Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 19 Agreeing and disagreeing in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Jan 7, 2014
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a practicar cómo expresar acuerdo o desacuerdo en español. Today we are going to practice different ways to agree or disagree in Spanish. 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…
Do and Make Are Not Translated As “Hacer” Posted by Adir on Jan 4, 2014
Hello, there! Make or do are translated into Spanish as hacer. However, when these verbs come with certain words, they are translated using another verb. I was thinking about this so I came up with a list of English collocations and their correspondent in Spanish – I wish I had this when I was…
Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 18 How to offer or accept help in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Jan 2, 2014
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a practicar cómo ofrecer y aceptar ayuda y colaboración en español. Today we are going to practice how to offer or accept help and collaboration in Spanish. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can also follow a…
Happy New Year! Singing “Un año más” with Mecano Posted by Magda on Dec 31, 2013
Today we say goodbye to 2013, and welcome a new year. As you know, we Spanish people have the tradition of eating twelve grapes at midnight: a grape is eaten for each stroke of the clock at 12pm on December 31st, and each grape is supposed to represent one month of the New Year. Most…
Spanish Christmas vocabulary and expressions Posted by Magda on Dec 30, 2013
Although Christmas is almost over for some of you, (here in Spain it lasts till next January the 6th), I want to share some useful vocabulary and expressions related to this festivity. Dates Nochebuena: Christmas Eve Día de navidad: Christmas Day Año Nuevo: New Year Nochevieja: New Year’s Eve Día de año nuevo: New Year’s…
Olentzero, a Basque version of Santa Claus Posted by Magda on Dec 26, 2013
Estoy convencida de que habéis recibido montones de regales de Santa hace un par de días. La mayoría de nosotros en España tendremos que esperar la llegada de los Tres Reyes Magos, la noche del 5 de enero. Sin embargo, en el País Vasco hay una tradición diferente que coexiste con Santa y nuestros magos…
Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 17 El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 23, 2013
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a practicar El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo. Today we are going to practice the Spanish Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo – The Present Perfect Subjunctive. 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…