Un Otro / No Otro

Today I had my first class with Gerald, we started on Chapter 1 of the book he sent me on Verb Conjugations. He wants to start at the beginning and fill in any holes I might have. Sheesh! He's going to find out I'm Swiss cheese LOL 😂

I did pretty well with my verb vocabulary, but I did learn a few new ones plus one extra meaning for a verb I already knew.

• cometer un error - to make an error
• poseer - to possess, to own
• temer - to fear
• esperar - to wait, to hope and to expect

I also learned when to use Cual versus Qué. The general rule is you use Cual with the verb to be and you use Qué with every other verb. Por ejemplo

• Cual es tu comida favorita
• Qué quieres comer

Of course there are exceptions to the rule, because sometimes you will use Qué with estar but only when you're asking for a definition. For example:

• Qué es tu problema? - What is your problem?

Finally my biggest error was using una before otra. That is a NO-NO! Apparently it's a Spanish teacher's nightmare. I think he was joking 😏😕 I guess I'm not alone in making the error, since it was fairly easy to find a clip on it.  I was basically translating word for word English to Spanish, which clearly doesn't always work!