Where are you from?: The demonym
Where are you from? Demonym denote the relation with the geographical location where it comes from: Asturiano (from Asturias), Sevillano (from Sevilla), …
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Writing and reading percentages (%) in Spanish
You know the universal symbol for writing percentages is %. It means ‘por ciento’ (percent). In Spanish, we write for example, ‘98%’ or ‘98 por …
Prepositions are 23
√ Without prepositions,we can’t express correctly the majority of the sentences in which we communicate: √ We use 23 prepositions: …
The prefix "extra-"
La prefijación es el mecanismo por el cual se crea una nueva palabra añadiendo un prefijo a otra palabra que ya
Ser and estar, keys to identify them
Ser and estar: these verbs in Spanish language note different actions. With the verb “ser”→ we identify, mainly. ¿Qué es? ¿Quién es? …
Subordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions introduce a sentence which is subordinated to a word or sentence. That is, the subordinate clause introduced by this type of …
CONJUNCTIONS
Conjunctions are a class of words that are characterized by: Invariable words: they do not admit changes of gender and number. Usually atonic or unstressed …