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Spanish Adjectives
Calido warm caliente hot frio cod divertido funny triste sad sombrio gloomy caro expensive batoto cheap vacia empty alegre cheerful bonita pretty abierta open estrecha close gordo fat delgado thin feo ugly bello beautiful bonito pretty doloroso painful fantasía fancy vendido sold leido read peligroso dangerous
2009.05.07 -
Spanish Conjuctions : But , however, nevertheless negative
pero Dame el dinero, pero si te mueves yo tire Give me the money, but if you move, I'll shoot. sino Ésta no es Luisa sino Julia, This isn´t Luisa but Julia sin embargo Estory en casa, sin embargo no puedo verte I´m at home, however I can´t see no obstante Pedro es rico, no obstante nunca paga la cuenta Pedro is rich, nevertheless he never pays the bill
2009.04.13 -
Question Words in Spanish
¿Qué? What, Which ¿Cuál(cuáles) Which ¿Quién(quiénes) who ¿Quién esta usted? Who are you? ¿De quién whose ¿De quién es este coche? Whose car is this? ¿Dónde? where ¿Dónde esta usted? Where do you live? ¿Adónde? to where ¿Adónde vas? Where are you going? ¿Cómo? how ¿Cómo está usted? How are you? ¿Cuándo?when ¿Cuánto(cuántos)? how much, how many ¿Por qué? why ¿Para qué? for what
2009.04.08 -
Spanish question words
We use question words like how? what? when? where? who? to request information. Spanish question words are all written with an accent on the stressed syllable and are preceded by an upside-down question mark(¿). - ¿Qué? (What? Which?) ¿Qué es esto? What´s this? - ¿Cuál´?/Cuáles?(Which?(identified more closely)) ¿Cuál es la ciudad más grande de laregión? Which is the biggest town in the region? ¿..
2009.03.24 -
Some Expressions from NY Times 2009 03 23
It is to early to tell whether the inducements amount to a huge taxpayer giveaway or a shrewdly designed package that returns profit to taxpayers and stimulates the financial system. => Shrewd : A shrewd person is able to understand and judge a situation guickly and to use this understanding to their own advantage. Shrewd guess. 날카로운, 예리한, 통찰력 있는. "I think right now there is so much pessimism th..
2009.03.24 -
Some Expressions from NY Time 090323
Struggling for its survival, G.M. has said it will completely pull out of Saab by the end of 2009, a course that Ms. Olofsson described as tantamount to declaring "that they wash their hands of Saab and drop it into the laps of the Swedish taxpayers." =>No reception on the airport means tantamount to declaring our relationship is over. But the prospect of failure is to awful for Trollhattan's ma..
2009.03.23 -
For writing the short story
It is very easy to write a bad short story. Although short stories require a different technique from novels, I'll realize that those early failures were a necessary apprenticeship. It was through years of writing and rewriting - struggling to express myself clearly, to work out my plots, to bring the characters to life - that we have to learn the skills. None of our writing is wasted. There wil..
2009.03.20 -
Para alquilar
- Buenos días. ¿En qué puedo servirle?(Good afternoon, How can I help you?) - Buenos días. Quisiera alquilar un chalet o un piso para el mes de agosto. (Good afternoon, I want to rent a villa or a flat for the month of August) - No queda muy poco para agosto. ¿Para cuántas personas es? (You have very little for August. How many people for?) - Para dos personas solamente. Quisiera una casa con un..
2009.03.05