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We can break down the sentence into smaller sections: I bought; a laptop; new; on Saturday. "I bought" is a verb (a doing word). To write a verb correctly, we need to change it to reflect the perso...

Accent marks, or 'tildes' can be tricky in Spanish, and in some cases they are just diacritical marks, meaning they indicate that two words have different meanigs as in 'más' (more) and 'mas' (but). However,...

In Spanish, there are two separate words for 'to be' and it is important to know in which situations we use each one. The verb 'ser' has a more permanent connotation, it is used to describe personalities, so...

The preterite is used to explain something in the past which has a definite beginning and ending such as ‘Ayer, fui a la playa’ meaning yesterday I went to the beach. The time phrase indicates that the actio...

Preterite: Refers to actions which took place and were completed at some point in the past. In this context it may be accompanied by time phrases such as 'ayer', 'el lunes pasado', 'hace una semana' etc. In ...