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Masculine or feminine? Posted by Adir on Jul 4, 2012
Words ending in -o are usually masculine and words ending in -a are usually feminine in Spanish, but, as you may have noticed, there are exceptions. So, how do we know when a word is masculine or feminine? So here are some tips. Words that are usually masculine ending in -o: cariño [caress], libro [book]…
Review: Ser or Estar? (the answers) Posted by Adir on Jul 2, 2012
Hey! Here are the answers to last week’s test on the use of ser or estar! 1. (Es / Está) una pena que no vengas con nosotros. lo pasarías estupendamente. 2. Estas no (son / están) horas de llegar a casa. 3. El mueble que me (eres / estás) haciendo (es / está) de madera…
Review: Ser or Estar? Posted by Adir on Jun 19, 2012
Ser and estar both mean “to be” and sometimes it’s not very easy to know when to use or the other. So here’s a little exercise for you: choose the correct verb, ser or estar, in the sentences below. The translation will help you and the answers will come later this week, ok? Let’s go…
Humor in basic Spanish: Mala Intención Posted by Adir on Jun 18, 2012
Hey, how’s it going? Let’s kick off our week with a very interesting story by Pedrito, a very smart boy. Pedrito era muy mal estudiante. Estaba siempre jugando y estudiaba poquísimo. Cuando llegó el momento de examinarse Pedrito no contestó nada. Naturalmente, no pasó en el examen y tuvo que repetir el curso. Al año…
Song: Valió la pena (by Marc Anthony) Posted by Adir on Jun 15, 2012
TGIF, right? Oh yeah, so let’s wrap up this week with some salsa by Marc Anthony! Here’s a little bio from Wikipedia: Marco Antonio Muñiz (born September 16, 1968), known professionally by his stage name Marc Anthony, is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time…
More idioms in Spanish! Posted by Adir on Jun 13, 2012
Hey, everybody! Let’s learn some cool Spanish idioms and expressions today, shall we? 1. carta blanca – full authority, blank check. Tienen carta blanca para tomar las decisiones que encuentres correctas. [You have full authority to make the decisions you think are correct.] Quisiera que me dieras carta blanca para hacer lo que se me…
Proverbs in Spanish: the comeback! Posted by Adir on Jun 10, 2012
Hi, there! Back in 2008 I wrote a little post with some Spanish proverbs and sayings and today I’m going to give you some more common wisdom sentences so you can show off your Spanish a little bit more! We don’t usually blurt out sayings and proverbs so here are some sentences to introduce your…