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Jorge Luis Borges, a video biography Posted by on Jun 13, 2011

Here’s a video with a short biography of Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges. You can follow the text below. Nace el 24 de agosto de 1899 en Buenos Aires y ya desde la infancia es bilingüe. De hecho, aprenderá a leer en inglés antes que en castellano por influencia de su abuela materna, de origen…

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Dialogue in Argentinean Spanish Posted by on Jun 10, 2011

Hey, there! I found this really cool dialogue in Argentinean Spanish and we’re going to take a look at it and learn some expressions. – Hola… – ¿Mami? – Hola, hija. ¿Cómo estás? – Bien. Oíme, mami. Me tenés que sacar de un apuro. No sé qué darles de cena a mis invitados esta noche…

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Canción: Brindis, de Thalía Posted by on Jun 7, 2011

Songs are a great way to improve our Spanish and if the lyrics carry a positive meaning or tell a very good story, so much better, isn’t it? This is what happens with Thalia’s Brindis (Toast) song. It says that whatever our experiences are we need to give thanks to our intuition. Check out the…

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Adjectives with Pablo Neruda Posted by on Jun 6, 2011

Pablo Neruda (07/12/1904 – 09/23/1973) was born in Parral, Chile and died in Santiago de Chile. His real name was Ricardo Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. Besides being a poet, he was also a translator and a diplomat. He won the Literature Nobel Prize in 1971 and his writings greatly influenced Latin American literature. Today we’re going…

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¡Mira que tienes mala sombra! Posted by on Jun 2, 2011

Llegó el calor, y me acordé de una expresión que se refiere al mismo, aunque su significado no tenga nada que ver: “Tener mala sombra” “Tener mala sombra” quiere decir ser desagradable o antipático. En mi tierra, Granada, usamos también otra expresión, que quizá algunos conozcais: la “malafollá granaína”. Otro día hablaremos de ella. En…

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Entrelobos Posted by on May 26, 2011

“Pocas cosas he aprendido de los hombres…” (Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja) Todos estaremos de acuerdo en que una de las principales funciones del cine es entretener. Pero si además de conseguir hacernos pasar un rato agradable nos hace reflexionar, es algo muy de agradecer hoy día. Nunca fui muy amante del cine español, supongo que porque…

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We are having a cacerolada! Posted by on May 19, 2011

Hi folks! I don’t usually talk about politics, and I think I’m not talking about politics in this post. But I want to share with you something we are undergoing now in my country. Since I got up this morning, I have been reading newspapers, watching news and checking some of my facebook contacts’ profiles…

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