The book series
Speak Spanish Like a Native
Three books designed to take your Spanish from textbook-correct to street-ready. Each stands on its own and can be read in any order.
Coming soon to Amazon
Daily Life and Culture
The expat survival guide you wish you'd had on day one.
Your practical handbook for actually living in a Spanish-speaking country — not just visiting. Find a flat and deal with your landlord, master public transport, haggle over bills, navigate the health system, handle job interviews and office politics, talk sport like you grew up watching it, and get in on the jokes.
Plus a bonus chapter on Argentine Spanish that will save you from total bewilderment in Buenos Aires.
Inside the book
- 1Home
- 2Transport
- 3Money, shopping and admin
- 4Health
- 5Professional life
- 6Humour
- 7Sport
- 8Bonus: Argentina
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Sound Right, Write Right
Your textbook taught you grammar. This one teaches you how to actually sound Spanish.
The no-nonsense guide to the mechanics that separate classroom Spanish from the real thing. Master word stress so you stop saying "hablo" when you mean "habló". Nail the pronunciation that makes waiters stop replying in English.
Spelling rules, writing conventions, email etiquette, and the grammar shortcuts natives actually use instead of what is in your textbook.
Inside the book
- 1Pronunciation
- 2Rhythm and flow
- 3Spelling and accents
- 4Writing conventions
- 5Emails and texts
- 6Verbs
- 7Words and usage
- 8Phrases and expressions
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Try before the books land
Every book chapter grows from the same everyday scenes we publish here for free — short dual-language stories, lessons on what natives actually say, and a phrase dictionary that tells you when (and when not) to use the slang.
Start here — the series entry point
Social Life and Relationships
The Spanish your teacher was too polite to cover.
For everyone who has ever frozen mid-conversation at a bar, fumbled through a date, or had no idea how to tell someone off in Spanish. From meeting people and making plans to ordering drinks, nightlife, dating, sex, and the fine art of arguing and swearing — the real social Spanish that textbooks pretend does not exist.
Learn how to flirt without sounding ridiculous, break up without Google Translate, and swear with the fluency of a local.
Inside the book
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Interactive lessons built from these chapters — free while we grow.