Decir lo que tienes que hacer/ Saying what you have to do To say that you have to do something in Spanish, you can use tengo que (I have to) followed by the infinitive. I have to…Tengo que hacer una llamada.I have to make a phone call.Esta noche tengo que quedarme en casa.I have to… Read more

Hacer arreglos/ Making plans When organising things with people you know, you can use ¿Qué te parece si…? (Will it be alright if…?) to ask if something suits them. parece comes from the verb parecer (to seem). will it be alright…?¿Qué te parece si cenamos a las nueve?Will it be alright if we have dinner… Read more

Hablando su planes/ Talking about your plans You’ll want to make plans with business associates and friends. If you want to talk about a definite arrangement, for instance I’m seeing him tonight, you often use the future tense in Spanish. I´m…ingVeré a Felipe el jueves.I’m seeing Felipe on Thursday.La veré esta tarde.I’m seeing her this… Read more

Hacer sugerencias/ Making suggestions When you’re with friends and colleagues, you’ll probably want to suggest doing things together. One simple way of doing this is to use podríamos (we could) followed by the infinitive. podríamos comes from the verb poder. We could…Podríamos quedar otro día.We could postpone until another day.Podríamos salir a tomar algo alguna… Read more

Expresando opiniones/ Expressing opinions When talking to people you know, You’ll want to say what you think of things. In Spanish there are two main ways of doing this. You can either use creo or pienso, both of which mean literally I think. Or you can use me parece, which means literally it seems to… Read more