by Patrick Jackson | Jan 15, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Today I will talk about how New Year’s Eve is celebrated in Colombia. How To Say New Years Eve In Spanish In many parts of the Spanish speaking world New Year’s Eve is called “la nochevieja” — literally “the old night.” But...
by Patrick Jackson | Dec 4, 2014 | Conversational Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
How to ask “are you sick?” in Spanish How to ask “are you a nurse?” in Spanish How to ask “are you sick?” in Spanish. You will also learn how to say needle and syringe in the Spanish language. A couple of weeks ago, here in...
by Patrick Jackson | Dec 3, 2014 | Conversational Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Almost every night, I watch a “novela” (soap opera) here in Colombia called “El Estilista.” Although “El Estilista” literally means “The Stylist,” “El Estilista” is a “novela” inspired by a true...
by Patrick Jackson | Dec 2, 2014 | Conversational Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
I am going to keep this blog post as short as possible. That’s because there is a “serie” (mini-series) here in Colombia that I want to watch right now. It is on Caracol Television. Caracol is Colombia’s national television network. By the way,...
by Patrick Jackson | Dec 1, 2014 | Beginner Spanish, Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
In a recent blog post I told you about my friend Harry from New York who was here visiting me in Medellín, Colombia. Harry has returned to the States but I did not forget that I told you in my last blog post that I was going to tell you about some more learning...
by Patrick Jackson | Nov 30, 2014 | Beginner Spanish, Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
Today, I have some very funny learning-Spanish mistakes to tell you about. After reading this blog post, you will know how to say the following in Spanish: 1. How to say cat in Spanish 2. How to say jack in Spanish 3. How to say soulmate in Spanish 4. How to say...
