If you said yes to all the above, keep reading! This will interest you!

Working out the verbs is WAY easier than you think!
A verb is the most important part in a phrase – and without it whatever we were saying just wouldn’t make sense…

I will explain you how verbs work in the simplest way. Let’s get started!

There are three concepts that we need to understand beforehand:

1 – The term “conjugate” means to show the different forms of a verb, according to its person and number (I, we, she, they) and tense (present, past, future).

2 – A verb in “infinitive” is a verb with no form – no conjugation according to its person and number. In simple words: no one is doing the action of that verb. 

You’ll understand this in a sec with these examples: 

• A verb in infinitive form would be “hablar” – to speak
• A verb conjugated would be “yo hablo” – I speak

Easier right?

and 3 – In Spanish we have 2 main type of verbs:

• Regular verbs: we love them! We’ll always follow the same rule to conjugate them and I will teach how in just _ easy steps!
• Irregular verbs: the love is less strong for these ones as we cannot apply such straight forward rules… (Learn how to conjugate Spanish irregular verbs here)

Learn how to conjugate regular verbs in just 3 steps! 

and help me say “I speak Spanish” in Spanish!

STEP 1⃣:
Identify the ending of the infinitive that you want to conjugate, or meaning the same, that you want to build a phrase with. 
E.g. Is “hablar” (to speak) ending with “-ar”, “-er” or “ir”? The answer is “-ar”

STEP 2⃣:
Once you have identified what ending the verb you’re about to use has, you will drop it off! 

After dropping off the ending “-ar” from “hablar” we will be left with “habl”.

STEP 3⃣:
Once we have dropped off the ending “-ar” from the verb “hablar” we will replace it by one of the following endings:
Pick the right column depending on the group ending of the verb you’re using and the correct row depending on who is doing that action:

LIST OF ENDINGS FOR REGULAR VERBS:

Easier than you thought? 

Hope you enjoyed this micro lesson!

P.S. Download this FREE Verbs cheatsheet with the 50 most useful Spanish verbs! Secure the main verbs in the 3 most important tenses: present, past and future.

¡Hasta pronto! 

I couldn’t get enough of that view when I went for Christmas one year. But this is not the point of this blog post! 

I am writing this to talk about the language. So, we all know that Spanish is the official language in 21 countries – one of them Mexico.

However it is crazy how different the same language can be sometimes even I had to think twice what words to use when speaking to the hotel staff! (some of them can put you in a very embarrassing situation). 

So I decided to make a list of the main words and differences you should be aware of if you decide to travel to that part of the world and use your Spanish language skills: 

Español de España	Español de México	Traducción al inglés
Agua con gas	Agua mineral	Sparkling water
Autobús	Camión	Bus
Billete	Boleto	Ticket
Jaqueta	Chamarra	Jacket
Coger	Agarrar / Tomar	To grab / To take
Coche	Carro	Car
Querer	Desear	To want
Gafas	Lentes	Glasses
Habitación	Cuarto	Room
Melocotón	Durazno	Peach
Móvil	Celular	Cell phone
Piscina	Alberca	Pool
Zumo	Jugo	Juice

Oh! Before I continue sharing this list with you it is important to say that Spanish from Latin America has been slightly modified in comparison to Spanish from Spain due to its proximity to the United States.

That’s why you’ll find for some of the words in this next list to be more similar to English rather than to original Spanish

Español de España	Español de México	Traducción al inglés
Ascensor	Elevador	Elevator
Hacer la maleta	Empacar	To pack
Ordenador	Computadora	Computer
Pedir	Ordenar	To order
Reserva	Reservación	Reservation

Can you use Mexican Spanish in Spain or viceversa? Careful! Here’s where embarrassing situations can happen:

If you want to say “bus” in Spain by using the Mexican version “camión”, instead of the Spanish one “bus” or “autobús”, we will understand this:

If you want to say “car” in Spain by using the Mexican version “carro” instead of the Spanish one “coche” we will understand one of these:

Last and the most important one! If you want to say “to take” or “to grab” in Latin America, DO NOT use the verb “coger” as you would do in Spain! Overseas that means “to have sex!”. Use the verb “tomar” instead.

You can safely use any other words from the list above.

I hope you enjoyed this one!

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