Culture–Are there Rest Homes in Latin America?

September 28, 2009

Currently where I live in the western United States, there are many rest homes and assisted living centers nearby where elderly people go to live. Within about a four mile radius of our business, there are about five facilities with one right next door to our building.
In the assisted living facilities, the people that live [...]

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Culture–El sarcasmo!

September 21, 2009

The people react to “el sarcasmo” (sarcasm) very differently in the Latin American countries I’ve lived in or visited than they do here in the United States.
Sarcasm is very widespread in the United States and is used as a common, daily form of communication. Such as, if a friend or family member purchased a new [...]

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Culture: How to Instantly Learn Hundreds of Spanish Words!

September 14, 2009

Before we get into this week’s subject, I just wanted to talk about some observations I received from a few of you on last week’s learn Spanish blog post. I talked about several words like “parabrisas” and “parachoques” which start with the word “para”. The word “para” has multiple meanings in English. It can mean [...]

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Culture: Fun Spanish Words!

September 7, 2009

There are a lot of great Spanish words that I really enjoy and get a kick out of. Today I’ll share some of these with you to help you learn Spanish and a little about Spanish culture.
A few of my favorite Spanish words have to do with cars. These words may vary by location; for [...]

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Culture: Con Permiso!

September 2, 2009

Vocabulary This Week To Help You Learn Spanish
útil – useful
una situación social – a social situation
todavía lo hago – I still do it (todavía=sometimes, hago=I do, lo=it)
tal vez – maybe
significa – means
se abrazan – they hug each other
persona – person
pasar – to pass by
parientes – relatives
padres – parents
otros – others
otra vez – again
o – or
mucho [...]

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