Archive for 'Spanish Vocabulary'
Spanish Lesson Advanced 17 Vocabulario de informática e Internet Posted by Laura & Adam on Jun 8, 2011
¡Hola a todos! Hoy vamos a ver vocabulario relacionado con informática e Internet. La computadora/El ordenador: computer El equipo portátil/El ordenador portátil: laptop computer El ratón: mouse La alfombrilla del ráton: mouse pad Las teclas: keys La pantalla: screen Imprimir: to print Escanear: to scan Internet/La red: Internet El correo electrónico/El email: email La dirección…
Adjectives with Pablo Neruda Posted by Adir on Jun 6, 2011
Pablo Neruda (07/12/1904 – 09/23/1973) was born in Parral, Chile and died in Santiago de Chile. His real name was Ricardo Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. Besides being a poet, he was also a translator and a diplomat. He won the Literature Nobel Prize in 1971 and his writings greatly influenced Latin American literature. Today we’re going…
¡Mira que tienes mala sombra! Posted by Magda on Jun 2, 2011
Llegó el calor, y me acordé de una expresión que se refiere al mismo, aunque su significado no tenga nada que ver: “Tener mala sombra” “Tener mala sombra” quiere decir ser desagradable o antipático. En mi tierra, Granada, usamos también otra expresión, que quizá algunos conozcais: la “malafollá granaína”. Otro día hablaremos de ella. En…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 17 Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo Posted by Laura & Adam on Jun 1, 2011
¡Hola a todos! Hoy vamos a practicar un subjuntivo nuevo: El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo. First we will see how to construct this grammar tense and later how to use it. This tense has two parts: Presente de subjuntivo de “haber” + Participio pasado Let´s see first the Presente de subjuntivo of the verb “Haber”…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 17 Shopping for clothes Posted by Laura & Adam on May 25, 2011
¡Hola a todos! Today we are going to see how to manage in Spanish when shopping for clothes in a shop or street market. Out shopping is often one of the first times many people get to practice their Spanish on a regular basis with native Spanish speakers and it is a great way to…
The several meanings of the verb “hacer” Posted by Adir on May 24, 2011
All right, we know that hacer means “to do” or “to make”, but this verb has several other meanings that are not so obvious like desempeñar, representar, interpretar, cometer, armar, conseguir, lograr, resolver, efectuar, componer, construir, levantar, formar, cumplir, amasar and acumular. Check out these sentences and an alternative meaning for the verb hacer. 1…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 16 Writing a letter Posted by Laura & Adam on May 11, 2011
Hola. ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver cómo escribir una carta en español. I am going to show you some of the typical expressions that we use when writing a formal letter and others that we use when we write a letter to a friend. Let’s start by looking at the greetings we make at…