No lo pude evitar :) I couldn’t help it 😁 En la casa de los espejos - In the house of mirrors. Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #practice #learn #funwithspanish
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VAMOS (we go) can also be used as LET’S GO. • VAMOS a Luminato todos los años - WE GO to Luminato every year. Luminato ya empezó, ¡VAMOS! - Luminato already started, LET’S GO. • There are some really cool things in Luminato this year. La casa de los espejos es una experiencia increíble. - The house of Mirrors is an incredible experience. Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #practice #learn #lovelanguage #funwithspanish #lovetoronto #luminato2019
¿Qué nombres has escuchado para “water fountain” en tus viajes? - what names have you heard used for water fountain in your travels? • In Mexico, and some other countries like Cuba, Argentina and Uruguay we use BEBEDERO. Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #funwithspanish #lovetoronto #lovelangauge #practica #aprende #practice #learn
Hoy tuve una visita muy colorida. - Today I had a very colourful visitor. Me visita todos los días. - He visits every day. ¿Hay pájaros cerca de tu casa? - Are there birds close to your house? Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #funwithspanish #lovelanguage #lovetoronto #torontoinspring #practice #learn
Pero ¿por qué no? - but why not? 😁 Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #lovelanguage #lovepuzzles #practice #learn #craziness
It’s a gorgeous day in Toronto today, if a bit windy. Spring is finally fully here and with it some of my favourite flowers. Many of you know that I love lilacs, I love their scent, I love the way they cluster together and Under the Lilacs was one of my favourite books growing up. There is nothing more calming than a lilac tree when your life feels a bit like you are part of a circus (if you’ve read the book, you’ll know what I mean). Life has been a bit like that in my neck of the woods, and I haven’t been posting my daily tidbits. Sorry about that. It’s a struggle to find the right balance sometimes isn’t it? So, from “bajo las lilas” I ask you: what are your Spanish struggles right now? Let me know and I’ll try helping out. Nice to be back, hasta pronto Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #lovelanguage #learn #practice #underthelilacs #lovetoronto #torontoinspring
Now that Spring is here, I thought colours would be a happy subject. • In Spanish, if we are asking for the name of a colour we ask a slight different question than if we are asking for the colour of something. • If you are looking at a colour and you don’t know what colour it is, then you would ask someone: ¿qué color es? Or you could also ask ¿qué color ese ese? What colour is it? Or what colour is that? • If you want to ask about the colour of an object, for example, what colour is your car, then you would ask: ¿de qué color es tu carro? Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #funwithspanish #learn #practice #colour #color #lovelanguage
Hoy, esta es la primavera en Toronto. - Today, this is spring in Toronto. Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #lovelanguage #lovetoronto #practice #learn #spring
Indeed... • Debbie SE COMPROMETIÓ a dar la clase de español. - Debbie promised to teach the Spanish class. • Pedro y Jackie SE COMPROMETIERON - Pedro y Jackie got engaged. • Do you know what “COMPROMETER” translates to? How would you use it? Is it the same or is it different than “COMPROMETERSE”? Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #Funwithspanish #lovelanguage #learn #practice #commit #getengaged
For all of you guys out there it would be “ser penoso” • The word PENA came up in one of my classes the other day. What does it mean? Well, it can be pitty, shame, sorrow, sentence, punishment... I know!!! And it can be used with the verbs DAR, TENER, SENTIR. • Here are some examples: Cuando tengo pena, me sonrojo - when I feel shy (or ashamed, I blush. • Es una PENA lo que pasó ayer - It’s a shame what happened yesterday. • La PENA de muerte - The death penalty. • Esto me da mucha pena - this makes me feel shy. • Have you heard it before? Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #funwithspanish #lovelanguage #shy #learn #practice
AMOR 💖 Para toda la semana - for the whole week. Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #funwithspanish #lovelanguage #lovespanish
Parece ser que depende de dónde vive. It seems to be that it all depends on where the cat lives. • Talking to a friend of mine yesterday about the differences we find in languages, he brought up something I hadn’t thought about: cats lives depend on where you are, or is it the language we speak? • In most Spanish speaking countries cats have 7 lives. Yet here in Canada and most English speaking countries they have 9. Lucky Canadian cats! 🐈 In some countries they even go down to 6 lives! • ¿Cuántas vidas tiene un gato donde tú vives? How many lives does a cat have where you live? Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #learn #practice #funwithspanish #lovelanguage #cats
Uno de esos días... one of those days... • For the example above, “café suficiente” o “suficiente café” are both ok. The first one emphasizes the “café” and the second one the “suficiente” • Espero que tengan un buen fin de semana. Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #practice #funwithspanish #lovelanguage #coffee #enough #learn
Solamente tenía mi servilleta de Starbucks - I only had my Starbucks napkin ☺️ Happy International Women’s Day! • ¿Cómo se dice Mujer en tu idioma? - How do you say Woman in your language? Let’s celebrate together. Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #women #lovelanguage #funwithspanish #womensday #learn #share #practice
¿Quién dice yo? Who says I? 🤫 Todos necesitamos silencio de en vez en cuando. - We all need quiet once in a while. Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #funwithspanish #lovelanguage #learn #practice
Here we go again :) There was a small typo in my last post thank you to @baileythemoose for catching it. • Sometimes the reflexive verb has a different meaning. Can you think of any other verbs like this one? Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #funwithspanish #lovelanguages #practice #learn #sleep
¿Qué opinan? ¿Sí o no? #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #funwithspanish #learn #love #practice
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Si este fuera tu carro, ¿por dónde empezarías? - If This were your car, where would you start? • Reservaría un avión a Cancún para esa tarde - I would make a reservation to Cancun for that afternoon 😁 Hasta pronto, Debbie #spanishtidbits #speakspanish #learnspanish #funwithspanish #learn #practice #lovelanguage #lovetoronto #snowcovered #whatwouldyoudo