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 4, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
I prefer to write blog posts that cover Spanish vocabulary about life and other cheerful things. But since death and dying are two things that are certain in life (and most Spanish courses do not cover such vocabulary), at the risk of sounding “mórbido”...
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...
