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Vocabulary: Drugstore Items Posted by Adir on Jul 7, 2014
A couple of years ago I went to Montevideo, Uruguay. I’d been walking all day and I got a huge blister on my toe so I had to stop at a drugstore to buy some bandages. I remembered that story yesterday so I decided to share some useful drugstore items with you. By the way…
Spanish Conversation: At a Loss For Words Posted by Adir on Jun 26, 2014
¡Hola! ¿Cómo están ustedes? Oftentimes we find ourselves at a loss for words during a conversation. So today I’m going to show you some useful sentences to help you express this situation en español. ¿Están listos? Download audio A ver… – Let me see… Es difícil decirlo. – It’s hard to say. ¿Cómo voy a…
05 Idioms With Word “Largo” Posted by Adir on May 18, 2014
Hello there! Largo means basically “long”, talking about width or duration. Check out some examples: Todavía nos queda delante un largo camino antes de llegar. We still have a long way to go before arriving. Se me hizo muy larga la película. The movie was very long to me. Después de largos años de…
Beginner Spanish: Greetings and Goodbyes Posted by Adir on May 14, 2014
¡Hola, mi gente! I decided to write a post with beginning dialogues in Spanish for our readers who don’t know much Spanish yet. Today’s topic is greetings and goodbyes. Instead of giving you a word-by-word explanation I chose to teach you chunks of words to help you learn better, ok? ¿Están listos? 1. Dos…
Song: La Luz, de Juanes Posted by Adir on Apr 25, 2014
Hello there! TGIF, right? We finish this week with a very very cool song by Colombian singer Juanes called “La Luz”. It is a very fun party song and you can follow the lyrics below and sing along! La Luz – Juanes Se fue la luz en todo el barrio. Se fue la luz en…
Talking About The Time In Spanish Posted by Adir on Apr 15, 2014
You may already know how to tell the time in Spanish so today I’m going to teach you more expressions that may not appear in your textbook, Remember, it is very important that you learn fixed expressions and not translate word by word. This will make you more fluent in the long run. Here we…
Improve Your Vocabulary: Suffixes Posted by Adir on Apr 11, 2014
Suffixes are word endings that change the root of such word. We can turn an adjective into a noun, a noun into an adjective, a verb into a noun, a verb into an adject and so on. Here are some common examples. Transformación de un adjetivo en un sustantivo -dez: pálido [pale] – palidez [paleness]…