Archive for 'Spanish Vocabulary'
Please, don’t lose your train of thought! Posted by Adir on Jun 17, 2013
Hello, there! How was your weekend? We kick off this week with a question: have you ever lost your train of thought? I’m pretty sure you did, as we all have! In Spanish we have a similar expression: írsele a alguien el santo al cielo. Check out the following dialogue: In Spanish – María, ¿dónde…
Want to Test your Reading in Spanish? Posted by Adir on Jun 14, 2013
Hello, everybody! In Brazil we have a college entrance examination called Vestibular and in its foreign language part you can choose to take English, Spanish or French, depending on the university or college you want to go to. The test assesses students’ reading skills and also reading-based grammar. I am going to share PUC Rio…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 31 Practicing using the Spanish future tense Posted by Laura & Adam on Jun 11, 2013
Hola ¿Qué tal? In this Spanish lesson we are going to practice describing future plans in Spanish with the Spanish future tense that uses the structure: El verbo Ir (the verb To go) followed by “a” (to) and a verb in the infinitive. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at…
How to cheer people up in Spanish Posted by Adir on Jun 10, 2013
Oftentimes we need to help friends, lend an ear and even cheer them up when they are not feeling to cheerful. That is what we are going to learn how to do in Spanish today: levantarle el ánimo a alguien! Levantándole el ánimo a alguien – Cheering people up No te preocupes por eso. –…
Spanish Diminutives Posted by Adir on Jun 5, 2013
Today is Wednesday and we are going to learn how to make the diminutives in Spanish. The diminutives are not only used to show the size of something, but also to indicate affection. Let’s start by taking a look at six groups of words. Pay attention to their suffix. Group 01 = Isabelita – Angelito…
06 Idioms with Preposition “Por” Posted by Adir on Jun 3, 2013
Hello, there! ¿Cómo están? Let’s kick June off with eight very interesting and useful idioms using the preposition “por”. ¿Están listos? 01. andarse por las ramas = to beat around the bush No te andes por las ramas y danos tu decisión final. Stop beating around the bush and give us your final decision. Quisiera…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 29 Spanish indefinite pronouns and adjectives Posted by Laura & Adam on May 27, 2013
Hola ¿Qué tal? Today we are going to practice Spanish indefinite pronouns and adjectives. These are essential Spanish words such as some, any, something, and anything. 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…