Holy Week has already started. I’ll write a short post just to teach or review useful vocabulary of these dates, words and expressions that are going to be listened if you’re going to see processions (huge parades). Let’s analyze a procession. A Station of Penitance is organized in sectors, for example in my fraternity (or …
Apr
02
Mar
20
Córdoba- la Capital del Mundo
One might think that after spending one semester in sunny San Diego, California, which has an average daytime temperature of approximately 21° C, one gets excited about the idea of a cold “German winter” for a change….or you get so used to constantly having good weather that the mere thought of any kind of temperature …
Feb
27
What a head!
author of photos: mondi Do not believe that during the past two weeks “se nos ha ido la pinza” (we have lost our head) and have begun to give you a lot of expressions with body parts. The truth is they are really helpful because this is the way we speak in the street. So …
Feb
20
Use well your tongue
What do you think if we continue with expressions containing body parts? I found the last week post so interesting that I decided to continue the subject. However, this time I would like to talk about the tongue. Everyone knows that the word “lengua” refers to the body part which we have in the mouth …
Feb
13
¡Ojo! (Spanish vocabulary)
Have you noticed that in Spanish words that refer to body parts are often used in a different sense? One of the most typical would be surely the exclamation “¡Ojo!”, eye. It is used to call someone’s attention or to emphasize some point. For example, if you tell a child to be careful with the …
Feb
06
No?
Today I want to talk about the different colloquial ways of saying “no” Spanish people have. One of the ones we use more is “give something a miss”. For example, if someone suggests to go to the cinema and you don’t want to go you say “paso”. Another common way of saying it is simply …
Jan
30
Winter sports (vocabulary)
Oh… Winter. I always associate Winter with snow, but this year I have seen only a few flakes, when I was in Poland for Christmas. Snow is rare in Cordoba and this year I think it isn’t its turn, it does not even rain here… But enough of forecasts because today I wanted to talk …
Jan
23
January … time of good intentions.
I do not know if it also happens to you, every year I promise myself something. Later making my good intentions come true is another thing. The fact is that every year in Spain we say, this year I will not … this year I will … after Christmas I start … Source: uveñe I …
Jan
21
My internship at Fábrica de Idiomas
At first I have to say that I really enjoyed the time in Córdoba. I enjoyed it because of the nice city and the friendly atmosphere at work. At the beginning I had the opportunity to join a language course to refresh and improve my Spanish. This is the first thing I am glad for, …
Jan
16
January
When we talk about “January” we refer to the period after Christmas when we have to cut costs as we spent too much money on meals, gifts and parties during the Christmas holiday and it’s quite difficult for us to make ends meet. If you are thrifty (and you’re not unemployed, something almost miraculous these …
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