Spanish Made Easy (Beginners)

This beginner lesson explains Spanish noun and adjective gender, masculine -o and feminine -a endings, and plural -s. It then demonstrates greetings and how to ask what date is today.

Learn numbers 0–19 in Spanish, starting with 0–10 and the uno form that changes by gender. Form 11–19 by combining diez with 6–9, noting z to c and y to i in writing.

Learn the spanish thousands—1000, 2000, 3000—and the months of the year from January to December. Practice aloud and note that months are not capitalized in Spanish; examples: julio, agosto.

Learn to answer what is today's date in Spanish using day, month, and year. Remember that only the first of the month translates as first; other dates use regular numbers.

Practice time numbers from 0 to 19 and reinforce the numbers learned so far with interactive items. Pause to work on the rest of the exercise, then check your answers.

Learn to pronounce Spanish by mastering consonants h, b, and v and five vowels, use accent marks to indicate stress, and apply rules for the silent u through guided repetition.

Learn how to pronounce Spanish consonants r, z, j, y, and ll, mastering soft and strong r, z as s in Latin America, th in Spain, and y as i.

Explore how the consonants g and c form five sounds with the five Spanish vowels. Strong sounds occur with a, o, and u; soft sounds with e and i.

Practice pronouncing all Spanish consonants with the five vowels, mastering each letter's sounds from b to z, including regional variations between Latin America and Spain.

Discover how Spanish nouns show gender—masculine with o and feminine with a—applied to people, places, and objects. Learn forming plurals by adding s for vowels and es for consonants.

Learn how Spanish articles indicate gender and number, mastering definite and indefinite forms for masculine and feminine nouns with practical examples like car and house in singular and plural.

Expand your vocabulary by learning gendered nouns and their articles, from el chico to la chica, and practice article placement before nouns.

Practice time guides beginners through singular and plural definite and indefinite articles in Spanish, translating nouns such as el, la, un, una, los, las, and checking answers.

Learn essential Spanish greetings and meeting phrases, including hello, how are you, and mucho gusto; say where you are from, where you live, and your name, and adios.

Explore how to greet and meet people in Spanish, using ser and estar to express origin and current condition, ask 'how are you,' and say 'mucho gusto' and 'igualmente'.

Expand meeting-people vocabulary by learning how to ask and answer speaking Spanish or English, and express origin and residence with phrases like 'I am from here' and 'I live here.'

Practice time meeting people with an informal conversation in madrid between marco and lisa, translating lines into spanish, and checking your answers after pausing.

Learn to form Spanish numbers from 20 to 39 by combining a base form with digits 1-9; 21-29 are written as one word, and 31-39 attach to 30.

Learn the days of the week in Spanish, including sabado and domingo, with repeat-after-me practice to reinforce understanding of semana and the weekend.

Learn to ask about dates in the near future in Spanish, using tomorrow (mañana) and el proximo to say next Monday through Sunday.

Practice time dates for beginners: translate questions about today's date, tomorrow, and upcoming days into Spanish, answer five questions, and check your work.

Learn how color words agree with gender by changing o to a for feminine forms (blanco/blanca, rojo/roja); colors not ending in o use the same form.

Learn masculine and feminine nouns for men and women in Spanish, including adult and baby terms, with practice using gendered articles.

Explore Spanish descriptions vocabulary and the placement of nouns and adjectives, with gender and number agreement shown through examples like alto, bonita, and blanco.

Practice time focuses on description vocabulary and the placement of adjectives in Spanish, with a guided translation exercise and self-check to reinforce beginner description skills.

Explore essential Spanish greetings and farewells, including time-of-day phrases like good morning, good afternoon, and good night, plus see you later, see you tomorrow, and see you soon.

Master formal greetings in Spanish by using usted and formal verb forms. Practice converting informal questions to formal equivalents like ¿cómo está usted? and ¿de dónde es usted?

Practice time to meet people and use formal greetings in Spanish, learning location vocabulary and introductions through a scripted business event conversation between Mario and Anna.

Expand your Spanish with places vocabulary, featuring market, supermarket, city, city center, El Centro, La Iglesia, shopping center, restaurant, park, and beach.

Explore Spanish subject pronouns and how verbs switch from infinitive to conjugated forms when paired with subject pronouns, using common endings -ar, -er, -ir and informal/formal tú and usted.

Learn how Spanish uses ser for origin, identity, gender, and occupations, and estar for current conditions and location, with adjectives following nouns.

Learn occupations in spanish and their gendered forms, including maestro/maestra, doctor/medico/medica, nurse, actor/actress, singer, mailman or postman, bombero, mechanic/mechanica, salesman, and haircutter.

Practice the first-person singular forms of the verb to be, soy and estoy, by translating 'I am a student' and 'I am at the market'.

Practice time focuses on the second-person singular form of the verb to be, with Spanish translation practice and examples such as are you a student, at the park.

Learn essential Spanish vocabulary for bedroom objects, including bed, stereo, tv, desk, table, chair, rug, carpet, bookcase, and shelving unit.

Learn how the verb to be forms third-person singular with he, she, and you formal, using es and está with these pronouns.

Practice the Spanish verb to be in the third person singular through a multi-part exercise, translating phrases into Spanish and checking your answers.

Practice time the verb to be in third-person singular with translation into Spanish, using examples like Fabio is tall and the chair is small, and check your answers.