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Ser & Estar - Master The Verbs!
Ser & Estar – Master The Verbs!
Here is an excerpt from Master The Uses of Ser & Estar: The Two Most Important and Fundamental Verbs:
Debunking the Myth of Permanent & Temporary
In the realm of Spanish study, there are lists and lists of rules that are used for helping the language learner understand the difference between Ser and Estar. Here are a couple of the rules that we have all seen, time and time again:
For anything…
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My Dog "Just" Pooped on the Carpet - in Spanish.
My Dog “Just” Pooped on the Carpet – in Spanish.
Some things are just plain tricky in Spanish. But once you learn the trick and practice it often, it tends to “stick”, just like learning a new word. Here’s are some examples of how we can use the the English adverb “just” in Spanish:
just — justo, sólo, solamente.
Note: Just so you know, sólo is an adverb meaning “only,” “solely” or “just”– the same as solamente. As a matter of fact, sólo and…
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Spanish Phrases to Help Beat the "Beginner" Tag
Spanish Phrases to Help Beat the “Beginner” Tag
There are all kinds of language learners in the world. The kinds that “speak from day one”. The ones that study in schools for two or three years, then take a trip to Latin America or Spain and see if they can remember how to order some paella. There are those that become introverted (if they weren’t that way already) and study for hours per day until they get a substantial amount of vocabulary,…
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“OF ALL PLACES” Free Next 5 Days This is a novelette that I wrote. It's free on Amazon from today, 04/0717 through Tuesday 04/11/17. Feel free to grab a copy. :)
OF ALL PLACES - Just released
OF ALL PLACES – Just released
Today I published a novelette called OF ALL PLACES.
Description:
What happens when the chosen ones, having survived a crash landing and now suffering the after-effects of the injections administered by the astrophysicists back home, take on a journey through the untraveled, dusty, rocky terrain of Kepler, en route to the oasis that was promised to them?
For Tess Hadfield, a fist-clenching, tomboy…
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Ser & Estar Book: FREE. March 2 - 7
Ser & Estar Book: FREE. March 2 – 7
Beginning Friday, March 3, 2017, my book Ripping Apart The Spanish Language: Ser & Estar will be free… for five days. Grab yourself a copy. Share it with your buddies. Leave a review. You can get it here:
GET THE BOOK HERE
Why do I need this book?
You may be asking yourself this question. Like the rest of us, you may have seen a couple of books floating around out there that deal with the subject…
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LOOK AT ME!
IF I USE YOUR IDEA FOR MY NEXT BOOK, I’LL GIVE YOU A FREE COPY OF THE EBOOK AND I’LL SEND YOU A PAPERBACK COPY AS WELL, FREE. (AND I’LL THROW IN A COPY OF MY LAST BOOK, ON SER & ESTAR.) There are myriads of books out there on Spanish learning. Too many. But as we browse through the rows and rows of these books at Barnes & Noble, as we peruse through pages and pages on Amazon.com, we don’t…
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"Perfecting the Past in Spanish" (Smith-Durán)
“Perfecting the Past in Spanish” (Smith-Durán)
A while back I purchased the book “Perfecting The Past In Spanish”, written by Gordon and Cynthia Smith-Durán. Why? Well, a little over a year ago I had purchased one of their other books called “Demystifying the Spanish Subjunctive: Feel the Fear and ‘Subjunctive ‘ Anyway!” for which I wrote a review. (The review can be found by clicking here.)
After having such a great experience with the book…
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Nuevo Libro de Cuentos en Ingés
Nuevo Libro de Cuentos en Ingés
He estado muy ocupado escribiendo mi próximo libro, “Cuentos Breves en Inglés“. Lo siguiente es un extracto del cuento que se llama “The Best Coffee! (El Mejor café!) El texto se centrará en la página para que sea más fácil de leer, y habrá una lista de vocabulario al final de cada breve capítulo.
It was just another day in the town of Misty Forge.
Phil Griggs threw on his brown golf cap
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Updated Spanish Book (Ser & Estar) Thanks to those who pointed out some typos in my book, "Ripping Apart the Spanish Language: Ser & Estar".
Aprende Inglés Leyendo: "Eat Live, Eat Die"
Aprende Inglés Leyendo: “Eat Live, Eat Die”
Lo siguiente es un extracto del cuento “Eat Live, Eat Die” (del capítulo dos) de mi próximo libro “Cuentos Breves en Inglés“, que contará con cuentos en “inglés americano real”.
These were the kinds of things that Rudy remembered.
It was difficult to believe that 30 years had already passed by since that day with his buddies.
Rudy had grown up surviving on sugar and bacon grease.
Each day he…
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Using Impersonal Expressions in Spanish
Using Impersonal Expressions in Spanish
Impersonal expressions are sentences or phrases that do not have a specific subject when speaking about something that is taking place. In Spanish, we use Ser for these types of expressions.
(The following is an excerpt from “Ripping Apart the Spanish Language: Ser & Estar.)
For example, in English we say:
It is easier to go to the store early in the morning.
In this sentence, the verb is…
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Night Before Christmas in Spanglish
Night Before Christmas in Spanglish
Spang·lish ˈspaNGɡliSH/ noun informal noun: Spanglish
a hybrid language combining words and idioms from both Spanish and English, especially Spanish speech that uses many English words and expressions.
Twas the Noche by María Eugenia Morales
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the casa
Not a creature was stirring, caramba! Qué pasa?
Los niños were tucked away in their…
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The Present Progressive in Spanish
The Present Progressive in Spanish
Present Progressive—El Presente Progresivo
The present progressive in English is a verb form that uses a conjugation of “to be” followed by a word ending in –ing (called a present participle). It is used to express that an action is currently in progress, or is being repeated.
I am eating. We are dancing. The lady in the drawing is running. You are reading.
Side Note:In Spanish, we call the…
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X-MAS Gift for Spanish Nerds - Updated Ser & Estar Book
X-MAS Gift for Spanish Nerds – Updated Ser & Estar Book
Ripping Apart the Spanish Language: Ser & Estar has been updated. In addition to some tweaks in the text, it includes a new book cover. If you have purchased the Kindle version and are not able to get the updated version, let me know and I can send you the PDF version (free, of course). Message me on Facebook, and I’ll hook you up!
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(If you want to purchase…
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Christmas in Spanish – La Navidad
Ser & Estar Book Free Next 5 Days
Ser & Estar Book Free Next 5 Days
Starting Sunday, December 4 and continuing through Thursday, December 8, you can download my book “Ripping Apart the Spanish Language: Ser & Estar” for free. (It is normally $2.99, so go ahead and take advantage of it.)
…And I’d be tickled silly if you would leave an honest comment and rating for me on Amazon!
The book, in case you haven’t seen it, deals with all the ins and outs of using the…
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