Spanish Parts of Speech

The parts of speech are the word categories that build every Spanish sentence: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and the prepositions that connect them. Spanish handles several of these differently from English, from the grammatical gender attached to every noun to the two separate verbs for "to be". This section links to a clear guide for each one.

• Nouns and gender: why every Spanish noun is masculine or feminine, and how articles agree with it.
• Subject pronouns : the words for "I", "you", "he" and the rest, and why Spanish often drops them.
• Ser vs estar: the two Spanish verbs for "to be" and when to use each.
• Reflexive verbs: verbs where the subject acts on itself, marked by -se.
• Modal verbs: poder, deber, querer, saber and soler, for ability, obligation and desire.
• Adjectives, comparatives and superlatives: agreement, position, and how to compare.
• Por vs para: the two prepositions that both translate as "for".