Archive for March, 2011
Tools in Spanish Posted by Adir on Mar 7, 2011
Hey, there! Check out this very useful list of tools in Spanish! abrazadera – clamp alicate – pliers arandela – washer azada – hoe azuela – adze banco de trabajo – workbench broca – drill bit caja de herramientas – toolbox cincel – chisel cinta métrica – tape measure clavo – nail destornillador – screwdriver…
Humor en español Posted by Adir on Mar 4, 2011
Hello, there! How have you been? Let’s laugh a little and also learn some Spanish with these really cool (and clean!) jokes in Spanish. 1. Bravucón (braggart) El viejecito, pequeñajo y debilucho, gritaba por teléfono: (The old, small and weak old man was shouting on the telephone) -¡Nunca me pillarán vivo! (You’ll never take me…
¡Adivina adivinanza, otra vez! Posted by Magda on Mar 3, 2011
Both children and grown ups usually enjoy riddles when they are learning a language. I love them myself, as I told you once. It is also a good way of getting a brain workout, and this way we kill two birds with one stone. So in today’s post I’ll give you a few, not too…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 13 Spanish Verbs: Present Tense (Part 1) Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 2, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Today we are going to learn how to describe things that we usually do using regular Spanish verbs. “Verbs” are words which describe actions (to talk, to eat, to dance, etc) and “regular” verbs are those verbs which follow a specific rule or rules without exception. All Spanish verbs in their original…
Las Leyes de Murphy (con humor) Posted by Adir on Mar 1, 2011
Vamos a reírnos (let’s laugh) un poco con esta interpretación bien divertida de las Leyes (laws) de Murphy. Murphy se hizo (became) famoso al reformular la ley de la probabilidad diciendo: “Todo pan con mantequilla (bread with butter) cae al suelo (falls on the floor) siempre con la mantequilla hacia abajo (butter-side down)”. Aquí tienes…