-iar Verbs
Some Spanish -iar verbs are pronounced with stress on the “i,” and therefore need an acute accent on that letter in certain conjugations.
A1 – Beginning Spanish
A1 Spanish Lessons and Practice – Beginning Spanish
A1 is beginning Spanish, consisting of everyday language like greetings and personal details – learn more.
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Lawless Spanish for Beginners
A1 - Beginning Spanish • accents • conjugation lessons
A
The Spanish preposition a is generally summarized as "to or at," but it has a few more meanings and uses than that.
A
The Spanish letter A is pronounced “ah,” as in father or wander.
Acabar de – Recent Past
What just happened? You can explain what happened in the recent past with the construction acabar de + infinitive, the Spanish equivalent of “to have just done.”
A1 - Beginning Spanish • tenses moods voices
Adjectives
One of the eight parts of speech, adjectives are a type of modifier; that is, they modify or describe nouns in a certain way, letting you know the size, shape, weight, color, nationality, or any of a myriad other possible qualities of nouns.
A1 - Beginning Spanish • agreement • lesson plans • plurals • spelling
Advent Calendar
A tiny Spanish challenge every day until Christmas – translate each seasonal term to open a door.
Adverbs
An adverb is an invariable word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs can provide additional information about manner, quantity, frequency, time, or place – they explain when, how, where, how often, or to what degree something is done.
Airport
If there’s anything worse than having to spend time at the airport, it’s having to spend time at the airport when you don’t speak the local language. Sure, most airport employees speak another language or two, but you’ll still be better off if you have these key Spanish words and phrases in your pocket. ¡Buen viaje!
A1 - Beginning Spanish • travel Spanish
Alphabet
The traditional Spanish alphabet has 30 letters: the 26 letters you already know from the English alphabet, plus 4 others. The letters that are the same are pronounced differently, so take a moment to learn the Spanish alphabet.
A1 - Beginning Spanish • spelling
And + Or
The words "and" and "or" are coordinating conjunctions. In Spanish, these two words have a few different forms depending on what they’re used with.