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Language learning success: the story of Victor González Posted by Adir on Feb 28, 2011
Hey, there! How’s it going? Today we have a guest writer here on the blog: Victor González. Victor is a Peruvian friend of mine who lives in São Paulo and he wrote something really cool about his experience with learning Portuguese when he came to Brazil. Victor is a translator and you can check out…
How to have people over in Spanish Posted by Adir on Feb 26, 2011
Hey, there! How’ve you been? We never know when we’re going to have a Spanish-speaking guest in our home so let’s learn some useful expressions. A la llegada de los invitados ¡Hola! – Hi! ¿Encontraste el camino fácilmente? – Did you find the way all right? Qué bueno que viniste. – I’m glad you could…
Talking about movies in Spanish Posted by Adir on Feb 24, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Cómo les va? A todos nos gusta ver películas y hoy les traigo algunas expresiones bien útiles cuando vamos a hablar de cine y películas. ¿Qué tipo de película te gusta? – What kind of movie do you like? No soy aficionado a las películas de horror. – I’m not into horror movies. ¿Ya…
Expresiones de augurios Posted by Adir on Feb 22, 2011
Vamos a aprender algunas expresiones de augurios en español. Las hay de dos tipos: 01. Son siempre precedidas de que + te (informal); que + le o se (formal) Ejemplo: Mañana es mi cumpleaños. (Tomorrow is my birthday.) – ¡Que recibas muchos regalos! (May you get many gifts!) ¡Que … (May you …) (te/se) diviertas…
Song: Quitapenas, de Javier Calamaro Posted by Adir on Feb 20, 2011
Here’s a cool Argentinean singer with a very powerful voice, Javier Calamaro. The song is called Quitapenas (Pain remover) and here are the video and the translated lyrics. Enjoy! Tengo fuego en la cabeza (I have fire in my head) sigo dando vueltas como un trompo (I keep spinning like a top) para quitarme esta…
Quiz: Seasons and the Weather – Answers Posted by Adir on Feb 17, 2011
Hello! Here are the answers to Monday’s quiz about the seasons and weather vocabulary. 1. Tiempo con humedad. – húmedo 2. Con ella viven el rayo y el trueno. – tormenta 3. Gran elevación sobre la tierra. – montaña 4. Cadena de montañas. – sierra 5. Es blanca y cae en copos. – nieve 6…
Quiz: Seasons and the Weather Posted by Adir on Feb 14, 2011
Hello, there! Let’s have a little quiz. Below there are some cues, like in a crossword puzzle, and you’ll have to match those cues to the correct word related to the seasons and the weather, ok? Shall we start? Here are the words you are going to need and the cues. The answer will come…