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Some newspaper Spanish vocabulary.
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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
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in Grammar, Table of Expressions, Translation, VocabularyNot all Spanish nouns ending in a are feminine.
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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
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in UncategorizedLearn how to recognize hidden “hay” in a sentence.
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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
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La Kahlo
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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
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in Grammar, VocabularyAbout accent marks in Spanish
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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
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Queen’s Gambit
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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