Learn Spanish with Norma

Today's lesson is about Spanish Subject Pronouns. La lección de hoy trata sobre los pronombres personales en español. A subject pronoun is a word   that takes the place of a noun as the subject of a sentence. For the plural pronouns, if the group referred to is all male, use the masculine ending: nosotros / ellos. If it is a mix of male and female, use the masculine ending too: nosotros / ellos If it is all female, use the feminine ending: nosotras / ellas. Juan, Pedro y Ana escuchan música. Ellos escuchan música. Juan, Pedro and Ana listen to music. They listen to music. Juana y María están felices. Ellas están felices. Juana and María are happy. They are happy. Use “tú” for people you know well, such as family, friends, and younger people. This is the informal way to say “you”. Use “usted” to show respect. It’s used with older people and people you do not know so well. This is the formal way to s...

Today we are going to learn the Months of the Year in Spanish:  Los meses del año.            January =   Enero            February =   Febrero            March =  Marzo            April =   Abril            May =   Mayo            June =   Junio            July =  Julio            August =   Agosto            September =   Septiembre            October =   Octubre            November =  Noviembre            December =   Diciembre ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy?  What is today's date? Hoy es diez de agosto  Today is the tenth of Aug...

Word Stress and Acent Mark in Spanish Today we are going to learn the Word Stress and the Accent Mark in Spanish, I will show you the rules and many examples for you to get familiar with this topic. El Acento: The Spanish word for "stress" is Acento   - El acento is the emphasis that you put on a syllable as you speak it. -  In every word, one syllable always gets more emphasis than the others. - With single-syllable words, you don't have to worry about it, but many words have more than one syllable. La Tilde The Spanish word for "accent" is Tilde -  La tilde is written from lower left to upper right. -  Spanish accents can only be written over the five vowels. - If a Spanish word has a written accent mark, or tilde, the word stress falls on whatever syllable has the tilde. In Spanish, there are four main categories of words based on where the position of the stress is: Palabras Agudas Are words that are stressed...

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 ...