Adjective Position
Spanish adjectives may be found before or after the nouns they modify, depending on various factors. Generally speaking, descriptive adjectives follow nouns, while limiting adjectives precede nouns.
B1 – Intermediate Spanish
B1 Spanish Lessons and Practice – Intermediate Spanish
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B1 - Intermediate Spanish • word order
Advanced Pronunciation
Spanish pronunciation is phonemic, meaning that according to the pronunciation rules, in a given use, each letter is always pronounced a certain way. Many Spanish letters have only one pronunciation, making them especially easy to learn. But certain consonants have two pronunciations depending on where/how they are used. That's what this lesson is about. Take a look at this summary of "dual-pronunciation" letters, and then click on the individual letters for more in-depth explanations.
Augmentatives
In Spanish, suffixes called augmentatives can be added to nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and names to indicate bigness, as well as other ideas such as excessiveness, contempt, or disdain. In this way, you can say that something is big without adding an adjective like grande to indicate bigness or repugnante to indicate contempt.
B1 - Intermediate Spanish • suffixes
Bilbao
Visit the Spanish city of Bilbao virtually with this video and bilingual article.
Capitalization
The use of capital letters (las mayúsculas) is far less common in Spanish than in English. Take a look at this summary of words that are capitalized in English but not in Spanish.
Cars and Driving
Driving comes with a whole mess of rules (that I can’t help you with) as well as some specialized Spanish vocabulary (which I can). Learn how to drive in Spanish with this vocab list.
B1 - Intermediate Spanish • travel Spanish
Cinco de Mayo Song
The history of Mexico’s holiday summarized in a cute, catchy song.
Comida mexicana
Learn about Mexican cuisine in this listening comprehension exercise with transcript and translation.
Conditional Mood
The conditional is a verb mood used for actions that are not guaranteed to occur, often because they are dependent on certain conditions. It is equivalent to "would" in English.
B1 - Intermediate Spanish • tenses moods voices
Crimen perfecto
Practice your Spanish listening and reading comprehension with this 5-part series of audio articles with transcript, translation, and links to related grammar lessons.