Spanish Tip of the month. Nieva, nueva, nueve?

Tip of the month. ¿nieve, nieva, nueve, nueva?.

Some Spanish words, having in common consonants "n" and "v", are not easy to distinguish. These words are "nieve", "nieva", "nueve", "nuevo" and "nueva".

Nieve and nieva:
(la) nieve = snow
nieva (verb) = It is snowing

Nuevo and nueva:
nuevo (adjective, masculine) = new
nueva (adjective, femenine) = new

Nueve:
nueve = nine

Listen to these words, memorize and use them in different sentences. This will be a good exercise to learn how and when to use them.

	Angeles Fernandez BellaOnline's Spanish Language Editor