Spanish alphabet: 27 or 29 letters? 27 letters is the right answer. Ch and ll were removed from the alphabet several years ago (1994), because they are digraphs instead of letters. a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, ñ, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z. But that doesn’t mean they are being eliminated from the Spanish graphic system. They are just not included in the alphabet anymore. Source: http://www.rae.es

When numeral “uno/una” becomes “un” The numeral uno/una gets shortened to “un” only in the following cases: 1) When it precedes masculine nouns: un libro, un coche. 2) When it precedes feminine nouns that starts with a stressed vowel “a”: un águila, un alma, un hacha. It should never be shortened when it precedes a feminine noun that doesn’t start with a stressed “a”: una amapola, una mujer, una novela. The same rule applies with compound numerals that contain the single nume

Prefixes in Spanish… hyphen or not? It depends… Prefixes are affix elements that lack autonomy, and they are placed before a lexical base. Below are the rules to follow when you use them in Spanish. - They always go right next to the base word when the base word is universal (only one word): Exjefe, exnovio, exministro, provida, vicesecretario, superaburrido, etc. Then, it would be incorrect to use a hyphen or leave a space in the following cases: Anti-mafia or anti mafia Ant

Months, days of the week, seasons of the year… lowercase or capital letter? In English, the first letter of the days of the week, months, and seasons is a capital letter, but that is not the case in Spanish. This is a common mistake I see even among Spanish-speaking people living in the United States for an extended period of time, as sometimes they tend to mix the grammar rules for both languages. Examples: Anteayer fue martes, 2 de mayo. Esta primavera ha estado lloviendo m