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Basic grammar: Verbs with Two Objects Posted by Adir on Nov 18, 2010
Some verbs in Spanish can have both direct and indirect objects. Remember that indirect objects always have a preposition. The direct objects are in red, the indirect ones in blue. Él escribió una carta para mí. – He wrote a letter to me. When you want to trim the sentence down and say “He wrote…
Series tip: Mujeres Asesinas Posted by Adir on Nov 15, 2010
Mujeres Asesinas is an Argentinean psychological thriller and drama in which at the beginning of each episode a woman commits suicide. These women were killers and Doctor Sofía Capellán and her team of experts try to solve the murders these women perpetrated, which were cause by revenge, resentment, rage, hate, despair, fear, anger and also…
The Food Pyramid, en español Posted by Adir on Nov 11, 2010
Yeah, we are in the age of eating healthy food, lots of people are obese and, as I’m very concerned about you, this post will be about the food pyramid. So let’s start with the first group of foods, el grupo de pan, arroz y pastas, which you can eat 6 to 11 portions a…
What did you use to do when you were a kid? Say it in Spanish! Posted by Adir on Nov 8, 2010
La niñez, qué época tan buena. In this post I’d like to know, me gustaría saber, what did you use to do when you were a boy/girl? I was a very naughty boy, un niño travieso, so I was in trouble all the time! Leave your answers in the comments. Cuando yo era niño/a, yo…
Movie tip: Qué Pasó Ayer (The Hangover) Posted by Adir on Nov 5, 2010
Hola, ¿cómo les va todo? One of the funniest movies I’ve seen recently is The Hangover, which in Latin America is called Qué Pasó Ayer (What happened yesterday) and in Spain Resacón en Las Vegas (Hangover in Las Vegas). It’s about four friends who go to Vegas to celebrate a bachelor party for Doug (played…
Study tip: translating back and forth Posted by Adir on Nov 2, 2010
Let me teach you a really good technique for acquiring vocabulary, structure, and reviewing verb tenses in Spanish. It involves translation and many people would frown upon that and say, “Hey, Adir, isn’t translation considered bad in a language course?” We can use translation as an ally when we’re learning a language. Check out this…
Grammar in Songs – Present Subjunctive with Ya Lo Sabía (Thalía) Posted by Adir on Oct 29, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Cómo les va todo? Bueno, ustedes saben que aprender una lengua con música es algo muy placentero, entonces les traje otra canción de la cantante que más me gusta, Thalía, con Ya Lo Sabía (I already knew it) y como muchas canciones en español, ésta también habla de amor, desengaño, pero con el final…