Archive for May, 2012
Review: Futuro imperfecto – irregular verbs Posted by Adir on May 18, 2012
Hey, there! Let’s review today the futuro imperfecto of some irregular verbs in Spanish. Practice your pronunciation with the audio! Download audio Saber (to know) – sabré, sabrás, sabrá, sabremos, sabréis, sabrán Caber (to fit) – cabré, cabrás, cabrá, cabremos, cabréis, cabrán Poner (to put) – pondré, pondrás, pondrá, pondremos, pondréis, pondrán Tener (to have)…
Llanito, el idioma de Gibraltar Posted by Magda on May 17, 2012
El otro día os dejé un pequeño texto escrito en un idioma muy particular, que algunos rápidamente, y con razón relacionasteis con el Spanglish. Espero que no resultase muy difícil de entender, y traducir. Sin embargo, este idioma tan solo puede escucharse en una pequeña parte de la península Ibérica, Gibraltar, y se conoce como…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 33 El futuro y el condicional para expresar probabilidad Posted by Laura & Adam on May 15, 2012
Advanced level Spanish video lesson explaining how to use the Spanish future and conditional tenses to express probability. Hola ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a ver cómo expresar probabilidad con el tiempo futuro y el tiempo condicional. Como ya hemos visto, hay diferentes formas de expresar probabilidad. Por ejemplo, puedes usar expresiones como “Tal vez” o…
Idioms with the word “polvo” Posted by Adir on May 15, 2012
¡Hola! Polvo is “dust”. You can limpiar or quitar el polvo (to dust something) and there are several idioms with it. Shall we learn some of them? The first idiom is hacer morder el polvo (literally to have someone bite the dust). It means “to defeat someone completely” or “to humiliate someone in a discussion”…
How to pronounce the letter “r” in Spanish Posted by Adir on May 14, 2012
English-speaking students usually have a hard time when they try to pronounce the letter r in Spanish. So our post today will be for you to practice this pronunciation. Here are some rules: 1. If the letter r comes at the beginning of a word it has a trilled sound. The same happens when there…
Ek Balam Video Posted by sasha on May 12, 2012
In a follow up to my written post about the ruins at Ek Balam, here’s a short video tour that takes you through the ancient Mayan city.
The Ruins at Ek’ Balam Posted by sasha on May 12, 2012
After a day of wandering around the cobblestone streets of Valladolid, enjoying the architecture and the crystal clear water of the cenote, we headed out on a day-trip to explore the ruins of Ek’ Balam, another ancient Mayan city. As the ruins are a good 30 km away from the city, we took a collectivo…