Archive by Author
Informal adjectives in Spanish Posted by Adir on Aug 17, 2012
Hello, there! Here’s the answer to Monday’s vocabulary exercise. ADJETIVO SUSTANTIVO ADJETIVO SUSTANTIVO vanidoso vanidad ancho anchura amoroso amor intolerante intolerancia inteligente inteligencia duro dureza educado educación rápido rapidez oscuro oscuridad dulce dulzura lento lentitud sonoro sonoridad blanco blancura egoísta egoísmo alto altura amigo amistad débil debilidad rico riqueza malo maldad pobre pobreza bueno…
Vocabulary review exercise: adjectives and nouns Posted by Adir on Aug 13, 2012
¡Hola! I wrote a workbook to accompany our live Spanish classes and a very popular exercise is the word formation exercise with adjectives and nouns en español. I like it so much that I decided to share it with you, my dear reader of the Spanish blog. Why don’t you try doing the exercise and…
Expressions: ¡Más te vale! ¡Que te conste! Posted by Adir on Aug 10, 2012
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás? Today is Friday and let’s learn two very useful expressions in spoken Spanish: ¡Más te vale! and ¡Que te conste! ¡Más te vale! means something like “You’d better do that!”, like in a threat. Here are some examples: A: Pedrito, ¡ve a arreglar tu habitación! [Pedrito, go clean up your room!] B…
Verbs + preposition “a” (I) Posted by Adir on Aug 8, 2012
Many verbs in Spanish are followed by the preposition “a” and are followed by an infinitive. Here is a list of them with an example. acercarse a – to approach. El hombre se me acercó a pedirme un cigarrillo. [The man approached me to ask for a cigarette.] acertar a – to happen. Acertó a…
Let’s move! Posted by Adir on Aug 6, 2012
Moving is not always easy and sometimes it’s really necessary. Read the following dialogue between friends Helena and Silvia, who run into each other at the supermarket. Silvia is going to move and is super excited about it! Some words and expressions are translated and explained with more examples too, ok? Helena: Me he enterado…
Song + grammar = Aguacero (by Maía) Posted by Adir on Aug 2, 2012
We had Maía earlier this year on the Spanish blog with the song Ingenuidad and here she is again. I particularly love her song El Aguacero (The downpour) and it caught my attention because she uses two distinc forms of the future tense. Here are the lyrics to the song and the future tense forms…
Short story: The Wonderful Reel Posted by Adir on Jul 31, 2012
Hi, everybody! Today is July 31st so let’s welcome August with a very interesting short story, it’s called La Bobina Maravillosa (The Wonderful Reel). It talks about how we want things to happen fast in our lives and also how we may miss out on great things by not paying attention to details. Some words…