Archive for 'Spanish Vocabulary'
Spanish Lesson Advanced 9 “Se buscan personas” vs “Se busca a personas” Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 22, 2010
¡Hola a todos! ¿Qué tal os va todo? Deseando que llegue la Navidad, ¿verdad? Hoy vamos a hablar sobre la palabra “se”. Ya que al tener varios usos diferentes se puede llegar a confusión. Seguramente alguna vez os habéis preguntado cómo decir este tipo de frases: ¿“Se busca personas”, “Se buscan personas”, “Se busca a…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 9 Spanish Present Subjunctive to express opinions Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 15, 2010
Hola, ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver cómo usar el Presente de subjuntivo para expresar opinión. When we use opinion verbs in affirmative, the verb after “que” is in indicative. If the opinion verb is in negative, then the verb following “que” is in subjunctive. Let´s see some examples: Creo que + indicativo: I believe…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 9 Family, the verb “ser” and possessive determiners Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 8, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Today, we will see how to speak about the family in Spanish using el verbo “ser”, which is the verb “to be” in English, and possessive determiners. There is some very useful and fundamental information in this lesson. I hope you find it interesting. First, let´s see some vocabulary related to the…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 8 Expresiones coloquiales de modo Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 1, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis todos? Hoy vamos a ver unas locuciones adverbiales de modo que se usan mucho en español. ¿Qué son las “locuciones adverbiales”? Pues son expresiones compuestas por una preposición y un sintagma nominal, adjetivo o adverbio que funcionan igual que un adverbio. La definición quizás os parezca un poco complicada, pero cuando veamos…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 8 Spanish Subjunctive Present Tense with Indefinite Pronouns and Adjectives Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 24, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? I hope you are all very well and enjoying your Spanish studies. We are going to continue looking into the Spanish Subjunctive Present tense, today with sentences that include an indefinite pronoun or an indefinite adjective. ¿Qué es un pronombre indefinido? Words like “alguien” (someone), “algo” (something), nadie (nobody) and “nada” (nothing)…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 8 Places in town and directions in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Nov 17, 2010
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Today we will see how to ask and give directions in Spanish, some Spanish vocabulary of typical buildings found in a town or city and how to locate them. This is obviously vital information to know for when you visit Spain and find yourself a little lost. Let´s start with how to…
The Food Pyramid, en español Posted by Adir on Nov 11, 2010
Yeah, we are in the age of eating healthy food, lots of people are obese and, as I’m very concerned about you, this post will be about the food pyramid. So let’s start with the first group of foods, el grupo de pan, arroz y pastas, which you can eat 6 to 11 portions a…