Spanish Lesson 15: Possessive Pronouns/ Adjectives
Possessive pronouns or Possessive Adjectives According to Grammarly.com, Possessive Pronouns show that something belongs to someone. The possessive pronouns, in English, are my, our, your, his, her, its, and their. Possessive pronouns simplify constructions that show possession of a noun. For example: *Peter enjoys reading Peter’s books. It sounds odd to use Peter’s name […]
Read MoreSPANGLISH SUNDAY (6)
Happy Sunday. I hope your weekend has been enjoyable so far. If you need a little pick-me-up, however, you may be in the right place. Here are some Spanglish jokes to make you smile or maybe just help you learn a new word. […]
Read MoreFriday Canción: Bailando by Enrique Iglesias
Hola mis amigos. Es viernes de nuevo. I hope you have fun plans or at least relaxing plans for your weekend. Welcome back to my Friday Canción feature. I’ve got a well-known, dance inducing song for you today! La canción de viernes: Bailando by Enrique Iglesias If you’ve ever thought of football as a dance […]
Read MorePablo Neruda’s “Leaning Into The Afternoons”
Leaning into the afternoons is another poem about love by Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda. The first time I read it, I got a sense of an older person talking to his love. Perhaps senility was playing its ugly hand and taking his love away bit by bit. ‘The experts” seem to have other ideas, however. They […]
Read MoreReblog: Lake Titikaka and the Uros on their floating Islands
I saw a documentary once about a group of indigenous peoples who literally built their islands, their homes, out of reeds. The Uru or Uros are indigenous to the area of Peru and Bolivia and live on islands in the shared Lake Titicaca. Currently, they live on approximately 120 man-made floating islands in the lake, […]
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Spanish Lesson 14: Adjectives ~ Adjetivos
According to Grammarly.com, Adjectives are words that describe/ modify the qualities or states of being of nouns, egs. enormous, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also describe the quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven. In English the adjectives are usually easy to spot because they come immediately before the nouns they modify. Examples: The enormous structure […]
Read MoreLázaro Cárdenas and the post Revolution Reforms in Mexico
Who was Lázaro Cárdenas? He was the President of Mexico from 1935 to 1940. He was said to be one of the most honest and dedicated of all Mexican presidents. During his campaign, he visited many rural villages and towns, the likes of which had a never before seen a presidential candidate far less a […]
Read MoreFRIDAY CANCIÓN: Como La Flor – Selena
It’s viernes de nuevo. Welcome to another Friday Canción. My selection today is a little slower in tempo but so beautiful, even if it is about an unrequited love. Today’s cancion de viernes is Como La Flor by Selena. Como La Flor is from Selena’s third studio album, Entre a Mi Mundo which was released in 1992. The song is credited […]
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