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Spanish, explained in English

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Spanish grammar.

Build Spanish sentences with subject pronouns, articles, everyday verbs and simple negatives. Choose any free lesson to begin.

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Lesson 01

Spanish subject pronouns

You will learn the core Spanish subject pronouns for singular and plural subjects.

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Saying “to be” in Spanish

You will learn to choose between ser and estar and match each verb to the person.

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Definite and indefinite articles

You will learn to choose Spanish articles that agree with the noun and its meaning.

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Regular present-tense verbs

You will learn to conjugate regular Spanish verbs in present-tense statements.

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Basic Spanish negation

You will learn to make simple negative statements with no, tampoco, and nada.

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There is and there are with hay

You will learn to use the impersonal form hay to say that something exists.

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The free previews are linked below. Continue with the other topics in the app.

Sounds and spelling · 10 topics
  • The Spanish alphabet and letter namesAvailable in the app
  • The five Spanish vowelsAvailable in the app
  • Syllables, diphthongs, and hiatusAvailable in the app
  • Reading c, z, s, qu, and kAvailable in the app
  • Reading g, j, gu, and güAvailable in the app
  • The letters b and vAvailable in the app
  • The sounds of r and rrAvailable in the app
  • Silent hAvailable in the app
  • The spellings ñ, ll, and yAvailable in the app
  • Word stress and written accentsAvailable in the app
Foundations · 11 topics
Verbs and time · 12 topics
  • Regular present-tense verbsFree preview
  • Common irregular present formsAvailable in the app
  • The present perfectAvailable in the app
  • The preterite for completed eventsAvailable in the app
  • The imperfectAvailable in the app
  • The near future with ir aAvailable in the app
  • The present progressiveAvailable in the app
  • Reflexive verbs in daily routinesAvailable in the app
  • Preterite and imperfect in narrationAvailable in the app
  • Contrasting Spanish past tensesAvailable in the app
  • Verbal periphrasesAvailable in the app
  • Sequence of tensesAvailable in the app
Nouns, articles and pronouns · 5 topics
  • Direct and indirect object pronounsAvailable in the app
  • ComparisonsAvailable in the app
  • NominalizationAvailable in the app
  • Advanced clitic pronounsAvailable in the app
  • Condensing clauses without losing meaningAvailable in the app
Questions and sentence structure · 7 topics
  • Affirmative tú commandsAvailable in the app
  • Relative clausesAvailable in the app
  • Reported speechAvailable in the app
  • Concessive connectorsAvailable in the app
  • Word order and emphasisAvailable in the app
  • Discourse markersAvailable in the app
  • Recovering omitted meaningAvailable in the app
Mood, conditions and voice · 9 topics
  • Basic uses of por and paraAvailable in the app
  • The present subjunctiveAvailable in the app
  • The conditionalAvailable in the app
  • Passive and impersonal constructionsAvailable in the app
  • The imperfect subjunctiveAvailable in the app
  • Unreal conditionalsAvailable in the app
  • Advanced subjunctive contrastsAvailable in the app
  • Certainty, inference and reported claimsAvailable in the app
  • Compact and formal conditionsAvailable in the app
Style and discourse · 3 topics
  • Formal registerAvailable in the app
  • Focus and topic in discourseAvailable in the app
  • Parallelism, reversal and contrastAvailable in the app

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