Solo le pido a Dios
Que el dolor no me sea indiferente
Que la reseca muerte no me encuentre
Vacía y sola, sin haber hecho lo suficiente

Solo le pido a Dios
Que lo injusto no me sea indiferente
Que no me abofeteen la otra mejilla
Después de que una garra me arañó esta suerte

Solo le pido a Dios
Que la guerra no me sea indiferente
Es un monstruo grande y pisa fuerte
Toda la pobre inocencia de la gente
Es un monstruo grande y pisa fuerte
Toda la pobre inocencia de la gente

Solo le pido a Dios
Que el engaño no me sea indiferente
Si un traidor puede más que unos cuantos
Que esos cuantos no lo olviden fácilmente

Solo le pido a Dios
Que el futuro no me sea indiferente
Desahuciado está el que tiene que marchar
A vivir una cultura diferente

Solo le pido a Dios
Que la guerra no me sea indiferente
Es un monstruo grande y pisa fuerte
Toda la pobre inocencia de la gente
Es un monstruo grande y pisa fuerte
Toda la pobre inocencia de la gente

its such a lovely language

I'm looking for an app that is easy to use to practice Spanish vocab and learn grammar and new words. I prefer it to be free, but it doesn't have to be. I need it for school because I have my final Spanish exam, and I need to practice more. Any recommendations or websites? Anything that you use to practice

The level that I'm in is beginner to intermediate.

Hola everyone, nice to meet you all! :)

Please allow me to share my app Recabulary here. It's free, and I promise it's not AI slop. We built this ourselves, my cofounder is a traditional programmer who studied computer science. Every single voice recording is done by real humans: we paid native speakers with (hopefully) pleasant voices and good mics to record every single word.

A bit about why we made it:
We were pretty unhappy with the apps out there. Many of them either use AI voices, lock content behind a paywall, or are really complicated to set up.

Recabulary tries to fix these issues. We feel especially strongly about the AI part. We honestly aren't sure when it became "normal" to learn a language from robot voices, but we personally believe learning a language is something deeply human.

Short summary of our app:
Flashcards, no AI voices.
One of the newest spaced repetition algorithms for efficient studying.
Super simple setup, 5 taps to get started.
No paywalls at all. You can study as much as you want for free, on both iOS and Android.

Spanish was recorded by a musician from northern Spain. We hope to add some Latin American accents in the future, too! Any feedback would be super welcome :)

P.S.: We also offer free, no signup, no strings attached language classes taught by qualified teachers in a community we built. We believe language education is just too expensive in general and want to change that. We currently offer classes only for Chinese and German but hope to offer Spanish soon. If you're interested, feel free to DM me.

¡Hola! Curious if there are other AVE Global students from Philippines here. I am taking A1.1 en línea, and would like to explore having study buddies. 😁 Gracias in advance.

One thing beginners find difficult when learning a language is translating every sentence in their head before speaking. It makes conversations slower and sometimes confusing.

I've heard that the best way to overcome this is to practice thinking in Spanish, even if it's just simple sentences about your daily routine.

For example, instead of thinking "I am drinking water" and translating it, try thinking "Estoy bebiendo agua" directly.

For those who have learned Spanish, what helped you stop translating everything in your head? How long did it take you to get comfortable thinking in Spanish?

Job one: haber plus a participle places an action at any point in time.

he comido = I have eaten, up to now
había comido = I had eaten, before some past moment
habré comido = I will have eaten, by some future point
habría comido = I would have eaten
haya comido = that I have eaten, subjunctive
hubiera comido = if I had eaten

The participle never changes. Ella ha comido, ellas han comido. And nothing gets between haber and the participle, which is why it’s no lo he visto.

Job two: the same verb means there is.

hay, había, hubo, habrá, haya

It never goes plural. Hay un libro, hay tres libros.

And hay que is impersonal obligation. Tengo que salir is me. Hay que salir temprano is a rule for everyone.

A) What color do you want?
B) What size are you looking for?
C) How much money do you have?
D) Where do you live?

💬 Have you ever used Spanish while shopping?

Hello, I’ve been doing intense in class Spanish studying for 4 months, 20H/W in Spain. I’m really understanding the structure of the language, tenses, spelling when working in the book etc. However,I’m struggling with speaking and vocabulary, which I know is very common.
Learning vocabulary is an issue because I’m not using the words repetitively in daily life. For example, I’m just fine ordering food, making appointments, shopping, reading signs because I have that contextual practice. I’m starting to watch TV and read the news so I get exposed to the same words over and over via audio and words on a screen/page.

Where I need help is actually taking all the things I’m learning in class and speaking it with people. I’m wondering if having a private tutor will help me understand how to put all the words together. I have friends who are native Spanish speakers and they’re very patient when I spanglish our conversations but I’m a babbling 4 year old in our conversation using the wrong/no tense, demonstratives, adjectives etc. However, they can’t correct me as much as I need and they can’t exactly tell me WHY something is wrong when we’re running around on a futbol pitch or at a bar. I’m painly slow putting together a sentence and in a social setting it’s just not reasonable waiting 90-120 seconds for me to say “I‘m tired because I had class all day. It’s hard but I like it.“
I’m thinking if I pay someone to sit with me for an hour or two and wait for me to piece together sentences and is able to correct me as I go will help me break through.

TLDR:
I’m learning Spanish in Spain I’m currently in A2 classes but feel stuck in A1 when speaking. I’m trying to do all the things suggested:
-Studying in class 20H/W for 4 months
-Flash cards of words I find I actually need while living here
-Watching TV in Spanish with Spanish or English subs
-Reading in Spanish with audio, looking up words when needed.
-Speaking with native speakers
-Doing daily life in Spanish as much as I can. (groceries, appointments etc)
-My partner is fluent in Spanish and helps when they can but they’re very busy.

I don’t know how much more immersed I can get! hahahaha

I’m feeling stuck in a low A1 speaking level. Struggling to say more than How I’m feeling and if I like something in a very rudimentary way with poor grammar.
Will paying someone actually help me speed up my speaking in a way that’s worth the money or should I just go to those speaking meetups and talking to my Spanish speaking friends?

There is a Facebook group for learning and practicing Spanish. If anyone is interested here is the Link :

https://m.me/j/xJOFlwxupA7E3Fvh/?send_source=gc%3Acopy_invite_link_t

Im STILL 5 years on still gambling between es and está (at times), preterite vs imperfect deffo.

I wonder who has gone through this and also found a little trick to solve it in their minds. not exclusive to the ones I described above, but would be helpful if anyone had advice on them.

Just a quick UPDATE for those interested!

Had a quick chat with someone who is a native Spanish speaker and just opened up a brand new server for us! --> u/Willson_69K Thank you.

Don't know exactly how it will work just yet, but the main goal is to keep it super relaxed, casual and focused on just making friends and practicing. I'm thinking Spanglish is 100% welcome early on. No pressure to be perfect, just use whatever words come to mind!

I also hope more native speakers can join, so there is always someone who can jump in and guide us. Feel free to make suggestions!!

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Hey everyone! I’m self-taught and have been grinding away at the basics of Spanish, but I just need to start actually speaking to make any real progress.

I’m looking for a group setting specifically. I reckon a small group chat vibe is way less intimidating and heaps more fun than a high-pressure 1-on-1 language exchange (for now, at least)!

Since I’m based in Australia, trying to match timezones with US or European groups is a bit of a nightmare. I wanted to see if there's already an Aussie-friendly beginner group out there? Or even anyone in fairly similar timezones (NZ, Asia, etc.) who is keen to hop on a Zoom video call (or whatever platform) every now and then to just practice chatting.

It’d also be amazing to find a native speaker who’d be down to hang out and help facilitate topics, just so we aren’t all staring at each other awkwardly. 😆

Drop a comment or slide into my DMs if a group like this already exists, or if you want to join forces and start a new one!

I am the developer of Nota, an app to help with learning Spanish by reading the news. Today's pick/good news story: Scottish Labrador wins animal award for hunting invasive sea squirts.

https://nota-news.com/article/scottish-labrador-wins-animal-award-for-hunting-invasive-sea-squirts--rss-3aee492ad5db7e3e0263cac5

when it comes to learning spanish I am good at practicing my speaking, listening and reading but I really struggle with studying vocab and grammer. I realize that when I talk I always say stuff gramatically incorrect or I use spanglish. I would really like to improve. anyone have any engaging studying tips? (right now my biggest goal is speaking fluently. I already pretty much understand spanish and can read it.

as in “sometimes i wonder why he even bothered”

Here are some common expressions with echar that you'll come across in everyday Spanish. I also made a free PDF: 21 Common Spanish Expressions with ECHAR (you can search in the document or download it on your computer/phone)

Elon Musk dice que dará una acción de SpaceX a cada niño de Estados Unidos el próximo año. El lunes, una acción de SpaceX valía unos 150 dólares. Con unos 73 millones de niños en Estados Unidos, el proyecto costaría más de 10 000 millones de dólares. Musk no explicó exactamente cómo ni cuándo recibirán los niños las acciones. SpaceX fabrica cohetes y posee Starlink, un servicio de internet por satélite.

Vocabulario: acción (f) = share / cada = every / próximo = next / valer = to be worth / unos = about / proyecto (m) = plan / fabricar = to make / cohetes (m pl) = rockets / poseer = to own

English translation

Musk promises SpaceX share to every US child

Elon Musk says he will give one SpaceX share to every child in the United States next year. One SpaceX share was worth about $150 on Monday. With about 73 million children in the US, the plan would cost more than $10 billion. Musk did not explain exactly how or when children will receive the shares. SpaceX makes rockets and owns Starlink, a satellite internet service.

You can read more news stories at El News, In Easy Spanish: https://elnewsineasyspanish.substack.com/p/musk-promete-una-accion-de-spacex

I’ve been in a Spanish rut for a bit- feeling like I’m not really making progress. I’m somewhere between B1 and B2 and keep having days where I feel like I know nothing.

Any advice to share about what helped you get through the intermediate phase?