Ser más feo que Picio Posted by Magda on Sep 20, 2012
Esta es una frase hecha que usamos de forma habitual, para referirnos a la fealdad de una persona. Sin embargo, nadie a quien hasta el momento había preguntado, sabía quien era este Picio lamentablemente famoso. Cual fue mi sorpresa al descubrir que el personaje real parece ser Francisco Picio, un zapatero natural del pueblo de…
Talking about the weather in Spanish II Posted by Adir on Sep 18, 2012
¡Hola, mi gente! As you may already know I live in Brazil, in the state of São Paulo, in a town called Bebedouro (Drinking Fountain). It is usually warm here but these days it has been very, very hot. So I decided to pick up where my Spanish friend Laura left off with her video…
Advanced Spanish Lesson 39 Acentuación de las palabras (Part 2) Posted by Laura & Adam on Sep 18, 2012
Second Advanced Spanish lesson looking into how to classify Spanish words according to the location of their accent. ¡Hola a todos! En la última clase de nivel avanzado vimos las reglas básicas de acentuación en español. Hoy, vamos a ver una regla un poco más compleja, la tilde diacrítica. La tilde diacrítica se coloca sobre…
Want to speak Spanish better? Interview yourself! Posted by Adir on Sep 14, 2012
¡Hola, mi gente! ¿Cómo están ustedes? Today I’m going to share a technique for being more fluent in Spanish (or any other language you’re learning): interview yourself! So every night as you go to bed, think about how David Letterman would interview you, the questions he’d ask and the answers you’d give. Do that in…
Cibeles fountain, a famous monument in Madrid Posted by Magda on Sep 13, 2012
Últimamente he pasado algún tiempo en Madrid. Es una ciudad enorme, con gran variedad de cosas por hacer. Al ser turista en mi tiempo libre, no pude evitar visitar algunos de sus monumentos y lugares más importantes. He paseado por el Retiro, visitado el museo del Prado, y por supuesto (adoro la fotografía) he hecho…
Please Christina, don’t get your hopes up! Posted by Adir on Sep 12, 2012
Hello, everybody! So Xtina is back on The Voice, but did you know that she has an album only with songs in Spanish called Mi Reflejo? And I have to say, her pronunciation is good so I chose this song, Falsas Esperanzas (False Hopes) because it’s easy to sing and I’m sure you’ll have a…
Intermediate Spanish Lesson 39: Phrases and structures to react to the actions of others Posted by Laura & Adam on Sep 11, 2012
In this Intermediate Spanish lesson we will look at various useful Spanish phrases and structures to express how much you like or dislike the actions of others, such as Me encanta que + subjuntivo (I love …) and Odio que + subjuntivo (I hate …). These are the kinds of phrases in Spanish that we…