Learn Spanish
Welcome to Aderalingua Learn Spanish!
This is a free, online course to help you learn to speak the Spanish language. Whether you are a total beginner or looking to refresh your skills, our lessons are designed to help you speak with confidence.
This course focuses on practical phrases and essential vocabulary to get you conversational as quickly as possible. To ensure you speak accurately, we’ve integrated foundational grammar, immersive stories, and real-life conversations. Interactive flashcards and quizzes are included in the lessons to help you learn.
Let's get started learning Spanish.
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Unit 1: Getting Started in Spanish
In Unit 1, you’ll master essential Spanish words and phrases to get you speaking from day one. You’ll also build a solid foundation with an introduction to basic grammar.
Lesson 1 - Hola
Lesson 2 - ¿Cómo estás?
Lesson 3 - Nouns
Lesson 4 - Pronouns
Lesson 5 - Present Tense of Verbs
Lesson 6 - Present Tense of Irregular Verbs
Lesson 7 - Adjectives
Unit 2: Expanding Your Spanish
Advance your language skills as you dive deeper into Spanish vocabulary and grammar. In this unit, you begin the serialized story "Emily and Eric in Madrid" that follows two students as they navigate the adventures of moving to Spain for university.
Lesson 8a - Demonstrative Pronouns
Lesson 8b - Chapter 1
Lesson 9a - Preterite Tense of Verbs
Lesson 9b - Chapter 2
Lesson 10a - Adverbs
Lesson 10b - Chapter 3
Lesson 11a - Asking Questions
Lesson 11b - Chapter 4
Lesson 12a - Present Progressive Tense
Lesson 12b - Chapter 5
Lesson 13a - Imperfect Tense
Lesson 13b - Chapter 6
Lesson 14a - Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns
Lesson 14b - Chapter 7
Unit 3: Intermediate Spanish
In Unit 3 you'll continue to improve your Spanish vocabulary and grammar.
Lesson 15a - Object Pronouns
Lesson 15b - Chapter 8
Lesson 16a - Present Perfect Tense
Lesson 16b - Chapter 9
Lesson 17a - Past Perfect Tense
Lesson 17b - Chapter 10
Lesson 18a - Prepositions
Lesson 18b - Chapter 11
Lesson 19 - Conjunctions
Lesson 20 - Future and Conditional Tense
Lesson 21 - Instructions and Commands
Lesson 22 - Making Comparisons
Lesson 23 - Abstract Nouns
Lesson 24 - Subjunctive Mood of Verbs
Lesson 25 - Irregular Verbs
Unit 4: Useful Spanish Words and Phrases
In unit 4 you'll continue to improve your Spanish vocabulary. Pictures are included in many of the lessons to make it easier to learn the vocabulary. You'll also learn more useful Spanish phrases that are used in everyday life. Flashcards and quizzes are also included in the lessons to help you learn the Spanish language.
Lesson 1 - Introductions and Greetings
Lesson 2 - Common Phrases
Lesson 3 - Colors
Lesson 4 - Numbers
Lesson 3 - People
Lesson 4 - The Human Body
Lesson 5 - At home
Lesson 6 - Date and Time
Lesson 7 - Nature
Lesson 8 - In the City
Lesson 9 - Transportation
Lesson 10 - Food and Drink
Lesson 11 - Clothes
Lesson 12 - Outdoor Activities
Lesson 13 - Common Verbs
Lesson 14 - Tools
Lesson 15 - Common Verbs 2
Lesson 16 - Adjectives for Emotions
Lesson 17 - Adjectives for Personality
Spanish Verbs Review
Spanish Vocabulary Test
Spanish Phrases Test
Unit 5: Immersive Spanish Stories
Deepen your fluency through the power of storytelling. Our collection of A2, B1, and B2 level stories is designed to bridge the gap between basic grammar and natural conversation. These stories will help you improve your reading comprehension in Spanish and increase your Spanish vocabulary. Audio narrations are included to help you improve your pronunciation and listening skills. The more you read the stories, the more intuitive your understanding of Spanish will become.
A2 and B1 Level Short Stories
Here are some Spanish short stories at pre-inermediate and intermediate reading levels. Read and listen to stories, then answer the questions that follow to help you start thinking in Spanish.
B2 Level Stories
These stories are at an upper intermediate level. To support your progress, each story features side-by-side Spanish and English text, allowing you to decode new vocabulary in real-time.
Learning Tips
Here are a few tips to help you learn Spanish.
- Try and spend at least fifteen minutes a day learning Spanish.
- Spend some time every week writing in Spanish: short conversations, descriptive paragraphs, and/or whatever comes to mind.
- Make good use of the flashcards in the lessons to help you learn the vocabulary.
- Go back and review the lessons in this course every once in a while to refresh your memory of the vocabulary and grammar concepts. This is especially important if the lessons are becoming too challenging.
- When you have a few minutes free time, try thinking in Spanish. You can think about your surroundings, things you plan to do, or just try and remember common phrases.
- If you have friends who speak Spanish, or who are also learning, try to speak with them in Spanish.
- Once you have learned some vocabulary, try watching Spanish movies and tv shows. Reading Spanish stories, like the ones included in this course, will solidify your vocabulary and help you become fluent in the language.
More Learning Resources
This section contains a list of resources to help you learn to speak the Spanish language.
Reverso
provides free Spanish to English and English to Spanish translations.
DeepL
provides free Spanish to English and English to Spanish translations.
Google Translate
provides Spanish to English and English to Spanish translations.
Project Gutenberg has some free Spanish ebooks.
Here are a few online Spanish newspapers.
Listen to online radio and tv to help improve your listening skills.