February 28, 2010 – 9:45 am
If you’d like an upclose view of today’s devastating earthquake in Chile — more than a dozen times as powerful as the one that struck Haiti earlier this year — you can put your knowledge of Spanish to use by reading or watching the country’s Spanish-language news media. A few hours after the quake, many [...]
February 28, 2010 – 9:45 am
A question from the forum:
I was just wondering if the things that constitute a part of speech in English are also what constitutes that same part of speech in Spanish. For example, a noun in English is a person, place, thing, or idea. Is this also true for a Spanish noun? What about the other [...]
February 28, 2010 – 9:45 am
If you want to say “never” in Spanish, you have two ways to do so — nunca and jamás. That’s pretty straightforward, but as new our lesson on Spanish words for “never” explains, some other rules of grammar apply, such as the one sometimes requiring the use of double negatives.
Never! originally appeared on About.com Spanish [...]
February 28, 2010 – 9:45 am
Often, whether we talking about numbers, distances, locations or times, close is good enough. In fact, we often don’t want precision — I don’t care if it’s 29.784 degrees Celsius outside; 30 degrees is close enough. Fortunately, as our lesson on approximations in Spanish shows, the ways to do that are very similar to the [...]
February 28, 2010 – 9:45 am
Look in almost any dictionary, and the primary meanings given for hacer will be “to do” or “to make.” In fact, the verb can be translated in countless ways depending on the context. For example, take this short sentence: “Un poco de sol no le hace daño a nadie.” Now, you could translate that word [...]
February 28, 2010 – 9:45 am
Like the corresponding verb in English, “to pass,” the Spanish verb pasar can be used in a variety of ways, usually to refer to some sort of motion in space or time. See our lesson on pasar for examples.
Using Pasar originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Saturday, February 20th, 2010 at 07:25:18.
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February 28, 2010 – 9:44 am
Our series on Spanish pronunciation is close to wrapping up with our newest lesson, on pronouncing the w. One of the unusual things about the w is that it appears only in words of foreign origin, so sometimes it “borrows” its pronunciation from the foreign language — but not always.
Pronouncing the W, a Rarely Used [...]
February 28, 2010 – 9:44 am
Here’s some trivia for you: The Ñ is the only letter in the Spanish alphabet that originated in Spanish. From there it has spread to at least four other languages: Euskara, Galician, Tagalog and even English.
History of the Ñ originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at 05:44:40.
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February 28, 2010 – 9:44 am
Although it shouldn’t be confused with conocer, saber is a very common verb meaning “to know.” Our new lesson on saber looks at its most common uses.
What Do You Know? originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at 03:50:22.
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February 28, 2010 – 9:44 am
Whether you’re buying souvenirs, gifts for friends or just the daily groceries, you can hardly avoid shopping when you travel. To make the task easier when you’re visiting Spain or most of Latin America, here are some shopping words and phrases you can use to find what you want, to get more information or to [...]
