‘Su’ vs ‘tu’
Along with ‘dos cervezas, por favor’ and ‘qué será, será’, you must have heard the phrase, ‘mi casa es su casa’. But if the latter means ‘my house is your …
Grammar
‘Aún’ vs ‘todavía’
In short – ‘aún’ and ‘todavía’ are the Spanish equivalents of ‘yet’ and ‘still’. ‘Aún’ generally translates to ‘yet’ in NEGATIVE sentences in the present perfect and to ‘still’ in …
‘La agua’ or ‘el agua’
Short answer – even though ‘agua’ (or ‘water’ in English) is a FEMININE noun (with which we normally use the article ‘la’), the CORRECT way of saying and writing it …
Does ‘como’ have an accent?
As a learner of Spanish, you’ve probably been taught that ‘como’ means ‘how’ … BUT it can also mean ‘as’, ‘like’, ‘however’ and a bunch of other words (gulp!). And, …
‘Eso’ vs ‘aquello’
‘Eso’ and ‘aquello’ both translate to ‘that’ or ‘that one’ in Spanish … But can you use them interchangeably? Is there something that sets them apart? In short – when …
‘Buenos’ vs ‘buenas’
In short – the adjectives ‘buenos’ and ‘buenas’ both translate to ‘good’ in English. ‘Buenos’ describes masculine plural nouns and ‘buenas’ is used with feminine plural nouns. Whilst in English …