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Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 26 More about managing in Spanish at the doctor´s Posted by Laura & Adam on May 14, 2013
Hola a todos ¿Qué tal? Following on from the last Spanish Practice Lesson, today we are going to practice some more very useful Spanish vocabulary related to illnesses, symptoms and medicine and how to manage in Spanish at the doctor’s. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of…
Formal and informal ways of saying “Goodbye” in Spanish Posted by Magda on May 9, 2013
As you will probably remember, we started talking about Greetings in Spanish last week. Today is the day to check how to say goodbye in different situations. Speaking Adiós (good bye) Chao (bye) Hasta luego (see you later, but not in a literal sense) Hasta mañana (see you tomorrow) Hasta pronto (see you soon) Hasta…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 25 Describing aches, pains and parts of the body in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on May 7, 2013
Hola ¿Qué tal? Today we are going to practice how to manage describing aches, pains, and parts of the body when visiting a doctor in a Spanish speaking country. 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…
Formal and informal ways of saying “Hello” in Spanish Posted by Magda on May 2, 2013
I hope you are having a wonderful Thursday! Today we are going to have a quick review on how saying “Hello” in Spanish. There are different ways of greeting each other, depending on the context and how close is our relationship with the addressee. In Spain it is very common to kiss people on both…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 24 The Spanish verb To Like El verbo Gustar Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 30, 2013
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Today we are going to practice the Spanish verb To Like El verbo Gustar. This is one of those essential Spanish verbs that you will find yourself using all the time. It is also a little tricky to use and for that reason it is a good idea to practice with it…
How to use “m” and “n” in Spanish Posted by Adir on Apr 29, 2013
Hello, there! Did you have a good weekend? I hope you did! Both letters “m” and “n” have the same sound when they come at the end of a syllble, for example, in words like completo [complete], cambio [change], cinco [five], algún [some], among others. We follow some rules: 1. Before p and b we…
Reading Spanish news: unemployment. Posted by Magda on Apr 25, 2013
Hoy estaba intentando elegir algún tema interesante para escribir mi post y compartir con vosotros. Estaba pensando en nuestro último Día del libro (una celebración que me encanta), o sobre oficios curiosos, como el de farero (hace poco conocí a uno, y fue muy interesante), pero tras leer las noticias, me encuentro con un ánimo…