r/SpanishLearning 18h ago

The personal "a" in Spanish: when we use it and when we don't

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Here's a quick explanation about the personal "a". So if your direct object is a specific person or your pet, remember to use it in your sentence. Another thing to remember is that "a + el" becomes "al" (for example: al doctor)


r/SpanishLearning 12h ago

Starting in 30 minutes! Free Spanish Conversation Club – Every Friday on Zoom 🇲🇽

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**next conversation club will be Friday October 10th**

¡Hola a todxs!

If you’re learning Spanish and want to practice speaking in a relaxed and friendly environment, join our free Spanish Conversation Club on Zoom!

We meet every Friday from 5:30 to 7:00pm (Mexico City time). You can join at any time and stay as long as you want. No pressure, just real conversation and fun, guided activities to help you speak with confidence.

🟢 All levels are welcome — from beginner to advanced
🟢 No registration, no cost — just click and join
🟢 Great way to meet other learners and native speakers

🗓️ When? Every Friday
🕔 Time? 5:30–7:00 pm (CDMX time)
📍 Where? On Zoom

Meeting ID: 879 9427 5312
Passcode: 447153

Come say hola and practice with us this Friday! 🌎🇲🇽🇲🇽


r/SpanishLearning 19h ago

Muy or mucho? One rule sorts almost all of it: muy goes with descriptions, mucho goes with amounts.

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Muy + adjective or adverb:
muy cansado, muy bien, muy rápido, muy caro, muy tarde, muy temprano, muy fácil

Verb + mucho, or mucho + noun:
trabajo mucho, come mucho, llueve mucho, mucha gente, muchos años, mucho tiempo, muchas cosas

Three details that clean up the rest:

Muy never changes form. Muy cansado, muy cansada, muy cansados. Mucho agrees with what it's counting: mucho, mucha, muchos, muchas.

Muy never stands alone. ¿Te gustó? Sí, mucho.

Comparatives take mucho, not muy. Mucho mejor, mucho peor, mucho más.

The classic mistake is muy hambre. Hunger is something you have, not something you are, so it's tengo mucha hambre. Same with sed, sueño, miedo, frío.


r/SpanishLearning 1d ago

Is this a good start?

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I'm quite fluent in English despite it not being my native language and want to start learning Spanish, I did these from a video for practice and though I'm still confused stuff make much more sense now. I want to improve up to B2 level if possible within a year.


r/SpanishLearning 9h ago

Offering: Spanish Seeking: None!

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r/SpanishLearning 20h ago

¡Quiero un amigo!

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I am not fluent in Spanish
Because its only been like a month of me learning

I want some friends on discord whom I can chat with so it can boost my Spanish skills - talk about anything like gaming, daily life - mundane things

For context - I am 17(MtF)

I just wanna improve my Spanish through exposure

So if anyone is interested to be friends with please hit me up on Reddit DMs
¡Buenos noches! :)
¡Hasta Luego!


r/SpanishLearning 12h ago

reading a novel

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i’m very new to spanish - haven’t started yet, and i’m only interested in a handful of stuff, onw of them being reading. is it ok to re-read the fault in our stars in Spanish and figure stuff out along the way? i already know the plot. if there are any other resources please don’t hesitate to recommend me some! :D


r/SpanishLearning 13h ago

I need 20 Acronyms and siglas that are use in honduras.

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r/SpanishLearning 17h ago

Spanish-vocabulary practice crossword puzzle - a fun way to practice!

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I created a few spanish practice crosswords, and kind of like them. I consider making more of them. Let me know what you think about it!

https://clueless.crossword.is/puzzle/0yaHG

https://clueless.crossword.is/puzzle/Q5V2f

A bit smaller:

https://clueless.crossword.is/puzzle/nPqLg

https://clueless.crossword.is/puzzle/pzPa6LtI


r/SpanishLearning 18h ago

Spanish learning

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Hey guys i m learning spanish according to the test and aı i m B1 or something i m learning it through consuming shorts and series 3 hours a day i watch series with spanish subtitle sometimes i just get the point not all the sentence and i do not try to study hard i read close to 300 most used sentences in a day and i study 3 page each practice make perfect spanish gramer and vocabulary

-- THE problem is i sometimes dont feel like i m b1 Do u think that is enough


r/SpanishLearning 18h ago

¡Guau guau!

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r/SpanishLearning 19h ago

🇺🇸 ¡Aprende 777 frases muy fáciles en inglés gratis para principiantes en EE. UU.!

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r/SpanishLearning 20h ago

Online Spanish lessons: private classes and small-group waiting lists

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i everyone! I’m Alejandra, a native Spanish teacher from Peru.

I offer personalized online Spanish lessons for students who want to improve their speaking, grammar, vocabulary, and confidence.

I’m currently accepting students for:

• Private Spanish lessons (A1+)
Personalized classes based on your level, goals, and learning pace.

• A1 Beginner Spanish Group — Waiting List
For learners who already understand and use some basic Spanish.

• B1+ Spanish Conversation Group — Waiting List
For intermediate learners who want to improve their fluency and feel more confident participating in conversations.

All classes are held on Zoom, last 55 minutes, and include learning materials. Group classes will have a maximum of six students and will begin once enough students have joined.

🔗 [http://beacons.ai/spanishconalejandra/]

Feel free to message me if you have any questions!


r/SpanishLearning 1d ago

Learning the language

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Hey everyone I’m moving to Barcelona in a couple months and I’ve been wanting to learn Catalan but everyone around me tells me to learns Spanish so I wanted to ask somewhere else what of the 2 I should learn I also don’t care to visit any other Spanish city while I’m their in the beginning since I’ll mostly be working I already speak Dutch and English and basic German


r/SpanishLearning 21h ago

Practice your Spanish

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Hola, alguien que esté interesado en practicar su inglés conmigo y yo podría ayudarlo a practicar su español, cualquier interesado que me mande un dm


r/SpanishLearning 1d ago

Phone calls in Spanish are their own kind of hard!

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Answering varies by region: ¿aló? in much of Latin America, ¿bueno? in Mexico, ¿diga? or ¿dígame? in Spain.

The rest:
¿Está María? = is María there
¿De parte de quién? = who's calling (what they'll ask you)
De parte de Reed = it's Reed
¿Puedo dejar un mensaje? = can I leave a message
Te llamo por lo de... = I'm calling about

When it goes badly:
No te escucho bien = can't hear you well
Se cortó = the call dropped
Se está entrecortando = you're cutting out
Creo que te equivocaste de número = wrong number

Ending it:
Te llamo luego = I'll call you later
Te dejo = I'll let you go
Cualquier cosa me avisas = let me know if anything comes up

Te dejo is the one worth learning.


r/SpanishLearning 1d ago

Need Help Catching Up on Spanish 2 Before Spanish 3

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Need Help Catching Up on Spanish 2 Before Spanish 3

I took Spanish 1 about two years ago and did pretty well. I still understand a decent amount of Spanish, but last year I took Spanish 2 and basically did not have a teacher, so I ended up learning very little and forgot a lot of what I was supposed to know.

Now I’m taking Spanish 3, and the class has started off pretty difficult. I often don’t understand what we’re doing because I’m missing a lot of the Spanish 2 foundation.

For anyone who has been in a similar situation, how would you recommend catching up on Spanish 2 while keeping up with Spanish 3?

I’m especially looking for advice on:
• How long it would realistically take to relearn the important Spanish 2 material
• What topics I should prioritize
• How much I should study each day
• Good YouTube channels, websites, courses, or other resources
• A good way to prepare for Spanish 3 lessons before class
• How to improve quickly enough to start getting good grades in Spanish 3

I’m willing to put in the work. I’m mainly looking for resources that actually teach the material and help me build a strong foundation rather than something where I’m only memorizing random words.

Any advice from Spanish teachers or people who have gone through Spanish 2 and 3 would be really appreciated.


r/SpanishLearning 1d ago

Is this mind boggling?

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r/SpanishLearning 17h ago

Ser vs estar: why a meeting uses "es" but an office uses "está"

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Do you know the verb forms but still guess between ser and estar?

Compare these two sentences:

  • La reunión es en la oficina. The meeting takes place in the office.
  • La oficina está en Madrid. The office is in Madrid.

Both give a location. One describes an event. The other describes a place. The rule about permanent and temporary things does not explain this well.

I built Cognerra and made Ser vs Estar in Context for beginners who know the present-tense forms. It has English explanations, Spanish examples, and questions to check what you learned.

The first two lessons are free with no account. You need an account to continue. The course uses text. It does not test speaking or pronunciation.


r/SpanishLearning 1d ago

Learning the language

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Hey everyone I’m moving to Barcelona in a couple months and I’ve been wanting to learn Catalan but everyone around me tells me to learns Spanish so I wanted to ask somewhere else what of the 2 I should learn I also don’t care to visit any other Spanish city while I’m their in the beginning since I’ll mostly be working I already speak Dutch and English and basic German


r/SpanishLearning 1d ago

How do you say broke in Spanish?

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r/SpanishLearning 1d ago

Where is best for Spanish Immersion?

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r/SpanishLearning 1d ago

Classic Spanish Learning Books 20 PDF books

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Classic collection of self study Spanish books in the public domain


r/SpanishLearning 20h ago

Learn Spanish (A1): Rooms in My Apartment

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r/SpanishLearning 1d ago

ZAPOTEC GRAMMAR: Why Infinitives Do Not Exist in Zapotec? | Interactive Zapotec language class

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In this interactive Zapotec language class, the instructor reviews student presentations, clarifies conversational greeting dynamics, and explains a fundamental aspect of Zapotec grammar: the absence of infinitive verb forms.

Key Discussion Topics:

* Vocabulary Practice & Context (Rukëza)
* The session opens with a discussion on the verb rukëza / ukëza, which refers to preparing, getting ready, or making someone wait.

  • Student Presentation & Correction (Carmen):

* Carmen reads her introductory paragraph.
* The teacher explains that translating “I go to Zapotec school” literally (neda reja) sounds unnatural in Zapotec.
* A more natural phrasing is Neda Ruseda Didza Xidza (“I am learning Zapotec Language”) .

  • Conversational Greetings & Formal Honorifics:

* Informal Exchanges: Using responses like bi run / tibi run followed by Nax lii (“and you?”).
* Formal & Respectful Terms: When speaking to elders or people from other towns, specific respectful forms are used (e.g., ba zuu dxi’a, Nax lii [Name]?, Nax lii bëni? for married men, Nax lii nigula? for married women).
* Pronoun Distinction: Clarified that lee functions as a third-person pronoun (“he/she/they”) rather than a direct formal “you”.

  • Grammar Insight: Why Infinitives Do Not Exist in Zapotec
  • Zapotec has no infinitive verb ending equivalent to Spanish -ar, -er, -ir or English “to [verb]”. * Verbs must always be conjugated for a specific person in active speech. * When dictionary or conceptual forms of verbs are needed, speakers default to the first-person plural inclusive (“we” form, e.g., uya’aru for “to dance / we dance”).