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Spanish grammar

Spanish grammar explained in English, Greek, French or Spanish: rules, typical traps and quizzes, from A1 to C2.

A1 Beginner A2 Elementary B1 Intermediate B2 Upper intermediate C1 Advanced C2 Proficiency

10 lessons

  1. 1 The pluperfect subjunctive: hubiera hecho The unrealised past, regret, and wishes that can no longer come true.
  2. 2 Subjunctive in relative clauses Busco un piso que tenga terraza: known vs non-existent or unknown antecedents.
  3. 3 Sequence of tenses with the subjunctive Which subjunctive tense goes with which main-clause tense.
  4. 4 Neuter lo: lo bueno, lo que, lo + adjective + que How lo turns adjectives into abstract ideas and adds emphasis.
  5. 5 Emphasis: es… quien, fue… donde, lo que… es Cleft sentences and moving elements for emphasis.
  6. 6 Discourse connectors Sin embargo, por lo tanto, no obstante, es decir, en cambio: organising a text.
  7. 7 Register: nominalisation and formal style From «llegó tarde» to «su llegada tardía»: how formal Spanish is written.
  8. 8 Leísmo, laísmo and regional pronoun variation Why in Madrid you hear «le vi» instead of «lo vi», and what is accepted.
  9. 9 Indicative or subjunctive? Cases where meaning changes El hecho de que, aunque, decir que, sentir que: when the mood changes the message.
  10. 10 Verbs of change and advanced periphrases Ponerse, volverse, hacerse, quedarse, llegar a ser; ir + gerund, andar + gerund.