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“I love you”, “Te quiero” in Spanish. Jaime Sabines poetry. Posted by on Oct 7, 2011

La poesía es el lenguaje del amor, y tiene una maravillosa voz en Jaime Sabines. Nacido en 1926 en Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Sabines comenzó a escribir poesía a edad muy temprana. Se trasladó a Ciudad de México a estudiar medicina para complacer a su padre, pero afortunadamente se decantó por la literatura. En su trabajo…

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Vocabulary test: answers Posted by on Oct 6, 2011

Hey, there! Here are the answers to this week’s vocabulary test. 1. A uno que no le gusta gastar dinero, prefiriéndolo ganar y guardar, se le llama amarrete / mendrugo. 2. A quien le gusta decir muchas palabrotas, se le llama deslenguado. 3. Cuando uno no tiene habilidad para una cosa, se dice que es…

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Spanish Lesson Beginner 23 Leisure activities and frequency expressions in Spanish Posted by on Oct 5, 2011

¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Today, we are going to see some common leisure activities in Spanish and how to say when and how often we do them. First let’s see some useful leisure activity verbs: • Ver la televisión: To watch TV • Leer el periódico: To read the newspaper • Leer un libro: To read…

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Vocabulary test: adjectives to describe people Posted by on Oct 4, 2011

Hi, there! Instead of giving you a boring list of adjetives to describe people, I decided to prepare a little test for you. I will give you a sentence and you will have to choose an adjective from the list below that corresponds to that definition. Remember to make good use of your dictionary, take…

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