First, the placement of adjectives brings the difference between Spanish and English. In English, we are taught to put the adjectives before the nouns, unless there’s a “be verb” between the nouns and adjectives. For example, it doesn’t make sense if you say “Flower beautiful”; instead, you need to say “Flower is beautiful”. Nevertheless, this rule can’t be applied to Spanish. The majority of adjectives in Spanish should be put after the nouns. A red flower in English will be structured as “la flore roja” in Spanish. “Roja” which is an adjective means “red” in English. As a result, if you are a learner of both languages, you should be aware of the adjectives placement between them.

        Next, the verb conjugation is also an obvious difference between Spanish and English. Let’s take present tense in both languages for example. In English, there are just two ways to conjugate “have” in the present tense – “have” and “has”. The third personal pronoun such as he or she will be followed by “has” and plural pronouns such as they will be followed by “have”. However, in Spanish, there are six different ways to say “have” in the present tense. The verb “tener” meaning “to have” in Spanish includes different verb forms: “tengo” (“I have”), “tienes”(“You have”), “tiene”(“ He/She has”), “tenemos”(“We have”), “tenéis”(“You guys have”), and “tienen”(“They have”). Although the verb conjugation is more complex in Spanish than English, people can easily identify the subject merely by looking at the verbs.
        Last, Spanish pronunciation tends to be more straightforward than English. As a learner of these two languages, I notice that the connection between spelling and the pronunciation can be strikingly different. On one hand, in English, it’s hard for learners to read words such as “gnat” (/næt/) and pronounce it directly. Due to some phonetic rules, some words in English can’t be pronounced directly by following the sound of consonants or vowels. On the other hand, in Spanish, words are typically pronounced the same way as they are written. When it comes to Spanish words such as “periodista”, native speakers or Spanish learners can pronounce it as /perjo'ðista/ straightly. Thus, once you learn what sounds letters make in Spanish, you’ll be able to pronounce the words.