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How to say "from scratch" in Spanish

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How to say "from scratch" in Spanish?  You can say "de cero" or "desde cero", because both mean from the beginning.  Let's see some example sentences using the expression for you to practice and see how to use  this Spanish expression:     - Lo hice desde cero.      I made it from scratch .    - No fue fácil empezar de cero.       It was not easy to start from scratch .     - Tom construyó la cabaña desde cero.       Tom built the shed from scratch .     - En este curso aprenderás Español desde cero.       In this course, you will learn Spanish from scratch.     - Estoy lista para volver a empezar de cero.       I am ready to start over from scratch .     - Siempre que preparo un pastel, empiezo de cero.       Whenever I bake a cake, I start from scratch.     - Decidimos crear un periódico prácticamente desde cero.        We decided to build a newspaper pret

Plural Nouns in Spanish

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Today we are going to learn how to make Spanish nouns plural. Just as in English, in Spanish there are nouns that name one thing (singular nouns), and nouns that name more than one thing (plural nouns) To make a singular noun plural, all you need to do is to look at the last letter in the word. Why? Because, Spanish singular to plural are formed by adding specific ends to the nouns. So, in this lesson you will find the basic rules for making nouns plural in Spanish. If the word ends in a vowel (a,e,i,o,u), just add the letter "s" at the end of the word. For nouns that end in these specific stressed vowels: í and ú we may add both "es" or "s" If the word ends in a consonant we must add "es" at the end of the word to make it plural. Words which end in a consonant and have an accent mark on the last syllable in the singular form, will drop the accent in the plural form. Some plural words ma

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