Tag Archives: Argentina
My one-day trip to Argentina Posted by Adir on Jun 27, 2011
Hey, there! How’s it going? During Carnival here in Brazil I went on a sea cruise down to Argentina and Uruguay. We only had one day to spend in Montevideo and Buenos Aires, so we got off the ship at 9 am, hopped in a cab and drove along these cities. Montevideo is a beautiful…
Jorge Luis Borges, a video biography Posted by Adir on Jun 13, 2011
Here’s a video with a short biography of Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges. You can follow the text below. Nace el 24 de agosto de 1899 en Buenos Aires y ya desde la infancia es bilingüe. De hecho, aprenderá a leer en inglés antes que en castellano por influencia de su abuela materna, de origen…
Dialogue in Argentinean Spanish Posted by Adir on Jun 10, 2011
Hey, there! I found this really cool dialogue in Argentinean Spanish and we’re going to take a look at it and learn some expressions. – Hola… – ¿Mami? – Hola, hija. ¿Cómo estás? – Bien. Oíme, mami. Me tenés que sacar de un apuro. No sé qué darles de cena a mis invitados esta noche…
Series tip: Mujeres Asesinas Posted by Adir on Nov 15, 2010
Mujeres Asesinas is an Argentinean psychological thriller and drama in which at the beginning of each episode a woman commits suicide. These women were killers and Doctor Sofía Capellán and her team of experts try to solve the murders these women perpetrated, which were cause by revenge, resentment, rage, hate, despair, fear, anger and also…
Mafalda, l’enfant terrible Posted by Magda on Sep 14, 2010
She’s a girl. She’s six years old. She loves the Beatles, pancakes, democracy, and human rights… and she hates soup. Does this sound familiar to you? No? Maybe it will, if I give you just a single name: Mafalda. The character of Mafalda, her family and friends, were created in 1962 by Joaquin Salvador Lavado…
Mercedes Sosa Posted by Adir on May 13, 2010
This year the world lost one of the greatest singers and composers: Mercedes Sosa. Sosa was born in Tucumán, Argentina, in 1935 and at 15 won a radio singing competition and recorded her first album, La Voz de la Zafra. She was known as “the voice of the voiceless ones” and recorded 40 albums. Sosa…