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Possessive adjectives in Spanish

January 25, 2014/in Spanish use, Uncategorized, Video Short Lessons /by spanish_admin

Notes:

Possessive adjectives indicate ownership or relation with something: My, your, his… For example: Mi taza, my cup. When you add any other feature of the object it will agree in number and gender. Read more

When to use Por and Para in Spanish

January 23, 2014/in For Spanish instructors, Spanish use, Uncategorized /by spanish_admin

It is usually hard to decide when to use Por or Para in Spanish. This is because in English you would use just For in both cases. Read more

A man standing in the snow in New York City

The weather in Spanish

January 20, 2014/in Spanish use, Tip of the week - Spanish, Vocabulary /by spanish_admin

In Spanish you ask about the weather by saying:

¿Qué tiempo hace? What’s the weather like?

“Hace” literally means “does” so we are actually asking what is what the weather does. That’s why we say: Read more

Spanish proverbs and sayings

January 17, 2014/in Spanish use /by spanish_admin

Here is a comprehensive list of 300 Spanish proverbs with their English equivalent. Enjoy! Read more

Tips for a great Spanish pronunciation

January 17, 2014/in Learning videos, Spanish pronunciation, Spanish use /by spanish_admin

English has a stress based pronunciation which means that intonation and stress of key words is the most important factor in order to be understood. Read more

a clock showing the time, representing the past, present and future tenses of Spanish verbs

Using Past & Future in Spanish – AR verbs

January 16, 2014/in Exercises /by spanish_admin

Using the past and future tense in Spanish is very easy. For the past just remove the AR ending and add É. For the future keep the AR ending and add ARÉ Read more

“Llevar puesto”. “To be wearing” in Spanish.

January 16, 2014/in Spanish use, Tip of the week - Spanish /by spanish_admin

“Llevar puesto” means “to be wearing”, and we conjugate the verb “llevar” as a regular verb Read more

Cover of Any Wednesday by Keith Reinhard

Any Wednesday – Cualquier Miércoles

January 14, 2014/in Inspiration, Social Media /by spanish_admin

The memo “Any Wednesday,” written by DDB chairman Keith Reinhard, ran weekly for 23 years. It featured an image of a torn-out sheet of lined, spiral-bound paper, with breezy observations about the ad industry written sideways on the page. “There was a great Spanish poet named Juan Ramón Jiménez, who said, “When they give you ruled paper, write the other way”, Reinhard explains. Read more

16 FEATURES OF A GOOD LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR

January 13, 2014/in For Spanish instructors, Our Method - The NCA /by spanish_admin

A GOOD LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR ALWAYS…

Filler words in Spanish

January 12, 2014/in Spanish use, Vocabulary /by spanish_admin

Conversation is the best way to learn Spanish because help you express yourself in any given situation, it’s real life. Every language has some fillers, which may be a sound or a word that is spoken in conversation by one participant to signal to others that he/she has paused to think but has not yet finished speaking. Let’s go over a list of the most common and useful starters and filler words, commonly known in Spanish as “muletillas”: Read more