Archive for 'Spanish Vocabulary'
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…
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…
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]…
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…
Sound Like A Native Speaker: 07 Spanish Idioms Posted by Adir on Mar 30, 2014
Hey there! You probably know by now that Spanish idioms are an important part of everyday conversation so we’re going to kiss March goodbye with seven very cool (and common) Spanish idioms. ¿Estás listo? ¡Adelante con los faroles! 01. Tomar el pelo = to make fun of, to pull somebody’s leg No puedes estar hablando…
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…