How many verb tenses are there in the Spanish language? How many are commonly used?

Present

Present Perfect

Imperfect

Preterite

Past Perfect - Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Condicional

Conditional Perfect

Preterite Perfect

Subjunctive spanish tenses:

Present

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Future Perfect

Future Perfect

Others:

Affirmative Imperative

Negative Commands

Present Participle

Past Participle

i say probably like 20!

How Many Tenses In Spanish

23

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Since you're somewhat conversational, this may help as you're not starting from scratch (please read the whole thing): If you're too shy to practise, read and read out loud. The words will "stick" eventually. Hey, it worked for my English and English is difficult to read out loud. Unlike English, Spanish is a fairly phonetic language. Once you know how the alphabet works, you know how to read EVERY SINGLE word in the language so read a lot. If you don't know how to wirte it, ask your husband There's plenty of fun to be had reading in Spanish, it depends what interests you. Maybe try reading some Latin American newspaper or something. Most Spanish websites are written in what it's usually called Standard Spanish, the baseline form of the Spanish language in which most people communicate in normal to formal situations, no matter the country. There's no such thing as "Latin American Spanish". While certainly some words are more used in certain countries than in other, the whole point of having a Standard dialect is that everything you say will be understandable no matter what. For example if I were to use "cumplimentar" instead of the more used"rellenar" (as in, "fill in the blanks") in my birth country, nobody would bat an eye because both are standard; "cumplimentar" being a variant of "completar". But if I said "ya mismo" (which is incorrect and considered Mexican) instead of "ahora mismo" everybody would look at me weird. What there is, is a variant of Neutral Spanish, which I call Latin American Influenced Neutral Spanish. Standard Spanish is the vocabulary. Neutral Spanish is the way the language is supposed to be spoken. In Latin American Influenced Neutral Spanish (basically, your average latam Hollywood dub) all S/C/Z are pronounced as S, they don't tell apart Ll and Y (pronounced as Y) and so on and so forth. Since I have NO IDEA about what you like, try these search terms to Google: Revistas de Belleza (Beauty zines) Ciencia (Science) Muy Interesante (A scientific magazine printed in both Mexico and Spain) Cabello (Hair) Manualidades (Arts & Crafts) Decoración del hogar Herramientas (Tools) Carros/Coches/Autos/Automóviles Pasarelas (catwalks) Pintura (painting) You can always input something you like in Wikipedia and read the Spanish version of it. Languages are to the right (Español). If you want to learn "Latin American slang", I'm afraid it doesn't exist, either. You'll have to learn the slang of the country your husband's culture is from. PD: The way Spanish alphabet works (as per the usual Latin American (mis)pronounciation): A (like in bank), E (like in get), I (like in bee), O (like in tough), U (like in woo). B/V (like in bet), C (Ca, Co, Cu, like quiet); Ch (like church), D (like drip), F (like in fire), H (silent), K (like English), L (like lot), M (like mum), N (like nothing), P (like pirate), Q (Que, Qui; like Ke, Ki), S/Z/C(Ce, Ci) (like in swan), T (like in stop), W (like a Spanish U), X (like in extra) Ll/Y (like jam). Letters not mentioned: J ---------> You don't have this sound. It's like the arabic sound "kh". Just do it like in Ham. Ñ---------> You don't have this sound. It's like "ny", as in Español (espanyol), piñata (pinyata). G---------> Pronounced like in get. A bit of a Special case. Normal: Ga, go, gu. The "ge" and "gi" sounds like in "get" and "git" are written Gue and Gui. To pronounce the U in Gue and Gui (like you do in penguin) we umlaut it: Güe, Güi (Penguin = pingüino). R----------> You don't have this sound(s). In the middle of words between vowels, like Pero=But when it's just one R (like Pera=pear) it's soft. In the middle of words, before/after consonants like in trabajar=work or Porque=because you roll it. In the middle of words, between vowels when it's doubled Rr, like in perro=dog or pelirrojo=redhead/ginger you roll it. In the begining of words, like in Rosa=rose/pink you roll it. Potential Confusion: C/Q/K/S/Z---------> Ca, Co, Cu, like Ka, Ko, Ku. There's no "K" sound for Ce, Ci; they're pronounced as Se, Si. "Ke", "Ki" sounds in Spanish are commonly written as "Que", "Qui" (Q does NOT serve any other function in the Spanish language); in fact, a variant spelling of Kimono is Quimono. Sa, Se, Si, So, Su are pronounced the same as Za, Ze, Zi, Zo, Zu. ~~~~ Congratulations, you now know how to read Spanish!