Archive for 'Spanish Culture'
Currencies in Spanish-speaking Countries Posted by Adir on Aug 10, 2009
Here are some currencies in Spanish-speaking countries. Check them out! Balboa – Panamá Bolívar – Venezuela Colón costarricense – Costa Rica Colón salvadoreño – El Salvador Guaraní – Uruguay Lempira – Honduras Oro Córdoba – Nicaragua Euro – España Peso argentino – Argentina Peso boliviano – Bolivia Peso chileno – Chile Peso colombiano – Colombia…
Mini Quiz Posted by Adir on Aug 7, 2009
OK, let’s see how much you know about the Spanish language itself. Take this little quiz and find out. 1 – Spanish and Castillian are: a) the same language; b) two very different languages; c) two very similar languages. 2 – Spanish is spoken as a first language in: a) only in Spain and America…
Pablo Neruda Posted by Adir on Aug 3, 2009
Pablo Neruda was born on July 12th 1904 in Parral, Chile and died on September 23rd 1973 in Santiago de Chile. His real name was Neftalí Reyes Basoalto and, besides being a poet, he was a translator and a diplomat. He won the Nobel Prize of Literature in 1971 and his writing has strongly influenced…
Gentilicios de España Posted by Adir on Jul 31, 2009
Here are some gentilicios (demonyms: name of the inhabitants of a country, state or city) from Spain. They are used very frequently, and they it is not always easy to figure out what the city of origin is. Check them out! Salmantino, de Salamanca. Vallisoletano, de Valladolid. Vizcaíno, de Vizcaya Riojano, de La Rioja Jiennense…
Pedro Navaja Posted by Adir on Jul 20, 2009
Remember that song, Mack the Knife, the 1958 classic performed by Bobby Darin? Well, Panamanian singer/songwriter Rubén Blades wrote one of his greatest hits, Pedro Navaja, based on Mack the Knife. It talks about a neighborhood thug who appears to die during a robbery (his song “Sorpresas” continues the story). Here’s some vocabulary so you…
Arithmetic Terms in Spanish Posted by Adir on Jul 17, 2009
Here are some useful arithmetic vocabulary terms in Spanish: Tres más dos son cinco. (Three plus two is five.) Cinco menos tres son dos. (Five minus three is two.) Tres por cuatro son doce. (Three times four is twelve.) Doce (dividido) entre cuatro son tres. (Twelve divided by four is three.) Doce dividido por cuatro…
Education System in Spain Posted by Adir on Jul 14, 2009
Each country has its own education system. Here’s how Spain’s educational system works, en español. Educación infantil: que comprende hasta los seis años de edad, es la primera etapa del sistema educativo, de carácter no obligatorio. Está dividida en dos ciclos, el primero hasta los 3 años de edad y de los 3 a los…