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Latin pop idol: Jesús Navarro Posted by Adir on Oct 22, 2012
A lot of new singers and groups pop up every month in the music industry and in Latin America this is not different. Mexican group Reik was formed in 2003 and has Jesús Navarro as their lead singer, Julio Ramírez Eguía (guitar) y Gilberto “Bibi” Marin (electric guitar). By the way, we had a Reik…
What are “family verbs”? Posted by Adir on Oct 20, 2012
So I don’t know if the term “family verbs” exists, but I used it to show you that there are some verbs in Spanish that change their prefixes and have the same verb root, like tener, volver, decir, venir, traer, formar, and hacer (among others) and make other verbs, related in meaning. So let’s start…
Spanish breakfast! Posted by Adir on Oct 18, 2012
Hey, everybody! I arrived in the US yesterday and I’m staying at a Spanish friend’s house, in Acton, MA. I went out for an American dinner with ribs, fries and sweet-flavored beans (which I sort of liked). Then this morning David told me he was going to make me a real desayuno español. I kept…
How to say “sleep on it” in Spanish Posted by Adir on Oct 14, 2012
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás? I particularly like idioms because they give a special flavor when we speak a language. Some days ago a friend invited me to spend New Year’s Eve at a party in a city nearby and I told him, “I’ll sleep on it”. As it turns out, I started thinking how to say…
How to use the verb “poner” in Spanish Posted by Adir on Oct 13, 2012
The verb poner (to put) is widely used and in today’s post let’s learn its basic meanings. Poner means basically to put, to place something somewhere. ¿Dónde has puesto las llave del coche? – Where have you put the car keys? Todavía no sé dónde voy a poner ese cuadro. – I still don’t know…
Speak English in three words Posted by Adir on Oct 3, 2012
Un tipo que no sabe nada de inglés está preocupado porque pronto viaja a Nueva York y no sabe ni cómo pedir algo para comer. Le cuenta el problema a un compañero de trabajo. – No se preocupe uste’… Lo único que uste’ tiene que hacer es decir bien rapidingo, “Usted, ¿quién es?”, y el…
Song: Peligro, de Reik Posted by Adir on Oct 1, 2012
¡Hola, mi gente! ¿Cómo les va todo? Let’s start October with a very cool video by Mexican band Reik, Peligro! The lyrics are translated and below them you will also find an acoustic version of the song. ¡Aprovéchala! If you’re reading this post in your e-mail, click here to watch the videos. Peligro (Danger) Reik…