7 Best Ways I’ve Used To Become Fluent in Spanish in Less Than a Year

How long have you had “learn Spanish” on your bucket list? Chances are for far too long.  I had the desire to learn Spanish for quite awhile but it wasn’t until I got bored with my job and traveled to Argentina for 6 weeks that I finally regrouped and decided it was time to take …

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5 Simple Tricks To Stay Motivated While Learning Spanish

Staying motivated learning Spanish

When learning a new language, it’s common for both new and experienced language learners to feel frustrated or stuck and to lose motivation. Learning Spanish doesn’t happen overnight. Afterall, it’s a bit of a long journey. These 5 invaluable tips to stay motivated in your Spanish journey are derived from hundreds of successful students that …

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3 Spanish Prepositions That Everyone Should Use

Prepositions in Spanish

Learning to correctly use prepositions in Spanish is essential to you grasping a key part of the Spanish language.  Spanish prepositions connect words and allow you to create well structured sentences. In this article, I’m going to teach you three super important prepositions to add to your Spanish toolkit.  Entre, hacia, and hasta are the three …

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How to Learn Spanish During the Coronavirus Shutdown

Study Spanish From Home

This pandemic is affecting us all one way or the other.  It’s changing the way we do pretty much everything, from grocery shopping to interactions with those around us. Chances are, you are one of the millions of people at home in quarantine.  But that doesn’t mean this time has to be fruitless!This is the perfect …

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13 Clever Spanish Tongue-Twisters To Improve Your Speaking Skills

13 Spanish Tongue-Twisters

Looking for some Spanish tongue-twisters to help improve your Spanish pronunciation?  Tongue twisters in Spanish are an excellent way to have fun in the language, test yourself, and most importantly improve your Spanish pronunciation (over time!). If you are feeling like you are in a pronunciation rut and you’re having a hard time saying a few …

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11 Essential Argentina Slang Expressions You Can Start Using

Argentine Slang Expressions

If there’s something Argentines love as much as asado, mate, and dulce de leche, it’s talking.  It is part of the culture, it’s imprinted in their DNA. If you’re going to be speaking Spanish with an Argentinean like me, learning the local lunfardo is crucial, as it prevails in casual conversation and is here to stay. …

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Present Tense Spanish: Discover How to Master It!

Present tense Spanish

The Spanish Present Tense is the perfect place to start when learning Spanish.  Not only is it the most widely used tense, but once you have the verb endings down, you will notice a pattern that repeats itself in nearly all the other tenses. Verbs in the present tense are, for the most part, predictable, so …

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