12 Feb, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Learn Spanish
A common mistake I see in written Spanish are with the verbs BOTAR and VOTAR and how sometimes a person writes Botar instead of Votar and vice versa. This is common among native speakers. Why is this? According to the Real Academia Española, the letters B and V are...
8 Jan, 2013 | Learn Spanish
¿Dónde está el ñandú? Ever wondered how you could type that on a normal English keyboard? How do you make the inverted question mark (¿) without having to turn your screen upside down? Those special letters with the accents don’t appear anywhere, do they? And how...
13 Nov, 2012 | Common Mistakes, Reading
According to the RAE (Real Academia Española)… Internet is a feminine noun HOWEVER it normally appears without the article LA. Also the first letter of the word is a capital letter. No tengo acceso a Internet (- No “a la” internet) Uso...
6 Nov, 2012 | Common Mistakes
A common mistake for native speakers of Spanish is when to use Ves instead of Vez in a written sentence. We just created a new page about the difference between Ves and Vez if you would like to know why and how to avoid making the same mistake. There is also a...