Txalaparta is not a Spanish word, it is a word from one of the four official languages in Spain, Basque. Every Spaniard has the duty to know and speak Spanish. However, this rule does not apply to the other three official languages.… CONTINUE READING
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Txalaparta, courtesy of some Northern Basques
Berri Txarrak
This time, a band from Lekumberri, Navarra, in Basque… so that you can taste the difference. Berri Txarrak, means bad news in Basque, and Oreka, the name for this song, balance.… CONTINUE READING
El hombre del saco by Vetusta Morla
El hombre del saco in Spanish is the Sack Man, also called the Bag Man or Man with the Bag/Sack in English. It is a figure similar to the bogeyman, portrayed as a man with a sack on his back who carries naughty children away.… CONTINUE READING
ROUTINE: verbs and expressions of time
In this TUTORIAL you will find a reminder of the main things to consider when talking or writing about your normal routine.
Addresses and personal information
Addresses and personal information, the kind of topic that surely you need to cover to set the solid grounds that your Spanish learning adventure needs.
You have the opportunity to do an activity to test your reading skills.… CONTINUE READING
Talking about your family, descriptions and personal information
Talking about your family (real or imaginary, it is up to you!), will give you an opportunity to apply what you have been learning recently into practice. Finding a topic such as describing your family, is a useful way to test yourselves on whether you are becoming more confident in using all the vocabulary and grammar that you have been studying so far.… CONTINUE READING
Vetusta Morla
Indie rock from Tres Cantos, Madrid. The band name was inspired by the giant old turtle in The Never Ending Story, by Michael Ende.
Learning a language
Learning a language is like finding yourself at home in a kind of building site. Your bricks are words of all sorts, such as verbs, nouns, adjectives, connectors. Your mortar is grammar.… CONTINUE READING
