Verbs with two objects Posted by Adir on Dec 16, 2011
As we saw last week, we have verbs that have direct and indirect objects. Some verbs, however, have two objects: one direct and another indirect (with a preposition). Let’s see an example: Él escribió la carta para mí. – He wrote the letter to me. la carta – direct object para mí – indirect objetc…
Fiestas curiosas en Cáceres: Los escobazos y La Encamisá Posted by Magda on Dec 15, 2011
No sé si en España tenemos una fiesta para todo, pero lo que sí es cierto es que tenemos muchas bastante curiosas. Hace pocos días celebramos el Día de la Constitución (6 de Diciembre) y el día de la Inmaculada Concepción (8 de Diciembre). Y en la víspera del 7 al 8, acabo de descubrir…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 26 Probability in the past Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 14, 2011
Hola. ¿Qué tal? Espero que todos estéis progresando muy bien con vuestros estudios de español y estéis disfrutando del proceso. Hoy vamos a ver cómo hablar de probabilidad en el pasado en español. Today we are going to learn how to talk about probability in the past in Spanish. As you will see, some of…
Spanish slang: mogollón Posted by Adir on Dec 12, 2011
Yes, slang is part of our lives and definitely we need to learn some slang words to understand when native speakers use them and, why not, with care, use them ourselves? A very cool slang word is mogollón. Mogollón is basically a big amount of something, oodles of something. It comes from Italian moccobello or…
Song: Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad, Michael Bublé + Thalía Posted by Adir on Dec 9, 2011
¡Hola a todos! ¿Cómo les está yendo por Navidades? A lot of English-speaking artist record songs for the Spanish-speaking market and Michael Bublé is no exception. On December 6th he had his Christmas special on NBC and sang with Latin diva Thalía. Michael tried to speak a little Spanish, just for fun, and along with…
The Direct and Indirect Objects in Spanish – Part 02 Posted by Adir on Dec 8, 2011
The pronombres complemento directo are: yo – me tú – te él/usted (hombre) – lo / le ella / usted (mujer) – la nosotros (as) – nos vosotros (as) – os ellos / ustedes (hombres) – los / les ellas / ustedes (mujeres) – las Here are some more examples with complementos directos: Él la…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 25 El dinero y los bancos Posted by Laura & Adam on Dec 7, 2011
In this Advanced level Spanish video lesson we will look at common Spanish vocabulary related to money and banks that I hope you will find interesting and helpful for managing in a bank in Spanish. Hoy vamos a ver vocabulario relacionado con el dinero y los bancos. Empezaremos con vocabulario más simple y poco a…