by Patrick Jackson | Mar 25, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Upon arriving to Colombia and before moving to Medellin, Colombia, I lived in Barranquilla, Colombia — a coastal city on the Atlantic side of Colombia. While I was there I filled an entire “cuaderno” (notebook) of Spanish words that I learned while...
by Patrick Jackson | Mar 24, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Today’s topic is How To Say Someone Or Something Is In Your Way in Spanish. In this case, we use can use the verb “estorbar” both literally and figuratively. Let’s look at some examples: ¡Muévete, me estás estorbando! Move, you are in my way!...
by Patrick Jackson | Mar 23, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
A couple of days ago, I received an email from a customer. I want to share his email with you because it illustrates a common mistake. And that’s translating everything literally from English to Spanish and forgetting that English and Spanish are two completely...
by Patrick Jackson | Mar 7, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
Let’s talk about a Spanish-speaking mistake that even native Spanish speakers make. Today, I heard a Gringo here in Medellín, Colombia make the same mistake when speaking Spanish. How To Say Shopping Center In Spanish I was having lunch in a “centro...
by Patrick Jackson | Mar 6, 2015 | Spanish Verb Lessons, Spanish Verbs
Let’s talk about Pitfall Spanish Verbs That Look and Sound Like English Verbs. You may remember a blog post where I mentioned that an American friend asked me to go to the home of the parents of his “novia” (girlfriend/finacée). He didn’t feel...
