La palabra del día es pavo.
The word of the day is turkey.
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| El pavo = the turkey |
Mister turkey is fat.
Pavo = turkey
es = is
gordo = fat
Bonus
nieve = snow
La nieve es blanca.
The snow is white.
blanca = white
Thursday, July 31, 2014
El pavo - turkey
31 de julio de 2014
La palabra del día es pavo.
The word of the day is turkey.
Señor pavo es gordo.
Mister turkey is fat.
Pavo = turkey
es = is
gordo = fat
Bonus
nieve = snow
La nieve es blanca.
The snow is white.
blanca = white
La palabra del día es pavo.
The word of the day is turkey.
Mister turkey is fat.
Pavo = turkey
es = is
gordo = fat
Bonus
nieve = snow
La nieve es blanca.
The snow is white.
blanca = white
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Después de la lluvia un arco iris. Rainbow
lunes 29 de julio de 2014
Arco iris = rainbow.
Over the weekend I got a little lluvia = rain. This happened right after a small sun shower. Después de la lluvia un arco iris = After the rain a rainbow. What a beautiful sight and I'm really glad I was outside to see this and snap this image. Image was taken with my Android Samsung Stratosphere II.
Después = after
Lluvia = Rain
Arco iris = Rainbow
Arco iris = rainbow.
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| Arco iris = Rainbow |
Después = after
Lluvia = Rain
Arco iris = Rainbow
Friday, July 25, 2014
I Should Probably Write Something
I've had this blog a little over 3 months now and I haven't written anything personal. Here is a little information about me and why I decided to start this blog.
I've had a love affair with the Spanish language for some time now. I live in Buffalo N.Y. and I've lived in Nevada as well. Both places have large Spanish speaking communities. Around 1999 when I moved to Nevada I decided I wanted to learn a second language and decided on Spanish. I feel it's almost a second language anyway in America. I studied, and practiced for a couple years and then just lost interest.
About a year and a half ago I started practicing again. I told myself I would continue to find ways to make it interesting, and not lose interest this time. That is part of the reason for this blog. The blog is really keeping me on my toes and helps me use the language at least once a day.
So its been about a year and half and I'm finally to the point where I was when I quit studying around 2002. Most things I read, I get a general understanding of, if I'm watching t.v. I get the general gist and understanding of what's going on. I'm still having a hard time with Spanish humor though . All in all though, I'm starting to get a good understanding of it all.
My goal now is to get fluent. I'm having trouble with verb conjugation, and find es y está muy confuso. The use of is and is , is very confusing but I'm learning. Slowly, each day that I practice it gets a little easier and a little less confusing. The more you use it the more you learn.
My day consists of about a half hour of study in the morning with the babbel app on my phone. (I've heard the new version of babbel app is terrible, so I deactivated the upgrade on my phone. The old version rocks ! ) I spend at least an hour a day on the blog post. I usually watch about an hour a day of Spanish language television and then at night I listen to a Spanish lesson from the Coffee Break Spanish podcast. Coffee Break Spanish use to be free but now they charge for the podcast downloads, I'm really glad I downloaded them all before they changed.) All though I have to admit since summer started I've been slacking on my podcast listening and t.v. time.
All this really has helped a lot. Over the last ten years there are just so many new Spanish learning resources on the internet. I'm going to be adding a page of all the free sites I find soon.
I think I'm going to start doing a monthly review, along with a personal post each month. Anyway, this ends my personal post for the month. Like you , I'm learning. Hope you find the information here useful, and if you have any good free resources that can be found on the internet please post a link in the comments.
Gracias por leer. (Thanks for reading)
Que tengas un buen día (have a good day)
I've had a love affair with the Spanish language for some time now. I live in Buffalo N.Y. and I've lived in Nevada as well. Both places have large Spanish speaking communities. Around 1999 when I moved to Nevada I decided I wanted to learn a second language and decided on Spanish. I feel it's almost a second language anyway in America. I studied, and practiced for a couple years and then just lost interest.
About a year and a half ago I started practicing again. I told myself I would continue to find ways to make it interesting, and not lose interest this time. That is part of the reason for this blog. The blog is really keeping me on my toes and helps me use the language at least once a day.
So its been about a year and half and I'm finally to the point where I was when I quit studying around 2002. Most things I read, I get a general understanding of, if I'm watching t.v. I get the general gist and understanding of what's going on. I'm still having a hard time with Spanish humor though . All in all though, I'm starting to get a good understanding of it all.
My goal now is to get fluent. I'm having trouble with verb conjugation, and find es y está muy confuso. The use of is and is , is very confusing but I'm learning. Slowly, each day that I practice it gets a little easier and a little less confusing. The more you use it the more you learn.
My day consists of about a half hour of study in the morning with the babbel app on my phone. (I've heard the new version of babbel app is terrible, so I deactivated the upgrade on my phone. The old version rocks ! ) I spend at least an hour a day on the blog post. I usually watch about an hour a day of Spanish language television and then at night I listen to a Spanish lesson from the Coffee Break Spanish podcast. Coffee Break Spanish use to be free but now they charge for the podcast downloads, I'm really glad I downloaded them all before they changed.) All though I have to admit since summer started I've been slacking on my podcast listening and t.v. time.
All this really has helped a lot. Over the last ten years there are just so many new Spanish learning resources on the internet. I'm going to be adding a page of all the free sites I find soon.
I think I'm going to start doing a monthly review, along with a personal post each month. Anyway, this ends my personal post for the month. Like you , I'm learning. Hope you find the information here useful, and if you have any good free resources that can be found on the internet please post a link in the comments.
Gracias por leer. (Thanks for reading)
Que tengas un buen día (have a good day)
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Morado The Color Purple
jueves, 24 de julio de 2014
Morado = Purple
The color purple.
Morado = Purple
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| Morado = Purple |
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Slash is 49 years old today.
Hoy cumple 49 años el músico guitarrista y compositor Slash (ex Guns N' Roses) pic.twitter.com/roWpY0zvq7
— Radio Tuiteros (@RadioTuiterosMx) July 23, 2014Guitarist and composer Slash is 49 years old today.
la palabra del día es reloj de pulsera Wristwatch
Miércoles, 23 de julio de 2014
La palabra del día es reloj de pulsera.
The word of the day is wristwatch.
El reloj de pulsera es blanco.
The wristwatch is white.
Bonus
la moda = fashion
La palabra del día es reloj de pulsera.
The word of the day is wristwatch.
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| Reloj de pulsera = wristwatch |
The wristwatch is white.
Bonus
la moda = fashion
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Mi palabra es las joyas Jewelry
martes, 22 de julio de 2014
Hoy mi palabra es las joyas.
Today my word is jewelry.
Las joyas = jewelry
joyería = jewelry store
pulsera = bracelet
brazalete = bangle
En una frase. In a phrase.
Hoy mi palabra es las joyas.
Today my word is jewelry.
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| Los brazaletes = bangles / Las joyas = jewelry |
joyería = jewelry store
pulsera = bracelet
brazalete = bangle
En una frase. In a phrase.
Trabajo en una tienda joyería
I work in a jewelry store .
Monday, July 21, 2014
Rosa color pink.
Lunes, 21 de julio de 2014
La palabra es rosa.
Ths word is pink.
Los colores.
The colors.
See also : http://www.mi-palabra-del-dia.com/2014/06/una-rosa-amarilla-yellow-rose.html
La palabra es rosa.
Ths word is pink.
Los colores.
The colors.
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| Rosa - Pink |
See also : http://www.mi-palabra-del-dia.com/2014/06/una-rosa-amarilla-yellow-rose.html
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Verb Conjugation Video, This Is Hysterical
Hysterical Spanish verb conjugation video. This really made me crack up !
¡Conjugación del verbo!
¡Conjugación del verbo!
Cubo de la basura - Trash Can
jueves, 17 de julio de 2014
hoy la palabra es cubo de la basura.
Today the word is trash can.
Uso cubo de la basura por favor.
Use the trash can please.
hoy la palabra es cubo de la basura.
Today the word is trash can.
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| Cubo de la basura = garbage can |
Uso cubo de la basura por favor.
Use the trash can please.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
palabra española del día: libro Book
Miércoles, 15 de julio de 2014
palabra española del dia : libro = book.
Spanish word of the day ; book = libro.
Un libro viejo = An old book.
Libro = book
viejo = old
palabra española del dia : libro = book.
Spanish word of the day ; book = libro.
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| Un viejo libro = An old book. |
Libro = book
viejo = old
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
La palabra del día es volador. Flying
Martes, 15 de julio de 2014
La palabra del día es volador.
The word of the day is flying.
Ave = bird
Volador = flying
La palabra del día es volador.
The word of the day is flying.
Ave = bird
Volador = flying
Monday, July 14, 2014
La palabra del día es escritorio. Desk
lunes, 14 de julio de 2014
Hoy la palabra del día es escritorio.
Today the word of the day is desk.
El escritorio = The desk
es = is
desordenado = messy
Related.
Oficina = office.
Hoy la palabra del día es escritorio.
Today the word of the day is desk.
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| El escritorio = the desk |
es = is
desordenado = messy
Related.
Oficina = office.
Friday, July 11, 2014
Banco del parque Park Bench
viernes, 11 de julio de 2014
Mi palabra del día es banco del parque.
My word of the day is park bench.
Sorry for the late post. It's Friday = viernes. I almost forgot, better late than never. Enjoy your weekend ! Fin de semana ! YaY !!! Regresamos lunes = return Monday .
Mi palabra del día es banco del parque.
My word of the day is park bench.
banco del parque - park bench
Sorry for the late post. It's Friday = viernes. I almost forgot, better late than never. Enjoy your weekend ! Fin de semana ! YaY !!! Regresamos lunes = return Monday .
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Video Shakira feat. Alejandro Sanz - La Tortura
Video en español
Song title translation : The Torture
"Shakira feat. Alejandro Sanz - La Tortura"
Song title translation : The Torture
Buenos modales, good manners, con café, with coffee.
I found this on Pinterest and thought it was really cute.
un café $10.00 un cafe por favor $9.50.
un - 1 or A
café = coffee.
por favor = please
Buenos modales , Good Manners
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| se dice "por favor" you say please. |
un - 1 or A
café = coffee.
por favor = please
La palabra del día es globo Balloon
jueves, 10 de julio de 2014
La palabra del día es globo.
The word of the day is balloon.
Los globos = the balloons.
Un globo amarillo y un globo rojo.
A yellow balloon and a red balloon.
Un = a
globo = balloon
amarillo = yellow
y = and
rojo =red
La palabra del día es globo.
The word of the day is balloon.
Los globos = the balloons.
A yellow balloon and a red balloon.
Un = a
globo = balloon
amarillo = yellow
y = and
rojo =red
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
El jardín en twitter.
Una casa con jardín hace gran diferencia. pic.twitter.com/NvEs43eZT4
— Martin (@MartWriter) July 9, 2014
Translation : A House with a garden makes a big difference.Una - A
casa - house
con - with
jardín - garden
hace - makes
gran - big / great
diferencia - difference.
El jardín the garden
Miércoles, 9 de julio de 2014
Mi palabra del día es jardín.
My word of the day is garden.
El pequeño jardín.
The small garden.
El = the
pequeño = small
jardín = garden
Mi palabra del día es jardín.
My word of the day is garden.
The small garden.
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| El jardín = The garden. |
El = the
pequeño = small
jardín = garden
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Mi palabra del día es ventana window.
martes, 8 de julio de 2014
Mi palabra del día es ventana.
My word of the day is window.
Mi palabra del día es ventana.
My word of the day is window.
La ventana de mi cocina.
My kitchen window.
La ventana - the window
de mi - of my
cocina - kitchen
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| La ventana = the window. |
Monday, July 7, 2014
El sándwich Sandwich.
Lunes, 7 de julio de 2014
Hoy mi palabra del día es facil.
Today my word of the day is easy.
facil = easy
Today I thought I'd do a quick post on cognates. What is a cognate you ask ?
Taken from http://spanishcognates.org/ :
Many Spanish and English words have Latin or Greek roots and the same meaning; these words are called cognates. The Spanish language borrows many words from English and, vice versa, English borrows many words from Spanish. By knowing a few simple rules about cognates, students can quickly expand their vocabulary in Spanish or English.
Cognates are very easy or facil ways to add a lot of words to your foreign language vocabulary. Por ejemplo : For example :
El sándwich = sandwich.
I'm going to be adding at least a cognate a week to mi-palabra-del-dia.com. If you would like to study cognates check out spanishcognates.org for a huge alphabetised free list of cognates found in Spanish.
On a side note I plan on adding a link section to the blog consisting of free spanish learning resources. As always ¡Gracias por leer y adios! Thanks for reading and goodbye !
Hoy mi palabra del día es facil.
Today my word of the day is easy.
facil = easy
Today I thought I'd do a quick post on cognates. What is a cognate you ask ?
Taken from http://spanishcognates.org/ :
Many Spanish and English words have Latin or Greek roots and the same meaning; these words are called cognates. The Spanish language borrows many words from English and, vice versa, English borrows many words from Spanish. By knowing a few simple rules about cognates, students can quickly expand their vocabulary in Spanish or English.
Cognates are very easy or facil ways to add a lot of words to your foreign language vocabulary. Por ejemplo : For example :
El sándwich = sandwich.
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| El sándwich is a cognate, it's almost identical to the English word. Learning and using Spanish cognates is a great way to add a lot of words to your Spanish vocabulary. |
On a side note I plan on adding a link section to the blog consisting of free spanish learning resources. As always ¡Gracias por leer y adios! Thanks for reading and goodbye !
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Mi palabra del día es naranja. Orange La fruta y color
Miércoles, 2 de julio de 2014
Mi palabra del día es naranja.
My word of the day is orange.
La fruta y el color = the fruit and the color.
Los colores = the colors
Naranja = orange
Frase / Phrase
Mi camiseta es naranja.
My t-shirt is orange.
Mi = my
camiseta = t-shirt
es = is
naranja = orange
También la fruta naranja. = Also the fruit orange.
jugo de naranja = orange juice.
jugo = juice
de = of
naranja = orange
Mi palabra del día es naranja.
My word of the day is orange.
La fruta y el color = the fruit and the color.
Los colores = the colors
Naranja = orange
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| Naranja = orange. |
Mi camiseta es naranja.
My t-shirt is orange.
Mi = my
camiseta = t-shirt
es = is
naranja = orange
También la fruta naranja. = Also the fruit orange.
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| La fruta naranja = The fruit orange |
jugo de naranja = orange juice.
jugo = juice
de = of
naranja = orange
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Mi palabra del día es julio. July
1 de julio de 2014
el primero de julio
the first of July
Bienvenido julio = Welcome July !
Bienvenido = welcome
Julio = July.
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| Mi palabra del día es julio. My word of the day is July. |
Los fuegos artificiales = fireworks
Note : In Spanish you don't capitalize the name of the month when writing it.
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