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Hi! My name is Alejandra but I'll go with Ale. I was born in a little town in the north of Spain and I always thought foreign languages were pretty cool, so I taught myself English as a child with music, movies and the like. Then I went to uni and studied Translation and Interpreting! But while pursuing my degree I started teaching both at language schools and at home and suddenly discovered that teaching was not so uncool after all. So I decided to study a Master's degree in teaching foreign languages. And here I am! I am training myself to be a good ELE (Spanish as Second Language) teacher everyday. I am currently becoming a DELE Examiner for Instituto Cervantes and next year I'll move to the UK to be a Spanish Language Assistant for teens :) Meanwhile I am fully available to be your Spanish (or Galician!) teacher and/or help you with your writings, grammar questions, etc. I'm a grammar geek! But no worries, I can also make it fun and innovative :) Aaand last but not least, I'm learning French. Hah, finally! My goal is to reach B2 by June (impossible is nothing, right? haha). I'm currently not looking for language exchange partners because my time is limited right now and I'm going solo atm. But when the time comes I would love to babble in French with you all! :D
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    Hi Sam! All those words starting with stressed "a"/"ha" are, indeed, feminine. They just use the masculin form with the determiners "el, un, algún, ningún" but the word is still feminine. Arte is a bit of an exception, though. It is, indeed, always used in the masculine form when singular (regardless of the determiner) and always used in the feminine form when plural. Sorry that I forgot that in the article :)

    But as for the rest of them, the rule is still applied: "El agua clara" (masculine determiner but feminine adjective, as the word is feminine). "Un aula oscura". With other determiners (such as "este, ese, aquel"), the feminine form is used, except of course with "arte":

    Esta agua está muy fría.

    Ese arte moderno no me gusta.

    Hope it'a bit more clear now, sorry again! :)

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    May 31, 2015
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    Hi, Dave! That's exactly the answer :) My bad for not including that particular situation!

    If you're just talking about something general, e.g. It's so cold in winter (Hace mucho frío en invierno) you use it without the preposition. But if you want to talk about a season in particular, e.g. We travelled to China in the summer of 2005 (Viajamos a China en el verano de 2005) you usually include the preposition. Hope it's clear now! :)

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    March 31, 2015
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    Learning Article : How To Use Definite And Indefinite Articles In Spanish

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    <a href='/article/405/how-to-use-definite-and-indefinite-articles-in-spanish' target='_blank'>How To Use Definite And Indefinite Articles In Spanish</a>

    If you have trouble understanding the usage of Spanish articles, read this! We'll go through all articles, state what they are used for, their differences and how to know when they are necessary.

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    How To Use Definite And Indefinite Articles In Spanish
    If you have trouble understanding the usage of Spanish articles, read this! We'll go through all articles, state what they are used for, their differences and how to know when they are necessary.
    March 10, 2015
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    Yes, it is! La reunión había terminado tarde. Past perfect > pluscuamperfecto
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    February 17, 2015
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    ¡Qué pregunta tan interesante, Dennis! Por lo general, es de la manera que tú has hecho: señora para las mujeres casadas, mayores, y señorita para las jóvenes solteras. Algunas mujeres, sin embargo, pueden sentirse ofendidas si les dicen "señora". Les hace sentir demasiado mayores y preferirían ser tratadas como jóvenes. ¡Pero eso es otra cuestión! Es un tema un poco complicado. Mi consejo es que, si no quieres arriesgar, uses señorita :) Y si estás muy seguro de que esa mujer está casada y tiene hijos puedes usar señora (por ejemplo, si está con su familia). Puede tener 50 años pero no haberse casado nunca, y entonces ser señorita... Pero tú no te preocupes demasiado. It's just a guessing game ;)
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    February 14, 2015
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    Ustedes is the equivalent of vosotros in South America but uses the form "son" (the same as ellos). In Spain we use it too, but only to address somebody very formally. So: Yo estoy en España. / Yo soy español Tú estás en España. / Tú eres español Él/ella está en España. / Él es español / Ella es española Ustéd está en España (Same as "tú", but formal. Used in the same way in Spain and in Latin America) / Usted es español Nosotros/nosotras estamos en España / Nosotros somos españoles / nosotras somos españolas Vosotros/vosotras estáis en España (only Spain) / Vosotros sois españoles / Vosotras sois españolas Ustedes están en España (generally in Latin America, formal in Spain) / Ustedes son españoles Ellos/ellas están en España / Ellos son españoles / ellas son españolas Hope it helps! :)
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    February 14, 2015
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    I can't understand that "even though I'm a man" part. Can you explain that again? You say buenos días in the morning, after lunch you say buenas tardes and after sunset you say buenas noches. I don't know if this is related to your question or not, but I didn't understand it I guess.
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    February 13, 2015
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    They are interchangeable. You can say "me estoy lavando los dientes" or "estoy lavándome los dientes" and the both mean exactly the same. Those "me, te, se" are indirect objects as long as there is another direct object in the sentence. In "Me estoy lavando los dientes", "los dientes" is the direct object and "me" the indirect. If the sentence was just "Me estoy lavando", that "me" is the direct object.
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    February 13, 2015
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    Creo que el Proyecto Gutenberg también tiene libros en español http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/es Te dejo esta página, que tiene más links a otros sitios con libros gratis y legales: http://www.ocu.org/tecnologia/ordenador/noticias/libros-gratis-legales
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    February 11, 2015
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