by Patrick Jackson | Jun 4, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
I received an interesting email from a customer. He wrote: “Hola Patrick, I live in Mexico and I am an English professor here. Most of my friends are native English-speakers who teach English here in Mexico. My wife is also an American who teaches English here...
by Patrick Jackson | Jun 3, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
I received an email yesterday from a reader who asked, “Patrick, how are your Salsa classes going? You sent us an email a couple of weeks ago saying that you had just started Salsa classes and you have not mentioned anything about your Salsa classes...
by Patrick Jackson | May 25, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Adding “On” or “Ona” to Body Parts in Spanish is something that always makes me laugh about the Spanish language. Spanish-speakers add “on” or “ona” to a body part in order to describe someone. I have included some...
by Patrick Jackson | Apr 10, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish, Intermediate Spanish
Patrick Jackson After reading this blog post, you will have learned the following: 1. How to say shoe in Spanish 2. How to say sneaker or tennis shoe in Spanish 3. How to say sandal in Spanish 4. How to say boot in Spanish 5. How to say house slipper in Spanish 6. How...
by Patrick Jackson | Apr 5, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
In today’s blog post, I will talk about an email that a customer sent me. He wrote: “Patrick, yo soy americano y me gusta cocinar los platos latinos. Please explain what’s an arepa?” In one of the emails that you sent this week you said that a...
by Patrick Jackson | Apr 4, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
I am going to cover several Spanish words that you will not find in your typical learning-Spanish vocabulary book. But I assure you that they are words that native Spanish speakers use. The first one I want to share with you because I heard a Gringo (American) here in...