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The preterite tense is used for actions that are carried out as a one off-action, in the past. For example, one could be saying 'I spoke', 'I ate', or 'we sang'. In order to conhugate these verbs you need...

The subjunctive is notoriously difficult to master but its use does tend to follow particular rules. At this level it is important to know and have a good understanding of the folloiwing conditions which ...

It should be said that it is not always trigged by that construction, since the subjunctive only follows this clause if there is a change in subject (i.e. quiero que tu hagas/usted haga/él haga/ella haga/...

'De todas maneras' is commonly used by native speakers, and most useful since you can always use it when you want to talk about something new. Other noteworthy expressions include: "Tonto/a de remate...

the two verbs ser and estar, in Castilian Spanish both mean "to be" in English. The confusion for non native speakers comes when trying to identify within which contexts you are supposed to use ...