About Spanish LanguageSpanish LanguageHow Do You Say in Spanish- June 22, 2008 It's a question that has come up in e-mail and on our forum: If you're talking about an e-mail address in Spanish, how to you say The answer comes...http://spanish.about.com/b/2008/06/22/how-do-you-say-in-spanish.htm Metric System Part of the Language- June 21, 2008 Go to just about anywhere that Spanish is spoken, and if you start talking using measurements such as pulgadas (inches) and pies (feet), you very likely won't be understood. Before...http://spanish.about.com/b/2008/06/21/metric-system-part-of-the-language.htm Spanish Not Confined to Spain and Latin America- June 20, 2008 It's common knowledge that Spanish is the main language of Spain and of most of Latin America. However, there are a few other countries as well that use Spanish, either...http://spanish.about.com/b/2008/06/20/spanish-not-confined-to-spain-and-latin-america.htm History of the- June 19, 2008 Here's some trivia for you: The is the only letter in the Spanish alphabet that originated in Spanish. From there it has spread to at least four other languages:...http://spanish.about.com/b/2008/06/19/history-of-the-n.htm Future Tense Need Not Be About the Future- June 18, 2008 The Spanish future tense isn't always used to talk about events that will or might happen in the future. As in English, it also can be used to give stern...http://spanish.about.com/b/2008/06/18/future-tense-need-not-be-about-the-future.htm How To Improve Your Listening Skills- June 18, 2008 From the forum: "I was wondering if people could share what has helped them to improve their listening comprehension. I find that mine fluctuates and I get frustrated ...http://spanish.about.com/b/2008/06/18/how-to-improve-your-listening-skills.htm Verb Properties: Mood and Voice- June 14, 2008 If you're a beginning Spanish student, you learn fairly early about a verb's properties such as tense, its person (first, second or third) and number (singular or plural). One of...http://spanish.about.com/b/2008/06/14/verb-properties-mood-and-voice.htm Auxiliary Verbs- June 13, 2008 Verbs that don't stand alone, ones that need another verb to function, are known as auxiliary verbs. For example, the he in "he hablado" is an example of an auxiliary...http://spanish.about.com/b/2008/06/13/auxiliary-verbs.htm Verbs Following Si- June 12, 2008 Most clauses that begin with si (the equivalent of "if") are what is known as conditional clauses. Which verb you use as part of that clause depends a great deal...http://spanish.about.com/b/2008/06/12/verbs-following-si.htm Thinking About Pensar- June 10, 2008 Pensar is the verb that is used most often to mean the same as "to think." However, it also has other meanings such as to hold an opinion and...http://spanish.about.com/b/2008/06/10/thinking-about-pensar.htm |