Friday, August 29, 2014

El castillo - the castle El rey vive en el castillo.

viernes, 29 de agosto de 2014

El castillo - castle.
El castillo = castle
Hoy, mi palabra es el castillo. = Today my word is the castle.

En frase :

El rey vive en el castillo. = The king lives in the castle.

El rey = the king
vivo = lives
el castillo = castle

Thursday, August 28, 2014

el piso - the floor and the flat.

jueves, 28 de agosto de 2014

 El piso - floor.

 Piso is used to refer to the floor, or an apartment or flat. I thought I would use a picture of a flat or apartment for todays word.
piso - floor or flat
Piso = floor or flat or apartment.

Bonus words

La paréd = wall
La lámpara = lamp
La televisión , el televisor = television.

En frase :

In reference to the apartment .
La paréd del piso es blanca = The wall of the flat is white. 
 
In reference to the floor :
El piso está sucio. = The floor is dirty.
El piso está limpio = The floor is clean. 

You could also use the word suelo, for floor.

El suelo está sucio.
El suelo está limpio.

I use suelo more for the ground. 

El suelo está frio. = The ground is cold.

un video sobre la ropa A Video About Clothes

Video from spanishpod101.com. Thought this was a really great video and I ended up signing up for the course. Another Spanish course to complete.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

The office - La oficina.

miércoles, 27 de agosto de 2014

La oficina - the office.

La oficina - the office.
categoría - trabajos - jobs

En frase

Trabajo en una oficina. - I work in an office. 

Actually, I work in a retail shop. So I would say.

Trabajo en una tienda. - I work in a shop.  

You could reply (very informal) ¿y tu? - and you ? 
¿y usted? (a little more formal) - and you?

Bonus word. 

negocios = business.




Tuesday, August 26, 2014

El mercado - the market Lets go shopping.

martes,  26 de agosto de 2014

Lets go shopping ! 

El mercado - the market.
El mercado - the market.
El mercado - market
En frase 
¿Dónde está el mercado ? = Where is the market ?

Bonus words.
¿Cuánto cuesta? - How much costs. 
Las verduras - vegetables 
Las  frutas - fruits

Some stuff I can see in the picture.

pepino - cucumber
tomate - tomato
naranja - orange
manzana - apple
las uvas - grapes
cebolla - onion

Monday, August 25, 2014

Vela - Candle. Today we study by candle light.

lunes, 25 de agosto de 2014

La vela = candle.

Vela = candle


The Spanish word of the day is vela = candle.

vela = candle
vela perfumada = scented candle
luz de la vela = candle light
llama de la vela = candle flame

Bonus word.

huele bien = smells nice.

When referring to something that smells good, like una vela perfumada, or food you could say huele bien = smells nice. If you didn't like the smell you could say huele mal = smells bad.

En frase. 

La luz de la vela es romántica. = Candle light is romantic. 
La luz de la vela es relajante. = Candle light is relaxing. 

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Color Negro - Black

jueves, 21 de agosto de 2014

Negro = Black

Negro y blanco = black and white
Negro = black
Blanco = white

En frase = in phrase.

El cuadrado es negro. The square is black.

Cuadrado = square


Gracias por leer - Thanks for reading,.