denial
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no creo que, dudo que, es imposible que, quizas - doubt and disbelief take the subjunctive, while creer que and es verdad que (confident) keep the indicative.
- no hables or no hablas?Mistake clinic
A negative order is not simply the order with no put in front of it.
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- Negative commandsGrammar
no hables, no comas, no venga - every negative command uses the present-subjunctive form, and the pronouns move in front of the verb.
- Words 1871-1880Vocabulary
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- Words 1891-1900Vocabulary
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- Story milestone: top 1900 wordsGraded-reader story
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- La ropaThemed review
Getting dressed.
llevaris to wear as much as to carry, and it turns up everywhere. - Arcade reviewReview games
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Chapter 22 · Formal commands: usted and ustedes
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The formal imperative is just the present subjunctive: pase, pasen, no pase. Affirmative and negative both, the carried-over irregulars, and where the pronouns attach.
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- Nosotros commands: let's...Grammar
hablemos, comamos, vamos a comer - the 'let's' command, the vamos (not vayamos) exception for ir, and the everyday vamos a + infinitive alternative.
- habla or hable?Mistake clinic
The polite command looks like the form for he or she, and the familiar one looks like a statement.
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Chapter 23 · Reported speech: tense backshift
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Turning dice que into dijo que: when the reporting verb is past, the present slides to the imperfect, the preterite to the pluperfect, the future to the conditional - plus the pronoun and time shifts, and the obligatory que.
- dijo que es, or dijo que era?Mistake clinic
Put the reporting verb in the past and the reported verb steps back with it.
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me preguntó si..., me preguntó dónde..., and me dijo que viniera - reporting yes/no questions with si, open questions without the inversion, and commands as que plus the imperfect subjunctive.
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- En la ciudadThemed review
Finding your way around.
pueblois a town and also its people - the same word for the place and everyone in it. - Arcade reviewReview games
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Chapter 24 · The passive with ser
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- The passive with serGrammar
ser + past participle (+ por + agent): la novela fue escrita por Cervantes. The participle agrees with the subject, the tense lives on ser, and how it differs from estar + participle (action vs resulting state).
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se venden casas (the verb agrees with the patient) vs se dice que... and aquà se come bien (always third-person singular) - the two se-constructions Spanish reaches for instead of the ser-passive.
- se vende or se venden?Mistake clinic
The commonest error on Spanish shop signs, and native speakers make it too.
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Chapter 25 · The imperfect subjunctive: forms
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Take the ellos-preterite, drop -ron, add the endings - both the -ra and the -se sets (hablara/hablase), the nosotros accent, and every preterite irregular carried straight over (tuviera, fuera, dijera). A sister lesson covers si-clauses.
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The three conditionals - si + present for the likely, si + imperfect subjunctive + conditional for the hypothetical, si + pluperfect subjunctive + conditional perfect for the counterfactual - and the golden rule: never a conditional or present subjunctive straight after si.
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Chapter 26 · The pluperfect subjunctive and conditional perfect
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hubiera/hubiese hablado and habria hablado - the past-counterfactual pair behind the third conditional (si hubiera sabido, habria venido), plus ojala hubiera, como si hubiera, and past-in-past triggers.
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Past bare que: el que and el cual after prepositions and in formal prose, the neuter lo que/lo cual for a whole idea, quien after prepositions, and cuyo for possessive 'whose' (agreeing with the thing owned). The defining vs non-defining comma test.
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Chapter 27 · The future and conditional of probability
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Serian las tres, estara en casa - Spanish guesses about the present with the future tense and about the past with the conditional (plus habra llegado / habria salido for finished actions, and deber de + infinitive). Supposition, not time.
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A change that comes over you, against a change you brought about.
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Spanish has no single 'to become' - ponerse for a sudden mood, volverse for a radical character change, hacerse for gradual/effortful change and professions, convertirse en for a transformation, llegar a ser for an achievement over time.
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Chapter 28 · The subjunctive in adverbial clauses
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cuando llegues, para que sepas, aunque llueva - time, purpose, concession and proviso conjunctions that take the subjunctive, and the pending-vs-real rule that decides cuando/aunque between subjunctive and indicative.
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pensar en, sonar con, depender de, casarse con, asistir a - the verbs that demand a fixed preposition Spanish rarely shares with English, grouped by de/en/con/a/por, plus the buscar/pedir/esperar verbs that take none.
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Chapter 29 · The perfect subjunctive: haya hablado
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The present subjunctive of haber plus a participle - haya hablado - for a finished action under a present trigger: espero que hayas llegado, no creo que lo haya hecho, and cuando hayas terminado for the future perfect.
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Even a finished event takes the subjunctive if the main clause doubts it.
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busco a alguien que sepa, no hay nadie que pueda - when the noun a relative clause describes is unknown, wanted or non-existent, the verb goes subjunctive; when it is specific and real, it stays indicative.
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Chapter 30 · The pluperfect: habÃa hablado
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The imperfect of haber plus a participle for the past-before-the-past: cuando llegué, ya habÃa salido. Its partners ya and todavÃa no, and how it differs from the preterite.
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habré hablado for what will have happened (and for guessing about the recent past: habrá llegado ya), plus the literary past anterior hube hablado - the whole compound-tense family on one map.
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Chapter 31 · The neuter lo: lo bueno, lo que, lo de
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The genderless article that turns adjectives into abstract nouns (lo importante), measures degree (no sabes lo difÃcil que fue), builds the relative lo que / lo cual, and points at an affair with lo de.
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The pronouns after a preposition - para mÃ, a ti, con él - plus the fused conmigo / contigo / consigo and the entre tú y yo exceptions.
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Chapter 32 · The accidental se: se me cayó, se me olvidó
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The no-fault se that turns an accident into something that happened TO you: se + indirect pronoun + verb agreeing with the thing (se me olvidaron las llaves). The verbs that love it, and why Spanish dodges blame this way.
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How Spanish says 'each other' with the plural reflexives nos / os / se, telling it apart from the reflexive 'themselves', and forcing the reading with el uno al otro or mutuamente.
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One of these quietly removes the blame. Spanish prefers it.
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Chapter 33 · The infinitive as a noun and after prepositions
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Where English reaches for the -ing form, Spanish uses the bare infinitive: fumar es malo (smoking is bad), antes de salir (before leaving), al llegar (on arriving). The nominal infinitive, every preposition, and the single biggest -ing mistake.
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The gerund as an adverb of manner (salió corriendo, aprendo escuchando) and with seguir / ir + verb, plus the three places English -ing tempts you wrongly: as a subject, after a preposition, and modifying a noun.
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Chapter 34 · Past participles as adjectives and absolute clauses
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The participle stops being frozen and starts agreeing: una puerta cerrada, la comida hecha, and the compressed absolute clause terminada la reunion (once the meeting was over). Plus tengo hecha la cena.
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The helper-verb toolbox that adds aspect beyond plain tense: acabo de llegar (have just), llevo dos horas esperando (have been waiting), volvio a llamar (called again), sigue lloviendo (still raining).
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Chapter 35 · Causative verbs: hacer, dejar, mandar + infinitive
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How Spanish says make/have/let someone do something: me hizo esperar (made me wait), le hice arreglar el coche (had him fix the car), me dejaron entrar (let me in), and the hacer que + subjunctive alternative.
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Force and permission take the same shape in English.
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Seeing and hearing someone do something: la vi salir (saw her leave, whole action) vs la vi saliendo (saw her leaving, mid-action), with ver/mirar and oir/escuchar, and the doer as a direct object.
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Chapter 36 · Correlative comparison: cuanto mas... mas, cada vez mas
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The advanced comparison patterns beyond mas que: cuanto mas trabajo, mas cansado estoy (the more... the more), cada vez mas (more and more), el doble, tanto... que, and the -isimo absolute superlative.
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How much and how many, and the agreement trap: mucha gente but trabaja mucho (adjective agrees, adverb is invariable), plus todo el dia, cada dos horas, la mayoria de and measure phrases like un par de.
- más que or más de?Mistake clinic
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Chapter 37 · Advanced negation: ni, sino vs pero, tampoco
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The negation tools beyond no and nunca: ni... ni (neither... nor), tampoco (not either), ni siquiera (not even), and the one learners get wrong - sino vs pero (no es rojo sino azul).
- sino or pero?Mistake clinic
One corrects what you just denied. The other adds to it.
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How Spanish spotlights one element: fue Pedro quien lo hizo (it was Pedro who did it), lo que quiero es descansar (what I want is to rest), and fronting an object with a resumptive pronoun.
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Chapter 38 · Exclamations: que, cuanto, como, vaya
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How Spanish exclaims: ¡Que bonito! (how lovely), ¡Que casa tan grande! (what a big house), ¡Cuanta gente! (what a crowd), ¡Como llueve! (how it rains), ¡Vaya dia! (what a day), and the accent rule.
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The fossilised subjunctive that lives in fixed expressions: pase lo que pase (whatever happens), sea como sea, como si lo supiera (as if), ojala, and good wishes like ¡Que tengas un buen dia!
- qué or cuánto?Mistake clinic
Exclaiming about a quality, or about an amount.
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- El deporteThemed review
Playing, winning and losing.
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Chapter 39 · Compound prepositions and tricky choices
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Beyond a, en, de: the phrasal prepositions of place (delante de, detras de, encima de) and idea (a pesar de, ademas de, en vez de), plus verbs whose preposition is not the English one (soñar con, pensar en).
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Only one of them is about physical position.
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The non -mente adverbs: aqui/alli, arriba/abajo, ya/todavia, pronto/tarde, and the classic trap muy vs mucho (muy caro but cuesta mucho), plus where adverbs sit in the sentence.
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Chapter 40 · Diminutives and augmentatives: -ito, -illo, -on, -azo
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The suffixes that pervade real Spanish: casita (little house), un poquito, ahorita and abuelita (affection), un hombron and exitazo (size), plus the blow sense (portazo) and frozen forms like bolsillo.
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Everything past the basic cardinals: el primer dia and el tercer piso (apocope), media hora and un cuarto de kilo, millones de, el 3 de mayo, and son las cuatro y media.
- cien or ciento?Mistake clinic
A hundred changes its name depending on what follows it.
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Chapter 41 · Register: tu vs usted, vosotros vs ustedes
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The social choice every sentence forces: what usted really signals (distance, respect, service), how it shifts the verb and pronouns, and the regional split where Latin America drops vosotros for ustedes.
- tú or usted?Mistake clinic
Getting this wrong is not a grammar error. It is a social one.
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How to ask without sounding blunt: the conditional (¿podria?, me gustaria), quisiera, ¿te importaria...?, hedges like si no es molestia, and the bluntness ladder from Dame to ¿Seria tan amable de darme?
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Chapter 42 · Connectors of addition and contrast
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The linking words that stitch ideas together: ademas and asimismo (addition), and the contrast set sin embargo, no obstante, en cambio, aun asi, mientras que - and how they take a comma and move around.
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porque, ya que and como (cause); por eso, por lo tanto and asi que (consequence); para que and a fin de que + subjunctive (purpose); es decir and o sea (reformulation) - and which need the subjunctive.
- aunque or sin embargo?Mistake clinic
One joins two halves. The other needs a full stop before it.
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- Los sentimientos, mas a fondoThemed review
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Chapter 43 · Set phrases with tener, dar, hacer, echar
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The fixed light-verb expressions that carry everyday Spanish: tener ganas de, tener en cuenta, darse cuenta, dar igual, hacer falta, hacer caso, echar de menos (miss), echar una mano - learned as chunks.
- tengo or me da?Mistake clinic
Spanish keeps its feelings inside two verbs, and neither is to be.
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- Time and frequency phrasesGrammar
The fixed multi-word adverbials: de vez en cuando (now and then), a menudo (often), de repente (suddenly), poco a poco (little by little), tarde o temprano (sooner or later), hoy en dia - learned whole.
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Chapter 44 · Collocations: which verb goes with which noun
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The fixed pairings English speakers get wrong: tomar una decision (not hacer), cometer un error, correr un riesgo, prestar atencion, tener exito - learn the verb WITH its noun, not from the English verb.
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- Intensifiers and downtonersGrammar
The whole ladder of degree past plain muy: -isimo, super and requete-, un monton de and la mar de (loads), tan... que; and the downtoners un poco, mas bien, medio and tirando a.
- hacer or tomar?Mistake clinic
There is no rule here. That is the lesson.
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Chapter 45 · False friends, part 1: the classic traps
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Words that look English but arent: embarazada is pregnant (not embarrassed), actual is current, realizar is carry out, sensible is sensitive, exito is success, fabrica is factory, libreria is a bookshop.
- éxito, salida or suceso?Mistake clinic
Three words that look like English words they have nothing to do with.
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The verb traps: molestar (bother, not molest), recordar (remember, not record), soportar (put up with, not support), pretender (intend, not pretend), atender (serve, not attend), colegio (school, not college).
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Chapter 46 · Prefixes: des-, re-, in-, pre-
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How prefixes multiply your vocabulary: des- undoes (deshacer, desorden), re- repeats (rehacer), in-/im-/i- negates with an assimilation rule (imposible, ilegal, inutil), pre- means before. Learn the prefix, unlock a family.
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Turning verbs and adjectives into nouns, and the gender each suffix gives: -cion and -dad are feminine (construccion, realidad), -miento is masculine (movimiento). The suffix tells you gender and meaning.
- in- or des-?Mistake clinic
Spanish has two ways to say not, and they split by word type.
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Chapter 47 · Adjective suffixes: -oso, -able, -ante, -al
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Turning nouns and verbs into adjectives: -oso means full of (famoso, peligroso), -able means able to be VERBed (aceptable, creible), -ante means doing (sorprendente), -al means relating to (cultural).
- es listo or está listo?Mistake clinic
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The verb-making suffixes: -izar (realizar, memorizar), -ecer for becoming (oscurecer, anochecer), -ificar (simplificar), -ear for repeated action (golpear); and the a-/en- circumfixes (aterrizar, engordar).
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Chapter 48 · Spain vs Latin America: the vocabulary
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The everyday words that change across the Spanish-speaking world: coche/carro, movil/celular, zumo/jugo, patata/papa, autobus/colectivo - and the words to be careful with (coger). There is no one correct Spanish.
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The structural differences: voseo (vos tenes, vos sos) in Argentina and beyond, ustedes for everything (no vosotros) in Latin America, and the preterite-vs-perfect split (ya comi vs ya he comido).
- coger or tomar?Mistake clinic
Neither is wrong. Using the Spanish one in Mexico is.
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Chapter 49 · Accent rules: agudas, llanas, esdrujulas
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When a Spanish word needs a written accent: agudas take one ending in a vowel, n or s (cafe, cancion); llanas take one when they do not (arbol, lapiz); esdrujulas always (rapido, musica); and the dia/pais hiatus rule.
- el or él?Mistake clinic
The accent changes nothing you can hear, and everything you mean.
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The accent that only tells two identical words apart: tu (you) vs tu (your), el (he) vs el (the), si (yes) vs si (if), and the interrogative accent on que, como, donde in questions - direct, exclamatory and indirect.
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Chapter 50 · Spelling traps: b/v, g/j, silent h, c/s/z
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The letters that sound the same but spell differently: b and v are identical (tubo vs tuvo), h is silent (haber vs a ver), g and j both /x/ before e/i (gente vs jefe), and r/rr is the one real sound contrast (pero vs perro).
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Where Spanish differs from English: the mandatory opening ¿ and ¡ (and where they go), lowercase days, months, languages and nationalities (lunes, espanol), the decimal comma, and the colon after Estimada senora:
- hay, ahà or ay?Mistake clinic
Three words, one sound, and natives mix them up more than learners do.
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Chapter 51 · Fixed similes: como un tronco
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The stereotyped comparisons Spanish uses instead of a plain adjective: dormir como un tronco (sleep like a log), mas bueno que el pan, terco como una mula, feliz como una perdiz - and you cannot swap the noun.
- agua or fuego?Mistake clinic
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- Proverbs: refranesGrammar
The traditional sayings that pepper real Spanish, with their English equivalents: Mas vale tarde que nunca, A quien madruga Dios le ayuda, No hay mal que por bien no venga, and how they are often shortened mid-sentence.
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Chapter 52 · Text cohesion and style
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- Text cohesion and styleGrammar
The final polish: avoiding repetition with pronouns and synonyms, the signposting phrases (en primer lugar, en resumen, cabe destacar), given-before-new flow, and the difference between a wall of short sentences and a flowing paragraph.
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The real Spanish the textbook hides: pa for para, xq for porque, and Spain slang like tio, guay, mola, currar and flipar - how to DECODE subtitles and group chats while keeping the neutral standard yourself.
- porque, por qué or porqué?Mistake clinic
One asks, one answers, and one is a noun.
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Chapter 53 · Graded readers: the first 1000 words
Chapter page →- Graded readers: the first 1000 wordsIntroduction
Diez cuentos cortos que puedes leer usando solo las 1000 palabras mas comunes. The reward for the core 1000: a small library of stories to read straight through.
- A Morning at the MarketGraded-reader story
Una mañana en el mercado.
- Lost in the CityGraded-reader story
Perdido en la ciudad.
- The Surprise PartyGraded-reader story
La fiesta sorpresa.
- a ver or haber?Mistake clinic
Identical out loud. Only one of them is a verb.
- A Rainy AfternoonGraded-reader story
Una tarde de lluvia.
- The Missed BusGraded-reader story
El autobús perdido.
- The First Day at WorkGraded-reader story
El primer dÃa de trabajo.
Chapter 54 · Las palabrotas: strong language in Spanish
Chapter page →- Las palabrotas: strong language in SpanishIntroduction
The words Spanish speakers actually use, how hard each one lands, and where. This chapter is here so you can understand what you hear, not so you can say it. Spanish swearing travels worse than any other part of the language: a word that is ordinary punctuation in Spain can end a conversation in Latin America, and the reverse is just as true.
- The mild endVocabulary
5 words · Crude rather than offensive. You will hear all of these in ordinary conversation from people who would never use anything stronger.
- Everyday swearingVocabulary
4 words · The workhorses.
Mierdasits roughly whereshitdoes in English, andcarajohas drifted so far from its literal sense that almost nobody hears it any more. - Joder and its familyVocabulary
3 words · One verb and everything built on it. As an exclamation
joderis closer tobloody hellthan to its literal meaning, which is why translating it word for word makes learners sound far coarser than they intend. - Words aimed at a personVocabulary
4 words · Insults rather than exclamations, and the group where region matters most.
Gilipollasis Spain andpendejois Latin America;cabroncan be an insult or a compliment depending entirely on who is saying it and how. - Puta, and the trap inside itVocabulary
2 words · The most useful thing here is that
de puta madremeans excellent. The same root gives you one of the harshest words for a woman and one of the warmest compliments in the language, and only context tells you which you just heard. - Explicit vocabularyVocabulary
3 words · Sexual and anatomical, and not insults as such - but each one changes how a room hears you, and none of them belongs anywhere near a classroom or an office.
- Cono: strongest, and everywhereVocabulary
1 words · One word, on its own, because Spanish does something with it that English does not. It is literally the strongest word available, and in Spain it is also a routine interjection you will hear a dozen times a day. Holding both facts at once is the point of this chapter.
- Palabras de cocinaGraded-reader story
The whole chapter in one story. Elena learns Spanish swearing the only way anyone does - by saying the right word on the wrong side of the kitchen door. In the kitchen it is punctuation; in the dining room it costs the house a ten-year regular.
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