by Patrick Jackson | Mar 3, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
Today I want to continue talking about How To Think In Spanish. Recently, I read the following comment from a “friend” on Facebook: “I hope I don’t offend anyone, but why do Mexicans say such ridiculous things like ‘open the water for...
by Patrick Jackson | Mar 2, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
She wrote, “Patrick, you have an error in your previous email. You wrote: El acróbata caminó por la cuerda floja en el circo. (The acrobat walked across the tight rope in the circus.) Patrick, you wrote that ‘cuerda floja’ means ‘tight...
by Patrick Jackson | Mar 1, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
I have 5 Spanish vocabulary words that I want to share with you. I learned these vocabulary words when I first started learning Spanish and I used to walk around with a “libreta” (little writing pad) and a “lapicero” (writing pen). And every...
by Patrick Jackson | Feb 28, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
You may recall that in one of my emails I mentioned that when I first started learning Spanish, I used to walk around with a “libreta” (little writing pad) and a “pluma” (literally, “feather”) or “lapicero” or...
by Patrick Jackson | Feb 28, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
Less than an hour ago, I heard an “extranjero” (foreigner) make a common error when speaking Spanish. While the error is still fresh in my mind, I want to send you an email about it so that you never make this mistake. This is what happened . . . . This...
