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 [...]
In all of the Latin American countries I’ve lived in or visited, the people react to “el sarcasmo” (sarcasm) very differently than they do here in the United States.
In the United States sarcasm is very widespread and is used as a common, daily form of communication. Such as, if a friend or family member purchased [...]
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 newsletter. 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 “for”, as I [...]
In Spanish (to learn Spanish click here) there are a lot of great words that I really enjoy and get a kick out of. Today I’ll share some of these with you as well as discuss a little about culture.
A few of my favorite words have to do with cars. These words may vary by [...]
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 [...]