Spanish Grammar

The times I have heard people say: "I only want conversational Spanish, I don't want to learn the grammar. The truth is, even with conversational Spanish you need to know a certain amount of grammar. It is possible to a limited degree to get by, relying heavily on the present tense, this is perfectly OK if you don't mind sounding like a five year old all the time.

The more people I talk to about this subject, the more I come to realise, that the British education system, does not teach grammar, unless it is taken as an in depth specialised subject.

To simplify things, learn and understand English grammar first, then it will become easier to understand, why and where to use the grammar in Spanish.

Spanish grammatical terms have English equivalents. The Spanish and English both use these grammatical terms every day, without thinking, and without knowing the grammatical terminology.

However when you learn a new language, you have to learn the whys and wherefores, to be able to communicate in a reasonable fashion. Therefore if you know the English grammar, it is easier to transpose and understand why and where to use the Spanish.