French Grammar: The Verb ÊTRE – Verb Conjugation Chart

… ÊTRE : TO BE Infinitive ÊTRE Conjugation IRREGULAR Present Participle ÉTANT Past Participle ÉTÉ … Simple Tenses, Indicative Mood: Présent Imparfait Passé Simple Futur je suis étais fus serai tu es étais fus seras il / elle / on est était fut sera nous sommes étions fûmes serons vous êtes étiez fûtes serez ils […]

Spanish Reading Selections: Puerto Rican Community Census 2013

… A word about reading texts in their original language: This is freaking hard! Yup. Languages can be complicated! Can’t I just use Google translate on this stuff and read it in English? I guess you could… Then why should I read this? Because reading texts like this can accelerate your language learning. So, what […]

Spanish Grammar: The Past Participle

… Identify Spanish Grammar: The Past Participle la gramática española: el participio pasado The general equivalent of using [-ED] in English. Most often utilized with perfect tenses and the verb [ESTAR]. … Connect LEAF Spanish Grammar: Verb Conjugation – Basics … 60-Second Spanish Grammar Lesson Coming Soon! … Study The past participle is the general equivalent of using […]

Spanish Grammar: The Verb [ESTAR] with the Past Participle

… Identify Spanish Grammar: The Verb [ESTAR] with the Past Participle la gramática española: el verbo [estar] con el participio pasado The verb [ESTAR] means to be. It is an irregular verb. May be combined with verbs ending in the past participle. … Connect LEAF Spanish Grammar: Verb Conjugation – Basics LEAF Spanish Grammar: The […]

Spanish Grammar: Relative Adjectives – [CUYO]

… Identify Spanish Grammar: Relative Adjectives – [CUYO] la gramática española: los pronombres adjetivos – [cuyo] Refers to a noun previously mentioned. They relate to nouns in statements/conversations. … Connect Coming Soon! … 60-Second Spanish Grammar Lesson Coming Soon! … Study CUYO means who/whose in English, and must change in number and gender with the nouns […]

Spanish Grammar: Relative Pronouns – [LO QUE]

… Identify Spanish Grammar: Relative Pronouns – [LO QUE] la gramática española: los pronombres relativos – [lo que] Refers to a noun previously mentioned. They relate to nouns in statements/conversations. … Connect Coming Soon! … 60-Second Spanish Grammar Lesson Coming Soon! … Study The Relative Pronoun LO QUE refers to an abstract idea, or a concept […]

Spanish Grammar: Relative Pronouns – [QUIEN]

… Identify Spanish Grammar: Relative Pronouns – [QUIEN] la gramática española: los pronombres relativos – [quien] Refers to a noun previously mentioned. They relate to nouns in statements/conversations. … Connect Coming Soon! … 60-Second Spanish Grammar Lesson Coming Soon! … Study The Relative Pronoun QUIEN/QUIENES is used to refer to people, and changes in grammatical number (depending […]

Spanish Grammar: Relative Pronouns – [QUE]

… Identify Spanish Grammar: Relative Pronouns – [QUE] la gramática española: los pronombres relativos – [que] Refers to a noun previously mentioned. They relate to nouns in statements/conversations. … Connect Coming Soon! … 60-Second Spanish Grammar Lesson Coming Soon! … Study Relative Pronouns help refer to a noun previously mentioned. These usually require working with more […]

Spanish Grammar: Reciprocal Verbs

… Identify Spanish Grammar: Reciprocal Verbs (with SE) la gramática española: los verbos recíprocos Communicates action in a sentence. Directs an action back to another subject and its source. … Connect Coming Soon! … 60-Second Spanish Grammar Lesson Coming Soon! … Study Reciprocal Verbs (with SE) in Spanish help us identify actions done with two or […]

Spanish Grammar: [SE] For Unplanned Occurrences

… Identify Spanish Grammar: [SE] For Unplanned Occurrences la gramática española: [se] para las ocurrencias no planeadas One of several functions of the pronoun [SE]. Identifies actions and events that aren’t anyone’s fault. … Connect Coming Soon! … 60-Second Spanish Grammar Lesson Coming Soon! … Study Using [SE] for accidents or unplanned events places an emphasis […]