Monthly Archives: September 2008

Feeling good?

September 30, 2008 – 2:59 pm

Hello everybody! Feeling good today? Well, I’m feeling wonderful posting a brand new tip so you can improve your Spanish. Talking about feelings, translating the verb to feel into Spanish can be a tricky business. Let’s check out how some common sentences with feel in English are translated into Spanish:
1. Feeling an emotion.
Me siento muy [...]

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Linguistic diversity in Spain

September 25, 2008 – 4:49 pm

Spanish is an official language spoken in Spain, but it’s not the only one. Spain has three other officially recognized languages, and around 25% of the country’s population use a language other than Spanish as their first language, although they are all fully proficient in Spanish as well. Here’s a brief look at those languages:
Euskara: [...]

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Color…ish!

September 22, 2008 – 9:21 am

Spanish has a particular way of saying the …ish suffix when referring to colors, like whiteish, greenish, blueish, greyish, etc. The adjectives are derived in several different ways. Check it out!
Blanco (white) - blanquecino/blancuzco
Rojo (red) - rojizo
Azul (blue) - azuláceo/azulino
Amarillo (yellow) - amarillento
Negro (black) - negruzco
Verde (green) - verdusco/verdoso
Gris (grey) - grisáceo
Rosa (pink) [...]

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By the way…

September 19, 2008 – 3:06 pm

By the way, examples of afterthoughts in Spanish.

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Greetings

September 15, 2008 – 12:34 pm

Hello, everybody! Let’s learn (or review) some of the most common greetings in Spanish:
Hola - Hello, Hi
Hola, aló, bueno, diga, dígame - Hello (on the telephone)
Adiós - Goodbye/ Chao, Chau (informal, from italian “Ciao”)
Hasta luego - See you later
Hasta pronto - See you soon
¿Cómo estás? / ¿Cómo está? - How are you? (The [...]

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Puerto Rican music

September 11, 2008 – 10:59 am

Puerto Rico is well-known for its wide range of musical talent and has provided artists like Ricky Martin, Olga Tañón, Luis Fonsi, La India, and Chayanne, just to name a few. The bomba and the plena, the salsa, and the reggaetón are some of the music genres that take over the radio stations nowadays. The [...]

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Mi vida loca

September 8, 2008 – 12:48 pm

I’m a helpless internet addict and as a teacher I’m always looking for alternatives to supplement my classes. While surfing the web, I came across this course, by BBC Online, called Mi Vida Loca. It’s a mystery series and it has tons of audio, video and explanations both in English and in Spanish. There are [...]

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Ask away!

September 5, 2008 – 4:00 pm

Expressions with ask.

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Yo soy Betty, la Fea

September 2, 2008 – 11:06 am

El primer episodio de Betty la fea.

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