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The Language Jeanie

🇪🇸 English lass who mastered Spanish
🗣 Helping you actually SPEAK the lingo
💡Grammar for English-speaking brains
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25/09/2026

NO ES PARA TANTO 👀

This one is basically your go-to for:
“it’s no big deal”
“it’s not that bad”
“it’s nothing special”

For example:
— ¿Te ha dolido mucho?
— No, no es para tanto.

But you can also use it when someone gives you a compliment 👀

— Hablas español perfectamente.
— ¡Qué va! No es para tanto. 😂
Basically: “nooo, stop, I’m really not THAT good.”
Even if you secretly want them to keep complimenting you. 💅

It’s one of those little phrases that makes your Spanish sound much more natural, so add it to your repertoire.

23/09/2026

Be honest with me… 👀

How many videos have you watched trying to understand the difference between the preterite and the imperfect? 5? 17?
At this point, you’ve basically watched an entire telenovela (soap opera) on Spanish tenses. 😂

Well… what’s one more?

I’ve tried something slightly different in this one with two very scientific hand gestures™ to show you how I think about the two tenses.

So tell me…
DO THE ACTIONS HELP? 👀

Because if they do, I may have accidentally stumbled upon the least academic-looking grammar explanation ever.

And if they don’t… no worries. I’ll simply go back to the drawing board until we crack it. 😂

21/09/2026

This week, someone replied to an enquiry email with:

“Why would I pay you that much money when you post so much free content? I’ll just watch the videos.”

And I actually think it’s a fair question.

Because I do post a lot of free content.

And I’m going to continue doing it.

I genuinely believe that learning a language shouldn’t only be available to people who can afford private lessons or expensive courses.

If you can learn something from one of my videos, brilliant. That’s why I make them.

But there’s another reason I share so much of my teaching for free:

You should be able to see what you’re paying for.

Anyone can tell you they’re a fantastic teacher.

They can tell you their lessons are fun.

That they make grammar easy.

That they’ll get you speaking.

But how do you actually know?

What if they’re expensive and s**t? 😂

I’d rather you watch my content, see how I explain things, get a feel for my personality and decide whether you actually like the way I teach.

And if you don't?

No hard feelings. Keep watching the free stuff. ❤️

But there is a difference between watching someone teach and being taught.

A video can explain the subjunctive.

A lesson lets you ask your question about the subjunctive.

A video can teach you useful phrases.

A lesson gives you the chance to actually use them.

A video can tell you to speak Spanish.

A lesson puts you in a room with other people and makes you actually do it. 😬

And that’s particularly important because speaking is often the thing we avoid the most.

So yes, watch the free content.

Learn from it.

Save it.

Share it.

I’ll keep making it.

But if you want someone to listen to you, answer your questions, give you feedback, help you get unstuck and give you a safe place to actually speak Spanish…

That’s what you’re paying for.

# learnspanish

18/09/2026

One of my students recently told me that she doesn’t stop thinking about me. 😂

At first, I wasn’t quite sure whether to be flattered or concerned…
But then she explained.

She said that when she’s out and about in Spain, I randomly pop into her head.
She’ll see something and remember something we talked about in class.
She’ll hear an expression and think, “Adele taught us that!”
She’ll find herself in a situation and think, “Ooh, I know what to say here.”

That made me SO happy.
Because that’s what I want Spanish to do.

I don’t want it to live in a notebook, on a worksheet or inside a Zoom lesson.
I want you to start noticing it in real life.
I want you to hear a word you recognise and have that little “WAIT… I KNOW THAT!” moment.
I want you to walk into a shop and understand something you would have completely missed six months ago.
I want you to start recognising expressions, understanding bits of conversations and making connections without even consciously trying.

Because that’s when you know Spanish is becoming yours. ❤️

So, Aimee…
Thank you for thinking about me.
I think. 😂

And if anyone else starts hearing my voice in their head while wandering around Spain, please know that this is exactly what I was hoping for. 🇪🇸

17/09/2026

Spanish false friends really said: let’s keep things interesting. 😂

Vomitar = to vomit
Celebrar = to celebrate
Organizar = to organise

Easy. We’ve got this. 😌

And then Spanish goes:

INTRODUCIR 👀

Surely that means to introduce, right?

NOPE. 😂

If you want to say “I want to introduce you to my friend”, you’d normally say:

👉 Quiero presentarte a mi amigo.

Not quiero introducirte a mi amigo. 🚨

Because introducir is generally more like to insert / put into / introduce something into something.

So yes, Spanish gave us three lovely transparent cognates and then decided to set a trap.

Gracias, español. Muy amable. 😂

Did you know this one, or did introducir get you too? 👀

15/09/2026

“Se me olvidó…” doesn’t quite just mean “I forgot” 👀

If you hear Spaniards say:
👉 Se me olvidó su nombre.
👉 Se me olvidaron las llaves.
👉 Se me olvidó la cita.

And that little se isn’t random!

Spanish uses se + indirect object pronoun to frame something as happening to you… often unintentionally.

So:
Se me olvidó su nombre.
💭 His/her name slipped my mind.

And notice what changes:
Se me olvidó la llave. 🔑
Se me olvidaron las llaves. 🔑🔑

The thing that was forgotten is the grammatical subject, so olvidó/olvidaron agrees with it.

Once you start noticing this structure, you’ll hear it EVERYWHERE in Spanish. 🇪🇸

Save this one as you’ll definitely hear se me… again! 👀

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11/09/2026

Does SI trigger the subjunctive? 🤔

Well… sometimes!

Si tengo tiempo, voy a salir.
If I have time, I’m going to go out.
➡️ Real/possible situation → indicative

Si tuviera tiempo, saldría.
If I had time, I would go out.
➡️ Hypothetical/unlikely situation → imperfect subjunctive

Si hubiera tenido tiempo, habría salido.
If I had had time, I would have gone out.
➡️ Hypothetical situation in the past → pluperfect subjunctive

So, “si” itself doesn’t trigger the subjunctive.
It’s the type of condition you’re expressing that determines the tense.

Save this for the next time si + subjunctive makes your brain hurt. 🇪🇸

09/09/2026

I’m a Spanish teacher.
But I’m also a language learner.
And I think that’s one of the reasons I understand my students so well.

I know what it feels like to know the grammar but not be able to use it quickly enough.
I know what it feels like to hear a native speaker and think, “What the hell did they just say?” 😂
I know what it feels like to make a mistake and immediately want to disappear.

And now, learning Norwegian, I get to experience all of that from the other side… again!

So no, I don’t know every single word in Spanish.
Yes, I still make mistakes.
And yes, sometimes I have to look things up.
That doesn’t make me a bad Spanish teacher.
It makes me a better one.

Because I’m not teaching you from some imaginary place of linguistic perfection.
I’m teaching you from 20 years of learning, making mistakes, figuring things out and discovering that there is ALWAYS something new to learn.

And I think that’s a pretty good place to learn from. ❤️

If you’re learning Spanish as an adult, especially if you’ve moved abroad, you’re going to feel understood around here.

Follow along for Spanish that you can actually use, explanations that make sense, and the occasional “OH MY GOD, I’ve been saying that wrong for 15 years” moment. 😂

08/09/2026

No, I haven’t just made that word up.

BOCA + CHANCLA
mouth + flip-flop
So… a mouth like a flip-flop. 😂

Basically, someone who can’t keep their mouth shut.
A blabbermouth.
Someone who says too much.
Someone who tells everyone everything.

“¡No se lo cuentes a María, que es una bocachancla!”
DON’T TELL MARÍA. SHE CAN’T KEEP HER MOUTH SHUT.

The word suddenly makes perfect sense.
The mouth just… flaps about.
Like a flip-flop.

Spanish is ridiculous.
I love it. 😂

02/09/2026

Right. A little Spanish lesson because apparently MÁS DE and MÁS QUE have decided to cause problems.
They are NOT the same.

MÁS DE = more than a NUMBER.
Tengo más de 20 pares de zapatos.
Tengo más de 100 euros.
Llevo más de 10 años viviendo aquí.

MÁS QUE = more than a PERSON or THING you are comparing.
Tengo más zapatos que mi marido.
Mi casa es más pequeña que la tuya.

So please, for the love of all things Spanish...
❌ Tengo más que 20 años.
❌ Tengo más de mi marido.
❌ Esta casa cuesta más de la casa de mis padres.

NO.
Absolutely not.

MÁS DE → number/amount
MÁS QUE → comparison

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