Archive for March, 2022
Song: El Niágara En Bicicleta (+ Vocabulary) Posted by Anais on Mar 30, 2022
Today’s blog post is a listening practice. Sing along this song written and performed by the Dominican cantautor (singer-songwriter) Juan Luís Guerra. If you read my post on the of rhythms Latin America, you will recognize that this song belongs in the music genre merengue. This canción (song) is very popular in the Spanish-Speaking world…
English Spanish Parallel Texts – Reflexive Verbs (Part 2) Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 29, 2022
Practice more using Spanish Reflexive Verbs with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.
Instrucciones para llorar (Reading and Listening Practice + Vocabulary) Posted by Anais on Mar 28, 2022
To help you keep practicing your Spanish reading and listening skills, this week I introduce Instrucciones para llorar (Instructions on How to Cry) written by the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar. Instrucciones para llorar Dejando de lado los motivos, atengámonos a la manera correcta de llorar, entendiendo por esto un llanto que no ingrese en…
English Spanish Parallel Texts – Reflexive Verbs (Part 1) Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 22, 2022
Practice using Spanish Reflexive Verbs 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 – Numbers from 1000 Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 15, 2022
Practice using numbers from 1000 in Spanish with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.
Frida Kahlo: Later Years Posted by sasha on Mar 9, 2022
Yesterday was el Día Internacional de la Mujer (International Women’s Day), so now seems like a good time to continue my series on one of the biggest female icons from Latin America. In case you missed them, here are the previous posts about Frida Kahlo: A Mexican Icon, Famous Works and Quotes, and Frida and…
English Spanish Parallel Texts – Adverbs of frequency Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 8, 2022
Practice using adverbs of frequency in Spanish with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.