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Quiz – ¿Cuántas personas hay? Posted by Adir on Apr 11, 2011
Lo siguiente estaba escrito en un epitafio de una tumba del cementerio de Alencourt, en las cercanías de París. ¿Sabrías decir cuántas personas están enterradas allí? Aquí yace el hijo; aquí yace la madre; aquí yace la hija; aquí yace el padre; aquí yace la hermana; aquí yace el hermano; aquí yacen la esposa y…
Talking about yourself, en español – 02 Posted by Adir on Apr 7, 2011
Let’s review some ways of talking about yourself in Spanish, for a beginner level. ¿Cómo te llamas? (informal) / ¿Cómo se llama usted? (formal) – What’s your name? Me llamo… / Mi nombre es… – My name is … ¿Tienes algún apodo? (informal) / ¿Tiene algún apodo? – Do you have a nickname? A mí…
Humor for girls: Ser flaca Posted by Adir on Apr 5, 2011
I found this very cool text from Argentinean writer Maitena, who writes the Mujeres Alteradas series. She talks about how a lot of women are worried about their ideal weight and how good it would be to be thin, from a very funny point of view. So check it out! ¿Hay algo mejor que ser…
Talking about yourself, en español Posted by Adir on Apr 4, 2011
We’ve talked about prepositions, study tips, and lots of other things here in the blog, so today I’m going to dedicate this lesson to our beginner students. If you’ve never studied Spanish in your life, this is the post for you. You will read about two people introducing themselves and giving personal information. Text 01…
Cool Spanish Idioms Posted by Adir on Mar 29, 2011
Hello, there! Idioms give the flavor to a language so let’s learn some cool Spanish idioms para darle un poco de sabor a tu español. Here you have the idioms in Spanish, their literal translation into English, then its English correspondent. Aprovéchalos. 1. No tiene dos dedos de frente. (He doesn’t have two fingers of…
Humor in Spanish: El Consultor Posted by Adir on Mar 28, 2011
Let’s practice our reading and vocabulary skills with this funny story about a consultant. Un joven bien vestido (well-dressed), con un coche flamante (brand new car) lleno de aparatos (devices) electrónicos, se acerca a un pastor (shepherd) de ovejas y le dice: – Si yo adivino cuántas ovejas tiene, ¿usted me regala una? El pastor…
Uruguayan food: el chivito Posted by Adir on Mar 26, 2011
Hey there! How have you been? I just came back from a trip to Argentina and Uruguay and while I was in a taxi sightseeing in Montevideo I kept seeing places called chiviterías. That got me curious, so I asked the driver what it was and he told me they were places where you could…