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Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 35 How to describe people negatively in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 22, 2014
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a practicar adjetivos de carácter negativos en español. Today we are going to practice negative Spanish character adjectives and related sentences. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can also follow a link with this post to watch…
The Spanish Holy Week and its frightening garments: the origins of the “capirote”. Posted by Magda on Apr 17, 2014
Había una vez una bloguera que comenzó a escribir sobre cultura española y a compartir cosas que pensaba podían ser interesantes para gente aprendiendo su idioma. Así que escribió sobre su ciudad, sobre dichos y refranes, literatura, a veces sobre cocina, y por supuesto sobre las distintas festividades de su país. Uno de sus posts…
Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 34 Different uses of Como Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 15, 2014
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a practicar los diferentes usos de la palabra Como. Today, we are going to practice the different uses of the Spanish word Como. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can also follow a link with this post…
Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 33 Using Spanish Superlatives Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 8, 2014
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a practicar los superlativos en español. Today, we are going to practice using Spanish superlative adjectives. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can also follow a link with this post to watch the original theory video lesson…
Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 32 Different uses of the Spanish verb Parecer/Parecerse Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 1, 2014
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a practicar los diferentes usos del verbo Parecer/Parecerse. Today we will see the different uses of the Spanish verb Parecer/Parecerse. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can also follow a link with this post to watch the…
Making polite requests in Spanish Posted by Magda on Mar 27, 2014
In Spanish, as well as in English, there are different ways of making requests or asking somebody to do something. They can be made in a direct way, as a command, which can be considered improper or too rude depending on the context, and in an indirect way. Polite requests are always correct, but more…
Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 31 Spanish adjectives with Ser and Estar Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 25, 2014
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a practicar adjetivos que cambian de significado dependiendo de si se usan con el verbo ser o con el verbo estar. Today, we are going to practice some Spanish adjectives that change their meanings depending on whether they are used with either Ser or Estar. Answers to all tasks involved…