spanishland: Este año… This year… Dejaré de fumar.I’ll quit smoking. Tendré pensamientos más positivos.I’ll have more positive thoughts Comeré más comida sana.I’ll eat more healthy food Ahorraré un poquito más.I’ll save a little bit more (money). Leeré más libros.I’ll read more books Reiré a menudo.I’ll laugh often Haré nuevos amigos.I’ll make new friends Disfrutaré de la vida.I’ll enjoy life more positivity  ..read more

lovelybluepanda: You like a language, learn it. Don’t give up on learning it only because it’s not popular, “useful” or your friends don’t like it. Sticky notes, sticky notes everywhere. If you can’t remember a grammar rule or a word/structure, use sticky notes. Study daily, even if it’s for 5 min or less. Learn the first 100-300 most common words, they are like everywhere. Duolingo, Memrise and Forvo are the holy trinity for every language learner; everyone uses them at some point. HiNative will save your ass when you have questions. “Hakuna matata mais quelle phrase magnifique” Disney ..read more

eslighthouxe: cualquiera que sea, tu color de piel es hermoso ..read more

spanishskulduggery: lucylangblr: Quedar con - (tener una cita con alguien) used when you are meeting up with someone e.g. Me quedo con Laura cada jueves para platicar por un rato - I meet Laura every Thursday to chat for a bit Quedar en - to come to an agreement  e.g. quedamos en limpiar la casa por turno - we decided to take turns at cleaning the house Quedar - to keep something e.g. Puedes quedarte ese bolso - you can keep that bag Quedar - to give a good or bad impression e.g. Cuando conocí a Juan por la primera vez, estaba bebiendo mucho, quedó muy mal. - When I met Juan for the fir ..read more

vocabninja: bracelet la pulsera It goes around your wrist, where you take your pulse. Keep reading ..read more

Reaction phrases ;) ¿En serio? / ¿De verdad? - Really? No puede ser - No way / It can’t be No puedo creerlo - I can’t believe it ¡Dios mío! - OMG! ¡Pobrecito! - poor thing! ¡Genial! - cool! Phrases with “¡Qué …!” This works as “How …!” in English. It can also be translated as “That’s …!” ¡Qué bonito! - How pretty! / That’s pretty! ¡Qué interesante! - How interesting! / That’s interesting! ¡Qué romántico! - How romantic! / That’s romantic! ¡Qué gracioso! / ¡Qué chistoso! - How funny! / That’s funny! ¡Qué bien! / ¡Qué bueno! - How good! / That’s good! ¡Qué mal! - How bad! / Tha ..read more

lemonadeandlanguages: Quedarse de piedra To be stunned Lit.: To stay like a stone E.g.: Me quedé de piedra cuando ví a Lucia besando el novio de Ana.— I was stunned when I saw Lucia kissing Ana’s boyfriend ..read more

¡Hola! That’s awesome! If you know already all Spanish tenses including the subjunctive, I think one of the main things you can do to strengthen your Spanish is to learn the Guatemalan slang, which they call it “chapinismo”. Honestly, I don’t know much about chapinismo. I watched a video about the difference between Mexican and Guatemalan slang, and omg! it’s so different. But here, I leave you some webpages with a loooot of chapinismo :) Nelmor Guate360 Pechochi Taringa Videos: Chapinismos para extranjeros Chapinismos || Jaca & Luchi  (Maybe the second one is a little bit more di ..read more

mischastudies: Write! You need to learn how to apply the grammar rules in longer texts. Write about a page or so. You can write longer profiles, translate songs, poems, paragraphs in books and much more. Read! Go to your local library, a pdf on a book, or anything  and see if you find some books with easy short texts like children's books or poems and practice reading them out loud, understanding and translate them. Watch movies or series in that language. This will be good in understanding people talking that language, also it can help on pronunciation and maybe you find some ..read more

¡Felices Pascuas a todos! (Un poco tardío ?)  Easter was this Sunday, April 16th, and Good Friday was the 14th, which meant an end to Lent and in Catholic countries like Costa Rica, the end of Semana Santa.  Vocab: Cuaresma– Lent Viernes Santo– Holy Friday Pascua– Easter la resurrección– the resurrection el enterramiento– the burial la misa– mass  Even though I was raised Catholic and am familiar with a lot of the traditions and meanings behind the holiday in the United States, Easter in Costa Rica (or more importantly, the week leading up to Easter) was a big surprise to ..read more