Do you already know the vocabulary of clothing and accessories? Very good! Now is the time to review the colors and learn vocabulary about materials and prints. Are you ready to go shopping?
COLORS, MATERIALS AND PRINTS
Christmas Time in Spain
If you love Spain and Christmas time … You’re in luck!
In this post you are going to learn the traditions that we live in these dates.
¡Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo!
DECEMBER 22TH
La lotería de Navidad
We buy tickets (décimos) of lottery with the hope of winning the first prize: “El Gordo”.
DECEMBER 24TH
Nochebuena
Spanish families gather for dinner, eat typical sweets (Turrón, mazapán, polvorones…) and sing Christmas carols.
At 00:00 many people go to the church to “La Misa del Gallo”.
DECEMBER 25TH
Navidad
The visit of Santa Claus (Papá Noel) is not a Spanish tradition but it does visit some houses and leaves gifts.
DECEMBER 28TH
El día de los Santos Inocentes
Day in which we play pranks or “inocentadas” to family and friends. (Similar to April Fools’)
DECEMBER 31ST
Nochevieja / Fin de Año
We say goodbye to the year eating 12 grapes to the rhythm of the 12 bells that sound from La Puerta del Sol in Madrid.
JANUARY 1ST
Año Nuevo
JANUARY 5TH
La cabalgata de los 3 Reyes Magos
Children and adults receive a visit from The 3 Wise Men upon arrival in towns and cities.
JANUARY 6TH
El día de Reyes
It’s time to open presents and eat Roscón de Reyes. If you have been bad you will receive coal.
Do you need to know more? Click here to learn more vocabulary about Christmas.
Adjectives to describe the personality. ¿Cómo eres?
One of the uses of the verb SER is to describe permanent characteristics of people look and personality (Remember the difference: we use ESTAR to describe temporary states and moods).
In this post you will learn new vocabulary to describe the character. Did you know them?
Y tú, ¿cómo eres?
TENER /TO HAVE
We are going to study one of the most important verbs in Spanish: The verb TENER. We will see its uses and its conjugation in presente de indicativo.
We use the verb TENER to talk about:
- THE POSSESSION
Yo tengo dos perros. /I have two dogs.
Mis padres tienen una casa en La Rioja. /My parents have a house in La Rioja.
- THE AGE
Tengo veintisiete años. /I am twenty-seven years old.
¿Cuántos años tiene Jorge? /How old is Jorge?
- MUST
Tienes que venir conmigo a la fiesta. /You have to come with me to the party.
Tengo que decirte la verdad. /I have to tell you the truth.
- THE SENSATIONS / STATES USING DIFFERENT IDIOMS:
Carmen tiene frío, pero Manuel tiene calor. /Carmen is cold, but Manuel is hot.
Tengo tos, fiebre y dolor de cabeza. /I have a cough, fever and headache.
Here we review its conjugation in presente de indicativo:
How do you feel? Practice using the verb TENER!
In this video you can have an explanation of some of this words
What time is it? What day is today?
Don’t you know how to ask and say the time in Spanish yet? How about saying a date?
Don’t worry! We’ll teach you in this week’s post! We also want to teach you to talk about the routine, that is, to say at what time you do things on a daily basis. What time do you get up? What time do you eat? What time do you go to sleep? What time is your Spanish class?
Remember that when we talk about the routine we use Presente de indicativo so check its conjugation and also los Verbos reflexivos.
If you don’t know yet how to say a date in Spanish, here you will find basic and important vocabulary: the months of the year, the days of the week, the seasons …
¿Qué día es hoy y qué hora es? Answer in the comments!
Don’t forget to check the numbers in Spanish from 1 to 31 😉
Adjectives that change meaning with SER and ESTAR
Once the uses and differences of SER and ESTAR have been studied, it is time to learn some vocabulary.
In Spanish there are adjectives that depending if used with SER or with ESTAR change their meaning. Do you know them?
Here you are a list with the most common adjectives. Remember that any adjective changes its meaning if we use it with the verb SER (it means that it is a permanent and defining characteristic of the person, animal or thing) or with the verb ESTAR (it means that this characteristic is temporary and refers at that exact moment).
For example, what is the difference between these two sentences?
- Andrea es nerviosa.
- Andrea está nerviosa.
In the first sentence we say that Andrea is a nervous person, always. It is a part of her personality, if we think of Andrea we define her as nervous.
In the second sentence we say that now and in this very moment for some reason Andrea is nervous. She is usually a calm person but not today, today she is nervous.
Check the list of the most common adjectives, do you know any other adjective?
Do you need an explanation of the adjectives which change their meaning if we use them with SER or ESTAR? Rocío explains it to you in this video!
SER o no SER, ¡esa es la cuestión!
Do not forget to study the adjectives that change their meaning depending on whether we use the verb SER or the verb ESTAR!
Do you need an explanation of the uses of SER and ESTAR? Rocío explains it to you in this video!
EO! Los verbos reflexivos
“Verbo reflexivo” is a verb in which the action that takes place rests upon oneself. Complicated? No!it’s not! Here we teach you how to use them and examples with the most common verbs. How many of these verbs do you know? Write an example in the comments!
EO! Describing people
Knowing how to describe people is very useful and you will also learn three of the most important verbs in Spanish: TENER, SER, and LLEVAR. If you need to expand your vocabulary practice with a native teacher!
EO! I love speaking Spanish
The verb “gustar” is one of the most common and rare verbs! Learn how to use it correctly and discover verbs with similar structure with this simple and useful material. Don´t forget to leave your comments!!
