Complete A1 to B2.2 Curriculum
🇪🇸Course: SpanishSpanish is the second most spoken language in the world, with over 500 million native speakers across 21 countries. It's one of the most rewarding languages to learn — and one of the most accessible for English speakers.
The Spanish present tense covers regular and irregular verbs across three conjugation groups (-ar, -er, -ir). Master ser, estar, tener and ir from day one.
Hablo español todos los días. / ¿Tienes hambre? / Somos estudiantes.
The present perfect links past actions to the present. In Spain and much of the Caribbean, markers like hoy, esta semana and alguna vez trigger it; across most of Latin America the Indefinido is normally used in those same contexts.
He comido paella hoy. (Spain) / Comí paella hoy. (Latin America) / ¿Has visitado alguna vez España?
One of the most common challenges for English speakers. POR expresses cause, duration and exchange. PARA expresses purpose, recipient and deadline.
Estudié por dos horas. / Compré flores para mi madre.
Both mean 'to be' — SER for identity and permanent traits, ESTAR for states, locations and temporary conditions.
Soy médico. / Estoy cansado hoy.
The subjunctive mood expresses wishes, doubts and emotions. Triggered by verbs like querer que, esperar que, es importante que.
Espero que llegues pronto. / Es importante que estudies cada día.
The conditional (would) is used for polite requests, hypothetical situations and advice with debería.
¿Podría traerme la cuenta? / Yo en tu lugar, estudiaría más. / Deberías descansar.
Have you ever been to Mexico? — Present Perfect for life experience.
Yes, I went last year. I loved the food! — Past tense + opinion.
What would you do if you could go back? — Conditional + subjunctive.
I'd go back to learn to make mole. It's important that one tries the local food.
Spanish is considered one of the easiest languages for English speakers. LingoNibble's structured curriculum is designed to help you reach B1 conversational proficiency in 6-9 months with consistent 20-30 minutes of daily practice.
The biggest challenges are verb conjugations (Spanish has more forms than English), the subjunctive mood, the distinction between ser and estar, and knowing when to use por vs para. LingoNibble covers all of these with dedicated units.
Spanish uses the Latin alphabet with a few extras (ñ, ü) — if you can read English, you can read Spanish. Unit 1 covers pronunciation from scratch.
The main differences are pronunciation (the 'c/z' sound) and the vosotros pronoun used in Spain. LingoNibble teaches neutral international Spanish, with vosotros and the 'c/z' sound covered for recognition.
Spanish is the world's second most spoken native language with over 500 million speakers. It's the official language of 21 countries and increasingly valuable in the United States, Europe and global business.
Guide · Spanish roadmap
A week-by-week study plan, the grammar that matters at each stage, and sample dialogues at A2 and B1.
Hello
Hola
Good morning
Buenos días
Good afternoon
Buenas tardes
Good night / evening
Buenas noches
Greetings, names, origin, ser/estar/tener, hay, numbers 0-20, the letter Ñ and Spanish pronunciation/spelling basics, then a roleplay to put it all together.
Family, physical traits, colors, calendar, regular -ar/-er/-ir verbs, numbers 21-101.
Workplaces, professions, salaries, telling time, dates, big numbers, hacer, possessives (long forms), hay que.
Rooms, furniture, chores, ir + ir a + infinitive, tener que, comparisons (más/menos que), prepositions a/de and contractions al/del.
Foods, drinks, table settings, restaurant phrases, gustar/encantar, querer, polite quisiera, partitive 'de'.
Clothing, professional uniforms, sizes, prices, stem-changing verbs (o→ue, e→ie), poder/querer/necesitar + infinitive, por vs para, the number uno.
Body parts, illnesses, pharmacy, doler (like gustar), sentirse, ser vs estar for health, reflexive pronouns.
Transport, airports, directions, weather, saber vs conocer, present progressive (estar + -ando/-iendo), prepositions of movement.
Public services, local shops, errands, the informal imperative (tú), and 'para' to express purpose.
Vacations, hotels, attractions, hobbies, weather. Review: ir a + inf, gustar/encantar, present progressive, large numbers.
Master Spanish stem-changing verbs in the present indicative (e>ie, o>ue, e>i) such as querer, poder, and pedir.
Master the Pretérito Indefinido (Simple Past) of regular verbs (hablar, comer, vivir) to recount completed past actions.
Master irregular preterite forms in Spanish (ser, ir, tener, estar, hacer, poder, decir) and their specialized stems.
Master the Pretérito Imperfecto in Spanish to describe habitual past actions ('used to'), ongoing states, age, and past descriptions.
Master direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las) to replace nouns without repetition and position them before conjugated verbs or attached to infinitives.
Master indirect object pronouns (me, te, le, nos, os, les) in Spanish, their placement rules, and context on object duplication and leísmo.
Master Spanish reflexive verbs (levantarse, ducharse, acostarse) and reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, nos, os, se) for daily routines.
Master affirmative imperative commands in Spanish for informal address (tú) and formal address (usted/ustedes), including key irregular forms.
Master Spanish comparative structures (más... que, menos... que, tan... como) and relative/absolute superlatives (el más..., -ísimo).
Master contrasting Pretérito Indefinido (completed past actions, interruptions) and Pretérito Imperfecto (background settings, habits, ongoing states).
Master regular and irregular Present Subjunctive forms, vowel shifts (-ar -> -e, -er/-ir -> -a), and introductory trigger contexts.
Master structures of wishing, wanting, advising, requesting, and commanding (Quiero que, Deseo que, Espero que, Ojalá).
Master subjunctive structures for expressing emotions, feelings, and subjective reactions (me alegra que, me molesta que, es una lástima que).
Master the Present Perfect indicative (Haber + Past Participle), regular/irregular participles, and temporal anchors.
Master the Simple Conditional tense (hablaría, comería, viviría), irregular stems (har-, dir-, tendr-), and polite request/advice contexts.
Master past anteriority (había hablado, habías comido) and past temporal connections (ya, todavía no, cuando, antes de que).
Master combined Indirect + Direct object pronouns (se lo, te la, nos los), le/les -> se rule, positioning, and graphic accents.
Master the Negative Imperative (No + Present Subjunctive) for all persons, irregular forms, and pre-verbal pronoun positioning.
Master Future Simple endings (-é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án), irregular stems (har-, dir-, tendr-), and probability in the present.
Consolidate all B1.1 verbal tenses (Indicative pasts, Conditional, Future, Subjunctive triggers) in professional debate and academic analysis.
Master subjunctive vs indicative selection in relative clauses based on known/specific vs unknown/unspecified/non-existent antecedents.
Master concessive connectors (aunque, por mucho que, a pesar de que) with Subjunctive for unverified/irrelevant obstacles vs Indicative for known facts.
Master Imperfect Subjunctive derivation from 3rd person plural preterit (hablaron -> hablara/hablase), accent marks, and past matrix triggers.
Master Type 2 hypothetical structures (Si + Imperfect Subjunctive, Conditional Simple) for present/future unreal conditions.
Master temporal connectors (cuando, en cuanto, hasta que, tan pronto como, antes de que) with Subjunctive for future/projected events vs Indicative for habitual/past events.
Master periphrastic passive (ser + participle + por) and reflexive passive (se + 3rd person verb: se venden casas) in institutional discourse.
Master reported speech backshifting rules (dijo que, preguntó si) for tenses, imperatives (-> imperfect subjunctive), and temporal/spatial deixis.
Master Type 3 past unreal conditionals (Si + Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo, Condicional Compuesto) for past unfulfilled actions.
Master purpose connectors (para que, a fin de que + Subjunctive) vs causal connectors (porque, ya que, dado que + Indicative vs no porque + Subjunctive).
Consolidate all B1.2 advanced syntax: full subjunctive spectrum, Type 2 & 3 conditionals, reported speech backshifts, passive voice, and purpose/causal rhetoric.
Master advanced uses of the Imperfect Subjunctive: courtesy formulas (Quisiera saber), hypothetical noun clauses (Ojalá pudiera), and administrative discourse.
Master Pluperfect Subjunctive formation (hubiera/hubiese + participle) and triggers for unfulfilled past desires, regrets, and hypothetical evaluation.
Master mixed conditionals connecting unfulfilled past conditions (Si hubiera + Participle) to present hypothetical consequences (Condicional Simple) or present condition to past result.
Master advanced concessive connectors (por muy + adj + que + Subjunctive, por más que, a pesar de que + Indicative/Subjunctive) in formal rhetoric.
Master advanced restrictive conditional connectors (a condición de que, siempre que, con tal de que, a no ser que + Subjunctive) in legal, contractual, and corporate negotiation.
Master advanced causal contrast structures (No es que + Subjunctive, sino que + Indicative; No porque + Subjunctive) to rectify misconceptions in high-level debate.
Master consecutive and intensive structures (tan... que + Indicative, tanto... que, de ahí que + Subjunctive) in analytical and macroeconomic commentary.
Master advanced temporal connectors (a medida que, conforme, tan pronto como, nada más + infinitive, una vez que) in narrative, legal, and macroeconomic context.
Master advanced reported speech backshifting, complex modal transposition, and free indirect style (estilo indirecto libre) in journalism and narrative literature.
Consolidate all B2.1 structures: advanced subjunctive tiers, mixed conditionals, concessive/causal rectification, and reported speech in professional rhetoric.
Master advanced aspectual nuances of Preterit (Indefinido) in fiction: foregrounding, sudden aspectual shifts, historical narrative present vs preterit, and literary device integration.
Master left/right dislocation, topicalization, and mandatory clitic doubling (A Pedro lo vi ayer) in advanced spoken and stylistic Spanish.
Master abstract nominalization techniques (converting verbs and adjectives into formal nouns: implantar -> la implantación, frágil -> la fragilidad) for academic essays and legislative drafting.
Master advanced appreciative suffixes (-azo, -ón, -ote, -ito, -ico, -ucho, -uza) and semantic shifts (hacerse un lío vs librote, gentuza) in formal and colloquial pragmatics.
Master high-level diplomatic hedging, softened disagreement, conditional of courtesy (Sería conveniente), and attenuating modal verbs in corporate negotiations.
Master high-level administrative connectors, legal-bureaucratic formulas (a tenor de, en virtud de, con arreglo a), and formal legislative syntax in official Spanish documents.
Master advanced argumentative discourse connectors (a fin de cuentas, por ende, no obstante, consecuentemente, antes bien), nuance high-level debates, and construct coherent persuasive essays.
Master high-level emphasis mechanisms, pseudo-cleft sentences (Lo que verdaderamente importa es...), thematic fronting, and stylistic inversion in Spanish rhetoric.
Master high-level professional idioms, cultured phraseological expressions (hacer borrón y cuenta nueva, estar en el ojo del huracán, nadar a contracorriente), and metaphorical rhetoric in Spanish.
Consolidate B2.2 masterclass proficiency: integrate administrative register, high-level discourse connectors, pseudo-cleft emphasis, dislocation, and cultured idioms in complex texts.