If your goal is to speak Spanish fluently, sooner or later you will have to know the names of all of the parts of a house.
The survival vocabulary below is especially useful if you are currently living or plan to reside in a Spanish speaking country. Undoubtedly, you will have to use some of these phrases in order to communicate with Spanish speaking
In both English and Spanish we use commands or mandatos for giving instructions.
A simple way to form commands in Spanish requires knowledge of the three different action word (verb) endings. The endings are:
“ar” as in comprar – to buy
“er” as in comer – to eat
“ir” as in escribir – to write
To
In English we only have one verb which means “to play.” However, in Spanish Jugar and tocar are verbs which mean “to play,” but have very different uses. Jugar + a, is used to play a sport or game. José juega al tenis. Joe plays tennis. Me gusta jugar a la pelota. I like to play
Have you ever wondered how to say you did something to yoursef in Spanish? There is a way to talk about oneself in Spanish called “the reflexive verb.”
Reflexive verbs are those for which the subject and the recepient of the action are the same. In a phrase like “He hurt himself” the words ‘he’ and ‘himself’
Below are more idiomatic expressions frequently used in everyday conversations by native Spanish speakers. This type of colloquial Spanish is often heard but not understood by beginning, intermediate or even advanced Spanish students.The phrases below will help you understand this modern slang.
Trabajar de sol a sol – to work nonstop.
Arrimarse
