PinPoint Spanish: Insights into Mexican Spanish

Learn about the context and nuances of Mexican Spanish language usage with this PinPoint Spanish series

Learn about the context and nuances of Mexican Spanish language usage with this PinPoint Spanish series

Learning to Assimilate Impermanence with No Hay

You'll become familiar with the phrase "No Hay," that inevitably makes itself apparent at some point when something you want or need isn't available right now

Getting Around: A Guide to Mexican Street Speak

Spanish offers a potpourri of different terms to describe paths, streets, roads, and highways. This article provides a practical primer to help you get around

In Spanish, Two Verbs are Better than One

Along with two verbs "to be," Spanish also has two different verbs for "to know," as well as two verbs "to have." This article describes them.

¿Mande Usted? The Formal and Informal You

Spanish has two forms for the word 'you': the formal 'usted' and the informal 'tú.' Choosing the right form for the occasion requires some cultural insight

The Five Vowel Sounds in the Spanish Language

One thing that makes Spanish quite an easy language to converse in for the beginner is that there are basically only five vowel sounds

If You Had Read This: Verb Tenses in Spanish

Some students discover that practice is more helpful than grammar books when it comes to learning conditional tenses in Spanish

Spanish and the Art of Managing Disappointment

Exploring a tidy arrangement of words in Spanish usage that most usually leads to the listener’s disappointment

The Framework You Need to Master the Spanish Language

Mastery of any language —including Spanish— requires a combination of spoken, reading and writing skills as well as knowledge of its grammar

Matching People and Place Names in Mexico

Each state in Mexico has its corresponding gentilic—adjectives that describe people's place of origin. Here's a guide through the nomenclature

The Masculine Plural and Gender Neutrality in Spanish

So-called inclusive language has been creeping into use in Spanish, but the Real Academia Española is so far sticking to its guns

Ser y Estar: To Be or To Be, that is the Question

Among the grammatical complications of Spanish are its two verbs that describe how to be. This articles describes the uses of Ser and Estar.

Spanish and the ‘Inclusive Language’ Controversy

Spanish grammar's use of masculine plurals to describe a mix of male and female people or things has been debated at the highest academic level