Spanish Grammar Guide

SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION

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Questions

Questions about Spelling:

Q: Why is it No me gusta a mí and NOT No me gusta a mi?

The word (accent) means "me" and occurs after prepositions; the word mi means "my" and must occur before a noun.

Q: Why is it el perro agresivo and NOT el perro aggressivo?

Though this is a cognate with English, be careful as the spelling is not the same. Spanish often does not have the same double consonants as English does.

Q: Why is it se llama Jorge and NOT se yama Jorge?

Although this word starts with a sound like English y, in Spanish this sound is often written as ll.

Tags: Elision captialization days of the week nouns
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