Song: Rosas, by Thalía Posted by Adir on Apr 13, 2012
Hello, there! Today is Friday and we start off the weekend with a very romantic song by Mexican singer Thalía. I chose this song because it has a lot of different verb tenses in it and Thalia’s enunciation is perfect so pay close attention to the pronunciation and why not sing along? I also decided…
Tongue twisters in Spanish Posted by Magda on Apr 12, 2012
Today I was going to talk about something completely different; I had a more serious topic in mind, but suddenly I came across these tongue twisters. This was one of the first my mother taught me, and it is a good exercise to practice pronunciation. What do you think? “El dicho que a ti te…
The Superlative in Spanish Posted by Adir on Apr 11, 2012
There are two kinds of superlative in Spanish: relative and absolute. The relative superlative describes a noun within a context of a larger group. Some examples in English: Juan is the tallest kid in his classroom. María is the smartest student in the whole school. This is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. We…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 32 Spanish verbs of obligation: Tener que, Deber & Hay que Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 10, 2012
¡Hola a todos! Hoy vamos a ver cómo expresar obligaciones y sugerencias en español. Today we are going to see how to express obligations and suggestions in Spanish. There are three main ways to do this using the Spanish verbs Tener que, Deber & Hay que. Tener que translates to “Have to…” in English, Deber…
Irregular verbs in the past review Posted by Adir on Apr 9, 2012
Hey, everyone! How’s it going? We all know that verbs are kind of tricky in Spanish so let’s review 8 very common verbs in the Pretérito Indefinido. The Pretérito Indefinido expresses the idea that something is finished, over. It’s used with time expressions like ayer (yesterday), el mes pasado (last month), dos horas atras (two…
Valladolid, Mexico Posted by sasha on Apr 9, 2012
After a big day of exploring the ruins at Chichen Itza, we caught a bus and headed to Valladolid. A small city located in the Yucatán, it was founded by Don Francisco de Montejo “The Nephew” in 1543 and named after the then Spanish capital. His uncle of the same name, who founded the city…
Perífrasis verbales de gerundio Posted by Adir on Apr 6, 2012
Gerund verb phrases indicate that it is an ongoing action, an uninterrupted process or an interrumpted action that has been performed repeatedly. Let’s check out some of them! 1. Andar + gerund – Express a persistant and durative activity. Andan diciendo que se va a acabar el mundo. [People are saying the world is coming…