Archive for November, 2010
Answers of Verbs with Two Objects Exercises Posted by Adir on Nov 19, 2010
Hola, aquí están las respuestas para el ejercicio propuesto en el último post sobre los verbos con dos complementos. 1. Ella se lo dio. 2. Te lo hemos comprado. 3. La maestra se lo explicó. 4. El cartero nos la trajo. 5. El abuelo se los dio. 6. Su madre se lo compró. 7. Ella se…
Basic grammar: Verbs with Two Objects Posted by Adir on Nov 18, 2010
Some verbs in Spanish can have both direct and indirect objects. Remember that indirect objects always have a preposition. The direct objects are in red, the indirect ones in blue. Él escribió una carta para mí. – He wrote a letter to me. When you want to trim the sentence down and say “He wrote…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 8 Places in town and directions in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 17, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Today we will see how to ask and give directions in Spanish, some Spanish vocabulary of typical buildings found in a town or city and how to locate them. This is obviously vital information to know for when you visit Spain and find yourself a little lost. Let´s start with how to…
La historia de la “Ñ” Posted by Magda on Nov 16, 2010
¿Te imaginas que no pudieses llamar a un niño? ¿O no sentir morriña del lugar donde naciste? ¿No celebrar una fiesta de cumpleaños? ¿Ser incapaz de soñar? O peor aún, ¿no poder hablar español? Porque todo eso ocurriría si la letra Ñ no existiese en nuestro alfabeto. La ñ, letra característica del español, es la…
Series tip: Mujeres Asesinas Posted by Adir on Nov 15, 2010
Mujeres Asesinas is an Argentinean psychological thriller and drama in which at the beginning of each episode a woman commits suicide. These women were killers and Doctor Sofía Capellán and her team of experts try to solve the murders these women perpetrated, which were cause by revenge, resentment, rage, hate, despair, fear, anger and also…
The Food Pyramid, en español Posted by Adir on Nov 11, 2010
Yeah, we are in the age of eating healthy food, lots of people are obese and, as I’m very concerned about you, this post will be about the food pyramid. So let’s start with the first group of foods, el grupo de pan, arroz y pastas, which you can eat 6 to 11 portions a…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 7 Pronombres de objeto directo e indirecto Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 10, 2010
Advanced level Spanish video lesson analysing interesting, lesser known grammar rules related to the use of direct and indirect object pronouns ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal estáis todos? Hoy vamos a hablar de los complementos de Objeto directo e indirecto. Seguro que ya los conocéis y los usáis, pero existen algunas reglas que quizá nunca hayáis oído…