reasons to learn Spanish<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\nWhy not make the learning journey easier?<\/p>\n
Here are 7 differences between Spanish and English<\/strong> to look out for!<\/p>\nWord order<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn English, we say \u201cthe red car\u201d. In Spanish, you\u2019d say \u201cthe car red\u201d (or, \u201cel coche rojo\u201d).<\/p>\n
That\u2019s because in Spanish, the adjective usually comes after the noun.<\/p>\n
Nouns have genders in Spanish<\/strong><\/h3>\nNouns in Spanish<\/strong> are divided into two genders – masculine and feminine.<\/p>\nMasculine nouns get the article \u201cel\u201d and feminine nouns get the article \u201cla\u201d.<\/p>\n
Normally, nouns that end in \u201co\u201d are masculine, while nouns that end in \u201ca\u201d are feminine. But we said normally, not always!<\/p>\n
There are a few exceptions to make things fun.<\/p>\n
Because this doesn\u2019t exist in English, lots of angloparlantes regularly mix up noun genders.<\/p>\n
The good news? You\u2019ll probably still be understood.<\/p>\n
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The subjunctive (oh, the subjunctive!)<\/strong><\/h3>\nNearly anybody who\u2019s learning Spanish<\/strong> has struggled with the subjunctive at some point.<\/p>\nThis verb mood is a tricky concept to grasp for English speakers. It\u2019s generally used to talk about wishes, desires, and possibilities, as well as express doubt.<\/p>\n
Though we do have the subjunctive in English (As Beyonc\u00e9 famously sang, \u201cIf I were a boy..\u201d), we rarely use it.<\/p>\n
In Spanish, it\u2019s used all the time! Once you get past the basic past, present, and future tenses, you\u2019ll probably start working on the subjunctive tense.<\/p>\n
Spanish has more verb conjugations…<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn English, there are just two ways to conjugate \u201chave\u201d in the present tense – \u201chave\u201d and \u201chas\u201d:<\/p>\n
I have
You have
He\/she\/it has
You (all) have
We have
They have<\/p>\n
Spanish has more. For the verb \u201ctener\u201d (to have), you would say:<\/p>\n
Yo tengo
T\u00fa tienes
\u00c9l\/ella tiene
Vosotros ten\u00e9is
Nosotros tenemos
Ellos\/ellas tienen<\/p>\n
That\u2019s six different ways to say \u201chave\u201d in the present tense!<\/p>\n
…which means you don\u2019t always have to say the subject<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you want to say \u201cI have\u201d in Spanish, you can either say \u201cYo tengo\u201d or simply \u201ctengo\u201d. Because \u201ctengo\u201d can only refer to an action that you yourself do, it\u2019s not always necessary to include \u201cyo\u201d as the subject of the action. It\u2019s implicitly understood. Sometimes, you can add it for emphasis or clarity, but you don\u2019t always have to.<\/p>\n
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Don\u2019t forget your question marks and exclamation points in Spanish <\/strong><\/h3>\nIn Spanish, question marks and exclamation points go both at the beginning and the end of the sentence (rather than just at the end as in English). The opening ones are upside-down, like “\u00bfQu\u00e9?”<\/p>\n
In more casual settings, like text messages between friends, you might not see opening question marks and exclamation points.<\/p>\n
But that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s grammatically correct!<\/p>\n
Spanish pronunciation tends to be more straightforward<\/strong><\/h3>\nSome of these differences between Spanish and English<\/strong> might have you feeling a bit intimidated! But not everything about Spanish is more complicated than in English.<\/p>\nOne way in which it\u2019s much more straightforward is with pronunciation. In Spanish, things are typically pronounced exactly as they are written.<\/p>\n
Once you learn what sounds letters make in Spanish, you\u2019ll be able to pronounce anything.<\/p>\n
This makes learning written Spanish relatively easy.<\/p>\n\n\n
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