6 mistakes you want to avoid when you speak in Spanish  

  

1-RIGHT ONE-La gente ES no la gente SON, it is confusing as gente (people) means more than one, but the word is singular so grammatically we need to use it as singular, I use the verb SER but it can be any other verb, always you use the third person singular of the verb you want to use

Ex. La gente está muy loca “people are very crazy” (anyone hear this song :)?)

 Watch out-familia, has the same problem, it is a word that mean more than one person but the word itself is singular so we need to treat it as third person singular.Ex. Mi familia ES grande   

  

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   This one is one the most common I will say, una otra/un otro NEVER! You say that when you translate directly from English but the

RIGHT way is OTRA/OTRO, (depending on the gender’s noun you use),  never una/un in front of them
Ex  If you are on holidays and you are already drinking beer when your friend ask you if you want something else from the bar you will say

Otra cerveza por favor- “Another beer please” , no Una otra cerveza      

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Some people say “me duele mi cabeza” when they have a headache, but you do not need to add the possessive in that sentences, indeed it sounds a bit unnatural, it is enough to say “me duele LA cabeza” Yo are using “me” which means you are talking about something yours, so saying “mi” is just double that info

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We need to talk about “Ser and Estar” again….I am sorry, and I won’t enter in details but you can’t say es bien/mal….you need to say está bien/mal “it is good/bad”, with the verb SER we use bueno/malo

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Another common one “otro común”  , a lot of people say “Es necesito” mec!Wrong!
Right way to say it is “Es necesario”

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When people ask you something and you are not sure make sure you say “depende de” –depends on instead of es depende or es dependiente.
If you have been talking about going to the beach during the weekend and someone ask you if you have plans you will say
Bueno, depende del tiempo…-“Well depends on the weather”