Personal pronouns in Spanish are pretty easy and straightforward. The words are small and they work generally the way they do in English. But there are a couple common pitfalls for gringos like you and me. Formal/Informal, Latin America vs Spain. But don’t worry, that’s what we’re here to talk about today.

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The Infinitive & Conjugation

Formal Conjugation

Put Your Pronouns In, Take Your Pronouns Out

Ahhh, The Flashcard Strategy… this one is near and dear to my heart. Anybody that knows my story knows I have a deep affection for making flashcards to memorize words. But you shouldn’t just throw the words on the cards and jump in randomly and haphazardly. Oh no.

The Conjugation Strategy

The Song Strategy

The Bare Minimum Method

One of the main reasons I failed Spanish my first time through is I was lost from the beginning. On the first day, the teacher starting using words like “conjugation” and “infinitive”. I didn’t even know what those words meant in English. Would’ve been nice of her to explain that, no?

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The Conjugation Strategy

Personal Pronouns (Subject Pronouns)

Formal Conjugation

Put Your Pronouns In, Take Your Pronouns Out

In this video, I go over basic Spanish pronunciation. I made this video first because pronunciation is always on people’s minds.

But to be honest, pronunciation and accent is the LAST place you should spend your time at the beginning.

When you learn new words, you can say more things. When you pronounce a word better, you can just say the same thing better.

In this video though, I do go over the basics. Because you’ve got to know the basics.

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Spanish Pronunciation Guide

Maná – En el muelle de San Blás

Jarabe de Palo – Grita

Manu Chao – Me Gustas Tú

Pronunciation in Spain

Pronunciation Doesn’t Matter