Learn Spanish: free tools and guides
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Tools
- Numbers in SpanishSpanish numbers from 0 to a million, with the rules that trip people up (veintiún, cien or ciento, quinientos), plus dates, telling the time, prices, phone numbers and ordinals. Free, no sign-up.
- Spanish phrases for real situationsSpanish phrases grouped by the moment you need them, from ordering a coffee to meeting a partner's family, with pronunciation, a literal translation and what people actually mean. Spain and Latin America both covered.
- Spanish verb conjugationsSpanish verb conjugations for the most common verbs, in every tense: present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperfect subjunctive, with irregular forms and usage notes. Free, no sign-up.
Guides
- How long does it really take to learn Spanish?Realistic numbers for how long it takes an English speaker to learn Spanish, level by level, from the Foreign Service Institute and CEFR estimates, and what actually makes the hours count.
- What comprehensible input isComprehensible input explained: what it is, where the idea comes from, what the research says about vocabulary thresholds, and why reading and listening at the right level beats drills. With sources.
- Why Spanish conjugation is harder than it looksWhy knowing the conjugation table doesn't mean you can conjugate: the gap between recognising a rule and producing it under pressure, why drill-based methods make it worse, and what actually fixes it. With sources.
- ser vs estarThe difference between ser and estar in Spanish, with the rule that covers almost every case, the exceptions everyone trips on, and the two verbs that are almost always ser. With examples.