The demonstrative adjectives are used for pointing out things. They are equivalent to saying “this, these, that, and those” in English. Like all Spanish adjectives, they must agree with the …
In this lesson we’re going to look at how to conjugate present tense of regular Spanish verbs. Like in English, the basic form of a Spanish verb is the infinitive. …
Today we’re going to offer a guide to the pronunciation of Spanish vowels, diphthongs (two adjacent vowel sounds occurring within the same syllable), and consonants. Each sound will includes an …
The previous lesson covered the rules for gendering French nouns and some of the notable exceptions to those rules. However, some French nouns can take either gender. These nouns have …
French is a much more gendered language than English. Which nouns are masculine and which are feminine can often seem arbitrary and random to non-native speakers. However, the language does …
Like English, Spanish has both indefinite and definite articles. The singular forms of the indefinite articles are equivalent to “a” or “an” in English. The plural forms are equivalent to …
Spanish is a more gendered language than English. All nouns must take either a masculine or a feminine gender. As in English, nouns also indicate number (singular or plural). Spanish …
Spanish subject pronouns are a used a bit differently than their English counterparts are. In English, personal subject pronouns are necessary to indicate who or what is the subject of …
Next up is a vocabulary quiz for our Portuguese language learners. Match the Portuguese words on the left with their English equivalents on the right. As always, be wary of …
We’re going to finish out our look at false friends between English and the various Romance languages with some commonly-confused Brazilian Portuguese and English words. False friends are words in …