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Simplified Chinese speakers learning Spanish
— the mistakes your language makes you commit

Your native language (简体中文) quietly pushes you into specific Spanish errors. Here are the ones to watch — and the fix for each. This is exactly how WordSlick coaches you, every day.

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from your first language

Verbs change shape (Chinese verbs don’t)

Chinese verbs never change; Spanish packs person AND tense into the ending — hablo/hablas/habló are three different sentences. The ending is the grammar.

from your first language

Articles + gender + plural

Chinese has no articles, gender or plural endings; Spanish needs el/la/los/las, an -s plural, and matching adjectives (las casas blancas). None of it is optional.

from your first language

Tense lives in the verb, not a time word

Chinese marks time with 昨天/了; Spanish changes the verb itself — and splits the past into preterite (comí) vs imperfect (comía). Time words alone aren’t enough.

core challenge

Gender + adjective agreement

Articles and adjectives agree with the noun: el libro rojo / la casa roja.

core challenge

ser vs estar

ser = identity/permanent, estar = state/location. English merges both into "to be".

core challenge

Subjunctive mood

Triggered by doubt, wishes, emotion (espero que… vengas).

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