Six modules for the Spanish you hesitate on.
The subjunctive, the past tenses, ser and estar, if-sentences, connectors and everyday vocabulary. Each Modo module trains one kind of decision in real sentences, until the right form comes out without thinking.
Ser, estar, por, paraEssentials
The basics every learner needs, until they stop being a question.
Mi hermano está aburrido.
My brother is bored.Some choices come up in almost every Spanish sentence: ser or estar, por or para, which little word stands in for a person or a thing, and which preposition a verb takes. You learned the rules years ago. Essentials makes the choice automatic.
Por or para · Ser or estar · Pronouns · Verbs and their partners
Read the ser vs estar guide →Subjunctive¿Qué Modo?
One decision, said a thousand ways.
Prefiero que pongas los libros aquí.
I'd rather you put the books here.The Spanish subjunctive without the grammar table. Every card asks the same question: which form does this sentence need after its opening? Quiero que, me alegra que, no creo que, cuando, un amigo que. Every opening is a new place to make that choice.
Wanting and asking · Reacting · Doubting and believing · When things happen · Looking for · Pushing past
Read the Spanish subjunctive guide →Past tensesEra o Fue
Which past, and why.
Mientras cortaba la carne, el perro saltó.
While I was cutting the meat, the dog jumped up.Telling a story in the past comes down to one question again and again: what was going on, or what happened? Era o Fue trains that choice between the imperfect and the preterite through the little words that give it away: mientras, de repente, primero, ya, siempre, de niño.
Going on, or happened · Telling it in order · Already done by then · Back then, and how long · One vowel, another story
Read the imperfecto vs indefinido guide →ConditionalsY si
What would happen, and what could have.
Si fuera rico, daría la vuelta al mundo.
If I were rich, I would travel around the world.The if-sentences of Spanish. Every card asks one thing: can it still happen, is it only pictured, or is it too late? Si llueve, cancelamos can happen. Si lloviera, cancelaríamos is only pictured. Si hubiera llovido, habríamos cancelado is too late.
Real, or only pictured · Too late, now or then · As if
ConnectorsConectores
Link your sentences like a native.
No buscamos un hotel, sino una posada.
We are not looking for a hotel, but an inn.The little words that hold spoken Spanish together: sino or sino que, es que or así que, sin embargo or en cambio, también or tampoco. They are what makes your Spanish flow instead of sounding like a list of short sentences.
Reason, or result · A twist, or side by side · Credit, or blame · Yes side, or no side · Again, or an example
VocabularyVocabulario
Learn words theme by theme: recognise them, hear them, then write them.
el conejo
The rabbit.Everyday Spanish words, learned in themes that belong together: pets and farm animals, fruit, furniture, kitchen gadgets, parts of a car, things from the past. Every word has its own picture, so you link the word to the thing, not to an English translation.
Animals and nature · Food and the house · Clothing and the body · Transport and objects
Also in Modo · ListeningComprensión
Catch the details when you listen.
¡No me digas que ya se fue!
Don't tell me she's already left!Reading Spanish and understanding it out loud are two different skills. Comprensión plays a real Spanish sentence at speaking speed and asks one thing: what did it mean? The sentences get harder as you get better, there is a slower playback when you need it, and a transcript for when you can’t listen.
Spanish at speaking speed · Five levels that adapt to you · Slow playback · A transcript when you can't listen
Read how to train your ear →Start where you hesitate.
Pick a module and play your first session in five minutes. Free to start, on iPhone, Android and the web.
