Idioms with verb “quitar” Posted by Adir on Apr 22, 2013
Hello, there! A couple of weeks ago I posted about how to use the verb quitar correctly, because it is so similar to sacar. Today I am going to teach you some idioms, those expressions that always give us a hard time due to the fact that they don’t usually mean what their independent…
What the %$# are you talking about? Posted by Adir on Apr 19, 2013
¡Hola! ¿Cómo están ustedes hoy? Espero que estén todos pasándola regio. What? You don’t understand what pasarla regio means? Well, you’re not alone and in today’s post I’m going to show you some situations where people don’t understand what was said and use colloquial expressions in Spanish. ¿Están listos? Dialogue 01 – Two people talking…
Spring Spanish sayings Posted by Magda on Apr 18, 2013
“Cuando marzo va a mediar, debe la primavera empezar”, así que aparentemente estamos en tiempo de primavera ahora. Pero aquí en mi ciudad hemos pasado de invierno a verano en tan solo unos días, lo que hace un poco difícil aplicar el dicho de “la primavera, la sangre altera”. Esto me recordó que “quema más…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 22 Practice using reflexive Spanish verbs Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 16, 2013
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Today we are going to practice using some useful reflexive Spanish verbs. What are reflexive Spanish verbs? Reflexive Spanish verbs are those verbs which end in “se” and where the object and subject of the sentence are the same. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the…
How do you say “as blind as a bat” in Spanish Posted by Adir on Apr 15, 2013
Hey everybody! Did you have a good weekend?! We all know that knowing many words and word combinations helps a lot when we are trying to speak a foreign language. In English we say expressions like He’s as blind as a bat. as cool as a cucumber. as right as rain. as mad as a…
Spelling quiz with audio – the answers! Posted by Adir on Apr 12, 2013
Hello, everybody! Here are the answers to Wednesday’s spelling quiz. U or Ü? agÜilla [a little trickle of water] agÜuero [omen, luck] ágUila [eagle] cagUeta [chicken, coward] cegUera [blindness] cigÜeña [stork] gUerra [war] gUitarra [guitar] gUiñar [to blink] higUera [fig tree] hogUera [bonfire] jugUete [toy] lingÜística [linguistics] pingÜino [penguin] segUir [to follow] sigUiente [following] trigUeño [olive-skinned] yegÜero [mare caretaker] zagUero [rear, back – sports] QU or CU? CUaderno [notebook] CUando [when] QUinientos [five hundred] CUanto [how much]…
Spelling quiz with audio Posted by Adir on Apr 10, 2013
Hi, there! Let’s take a spelling quiz en español. Listen to the audio then choose between the two options presented. Are you ready? Let’s start! U or Ü? ag__illa [a little trickle of water] ag__uero [omen, luck] ág__ila [eagle] cag__eta [chicken, coward] ceg__era [blindness] cig__eña [stork] g__erra [war] g__itarra [guitar] g__iñar [to blink] hig__era [fig…