Archive for October, 2011
Song: No Me Dejes de Querer, by Gloria Estefan Posted by Adir on Oct 21, 2011
Everybody loves Gloria Estefan, and although she has released a new single called Wepa I’d like to go back in time a few years and offer you this great song from her 2000 album Alma Caribeña (Caribbean Soul). Gloria is known as “the Queen of Latin Pop” and has sold over 100 million albums worldwide…
¿Cuándo acentuamos los monosílabos? Posted by Magda on Oct 20, 2011
El tema de hoy parece sencillo pero no lo es tanto. ¿Se deben acentuar los monosílabos? Empecemos con la regla general: los monosílabos tónicos, es decir, aquellas palabras de una sola sílaba con acento de intensidad, no llevan tilde. Leonardo Gómez Torrego en su Gramática didáctica del español nos da los siguientes ejemplos: sal, mar…
Advanced Spanish Lesson 23 Expresiones de probabilidad Posted by Laura & Adam on Oct 19, 2011
In this advanced level Spanish video lesson we will look at Spanish expressions of probability, the minor differences between them and whether the verb needs to be in its indicative or subjunctive form. ¡Hola a todos! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a ver con detalle las diferentes expresiones de probabilidad. Son expresiones que seguro que conocéis…
Keep in shape, en español Posted by Adir on Oct 17, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Cómo les va todo? We all know how good exercising is for our health so today’s post has a small dialogue between two guys who bump into each other. One leads a healthy lifestyle and the other one not so much, check it out. Juan: ¡Hombre, tú sí que estás en forma! (Man, you’re…
Heavenly expressions in Spanish Posted by Adir on Oct 13, 2011
Hi, everybody! Let’s take a look at some “heavenly” expressions that are used in Spanish. Como Dios me dio a entender – Following my intuition – No tenía ni idea de como montar una tienda de campaña, así que lo hice como Dios me dio a entender. (I had no idea how to set up…
Intermediate Spanish Lesson 23 How to choose the Spanish Indicative or Subjunctive when expressing opinion Posted by Laura & Adam on Oct 12, 2011
Hola ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver cómo elegir si usar el indicativo o subjuntivo cuando expresamos nuestra opinión. Today we are going to see how to make the correct choice between the Spanish Indicative and the Spanish Subjunctive when expressing opinion. Stating facts + indicativo: • Es seguro que: It’s sure that • Es…
Perífrasis verbal: liarse a + infinitivo Posted by Adir on Oct 10, 2011
Hi, everybody! Espero que estén todos bien. Today let’s take a look at the verb phrase liarse a followed by the infinitive in Spanish. This phrase expresses the beginning of an action where its timespan is not clearly perceived, because you basically do something and lose track of time. People usually use this perífrasis to…