Putting Probar to the Test
Tuesday April 29, 2008
As those familiar with the plays of Shakespeare or the King James Version of the Bible know, the English verb "prove" at one time often meant "to test," not just ... Read More
Coming Soon to Argentina: Accents and Eñes in Domain Names
Monday April 28, 2008
Argentina is about to join the ranks of countries that allow the full Spanish alphabet character set — including the ñ, accented vowels and the ü — in its Internet ... Read More
Fistro Tops List of Most Common Written Slang Terms in Spain
Friday April 25, 2008
One of the problems with trying to understand slang in a foreign language is that you may not be able to use a dictionary to find out what it means. ... Read More
Repeating Yourself With a Purpose
Tuesday April 22, 2008
Every once in a while as you study Spanish you'll come across a sentence construction that doesn't make a lot of sense — and that may be difficult to figure ... Read More
Eat Your Vegetables! ¡Cómete las Verduras!
Saturday April 19, 2008
If you need help deciphering a menu while traveling where Spanish is spoken, our new list of vegetable names is here to help. You'll find the names of all the ... Read More
Use Etymology As a Learning Tool
Friday April 18, 2008
Learning Spanish vocabulary can be a tedious task, and many people benefit from using mnemonic devices — little tricks that aid the memory. One person who wrote to me recently, ... Read More
Pope Shows Adeptness With Spanish
Thursday April 17, 2008
For those of us living in the United States, it isn't all that common to hear someone speaking Spanish with a German accent. But Pope Benedict XVI's Spanish pronunciation is, ... Read More
Arriving at a New Meaning
Tuesday April 8, 2008
Idioms — those phrases whose meanings can't be determined easily by the meanings of the individual words — can be maddening to learn at times. But they also are a ... Read More
How Are You Today?
Friday April 4, 2008
How do you answer if someone asks you, "¿Cómo estás?" or "How are you?"? The standard answer is probably "Bien" ("Fine") or "Muy bien" ("Very good"). Of course, both of ... Read More
Learning To Think in Spanish
Wednesday April 2, 2008
If you really wand to be able to use a foreign language well, you need at some point to start thinking in the language — easier said than done! One ... Read More
Spain's Equivalent of April Fools' Day is Dec. 28
Tuesday April 1, 2008
If you should be in a Spanish-speaking country today and play a joke on your friends and follow that up with a shout of "¡Tontos de abril!" chances are you'll ... Read More
How Many Ways Can You 'Get It' in Spanish?
Tuesday April 1, 2008
Saying what you want to say in Spanish isn't always easy. Here's a question that one of the users in our forum had recently: "I have no idea how to ... Read More