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 [...]
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 [...]
Vocabulary this week to help you learn Spanish:
a veces – sometimes
algo muy interesante – something very interesting
alguien – someone
amigo – friend
amistades – friendships
años – years
cienes – hundreds
cortés – courteous
crece – grows
cuando – when
cultura – culture
cultura diferente – different culture
diferencia – difference
disfruto – I enjoy
español – Spanish
esta parte – this part
esta semana – this week
esto representa [...]
Vocabulary for this week to help you learn Spanish:
una cosa – one thing
diferente – different
ersona – person
gente – people
hace unos meses – a few months ago
años – years
diferencias culturales – cultural differences
probablemente – probably
puerta – door
mencioné – I mentioned
miles – thousands
la oportunidad – the opportunity
amigos – friends
cultura – culture
hombres – men
esposas – wives
hogares – homes
interesante [...]
Vocabulary to help you learn Spanish:
padres – parents
porque – becuase (”por que” – with a space – is “why”)
técnica – technique
-mente – -ly (this is a suffix or word ending; “mente” at the end of a word means “ly” in English)
besito – kiss
abrazo – hug
cortés – courteous
gente – people
muy amable(s) – very friendly (plural)
misionero – [...]