Spanish Lesson Intermediate 35 Describing people negatively in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Jun 19, 2012
Hola ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver adjetivos de carácter negativos en español. Today we will see negative Spanish character adjectives such as Chulo (Arrogant), Pardillo (Naive) and Muermo (Boring). We will also see how to describe people negatively in Spanish with different sentence structures such as Qué + adjective or Ser + un/una +…
Review: Ser or Estar? Posted by Adir on Jun 19, 2012
Ser and estar both mean “to be” and sometimes it’s not very easy to know when to use or the other. So here’s a little exercise for you: choose the correct verb, ser or estar, in the sentences below. The translation will help you and the answers will come later this week, ok? Let’s go…
Humor in basic Spanish: Mala Intención Posted by Adir on Jun 18, 2012
Hey, how’s it going? Let’s kick off our week with a very interesting story by Pedrito, a very smart boy. Pedrito era muy mal estudiante. Estaba siempre jugando y estudiaba poquísimo. Cuando llegó el momento de examinarse Pedrito no contestó nada. Naturalmente, no pasó en el examen y tuvo que repetir el curso. Al año…
Song: Valió la pena (by Marc Anthony) Posted by Adir on Jun 15, 2012
TGIF, right? Oh yeah, so let’s wrap up this week with some salsa by Marc Anthony! Here’s a little bio from Wikipedia: Marco Antonio Muñiz (born September 16, 1968), known professionally by his stage name Marc Anthony, is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time…
Ahí hay un hombre que dice ¡ay! Posted by Magda on Jun 13, 2012
Que cada vez se lee menos, es un hecho. Que el uso de las nuevas tecnologías está afectando al lenguaje, es fácil de comprobar. Y que el español tiene palabras cuyo uso a veces nos hace confundir, nadie lo pone en duda. No sé vosotros, pero a mi cada vez que leo que alguien usa…
More idioms in Spanish! Posted by Adir on Jun 13, 2012
Hey, everybody! Let’s learn some cool Spanish idioms and expressions today, shall we? 1. carta blanca – full authority, blank check. Tienen carta blanca para tomar las decisiones que encuentres correctas. [You have full authority to make the decisions you think are correct.] Quisiera que me dieras carta blanca para hacer lo que se me…
Playing in Playa Posted by sasha on Jun 13, 2012
Although it was hard to leave Tulum, we had no choice, as our suitcasing adventure rolled into Playa del Carmen. Arriving in Playa via the ADO bus, we headed out onto the main road, Quinta Avenida (5th Avenue). This cobblestone road is pedestrian only and has a very relaxed beach side resort vibe about it…