Archive for December, 2021
Spanish Suffixes: Another Meeting Point for English and Spanish (Part 1) Posted by Anais on Dec 29, 2021
Another special kind of particles shared by English and Spanish are suffixes, used to build new words by being placed at the end of the stem of nouns, adjectives, verbs or adverbs. These affixes work in one of two ways: either by conferring gramatical information to that word with an inflectional suffix—like when adding…
English Spanish Parallel Texts – Buying clothes in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 28, 2021
Practice discussing buying clothes in Spanish with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.
Prefixes: Where Spanish and English Go Hand in Hand (Part 3) Posted by Anais on Dec 23, 2021
Welcome to part 3 of my blog dedicated to the most common prefixes in Spanish and English. This will be the last part dedicated to these affixes, as the next one will focus on the other type of particles that share traits in English and in Spanish: the suffixes. For now, let’s say goodbye to…
Top Spanish Blog Posts of 2021 Posted by sasha on Dec 22, 2021
¿A dónde va el tiempo? (Where does the time go?) It’s hard to believe that the year is almost finished. The old phrase “el tiempo vuela” (time flies) is appropriate as we prepare to ring in the New Year. Before we pop the champagne, we like to look back on the past year and see…
English Spanish Parallel Texts – Clothing in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 21, 2021
Practice discussing clothing in Spanish with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.
English Spanish Parallel Texts – Buying food in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 14, 2021
Practice buying food in Spanish with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.
Most Popular Spanish Songs of 2021 Posted by sasha on Dec 8, 2021
It’s hard to believe, but another year is winding down. ¡El tiempo vuela! (Time flies!). I hope all of our readers had a great year. My year was pretty amazing, mostly because of the return of música en vivo (live music). Fui a muchos conciertos y festivales de música este año (I went to many…