# Learn Spanish: free tools and guides

> Free Spanish references and honest guides from Kin, no sign-up needed.

- [Numbers in Spanish](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/numbers.md): Spanish 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 situations](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/phrases.md): Spanish 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.
  - [Ordering a coffee in Spanish](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/phrases/ordering-coffee.md): How to order a coffee in Spanish without freezing: what to say in Spain and in Mexico, what the barista will ask you, the names of the coffees, and how to pay. With pronunciation.
  - [Meeting the family in Spanish](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/phrases/meeting-the-family.md): Spanish phrases for meeting a partner's family: greetings, tú or usted, compliments on the food, asking people to slow down, and saying goodbye. With pronunciation and what people actually mean.
- [Spanish verb conjugations](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/conjugations.md): Spanish 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.
  - [ser conjugation](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/conjugations/ser.md): The full conjugation of the Spanish verb ser: present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with the irregular forms and when to use ser instead of estar. Free, no sign-up.
  - [estar conjugation](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/conjugations/estar.md): The full conjugation of the Spanish verb estar: present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with the irregular forms and a clear guide to estar versus ser. Free, no sign-up.
  - [tener conjugation](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/conjugations/tener.md): The full conjugation of the Spanish verb tener: present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with the irregular forms and the expressions built on it. Free, no sign-up.
  - [hacer conjugation](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/conjugations/hacer.md): The full conjugation of the Spanish verb hacer: present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with the irregular forms and what else 'hacer' is used for. Free, no sign-up.
  - [ir conjugation](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/conjugations/ir.md): The full conjugation of the Spanish verb ir: present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with the irregular forms and the difference between ir and ser. Free, no sign-up.
- [How long does it really take to learn Spanish?](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/how-long-to-learn.md): 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 is](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/comprehensible-input.md): Comprehensible 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 looks](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/why-conjugation-is-hard.md): Why 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 estar](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/ser-vs-estar.md): The 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.