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From Expat Daily, read by 1,700+ expats across Spain and Portugal
Your life in Spain, turned into Spanish lessons.
Tell it about your week. An AI tutor turns it into a short lesson every weekday, corrects what you write back, and remembers it.
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Free for 7 days, then €15 a month. Your first lesson arrives right after you sign up. Cancel in one tap.
“Couldn’t I just do this with ChatGPT?”
Not really. With Cuéntame you never start from an empty box.
You could ask a chat app for a lesson. Then you would have to ask again tomorrow, remember what you told it, and decide what to learn next. That is the part Cuéntame does for you.
It comes to you.A chat app waits for you to open it and think of a question. Your lesson arrives every weekday morning, already written.
It keeps the thread.It knows your level, your week and your appointments, and starts from your last lesson, never from an empty box.
It follows your mistakes.The grammar you got wrong yesterday is today’s lesson, and the words you met come back in later stories.
Lessons about your own week.
Tell it about your life once. Every weekday morning, a short story about it, at your level.
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Your partner, your kids' school, the dog you just adopted, the job that starts Monday: the story is built from what you tell it. Each lesson also has today's grammar point, explained for an English speaker, new words and a few questions.
Write back, by email or in the app, like you would text a person. Your Spanish comes back corrected, and the next story remembers what you said. "Too easy" or "more past tense" changes the next lesson.
El domingo en Ruzafa
Hoy es domingo y en Valencia el sol brilla sin nubes. Esta mañana voy a correr por el cauce del río Turia, como cada domingo desde que vivo en Ruzafa. El aire todavía está fresco y el parque está lleno de gente que corre, pasea o monta en bici.
Después, Sam y yo vamos a ir al mercado del barrio a comprar fruta para la semana.
"¿Vamos a probar los caquis?", pregunta Sam delante de un puesto lleno de fruta naranja.
"Vale, pero no sé si están maduros", respondo.
La mujer del puesto nos enseña a pelar uno y a reconocer cuándo está listo para comer. Compramos seis y también pan para el desayuno.
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Practise the appointment before the day.
Tell your tutor what is coming up, and your lessons rehearse it. Or start now with twelve ready-made situations.
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Got the town hall on Thursday? Say so at signup or in any reply, and your lessons rehearse it: the words you will hear, the questions they will ask, the answers to have ready.
Real life has twelve situations every newcomer meets, ready to read at A1, A2 or B1: the town hall, the foreigner's card, the health centre, the pharmacy, the bank, the landlord, your child's school, a parents' evening, electricity or internet, a gestor, a fine you want to dispute, a delivery that went wrong.
Have these ready
Quería empadronarme en mi nueva dirección.I wanted to register at my new address.
¿Me dice su nombre completo?Can you tell me your full name?
¿Me lo deletrea, por favor?Can you spell that for me, please?
These teach the Spanish, never the paperwork.
Mi nueva dirección
Llegué al ayuntamiento un poco antes de la hora de la cita que pedí por internet. Había bastante gente, así que esperé mi turno en una silla. Por fin, una funcionaria me llamó a la ventanilla.
"Buenos días, dígame."
"Buenos días. Quería empadronarme en mi nueva dirección, si es posible."
"Claro, sin problema. ¿Me dice su nombre completo?"
"Alex Rivas."
"¿Me lo deletrea, por favor? Así no me equivoco."
"Sí, claro. A, ele, e, equis. Erre, i, uve, a, ese."
"Perfecto. ¿Y la dirección nueva?"
"Calle Mayor, número doce, tercero izquierda."
Also included
Something good to read between lessons.
The history of Spain in 100 parts, from Altamira to 1978, and eight classics every Spaniard knows. Each part at A1, A2 and B1. Tap a cover, then a level, then any word.
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The history of Spain in five seasons and 100 parts, from Altamira to the Constitution. And eight classics: Don Quijote, Lazarillo, the Cid, Bécquer's ghosts, Don Juan Tenorio, El conde Lucanor, the folk tales and the fables.
Read a part at the level you have, and move up when you are ready: it is the same story, richer. Each part tells you why every Spaniard knows it, and where to go and see it. Stuck on a word? Tap it for its meaning, its dictionary form and every form of the verb.
tap a cover, then a level
La playa y el muelle
Imagina una playa en una isla del Caribe, el 12 de octubre de 1492. Unos hombres miran los barcos desde la arena. Son los taínos. En los barcos, los marineros miran la playa. Nadie sabe qué piensa el otro.
El jefe de los barcos es Colón. Cree que llega a Asia. Por eso llama «indios» a los taínos, y los europeos llaman a estas tierras «las Indias». Colón hace cuatro viajes: en 1492, 1493, 1498 y 1502.
El segundo viaje, en 1493, tiene 17 barcos y más de mil hombres. En La Española, hoy República Dominicana y Haití, los españoles obligan a los taínos a trabajar y a dar oro. Las enfermedades de Europa matan a muchos. La población baja muy deprisa. Los números exactos no están claros.
En 1494 España y Portugal firman el Tratado de Tordesillas: una línea divide las tierras nuevas.
En 1503 se crea en Sevilla la Casa de Contratación, para controlar el comercio con las Indias. En el muelle hay barcos, gente, noticias y mercancías.
Made by one person, who learns Spanish with it.
I'm Milan. I publish Expat Daily, the news email read by 1,700+ expats across Spain and Portugal. After years here my Spanish was still restaurant-level, so I built the tutor I wanted. I learn with it three mornings a week.
Everything you tell it is used for one thing: writing your lessons. You can read all of it on your settings page and delete any of it, any time.
Milanfounder of Expat Daily and Cuéntame
One price. Everything in it.
€15 a month
or €150 a year, two months free.
First 7 days free, nothing charged until day 8.
- A lesson about your life every weekday morning. Fewer days or every day, if you like: same price.
- An AI tutor who answers every reply and corrects your Spanish.
- Your lessons rehearse what is coming up in your week.
- Real life: twelve situations every newcomer meets, ready to practise.
- The library: eight classics and the history of Spain, at three levels.
- Tap any word: its meaning and every form of the verb.
- Cancel any time, one button. Cancel in the 7 days and you pay nothing.
Questions
Is this AI?
Yes. An AI writes every lesson and every answer. I built it and I run it. The difference from a chat app: you never start from an empty box. It comes to you every weekday, already knowing your level, your week, the mistakes you keep making and what you want to practise next.
It remembers everything you tell it, and you steer it: reply "too easy", "more dialogue" or "past tense this week", and the next lessons follow.
What level do I need?
Any, from your first week in Spain to advanced. Under every lesson you can tap "too easy" or "too hard", or just tell your tutor what you think in a reply, and the next lesson adjusts. Within a few lessons it sits at your level.
Can it help me with a real appointment?
Yes, two ways. Tell your tutor what is coming up, at signup or in any reply, and your lessons practise it before the day. And Real life has twelve situations ready to read now, from the town hall to the pharmacy.
Both teach the Spanish, never the paperwork: for fees, documents and deadlines, ask the office.
How do I reply?
Reply to the email like any other, or write under the lesson in your browser. In English or Spanish, typed or dictated. Text only, no photos.
Why do you want my card first?
Every lesson costs real money to write, and a card keeps the price at €15 for the people who stay. Nothing is charged until day 8, and we show you the exact date when you sign up.
How do I cancel?
One button on your settings page, and every lesson links to it. Cancel in the first 7 days and you pay nothing.
Only Spanish?
For now, yes: Spanish, explained in English, for people living in Spain. Want another language? Tell us which one. The one asked for most is the one we build next.