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How to say “I was going to do it” in Spanish Posted by Adir on Jun 7, 2013
¡Hola! ¿Cómo te va todo? Espero que estés bien. Let’s finish the week with a very useful verb form in Spanish: I was going to do something. We use the imperfecto of verb ir (iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, íban, íban) + a + the infinitive of the main verb. Learning tip: try making some sentences…
Spanish Diminutives Posted by Adir on Jun 5, 2013
Today is Wednesday and we are going to learn how to make the diminutives in Spanish. The diminutives are not only used to show the size of something, but also to indicate affection. Let’s start by taking a look at six groups of words. Pay attention to their suffix. Group 01 = Isabelita – Angelito…
06 Idioms with Preposition “Por” Posted by Adir on Jun 3, 2013
Hello, there! ¿Cómo están? Let’s kick June off with eight very interesting and useful idioms using the preposition “por”. ¿Están listos? 01. andarse por las ramas = to beat around the bush No te andes por las ramas y danos tu decisión final. Stop beating around the bush and give us your final decision. Quisiera…
How to study Spanish effectively Posted by Adir on May 22, 2013
Even though we have the Spanish language in the title of this post it is mostly for any language or any activity you would like to do. We all know how distracting it may be when we study with our computer by our side, especially when we are using a software or doing exercises on…
Spanish vocabulary: At the supermarket Posted by Adir on May 20, 2013
Hello, there! A couple of weeks ago I talked about using the foreign language you’re learning in real situations, like going to a store and buying something, right? So today I’m going to share some very useful words for when you go to a restaurant in a Spanish speaking country. Are you ready? Remember to…
Syllable division in Spanish Posted by Adir on May 15, 2013
In Spanish syllables are made up of one (or more consonants) and a vowel: libro = li-bro suelo = sue-lo mucho = mu-cho There are some small rules to divide syllables in Spanish: 01. The clusters RR and LL are not separated. tierra = tie-rra corrida = co-rri-da calle = ca-lle olla = o-lla 02…
What would you do if you had $1,000,000? Posted by Adir on May 13, 2013
Hello, there! What would you do if you had $1,000,000? I’m pretty sure you’d go places, buy stuff and things like that, but my question here is to introduce a verb tense called Pretérito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo. Damn, Adir, what on earth is that? Well, answer I, just take a look at some sentences in…