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The main focus of this free online learn Spanish resources is Spanish grammar. You must learn Spanish grammar - the building blocks to reading, writing, speaking and understanding Spanish. The key is to start with one Spanish grammar lesson and feel comfortable with your understanding of it before moving on to the next Spanish grammar lesson, as each progressive lesson will incorporate the Spanish grammar you previously learned.

Speak Spanish, Don't Be Afraid!

To learn Spanish grammar alone is not enough. You have to practice speaking Spanish! You'll make errors and you may even feel stupid when you do. You simply have to get over the fear of making errors and throw yourself out there. If you allow yourself to take chances while you learn Spanish, you won't be as shy, and consequently, you'll practice speaking more Spanish, making more errors and learning from your errors. It's almost a one step back, two steps forward concept. Check out Mixxer, a free site to find native Spanish speakers to do a language exchange.

Listen to Native Spanish Speakers!

The other key development when you learn Spanish is Spanish listening comprehension. The best way to do this is to become comfortable listening to native Spanish speakers. But Spanish grammar plays a big part in this, also. As your Spanish grammar skills improve, so will your ability to understand native Spanish speakers. Also check out Yabla Spanish (LoMás TV)! If you're looking for learn Spanish podcasts, check out SpanishPod.

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When Bailar Isn't About Dancing

Just as you can "get the short straw" or "let the cat out of the bag" in English without having straws or cats, so can you use bailar in Spanish without referring to dancing. Today's featured lesson, on idiomatic uses of bailar looks at a handful of such phrases. You may not feel like dancing once you'll learn them, but you may be less puzzled next time you hear them.

When Bailar Isn't About Dancing originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 04:59:57.

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Leaving Out the Pronouns

Something you may notice early on in your Spanish studies is that Spanish sentences often don't have a subject. For example in a sentence such as "Compran muchos productos importados" (they buy many imported products), there's no word for "they." Would it be wrong to include the word ellos for "they"? Not really — but you might sound a bit odd. Today's featured lesson, on subject pronouns, looks at where it is best to leave out subject pronouns such as ellos and where it's best to put them in.

Leaving Out the Pronouns originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 12:40:04.

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Using Estarse, the Reflexive Form of Estar

Sometimes the reflexive form of a verb has a somewhat different meaning than the regular form of the verb. Our newest lesson, one on estarse, shows how the meaning of estar, which typically means "to be," typically changes to "to stay" in the reflexive form.

Using Estarse, the Reflexive Form of Estar originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 15:53:15.

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What Works Best for You in Learning Spanish?

It's one thing to struggle through grammar lessons or to have a halting conversation in Spanish, but still another to reach the point where you begin thinking in Spanish, even if only momentarily. How is that done? Part of the answer, of course, is practice. But another part is to find the way of learning Spanish that works best for you, which likely is different than what works best for me.

In today's featured Readers Respond feature, we'd like to know what has worked best for you to help you learn Spanish, in the hopes that someone else will find that useful. But before you do that, please read one or all of these sections of our featured lesson:

We welcome your comments!

What Works Best for You in Learning Spanish? originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at 10:29:25.

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Gustar, Do You Like It?

Although it's both common and useful, the verb gustar is sometimes confusing at first to beginning Spanish students. It's usually seen as a way of translating the verb "to like" — even though that isn't what it means. As our lesson on gustar explains, you might be better off at first translating gustar as "to please" rather than "to like."

Gustar, Do You Like It? originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 05:38:11.

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