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The preterite is used for completed actions in the past
e.g. I spoke to my mother - Hablé con mi madre

The perfect is used to reflect on a current state dependent on a past action, and always...

Salamanca está en la parte central de España, a 212 kilómetros al oeste de Madrid. Su Plaza Mayor es el punto de encuentro más popular.  La gente pasa mucho tiempo allí charlando, tomando el sol o disfrut...

In general, the imperfecto is used to talk about past actions, conditions, or what you would consider background information. It can also be used to describe events that occured repeatedly or habitually o...

The subjunctive is a mood meaning it's quite difficult to translate it directly and/or visibly into English. Generally, it follows set phrases. We can group the phrases by their meanings ...

In Spanish, nouns are either masculine or feminine. The articles for feminine nouns are la or una and the articles for masculine nouns are el or un. Generally, feminine nouns begin with an a for example, ...