We know that Spanish can be a bit difficult, which is why we have summarized eight of the most common grammatical errors of Spanish for native speakers and Spanish students.
Dequeísmo
A phenomenon that consists in adding “de que” to verbs that mean “decir” (say) or “pensar” (think).
Normally these verbs are only followed by “que”.
Ejemplo:
Incorrect: *Me dijo de que irías con él.
Correct: Me dijo que irías con él.
Laísmo
A phenomenon in which the indirect object pronoun “le” is substituted for direct object pronouns (“la”,”lo”).
Ejemplo:
Incorrect: *La dije a Luisa que viniera.
Instead of the correct: Le dije a Luisa que viniera.
Leísmo
A phenomenon consisting in substituting the indirect object pronoun “le” for direct object pronouns (lo, la).
Ejemplo:
Incorrect: *Me gustó ese coche y me le compré.
Correct: Me gustó ese coche y me lo compré.
Loísmo
Phenomenon identical to Leísmo, except that “lo” is used instead of “le”.
Ejemplo:
Incorrect: *Lo dije a Luís que viniera.
Correct: Le dije a Luís que viniera.
Learned words ending in “-m”
Latin-derived words of foreign origin such as “álbum”, “ídem”, “currículum”, “memorándum” and others end in “-m”.
Ejemplo:
Me mandaron otro currículum.
M + B / P
“-m-” is written before “b” / “p” if they are in the same word.
Ejemplo:
Amparo, embajador.
O / U
The conjunction o changes to u when the word that follows begins with “o”.
Ejemplo:
¿Vienes o te quedas?
Uno u otro.
Y / E
We use y to join two words or clauses, but if the word following “y” begins with “i-” or “hi-” we change the y to e.
Ejemplo:
Incorrect: *Vinieron Juan y Irene.
The correct form is: Vinieron Juan e Irene.
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