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Three to start with and three for later. The daily lessons teach you to say things, the verbs are the part of Spanish that rewards a reference you trust, and pronunciation is a short job worth doing properly once. Travel, business and the DELE exam each assume a few weeks of the daily course behind you. Everything else on the site, the reviews, the games, the guides, is free practice around them.
Open right now: Days 1 to 7 of the daily course are open to everyone. Days 8 to 30 are free with an account. Day 31 onward is part of Pro. The first 3 days of every other course are always open. Every verb table, word, grammar point, guide and printable is free. Nothing is for sale.
One short lesson a day covering the phrases you would actually use: greetings, your name, ordering food, asking directions, numbers and time. Each day explains why the Spanish works the way it does, then quizzes you and unlocks the next.
The irregular verbs you need first and the three regular models, each with the present and the preterite, the Spain-only form, two sentences you could say today, and the one thing about that verb that catches learners out.
Spanish spelling tells you exactly how a word sounds. Nine sounds, the rolled r, the silent h, and the c that is an s in Latin America and a th in most of Spain, with audio and a drill. A short job, done once.
Five long-form guides for the half of a trip that is not transactional: the customs that catch visitors out, eating and drinking properly, reading a building, getting round a museum, and a day of sightseeing. Every line has audio, and each guide closes with three things worth knowing that a phrasebook leaves out.
Twenty days built around a trip, from the airport to checking out of the hotel. Assumes the daily lessons to around day 30.
Email, meetings, and the register that sits above polite. Most business mistakes are a correct sentence at the wrong level, and that is what this course teaches. Assumes the daily lessons to around day 45.
The official exam that certifies what the first half of the daily course teaches, paper by paper, with timed practice.