Spanish - Common Mistakes

Front 1

Forgetting to make the "cientos" portion of numbers feminine when required.

Back 1

Masculine nouns:

cuatrocientos treinta y dos

Feminine nouns:

cuatrocientas treinta y dos

Front 2

Using "un" or "una" when stating someone's occupation

Back 2

Doesn't need to be used in Spanish.

Incorrect: Soy un doctor

Correct: Soy doctor

Front 3

Using possessive adjectives when referring to body parts and articles of clothing

Back 3

"el" or "la" is used when it's obvious who it belongs to

Incorrect: El hombre se puso su camisa

Correct: El hombre se puso la camisa

Front 4

Wrongly using days of the week

Back 4

Days of the week are usually used with the definite article and it isn't necessary to say that something happens "on" a certain day

Incorrect: Trabajo en los lunes

Correct: Trabajo los lunes

Front 5

Avoiding double negatives

Back 5

Double negatives are fine

ex., No dijo nada.