Archive for February, 2011
Spanish Lesson Beginner 12 Describing Personality and Feelings Posted by Laura & Adam on Feb 10, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Today we are going to continue looking at how to make descriptions in Spanish and specifically how to describe personality and feelings. To describe how someone feels, if they are happy, sad, angry, etc, we use the verb “Estar” (to be). We have already looked at the verb “Ser” which is another…
Let’s talk about clothes! Posted by Adir on Feb 8, 2011
All right, people, our post today will be talking about clothes. More specifically let’s learn some vocabulary related to the materials clothes are made of. Clothes can be made of … algodón (cotton) … broderie (English embroidery) … corderoy/pana (corduroy) … cuero (leather) … encaje, puntillas (lace) … gamuza/ante (suede) … lino (linen) … lana…
Vídeo: The Alphabet Posted by Adir on Feb 7, 2011
I just found this cute little video with an alphabet song (very Latin!) and it doesn’t hurt to do some reviewing of basics, does it? It’s a pretty fast song so try to keep up with the rhythm. A detail: the Royal Spanish Academy does not recognize ch and ll as separate letters but those…
Everyday Spanish – Final Part Posted by Adir on Feb 5, 2011
Hi there! How’s it going? Today’s the last part of our cool everyday Spanish expressions! I hope you’ve learned a lot and remember to review them whenever you can, ¿vale? Misión cumplida. – Mission accomplished. Mucho ruído y pocas nueces. – All talk and no action. No es nada del otro mundo. – That’s no…
¡No me des gato por liebre! Posted by Magda on Feb 4, 2011
Hoy vamos a seguir recordando algunas de esas oraciones coloquiales tan usadas en nuestra lengua, e indagar su origen en la medida de lo posible. Ya que tengo debilidad por los felinos, vamos a empezar con ellos. Dar gato por liebre Aunque hoy día lo usamos en una gran variedad de situaciones en las que…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 11 Qué puedes comunicar con “Aunque” Posted by Laura & Adam on Feb 3, 2011
¡Hola a todos! ¿Qué tal os va? Hoy vamos a practicar cómo usar correctamente el adverbio “Aunque”. Dependiendo de la forma verbal que usamos detrás de “Aunque”, la información que damos tiene un matiz diferente. Vamos a ver las diferentes opciones: Aunque + indicativo (Aunque vienes, viniste, venías, etc…) Aunque + Presente de Subjuntivo (Aunque…
Means of Transportation in Spanish Posted by Adir on Feb 1, 2011
Hey, there! ¿Cómo les va todo? Let’s review some means of transportation en español, shall we? The preposition used with most means of transportation in Spanish is en and there is also some cases with the preposition a. Let’s check them out! el avión – plane en avión – by plane la bicicleta, la bici…