Archive for February, 2012
Mexico Videos – Part One Posted by sasha on Feb 21, 2012
Here’s an introductory video to give you a feel for all of the places we visited in one wild week of traveling around the Riviera Maya and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Stay tuned for more detailed videos about some of the more interesting stops, including the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza, Ek Balam, and…
Learn Spanish in ten years Posted by Adir on Feb 20, 2012
My business partner Alessandro Brandão, from Montes Claros, MG (Brazil), wrote this awesome post about how nowadays we want to hurry into learning things and don’t respect the proper timing to do so. Alessandro is an IT consultant and has developed online learning systems and things of the sort. In this post he writes about…
¡Viva México! Posted by sasha on Feb 17, 2012
Hola amigos! Mi nombre es Sasha. Soy Americano. Hablo un poco Español. Alright, I’ll admit it, my Spanish is quite awful. Unfortunately, the one year of Spanish that I studied way back in middle school is a distant memory. For some reason, I decided to study Latin in high school – a great choice if…
At the doctor’s office, en español Posted by Adir on Feb 17, 2012
We all get sick sometime and suppose you come down with something in a Spanish-speaking country? How are you going to deal with it? Well, here we have some very useful sentences for you to use if, God forbid, you get sick abroad. ¿Cuál es el problema? – What’s the matter? ¿Hace cuánto tiempo se…
Nationalities in Spanish Posted by Adir on Feb 16, 2012
Knowing how to say where you’re from in a foreign language is very important, and so is understanding where someone is from. In this post we’ll learn some common countries or regions and nationalities in Spanish. África – africano(a) Alemania – alemán, alemana Argentina – argentino(a) Australia – australiano(a) Austria – austríaco(a) Bélgica – belga…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 29 Expresiones con la palabra “leche” Posted by Laura & Adam on Feb 15, 2012
In this advanced level Spanish lesson we will look at lots of very commonly used Spanish expressions which all feature the word “leche”, such as “a toda leche”, “ser la leche”, and “de mala leche”. Hola ¿Qué tal os va todo? Estoy segura de que todos conocéis la palabra “leche” en español. Poy vamos a…
El origen de San Valentín Posted by Magda on Feb 15, 2012
Dicen que este es el mes del amor, por aquello de que el 14 de Febrero es San Valentín. No creo demasiado en una fiesta que pone fecha de celebración al sentimiento entre dos personas, y que como tantas otras se centra en el consumismo, pero eso es una opinión personal. Sin embargo, me encanta…