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¿A dónde va el tiempo? (Where does the time go?) It’s hard to believe that the year is almost finished. The old phrase “el tiempo vuela” (time flies) is appropriate as we prepare to ring in the New Year. Before we pop the champagne, we like to look back on the past year and see…

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Practice discussing clothing in Spanish with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.

Practice buying food in Spanish with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.

Practice telling time in Spanish with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.

Practice more with using Regular Spanish Verbs in Present Tense with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.

Welcome to part 2 of my blog dedicated to the common prefixes in Spanish and English. It is worth recalling one important fact about prefix spelling in la lengua de Cervantes. Each and every prefix must always be written directly attached to the word they are modifying, with only two major exceptions: If the modified…

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If there is an aspect where Spanish and English truly match, it is the fact that both languages make extensive use of affixes to change the meaning of established words in a logical way. Specifically in the case of prefixes, the long-standing influence of Latin and Greek has left a notable mark in our modern…

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