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January 2010

Jan
31
2010

Listening Comprehension: Adir Ferreira

Hola a todos.
Voy voy a contarles un poco sobre como yo aprendí el español. He grabado un audio y espero que les guste. Como todo ejercicio auditivo no voy a incluir la transcripción entonces ¡agucen el oído!
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Post from: Spanish Blog
 

Jan
31
2010

The Versatility of Ir

Ir is not only the shortest verb in Spanish, it’s also one with quite a few meanings. In our lesson on ir, you can learn various short phrases with ir that expand its meanings. One you should learn right away, if you haven’t done so already, is that “ir a” can be “to be going [...]

Jan
30
2010

Listening to French: Les égouts de Paris

An interesting report on something that most people give little thought to, and the unusual museum where you can learn more about it: the Parisian sewer network. Test yourself with this listening comprehension exercise based on a sound file from Champs-Élysées audiomagazine (read my review).
More: French listening
Listening to French: Les égouts de Paris originally appeared [...]

Jan
29
2010

Exams, Superstitions and Kit Kat Bars

The “National Center Test for University Admission” was held on January 16th and 17th. It is a universal examination for Japanese universities. All national/public universities require applicants to take this exam. During the exam season the superstitious nature of the Japanese becomes apparent. In fact you will find various lucky charms being sold around this [...]

Jan
29
2010

Informal Forms of い and な Adjectives

So far we looked at the polite forms of the い and な adjectives. Today we’ll look at the casual forms of い and な adjectives, but only in the present tense.
The present tense polite affirmative of an い adjective :
すずしいいです (cool)
The present tense casual affirmative of an い adjective :
すずしいい (cool)
To form the casual form of [...]