In our English-speaking lives, we must always make it blindingly obvious who is doing what particular action. Spanish people don’t.

To avoid sounding like an oddball when you speak, you’ll need to say a tearful goodbye to ‘yo’, ‘él’, ‘ella’ and the like.

The way you’ve been taught to say “I like” – “me gusta” – has a different meaning when it comes to talking about people, rather than activities.

Mix them up at your peril.

Make the odd tweak to your Spanish and you can have a big impact on what native speakers think of you.

Read on to discover how you can easily speak about how long you’ve been doing a given activity.

Bad news, Spanish learners. There are few more effective ways to let people know that your language skills aren’t up to much than by asking questions using the phrase ¿Es posible…?.

Find out why you should avoid it at all costs.

Our trusted friends, the textbooks, teach us beautifully formal ways to order things in Spanish that people rarely (if ever) use in real life.

Here’s how you should go about ordering things in Spanish.