Basic Spanish Course

If you are looking for a quality beginner’s Spanish course, you’ve come to the right place.  This basic Spanish course was designed for both absolute beginners and those people who have started Spanish in the past but need a refresher. Written by native teachers, we cover the two main forms of Spanish: Latin American Spanish and the language as it’s spoken in the mother country, Spain.

Everything is free!

Oh, and we should mention that all the classes in this course and on the whole Hablarama site are completely free!

How to start learning Spanish?

It’s not the most revolutionary recommendation, but most students find it useful to start with greetings/introductions and giving basic personal information.

However, if you find yourself in a Spanish-speaking country then you might need basic survival Spanish for shops and travel arrangements.  Skip over to our travel section for all that kind of thing.

The classes in this course…



understand communication problems

I'm sorry, I don't understand!

As you've probably noticed, learning a language isn't easy, even when it's a lovely well-structured, Latin-based language like Spanish. We’ve all experienced that moment when somebody is talking to us but we have no clue what they’re…
Spanish verbs first 30

My first 30 Spanish verbs

What are you doing?!? As you learn a new language, you’ll discover new words and expressions as well as subtle differences in meanings. To help you express yourself accurately, in this lesson we’re going to look at some of the most frequently-used…
work studies spanish

What do you do?

Welcome to the fourth of Hablarama's Basic Spanish Classes.  In this lesson, our fantastic, bilingual teacher, Aurora Ielpi, takes us through the Spanish we need if we want to talk about work and studies.  Now that you can talk a little…
personal information

How to give and ask for personal information

This is the third class in our short course on Basic Spanish. In the first class we learnt how to introduce yourself in Spanish, while in the second we saw - surprise, surprise - how to introduce others. Now, let's take things up a notch,…
introduce people in Spanish

How to introduce others in Spanish

In this second class in our Basic Spanish course we're going to learn how to introduce people in both formal and informal situations. This class assumes that you already know how to introduce yourself in Spanish.  If you don't, then check out…
spanish greetings

How to introduce yourself in Spanish

How can I introduce myself in Spanish? What are the correct forms? Is it the same in Spain and in Latin America? Find out here...
pronounce spanish pronunciation
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Idiot's guide to Spanish pronunciation

Learn the basics of Spanish pronunciation. In this article we look at the main problems you'll encounter with Spanish pronunciation. Don't sound like an idiot, read this guide now!