When you attend Spanish school in Lima, you will be exposed to the city’s political and cultural history. One of the most renowned Latin American writers is Mario Vargas Llosa. He is considered to be one of the most important novelists and essayists from Latin America. In fact, he won the 2010 Nobel Prize in […]
El Modismo del Día: Matar Pulgas
Cada quien tiene su manera de matar pulgas. Literally means: Each has his way to kill fleas. The English equivalent is: There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
Progressive Tenses
The progressive tenses consist of the present, past, future, or conditional forms of estar followed by the gerund. Example: Estoy oyendo música. I’m listening to music. Estaba oyendo música. I was listening to music. Estuve oyendo música hasta que salimos. I was listening to music until we went out. Estaré oyendo música. I’ll be listening […]
Volunteering in Santiago
Nurturing Hearts for Neglected Infants Santiago, Chile
El Modismo del Día: Rey Soy!
Mientras que en mi casa estoy, rey soy. Literally means: While in my house, I am king. The English equivalent is: A man’s home is his castle.
Gerund Flexibility
The gerund is a very flexible part of speech in Spanish when translating it into English. Objective and reflexive pronouns can be attached to the present participle in writing, and an accent mark is written over the a or e of the gerund ending: esperándolo dándomelos viéndolas levantándose The gerund in spanish is usually equivalent to […]
Modismo del Día: Más vale el pájaro
Más vale pájaro en mano que cien volando. Literally means: A bird in the hand is worth more than 100 flying. The English equivalent is: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Formation of the Gerund (Present Participle)
The gerund (-ndo form of the verb) corresponds to the -ing form in English. For –ar verbs, the ending is –ando; for -er and -ir verbs, the ending is -iendo. tomar – tomando aprender – aprendiendo escribir – escribiendo -Er and -ir verbs whose stem ends in a vowel use -yendo and not -iendo. caer – cayendo leer – […]
Cultural Tidbit (Peru): Alberto Fujimori, el vaso medio lleno
If you are planning to attend a Spanish language program in Peru, it only makes sense to learn about the country’s cultural history. By doing so, you will be in a position where you can better appreciate the region’s political history as well as its various landmarks, museums and buildings. One of the key figures […]
Tourism Vocabulary
la afluencia………………crowd, flow el aumento……………….the increase el consumo……………….the consumption el descenso……………….the decline el destino………………….the destination el encanto…………………the charm el encarecimiento……….the increase in price halagüeño…………………promising, flattering el largo medio millón….a good half a million la moneda…………………the currency la previsión……………….the forecast regalar……………………..to treat well, royally la vivienda…………………housing
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