Spanish Grammar

Below, you will find many grammar topics explained in detail with examples and exercises to practice. These can be extremely helpful for a quick lesson or an easy review. Choose one of these more popular topics, or continue below for many others.

Popular Topics

• Ser and Estar - They both mean "to be," but have very different uses!
• Para and Por - What's the difference in these 2 prepositions that mean "for"?
• Accents - When do you put those funny marks over which letters?
• Gender - How can a noun be masculine or feminine?
• Definite Articles - Why do you put "el" and "la" in front of all the nouns?
• Personal Pronouns - What's the difference in "tú" and "usted"? When do I use "vosotros"?
• Prepositions - How can one word mean "in," "on," and "at"?

Pronunciation

• The Alphabet
• The Alphabet (version 2)
• Stress
• Accents (tildes)
• Punctuation
• Syllables - How to Divide Spanish Words

Nouns

• Gender (masculine, feminine)
• Singular & Plural (number)

Articles

• Definite Articles (el, la, los, las)
• Indefinite Articles (un, una, unos, unas)
• Neuter Article (lo)

Pronouns

• Personal (Subject) Pronouns (yo, tú, él, etc.)
• Direct Object Pronouns (me, te, lo, la, etc.)
• Indirect Object Pronouns (me, te, le, etc.)
• Object Pronouns Together (me la, se los, etc.)
• Demonstrative Pronouns (ése, ésta, aquél)
• Possessive Pronouns (el mío, la tuya, etc.)
• Relative Pronouns (que, cual, quien, cuyo)
• Reflexive Pronouns (me, te, se, nos, os, se)
• Reciprocal Pronouns (nos, os, se)
• Atonic Pronouns - combining pronouns and verbs
• Impersonal Se
• Passive Se
• Transitive and Intransitive Constructions (se)

Adjectives

• Descriptive Adjectives
• Short Form Adjectives (buen, primer, algún)
• Placement
• Comparisons (más que, menos que)
• Superlatives
• Demonstrative Adjectives (ese, este, aquel)
• Possessive Adjectives (mi, tu, su, etc.)
• Cardinal Numbers (uno, dos, tres, etc.)
• Ordinal Numbers (primero, segundo, tercero, etc.)

Other

• Prepositions (a, en, de)
• Adverbs (suavemente, felicemente, etc.)
• Negative and Indefinite Words (nadie, nunca, alguien, siempre, etc.)
• Alguno vs. Algo - Adjective, Pronoun, or Adverb?
• Question Words (¿qué?, ¿cómo?, ¿dónde?, etc.)
• ¿Qué es...? vs. ¿Cuál es...?
• Exclamatory Words (¡qué!, ¡cómo!, ¡cuánto!, etc.)
• Para and Por
• Ser and Estar
• Ser and Estar (version 2)
• Periphrasis/Perífrasis verbal
• False Cognates/False Friends