grammar

Both are translated as "for" and I have a list of twelve uses for each, which I cannot hold in my head while speaking. The list approach means I am translating rather than thinking in Spanish. Is there an underlying…

Cuando sometimes takes the indicative and sometimes the subjunctive, and my textbook lists both without explaining which situation calls for which. I end up guessing based on whether the sentence feels hypothetical. Is…

I was taught permanent versus temporary, and it falls apart almost immediately. Estar muerto is about as permanent as it gets, and ser joven is famously not. Is there a rule that actually holds, or is this something…