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August 01, 2007 07:10 PM EDT --
There's a growing group of folks who want to have Spanish penpals -- go for it! You don't have to be totally fluent in Spanish. In fact, it's a great exercise for practising your Spanish, you . . .
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July 09, 2007 01:29 PM EDT --
To be or not to be? A silly way to say that in Spanish would be: ¿Ser o no estar? As many of you know, and perhaps struggled with this issue, there are two verbs in Spanish for the one English verb . . .
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June 30, 2007 09:07 AM EDT --
Who argued that Germans will never assimilate or learn English?
a. Arnold Schwarzenegger
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. Carl Marx
d. David Livingston
e. Ernest Hemingway
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August 13, 2007 02:15 AM EDT --
A friend who taught English in China tells me that his students, all of whom were English teachers there, were able to read and write quite well in English, but they couldn’t speak English intelligibly, . . .
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August 23, 2007 01:22 PM EDT --
If you speak English, you already know thousands of words in Spanish – chiefly because both languages share Latin as the origin of many words. These words are called “cognates.”
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July 18, 2007 02:49 AM EDT --
This is the second part of SER or ESTAR for the verb TO BE.
Let's review the TWO SIMPLE RULES:
1. Use SER for permanent condition or essence. Example: SOY FELIZ. (I am a happy person.) . . .
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February 29, 2008 11:24 AM EST --
Click here to see the great new content in the Spanish group!
Fotos de Priscilla, artículos de April Robins y Daylin H., videos, y mucho más!
¡Haz clic . . .
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May 23, 2007 12:43 AM EDT --
Today’s word is from Gather’s Top Ten tags this month: NOTICIAS = NEWS
Say BUENAS NOTICIAS! (GOOD NEWS).
Hopefully you won’t have to ever say MALAS NOTICIAS (BAD NEWS).
NOTE: In the . . .
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June 12, 2007 09:37 AM EDT --
MANTEQUILLA= BUTTER
Kind of a long word, so if you’re in a restaurant in a Spanish-speaking country and you’d like some butter, just tell your server, rather quickly, “I MEANT TO KILL . . .
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May 18, 2007 07:23 AM EDT --
FAMILIA (fah-mee-leeah) = FAMILY
OK, not fair, you already knew this one, eh? Today be aware that you already know thousands of Spanish words: called cognates, these are Spanish words that look . . .
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May 21, 2007 07:52 AM EDT --
TOTALMENTE (toh-tal-menteh) = TOTALLY
This is the final installment on cognates for a while. Most words ending in LY in English are adverbs, which are words that modify verb, adjectives… . . .
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May 19, 2007 02:02 PM EDT --
SOLUCIÓN (soh-loo-seeohn) = SOLUTION
Another cognate – words that are very similar in English and Spanish. You already know thousands of Spanish words – if the English word . . .
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May 20, 2007 02:49 PM EDT --
HONESTIDAD (oh-ness-tee-thad… notice that the initial H is silent in Spanish) = HONESTY
We move on with cognates – when you see a word ending in TY in English, just replace those . . .
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May 22, 2007 10:49 AM EDT --
An American nun working with a church in Latin America, when having to speak in public in Spanish after a crash course before the trip, starts her address with, ESTOY EMBARAZADA… much to the horror . . .
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May 24, 2007 09:19 PM EDT --
There was this Latin American young guy studying here in the States, and one day when praised about how well he spoke English, he replied, "Oh, I'm not that good. My consonants are OK, but I'm . . .
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May 25, 2007 06:52 PM EDT --
What are your hobbies and special interests? Your passions? Focus on words you think of and say a lot, and build a Spanish vocabulary around that. If you do music, for example, here a starter list:
MÚSICA . . .
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May 30, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
(Sections underlined indicate where to stress pronunciation)
No, it's NOT a repeat of yesterday (NADA). Because DE NADA means YOU'RE WELCOME. Today we cover some politeness.
GRACIAS. DE NADA. . . .
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June 02, 2007 01:31 AM EDT --
Two days ago we started covering verbs. It’s not THAT hard, check it out. Today, we’ll put it together, starting with a typical verb that ends with AR (HABLAR).
(Sections underlined indicate . . .
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June 02, 2007 11:28 PM EDT --
<fade from black>
We move on with typical (or “regular”) verbs, today with those that end in ER (COMER). The nice thing about this: once you learn the present . . .
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June 05, 2007 09:51 PM EDT --
This is your 5th pronunciation lesson. You may want to take a quick peek at the very short previous lessons from May 20th, 21st, 24th, 25th (remember those bowels?). I’ve been underlining the part . . .
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