Have you just started learning Spanish, or, on the contrary, have you been trying to learn Spanish for weeks, months, or even years? Are you still struggling to understand and/or take part in a conversation in Spanish? Are you wondering where to start in order to speak your first words in a nice and fluent >> READ MORE…
Quedar versus Quedarse
Quedar(se) : one of the most frequently used verbs in Spanish The most common meanings are “to stay somewhere” (QUEDARSE en algún sitio) and “to arrange to meet someone” (QUEDAR CON alguien). But both forms of the verb can also have other meanings depending on the context where they are used. So I’ve decided to >> READ MORE…
How did you learn Spanish – and overcome the fear of speaking?
Yesterday I met this wonderful guy from Albania as he was walking through Ferreirola with his French girlfriend. We started chatting, and as we spoke, we changed to English, then to French, then back to Spanish. He had only been in Spain for 10 days, and wasn’t very fluent in Spanish, but he wanted to >> READ MORE…
How did you learn Spanish 35 years ago?
This is the question I asked Ebb last Friday on the market in Pitres. Ebb is from Germany but he has spent the last 35 years here in the Alpujarras, Granada. He raised his two children in a small “cortijo” (farmhouse) up in the mountain above Pitres, and now lives in a nearby village, Fondales. >> READ MORE…