Spanish Lessons

Conjunctions
Conjunctions provide a link between similar words or groups of words, such as nouns, verbs, people, and clauses.

Weather
Learn how to talk about the weather in Spanish.

Falsos Amigos - False Cognates
There are a hundreds of word pairs that look similar in Spanish and English, but that mean very different things. Avoid misunderstandings with these explanations for five new false cognates: autor/author, cámara/camera, cargo, defraudar/defraud, and suceder/succeed.

Demonstrative Adjectives (Este, Eso, Aquel)
Demonstrative adjectives (this, that, these, those) are words which indicate a specific noun. Spanish demonstrative adjectives are more complicated than their English counterparts, because there are three different sets and they must agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.
 

Spanish Listening

Puerta del Sol is an audiomagazine for intermediate and advanced Spanish students, and is versatile enough to be used by teachers, independent students, homeschoolers, travelers, or anyone else who is interested in authentic Spanish listening practice. Read my in-depth review of this Spanish learning tool: Puerta del Sol
 

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Spanish verbs that end in -UAR are conjugated with the same endings as regular -AR verbs, but most -UAR verbs require accents in certain conjugations.
-UAR Verbs

Interrogative pronouns are used to ask the questions who, what, which, and how much/many.
Interrogative Pronouns (Qué, Quién, Cuál, Cuánto, Dónde)

Figuring out how to pronounce a new Spanish word is fairly easy, because there are consistent rules about how to pronounce each letter, and only two silent letters.
Silent Letters

Certain aspects of Spanish tend to be difficult for students, so here are some lessons to help you avoid making common Spanish mistakes.
Spanish Mistakes and Difficulties

 
Spanish Practice

If you're ready to use your Spanish in the real world, or you want to keep studying but can't afford traditional classes, consider don Quijote's work study program. By working in a Spanish hotel or country house, you can earn room and board, take intensive group Spanish classes, and get to use your Spanish in real-life situations.
Spanish Work Study

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Here's a checklist to help you get the most out of my Spanish for beginners lessons. It indicates the best order to study the lessons so that you learn the basics first and build from there:
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