Archive for August, 2011
Vocabulary: Kitchen furniture and objects Posted by Adir on Aug 9, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Cómo les va todo? Today let’s learn some useful vocabulary: kitchen furniture and objects! Shall we go for it? cupboard – armario / aparador mug – jarrita / tarro (México) Mamá, ¿dónde están las jarritas? – Están el en armario. Mom, where are the mugs? – They’re in the cupboard. spoon – cuchara fork…
¿Bailamos? El tango argentino (I) Posted by Magda on Aug 5, 2011
Pensando en el baile más pasional del mundo, hay un nombre que viene a mi cabeza: el tango. Definido como “una historia de amor- de tres minutos”, esta mezcla de danza, música, letra y poesía surgió a mediados del siglo XIX en Argentina. Argentina era un crisol de culturas por aquellos días, donde la polca…
Talking about the (heavy) traffic in Spanish Posted by Adir on Aug 4, 2011
Ah, the traffic! We’ve all had a bad time during rush hour and today we’re going to learn how to speak about this en español, ¿de acuerdo? So first check out this little dialog between two friends stuck in traffic. A: Odio conducir cuando el tránsito está congestionado. (I hate driving in such heavy traffic.)…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 20 To need, to want, to prefer Posted by Laura & Adam on Aug 3, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? I hope very much that you are enjoying my Spanish video lessons and are starting to feel more confident with your Spanish. We are now up to lesson 20 in the beginner course and you have learned a great deal of the basics. Today we will look at three new, very useful…