It goes without saying that both tenses are used to describe past actions or states but each is used differently and the following rules will hopefully clear up any confusion.

When to Use the Preterite

The preteri...

Learning Spanish is an enjoyable experience however it can take a good deal of time to achieve a good working knowledge of the language. One area of learning Spanish that often causes more problems than most and is, in part, responsible for many individuals taking the decision to quit learning the language is Spanish verb conjugation.

Verbs are a vital part of every language and being able to use them correctly makes the difference between being understood and confusing whoever ...

List of Spanish Prepositions

When it comes to mastering the uses of POR and PARA in Spanish, there is a very simple, yet powerful approach that can help you in 95 to 98% of the cases and even more.

Rather than teaching all the uses of POR and PARA as all teachers do, I prefer to narrow down my teaching. Does that mean I am teaching "less" than I should? I don´t think so.

After all, my experience has clearly shown me that students are presented with so many rules, patterns and use...

How can we tell if a Spanish word is a verb or not? Seems a strange question to ask but in English we are given a clue as to the answer because all verbs in English have to in front of them. This is not the case with the Spanish language. All verbs in Spanish are recognized by their endings which could be any one of three just to make this more difficult.

Each verb in Spanish comprises of two distinctive parts, the stem and the ending. The stem is often seen as the actual verb ...

One topic that I don´t see discussed in Spanish grammar books is how to use the Spanish verb "llevar." Or maybe I should say that don't find how to use the Spanish verb "llevar" as native Spanish speakers use the verb in everyday speech.

According to a Spanish dictionary that I have, "llevar" means "to carry" or to "take." But I have heard native Spanish speakers use "llevar" to indicate a duration of time or to designate actions that began in the past but that continue into th...