spanish grammar

I’ve never met Dr. Molly Martin in person but I consider her a kindred spirit since we  share a passion for the Spanish language. We also both have a strong desire to share our knowledge with other people.

La nueva gramática de la lengua española is a bestseller. Since going on sale a little over three months ago, the publisher has already sold more than 60,000 copies. La Real Academia Española, which took more than a decade to compile the work, said the number of books sold so far have surpassed its expectations.

This podcast is a reading of a newspaper article which took a creative approach to informing its readers about La nueva gramática de la lengua española. Click here to find the complete text.

Today’s story is read by Dr. Molly Martin of the Medical Spanish Podcast. Dr. Martin also has an indispensable Spanish grammar podcast called Spanish Grammar Review. You can find info about both of her podcasts on Facebook and Twitter, as well as on her website: Medical Spanish Podcasts.com.

This post is from my other blog ReVerb Spanish and a follow-up to “How to use a Spanish-English Dictionary.”
How many times have you heard or read a Spanish expression and then consulted a dictionary for its meaning and turned up empty? Maybe you found a definition right away. But perhaps there have been a few occasions where it took a little bit of digging to find the definition.

About a week ago a reader named Mark sent me the following e-mail about how the heck he’s even able to learn grammar just from sentences:
I’ve been following your blog for quite some time now and decided to try and give this Spanish thing a try.

Since my first presentation of ReVerb Spanish was a bit loopy, here is a more conventional introduction to my new blog and podcast. It’s called ReVerb Spanish and its focus will be exclusively on Spanish verbs. I still plan to blog here at Voices about stuff related to Spanish grammar and Spanish language do’s and don’ts. But with ReVerb Spanish I’ll have more latitude to focus on this particular niche.

Yes, poco, does mean “little” or “few” in Spanish but there is a slight nuance that emerges when you put “un” in front of it. This may seem like a nit picky thing, but whether or not you use the Spanish article “un” with poco can change the meaning of what you’re trying to say. So here’s the rule: Poco focuses on lack or scarcity while un poco conveys the idea of “some”  in English. Check out the following examples: