A few years ago, I had a Japanese student of mine who complained that in Spanish (and English) we always change the words over and over on an article to avoid repetition. He told me that for him, it seems very disorganized and that he thinks that when you chose one word, you should […] More
There are many examples of common Spanish nouns that end in a and are masculine. You need to take this into account when making them agree with articles and adjectives. Note that many of these words are of Greek origin, some of which are technical or scientific. muchos días maravillosos, (never muchas días maravillosas), many […] More
Hay is a special conjugated form of the verb haber, which is used to indicate existence. Its English equivalents are: there is, there are, is there…?, are there…? This verb is always in its singular form. Some people, mistakenly, use it in the plural form, like habíamos, habían, habemos, etc. For the Royal Academy, this […] More
The use of “La” only for famous ladies. It’s a pop culture thing to refer to famous ladies using the definite article plus her last name to convey something like “the one and only.” For example: La Monroe The one and only Miss Monroe. It’s like if there were no other famous woman with […] More
When you read a Spanish text, you should always know where the stress of each word is. Just follow these 2 rules: Words with no accent mark: If you see a word with no accent mark, then, Does it end in any consonant, except N or S? THEN the stress is on the […] More
The Netflix series Queen’s Gambit consists of seven episodes. The main character, Beth, travels to chess tournaments in 4 different countries in different episodes, within the US, and later to Mexico, France, and the Soviet Union. In the episode where Beth is in Mexico, there are many minutes during which you can hear […] More
If you shot a gun in space, the bullet would travel forever because the universe is expanding faster than the bullet can move — UberFacts (@UberFacts) December 28, 2020 Scroll down for the translation. The if sentence could be considered contrary to reality, it’s unlikely […] More
Expression Approximate literal translation (what you might think you actually heard) Explanation ya chole (MX) (ya basta, all countries) what? stop it!, enough! perruno what? modification of perro, dog. Playful. Similar to pooch. Could be an adjective too, dog-like. qué oso (MX) what bear, what a bear. to make […] More
Expression Approximate literal translation (what you might think you actually heard) Explanation aquí hay gato encerrado there is a locked up cat something is fishy here pelar a alguien (MX), (no pelar a alguien) (MX) Lit: to peel someone to pay attention to someone, to acknowledge someone’s existence. No pelar […] More
Lola Pons Rodríguez explains a brief history of the letter X, she mentions that it has had several sounds that have changed every few centuries, and she also explains that the letter H was not mute in some regions. It was pronounced in a similar manner to English or German. This video is in […] More
William Taudien from Sweden is a little crazy. Funny crazy. He is also a great video editor and has impressive drone skills. He has lived almost a year in Mexico and this is an example of one of his videos. Unfortunately, there is not much Spanish to listen to in this episode. (For […] More
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