November 30, 2009
Vocabulario de la semana – Vocabulary of the Week
como mencioné – as I mentioned
se saludan – greet each other
es importante saber – it’s important to know
diferencia cultural – cultural difference
saludos – greetings
mujeres – women
mejilla – cheek
hombres – men
un abrazo – a hug
diferentes saludos – different greetings
cuando se saludan (a) – when they greet
¿qué pasa cuando [...]
November 23, 2009
Last time we learned about first names in Spanish- “nombres de pila”. For this week we’re going to examine the mysteries of Spanish surnames (last names) – “apellidos”. There’s a verb in Spanish that is used to ask someone what thier last name is. It’s”apellidarse”. This is a verb that doesn’t exist or translate [...]
November 16, 2009
Of all the words in a language, our own first name is one of our most favorite and pleasant words to hear. We certainly all enjoy being called by our first name. Using first names is an unwritten condition of becoming good friends with someone. One of the most uncomfortable situations for me was when [...]
November 9, 2009
I’d like to thank everyone around the world for your wonderful responses to last week’s blog entry which touched on poverty and the scarcity of food in areas of Latin America. You can view some of the responses below. Since there were so many responses, unfortunately we were not able to publish everyone’s response.
Last week [...]
November 2, 2009
Resources to purchase food can be scarce in many areas of the lower-income pueblos in Latin America. Latin America consists of a lot of developing or so called third-world countries. Because of their low economic resources, Latin people usually don’t waste any of their food. In-fact, many will go to extremes (or what some people [...]