by Patrick Jackson | Aug 21, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Today’s topic is “How To Say The Names Of The Five Fingers In Spanish.” I am not going to get into a debate about whether or not the thumb is actually a finger or not. But I was browsing through the Net a few days ago and visiting some of the online...
by Patrick Jackson | Aug 20, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Today’s topic is “How To Say The 5 Senses in Spanish” I was surfing the Net a few days ago and visiting some of the online community sites where people learning Spanish like to gather. And I found a question about Spanish vocabulary that someone...
by Patrick Jackson | Aug 13, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
This blog post is actually from an email that I sent to my customers and subscribers on New Year’s Day of 2008. In the email, I discussed what it’s like to spend New Year’s Eve on the Coast of Colombia after spending New Year’s Eve 2007 in...
by Patrick Jackson | Jul 28, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
I recently heard an English speaking friend here in Medellin, Colombia talking to his “novia” (girlfriend), actually she’s his “prometida” (fiancée) — while using his “celular” (cell phone). I heard him make two mistakes...
by Patrick Jackson | Jul 27, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Let’s learn how to say “facedown” in Spanish while learning how to avoid a common mistake that English speakers make when speaking Spanish. I have mentioned in previous blog posts that I practice an “artes marciales” (martial arts) here...
by Patrick Jackson | Jul 23, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
You may remember my recent blog post where I wrote that one thing that always makes me laugh about the Spanish language is how Spanish-speakers add “on” or “ona” to a body part in order to describe someone. I then gave the following examples by...
