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No matter how much my teachers or textbooks explain the subjunctive mood, I still get it wrong and I don't really understand. Why?

English grammar and Spanish grammar are, relatively, quite similar, so it comes as a shock when we see something totally alien to us, the notorious subjunctive. Put simply, there are some situations, when we...
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Answered by Hamish P. • Spanish tutor
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How can I sound more spanish?

To sound more spanish you need to listen to it more and imitate it. Try to sing along to song, play lyric version of songs on Youtube for example. To find the song with lyrics you may need to type the name o...
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Answered by Jasivan S. • Spanish tutor
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What are the rules of accentuation?

1.) If a Spanish word ends in a vowel, or the letters n, s, the stress falls on the next-to -last syllable.2.) If the word ends in a consonant, other than n,s the stress falls on the last syllable 3.) There ...
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Answered by Anna E. • Spanish tutor
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Translate the following passage into Spanish: I like to go to the cinema. I love horror films because they are very exciting. My friends prefer romantic films, but I think they are a bit boring. Next week, I am going to see a science fiction film ...

... with my brother. It is going to be great. Answer:Me gusta ir al cine. Me encantan las películas de terror porque son muy emocionantes. Mis amigos prefieren las películas de amor, pero pienso que son un p...
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Answered by Megan H. • Spanish tutor
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How do I use the imperfect and preterite tenses together to describe a completed event?

Well, let's start with an example. ej. Estaba atravesando la calle y de repente un coche se estralló contra un árbol. (ex. I was crossing the road and all of a sudden a car crashed into a tree.)This is a typ...
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Answered by Gregory K. • Spanish tutor
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