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How do I determine when to use the subjunctive?

When dealing with the subjunctive, there are two acronyms which, if committed to memory, will help you massively with learning in which situations the subjunctive needs to or needn't be used. When it is NOT ...
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Answered by Jakob H. • Spanish tutor
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What are accents for?

Accentuation in Spanish is used to guide the reader into how a word is pronounced. The idea is that a word can be chopped into syllables, and the syllable with the accent in it will be the strongest one, or ...
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Answered by Mathilda B. • Spanish tutor
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How do I improve my accent and get more confident when speaking?

To help improve your speaking I would recommend watching youtube videos in Spanish and Spanish films. Not only will it help you improve your accent but it will alsohelp you improve your vocab. Additionally, ...
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Answered by Melissa N. • Spanish tutor
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What is the present continuous/progressive and how do I form it?

The present continuous or the present progressive is used to desribe an action that is occuring right now, in the moment of speaking.It is like the the simple present tense, but is formed using the verb 'to ...
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Answered by Elisheba M. • Spanish tutor
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The difference between the verbs 'ser' and 'estar'?

As you know, both of the verbs mean 'to be', which is quite confusing! However, in Spanish unlike English, for different contexts and meanings, we use a different version of 'to be.' Ser is a verb which impl...
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Answered by Henry P. • Spanish tutor
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