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¡Hola, Socios! (This is released a few hours earlier because Cynthia has just started to go into labour! Wish us luck!)

In this lesson we cover probably some of the more confusing verbs in Spanish. Confusing, that is, because in English we tend not to have any hard and fast rules about when we should use them. In Spanish, however, the rules are very fixed and if you break them, there will be confusion!

Here’s a sneak peek:

¡Hola Socios! In this weeks lesson we are dealing with Gustar again.  We want to offer you a system that Cynthia came up with to be able to use Gustar and Encantar really well, even when you are dealing with unusual sentences like: ‘He likes me.’ or ‘We like you all.’ Many people think that… Read more »

The verb Quedar and it’s many uses.                                                                                       Here we cover the uses… Read more »

Saying Become in Spanish isn’t so easy! This lesson was requested by Dan Snoddy. ¡Gracias, Dan! It’s certain that we’ve all been faced with saying Become in Spanish at some time or another and it’s likely that we were stopped in our tracks.  Have you every been unsure how to translate it, yourself? In this… Read more »

Get in Spanish. A tricky verb! Dealing with phrasal verbs is quite a challenge for sure. Here we work through some of the key uses of Get in Spanish although, be aware, we really have only scratched the surface. What is important to take from this lesson is the mindset to avoid these phrasal verbs… Read more »