Learning Spanish Online: Bueno, Entonces... the Facebook Version

Farts and pick-up lines are hardly the stuff of most formal Spanish classes, but no matter how proper you are, bodily functions and informal social interactions are bound to come up at some point. Why not learn how to handle them--or at least how to understand what others are saying about them? Learning this sort of vocabulary and grammar is also a great way to avoid making social gaffes; if you know how to say the word fart in Spanish, you're much less likely to use it, in all innocence, by mistake.

(Hint: The Spanish verb pedir is irregular. But if you conjugate it as if it were a regular verb, you're talking about farts.)

The folks at Bueno, Entonces... themselves note that the subject matter on their Facebook page isn't always for the easily offended, and any Bueno, Entonces... review would be remiss in not pointing out the same thing. But this program's subject matter isn't all about body parts and bodily functions, and it relies on humor at least as heavily as the shock factor to catch your attention. The bulk of the material they publish on their Facebook page is encapsulated in short, to-the-point lessons focusing on a core concept or learning challenge. For example, in this lesson they use humor to help you master reflexive verbs. It's the combination of humor, irreverence and useful lessons that hold your attention, all delivered in quick, bite-size format through Facebook.

These quick lessons won't turn you into a fluent speaker if you're starting from scratch--in fact they might be a little bit confusing if you don't have at least a basic foundation in Spanish vocabulary and grammar. But if you've already started your language learning journey, just think of the Bueno, Entonces page updates as supplemental lessons. They're both entertaining and useful because they teach you how to handle real-world situations and topics. Although Bueno, Entonces... focuses primarily on South American Spanish in their Facebook lessons, they occasionally provide context from other Spanish-speaking regions as well.