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Review: Dichos y refranes populares Posted by Adir on May 11, 2012
Spanish is full of dichos and refranes populares. Here are some of them: “El que con lobos anda aullar se enseña.” “Al mal tiempo buena cara.” “Siempre quiebra la soga por lo más delgado.” “A buen sueño no hay mala cama.” “Al que a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra no cobija.” “Querer es poder.”…
La apócope Posted by Adir on May 8, 2012
Three years ago I wrote about la apócope in Spanish and today I’m going to review some rules and give you more examples. La apócope is when the last word or syllable of a word is lost, due to phonetic reasons. In Spanish the following words are apocopadas (shortened): 1 – Some words that come…
How to use the verb “pegar” in Spanish Posted by Adir on May 7, 2012
¡Buenos días! ¿Cómo están Uds. hoy? Today we are going to learn the several uses of the verb pegar. Pegar is a very common and useful verb in Spanish so let’s get down to work! Here are some useful collocations and uses of pegar: The first idea that comes to mind when we talk about…
Vocabulary differences in Latin American Spanish Posted by Adir on May 4, 2012
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás? Latin American Spanish is a little different from the Spanish spoken in Spain and one of these differences happens in the verb coger. In Spain it means to take, to get, to fetch. In Latin American it is a very vulgar way to say “to have sex” (got my drift, right?). So…
How to use the verbs “haber” and “tener” Posted by Adir on May 3, 2012
The verbs haber and tener are used to express necessity or obligation. Haber – We use hay que to express necessity and we can replace it with es necesario (it’s necessary). Hay que estudiar mucho para aprender bien el español. [You need to study a lot to learn Spanish well.] Hay que cambiar la ventana…
Traveling in Spanish – Useful Sentences Before You Go Posted by Adir on Apr 17, 2012
¡Hola! ¿Cómo te va todo? I don’t know about you, but I love traveling and talking about it, preparing your itinerary is awesome too. So today we’re going to learn some cool and useful sentences to talk about your trips, before you go! ¿Empezamos? Me voy de viaje a … el mes que viene. [I’m…
Un chistecito para ustedes (A little joke for you!) Posted by Adir on Apr 16, 2012
Hey, there! Let’s start our week with some humor un Spanish. This time I won’t translate the joke. Would you be able to translate it? Click here to download the audio Un joven reportero decide hacer una entrevista al hombre con la mejor memoria del mundo. Llega a un pequeño pueblo en las montañas, donde…