{"id":8058,"date":"2022-03-21T18:49:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/?p=8058"},"modified":"2022-03-22T21:41:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:41:44","slug":"%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%81%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%b5-%d0%b8%d1%81%d0%bf%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%be%d1%88%d0%b8%d0%b1%d0%ba%d0%b8-%d0%b4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/blog\/common-spanish-mistakes-for-english-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Spanish Mistakes for English Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Languages don\u2019t ever translate exactly, which can make it difficult to understand or get your point across when you\u2019re first learning. There are some Spanish mistakes that are extremely common for English speakers, and we\u2019ll show you just a few of them today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Different ways to say \u201dyou\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In English, we have one standard way to address someone, and that\u2019s you<\/em>. In Spanish, there are actually 3. There\u2019s usted<\/em>, which is formal, t\u00fa<\/em> which is informal, and vos<\/em> which is even more informal than t\u00fa<\/em>, and is only used in certain parts of Latin America<\/a>. The tricky part is knowing when and how to use them. It\u2019s most common to use t\u00fa <\/em>with people you\u2019re close to, and that are your age or younger. On the other hand, you can use usted <\/em>with people that are older than you, that you don\u2019t know or are meeting for the first time, or that you want to show respect to. Vos <\/em>is used similarly to t\u00fa <\/em>in the countries that use it, like Honduras, Bolivia, and Argentina. However, every city, region and country has different rules and customs. It can feel overwhelming at first, but with practice, it\u2019ll become clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0435<\/strong>Video: Spanish-English false friends<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>

In addition to those, there are also two different ways to address a group- vosotros <\/em>and ustedes. <\/em>In Spain, vosotros <\/em>is informal and ustedes <\/em>is formal, but they can both be used to address a group. However, in the rest of the Spanish-speaking world, they just use ustedes<\/em>. You\u2019ll be understood if you mix them up, but in order to be respectful and get your point across the way you intend to, you\u2019ll want to practice the difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Adjective placement and agreement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Adjective placement in Spanish can feel \u201dbackwards\u201d to English speakers, making it one of the most common Spanish mistakes. In English, the adjective comes before the noun, like the<\/em> red apartment. <\/em>The adjective red <\/em>comes before the noun apartment<\/em>. In Spanish, it\u2019s generally the opposite, and you would say el apartamento rojo <\/em>with the adjective rojo<\/em> coming after the noun apartamento<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"CONVERSA
\u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0435<\/strong>Online Activity: Conjugate Spanish Verbs in Present<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>

Spanish also has a concept called \u201dadjective agreement\u201d which means that nouns and adjectives have to match in gender<\/a> and number. So, adjectives have to change. If I wanted to talk about a red house instead of a red apartment, the word rojo<\/em> would have to change to match the feminine noun casa<\/em>. Therefore, I would say la casa roja<\/span><\/em> in order to make the adjective agree in gender and number. Since English isn\u2019t a gendered language, using adjectives correctly can take lots of practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Accent marks and tildes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In English, there aren\u2019t any special characters that go above letters, like accent marks (the \u00b4 symbol above vowels) and tildes (the \u02dc symbol above the letter \u00f1<\/em>). In Spanish, these symbols are not optional! Often, they can completely change the meaning of the word. Spanish has rules on where to put the stress or emphasis on a word. When a word \u201dbreaks\u201d that rule, an accent mark shows you how to pronounce it. Most monosyllabic words don\u2019t have an accent mark, but they do when it shows the difference between meanings. For example, the word t\u00fa <\/em>that we learned above means you<\/em>, but tu <\/em>without the accent mark means your.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, tildes mark the difference between two letters in the Spanish alphabet, n <\/em>and \u00f1<\/em>. Since they\u2019re two completely different letters, omitting or forgetting the tilde changes the word entirely, as well as it\u2019s pronunciation. The n<\/em> is pronounced like the n <\/em>in Nashville, <\/em>and the \u00f1 <\/em>is pronounced like the ny<\/em> blend in canyon<\/em>. That little squiggle can mean the difference between saying \u201da\/an\u201d and \u201dfingernail\u201d depending on if you say una <\/em>or u\u00f1a<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being aware of these common Spanish mistakes for English speakers is the first step in mastering them. As you\u2019re practicing, pay a little extra attention to these 3 components, and your confidence and proficiency will improve in no time!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Languages don\u2019t ever translate exactly, which can make it difficult to understand or get your point across when you\u2019re first learning. There are some Spanish mistakes that are extremely common for English speakers, and we\u2019ll show you just a few of them today. 1. Different ways to say \u201dyou\u201d In English, we have one standard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,7,30],"tags":[282,81,281],"class_list":["post-8058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a1","category-blog","category-grammar","tag-common-mistakes","tag-spanish-grammar","tag-spanish-mistakes"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CONVERSAArtboard-8-100.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}