Monica Barnkow

Monica Barnkow

Monica Barnkow is a Spanish language instructor at Berges Institute.

The use of vos in Spanish (voseo)

In the Spanish-speaking...

A tense of wonder: The Spanish future tense

No matter how conscientiously we plan our day, our week, our life, the only certain thing about the...

Lo

All you need is lo! As we get ready to wrap up what has been a most...

All that glitters is not gold: False cognates

October of 2000 was a memorable month for New York City baseball fans. The Yankees and the Mets squared...

Reading in Spanish

There are four main indicators through which we judge our understanding of a language in the most...

Study tips

As a Spanish instructor, one of the questions my students more frequently ask is how long it takes...

The second person

Do you have a minute? I want to share a piece with you about the second person. If I were to...

The "personal A"

The “personal a” is sure one of those areas most students of Spanish struggle with. It is not...