tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90412272906726711692011-10-13T22:52:46.995+08:00Alice, Kitty, Jenifer and William are attempting to learn one foreign language for free. Click on Alice's blog list to find Kitty, Jenifer and William's blogs.Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.comBlogger481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-35901060920416186052010-07-27T02:27:00.002+08:002010-07-27T02:29:46.751+08:00<object height="385" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B2J2wO8eYz4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B2J2wO8eYz4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br />I usually do not like hip-hop, but this song by Ana Tijoux is magical! I am trying to learn the lyric :)<br /><br />1970, 1970<br />1970, 1970<br /><br />Naci un dia de junio<br />Del año 77<br />Planeta mercurio<br />Y el año de la serpiente<br />sin o patente<br />Tatuado y en mi frente<br />Que en el vientre de mi madre<br />marcaba el paso siguiente<br />Me hace llorar<br />sin anestesia en la camilla<br />Mi padre solo dijo es Ana Maria<br />Si seria el primer llanto<br />Que me probaria<br />Quemando las heridas<br />Y dandome la bateria<br />Solia ser entonces como un libro abierto<br />Pero lei la letra pequeña del texto<br />Como un arquitecto<br />Construyendo cada efecto<br />Correcto, incorrecto, sé aprender todo al respecto<br />Saber que algunas personas<br />Queran el daño<br />subir peldaño<br />Toma tiempo toma año<br />Con mi peluche mirando lo cotidiano<br />Dibujos transformaban<br />y el invierno en gran verano<br />papa me regalo bajo mi insistenso<br />Juego, trataba de culparte y recibencia<br />Pero en el cartu hicieron la competencia<br />Y fue cuando senti mi primera impotencia<br /><br />1970 shhh<br />1970 shhh<br />1970 shhh<br /><br />1977 no me digan no<br />Que uno lo preciente<br />Todo lo que cambia lo hara diferente<br /> En el año que nacio la serpien shhh (bis)<br /><br />Mi adolescencia<br />fue una etapa bizarra<br />El cuerpo es bateria<br />y la cabeza guitarra<br />La orquesta narronato<br />nada quebrada para la mirada<br />De una niña que solo talla espadas<br />hormona disparada<br />Sobre poblada sin formas<br />en que cambian temporadas<br />Caminas en crucijadas<br />Cada cual es su morada<br />Preparaba la carnada<br />La sagrada diablada<br />De mirada encabronada<br />Mi fila la verdad<br />Nunca busco su silla<br />Mi busqueda fue mero<br />Proceso de pura pila<br />Pupila de poeta<br />Que marco nuestra saliba<br />En la cordillera que miraba la salida<br />La parada militar de paso monotono<br />Colores policromolos<br />Uniformes de poco tono<br />Detono mi cuestionamento<br />La voz si sono no<br />Mi primera rima que sono<br />y me enrrolo<br />Mi busqueda no fue para mi cosa de escenario<br />Fue algo necesario<br />Que marcaba ya mi fallo<br />Asi que todas<br />mas de lo necesario<br />Fue cuando entendi<br />Que todos quieren ser corsario.<br /><br />1970 shhh<br />1970 shhh<br />1970 shhh<br /><br />1977 no me digan no<br />Que uno lo preciente<br />Todo lo que cambia lo hara diferente<br /> En el año que nacio la serpien shhh (bis)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-3590106092041618605?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-49777206248317809282010-07-09T15:40:00.000+08:002010-07-09T15:41:04.493+08:00<object width="400" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U8DUT8TebRc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U8DUT8TebRc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />My favorite Pocoyo and doors!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-4977720624831780928?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-73380573207480636752010-07-09T15:21:00.001+08:002010-07-09T15:21:47.804+08:00el tiempo - the weather<br />¿Qué tiempo hace en tu país ahora? - how’s the weather in your country?<br />hace buen tiempo - some good weather<br />hace sol - sunny<br />llueve - it’s raining<br />hace frío - it’s cold<br />hace mal tiempo - bad weather<br />ése, ésa - that<br />aquél, aquélla - further away<br />éste, ésta - this one<br />¿Tú qué opinas? - what’s your opinion?<br />por una parte, es bueno - on one hand, it’s good<br />....para la economia - for the economy<br />por otra parte, es malo...- on the other hand, it’s bad<br />...por el impacto ecológico - impact on the environment<br />está bien, está mal - it’s good, it’s bad<br /><br />next one is going to be the last one!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-7338057320748063675?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-68267679722371387302010-06-20T16:52:00.001+08:002010-06-20T16:53:37.280+08:00<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">me siento muy mal - I feel very ill</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">me duele el estómgao - stomach ache</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">necesito algo para los vómitos - something for vomiting</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">¿ Tiene algo para el dolor de estómago? - something for the stomach</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">dolor - pain</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">mi amiga se siente muy - my friend is very ill</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">una cucharada - a spoonful</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">cada cuatro horas - every four hours</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">si el dolor sigue - if pains continues</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">tiene que ir al médico - see a doctor</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">unas tiritas - plaster</span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Hm...Just 2 more episodes!</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-6826767972237138730?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-16273263473683491552010-06-20T00:45:00.002+08:002010-06-20T00:47:47.907+08:00I stumbled upon this beautiful song...<br /><br /><object height="385" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kqqsZ8bLVXI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kqqsZ8bLVXI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br />Hoy me he despertado<br />con mucha tristesa<br />sabiendo que mañana<br />ya te vas de mi<br />Te juro mi vida<br />que pensando en lo nuestro<br />me pasé la noche<br />casi sin dormir<br /><br />Ya lo se que tu te vas<br />que quizas no volveras<br />que muy tristes hoy seran<br />mis mañanas si te vas<br />hasta cuando volveras<br />a mis brazos no lo se<br />sera un eternidad<br />creo que te voy a perder<br /><br />Ya lo se mi amor<br />que te vas, te vas<br />que ha llegado la hora<br />de decirnos adios<br />te deseo buena suerte<br />hasta nunca mi amor<br /><br />adios amor, adios amor, adios amor<br /><br />adios amor, adios amor, adios amor, adios amor, adios amor,<br />adios amor<br />adiooooooos aaaamooooor<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-1627326347368349155?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-51923419577047894172010-06-17T18:51:00.002+08:002010-06-17T18:54:05.655+08:00I am really excited with this new website, got the two features that I absolutely love: social networking and earning points (kind of like video gaming...). I still have 2 more episodes to go with Mi Vida Loca, and I do want to finish them. But I am also getting quite into my Spanish lessons on Livemocha. The interesting thing is, I almost completed the first lesson, but I am a bit stuck with the speaking assignment. I am quite anxious when it comes to the pronunciation. I need to practice more before submitting my work!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-5192341957704789417?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-48980020651835011962010-06-15T01:39:00.001+08:002010-06-15T01:40:29.551+08:00quiero ver - I’d like to see<br />esta casa - this house<br />este piso - this flat<br />este apartamento - this apartment<br />¿Hay aire acondicionado? - is there air conditioner<br />¿Hay piscina? - is there a swimming pool<br />¿Le gusta? - do you like it?<br />¿Qué le parece? - what do you think?<br />Si, me gusta - yes I like it<br />Tengo que pensario - I have to think about it<br /><br />It's getting quite exciting, how will the mystery end? two more episodio! Then I have to revise the grammar again!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-4898002065183501196?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-62249987231550604232010-06-10T18:13:00.000+08:002010-06-10T18:14:41.781+08:00el faro - lighthouse<br />hasta ahora - see you later<br />quiero alquilar un coche - I want to hire a car<br />¿para cuánto s dias? - for how many days<br />el permiso de conducir - driver’s license<br />el carné de conducir - driver’s license<br />el pasaporte - passport<br />más días - more days<br />más barato - cheaper<br />para un día - for one day<br />seguro - insurance<br />impuestos - tax<br />da la vuelta - turn round<br />¡cuidado! - watch out<br /><br />OK...episode 18...the mystery will be solved soon!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-6224998723155060423?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-79815882825690449332010-06-08T22:33:00.002+08:002010-06-08T22:39:54.059+08:00<object height="385" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rY9p3Cm1n_Y&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rY9p3Cm1n_Y&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br />Alice is back! I am ready to learn more Spanish! Just got internet connection at home last Friday, so now I can reach the world again!<br />Hello world! And this is her recent addiction: Alex Cuba's Directo<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-7981588282569044933?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-2526747906014411742010-03-11T08:55:00.001+08:002010-03-11T08:57:24.435+08:00I am away for a week to Berlin and Salzburg, so Spanish learning will be suspended. I will try to see if I can get connected and do more learning in the hotels...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-252674790601441174?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-69909790822423534412010-03-09T13:03:00.002+08:002010-03-09T13:40:31.054+08:00<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >I am going to a Jazz concert tonight, so I am doing my Spanish lesson after my lunch, <span id="result_box" class="short_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="egg salad sandwich with bean sprouts">sándwich de ensalada de huevo con frijoles germinados...</span></span><span id="result_box" class="short_text"><span title="i love egg salad very much">Me gusta mucho la ensalada de huevo<br /><br />unfortunately...my work computer appears to approach a meltdown...have to stop here...<br /><br /></span></span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:usefelayout/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1; mso-font-alt:宋体; mso-font-charset:134; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 135135232 16 0 262145 0;} @font-face {font-family:Georgia; panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1; mso-font-charset:134; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 135135232 16 0 262145 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">¿<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Has dormido bien? – did you sleep well?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;" lang="ES">No gracias, estoy mirando – no thanks, I’m just looking<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;" lang="ES">un top, una camiseta – top<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">¿ hay en otro color? – do you have another color?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">¿Dónde está el probador? – where is the changing room </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lila – purple</p> <p class="MsoNormal">En color vedre – in green color</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="ES">¿tiene una talla más grande/pequeña? – do you have a bigger/smaller size?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="ES">Número – size <o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-6990979082242353441?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-74101291248914137082010-03-08T22:25:00.003+08:002010-03-08T22:57:17.127+08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Today we had our little lunch gathering again...it was interesting to hear that some of us felt a bit lost. Actually it is quite easy to feel lost. Even though I do find Mi Vida Loca fascinating, but I am not sure what I am learning and not quite sure what I am learning is relevant. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Anyway, continue with Episodio dieciseis...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">tengo una reserva - I have a reservation</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿A nombre de quién? - under what name?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿Cómo se escribe su apellido? - can you spell your surname</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">cien - 100</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ciento uno -101</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ciento noventa y nueve - 199</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">doscientos - 200</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">trescientos - 300</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">cuatrocientos - 400</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">quinientos - 500</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">seiscientos - 600</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">setecientos - 700</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ochocientos - 800</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">novecientos - 900</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">la planta baja - ground floor</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">la primera planta - 1/f</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">segunda - 2/f</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">tercera - 3/f</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">cuarta - 4/f</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">quinta - 5/f</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">sexta - 6/f</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">séptima - 7/f</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-7410129124891413708?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-47712501471665178502010-03-07T15:20:00.004+08:002010-03-08T08:46:41.183+08:00<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" class="Apple-style-span" >15 already!!!!! Will add a bit more later...siesta first...</span><div style="font-family: georgia;"><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">vamos a casa - let’s go home</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">¿Cuándo es la próxima salida? - when is the next departure</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">¿Cuánto es un billete? - how much is the ticket?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">el (number) de (month) - </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">enero, febrero, marzo</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">abril, mayo, junio, julio,</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">agosto, septiembre</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">octubre, noviembre</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">diciembre</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">After siesta... :)</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">un barco - a boat</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">el horario - timetable</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">lo siento - sorry</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">el mes - the months</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">el año - the year</span></span></p></span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">una resaca - a hangover</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">preguntar - to ask</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">¿Dónde? - where</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">¿Cuándo? - when</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">¿Cuánto? - how much</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">¿Qué? - What</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">¿Quién? - who</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">¿Cómo? - how</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">¿no? - isn’t it</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">¿verdad? - doesn’t it</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">estás aqui - you are here</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></p></span></span> <div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/S5RIqApdcKI/AAAAAAAABl0/VzZvJjqcMBI/s1600-h/pooch1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 470px; height: 228px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/S5RIqApdcKI/AAAAAAAABl0/VzZvJjqcMBI/s320/pooch1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446057735963373730" border="0" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-size:100%;">(this is only for personal learning purpose, no intention to infringe copyright)</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This is a bit confusing...</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:georgia;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">'mis unas estan bien' - my nails are fine...</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:georgia;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">but when I tried to translate word by word...there is no Spanish words for nail...</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:georgia;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">ok, I looked up my English-Spanish dictionary...I mixed up the letters...'</span><span class="Apple-style-span">u</span><span class="Apple-style-span">ña', not 'una' (one)</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br /></p><p></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-4771250147166517850?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-4691498354824525592010-03-06T22:44:00.002+08:002010-03-06T23:20:08.135+08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is a most happy episode - wine tasting! I do love Spanish wine :)</span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span>And I remember reading The World of Mafalda when I was a kid (in Chinese) and really loved it. So I gave it a try in Spanish, I remember this strip...Mafalda hates soup! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mafalda odia la sopa!</span></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">una araña - a spider</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">me gusta - I like</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">¿Te gusta el vino? - do you like wine</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">¿Te gusta? - do you like</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">rico - delicious</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">agradable - nice</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">un vino espumoso - sparkling wine</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">un vino muy afrutado - a fruity wine</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">un vino aromático - aromatic wine</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">alto - tall</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">bajo - short</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">fuerte - strong</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">débil - weak</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">el pelo - the hair</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">rubio - blond</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">una chaqueta marrón - a brown jacket</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">esta botella pequeña - this small bottle</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">esta botella grande - this large bottle</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">las dos botellas pequeñas - that 2 small bottles</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">las dos botellas grandes - that 2 large bottles</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">todas las botellas - all the bottles</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; 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font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:19px;">Tengo fiebre - I have a fever</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 25px;font-size:19px;">Tengo una nariz que moquea</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>A new Spanish colleague, exciting :)</div><div><br /></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">¿tienes hambre? - are you hungry?</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">tengo hambre - i am hungry</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">carne - meat</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">pescado - fish</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">verduras - vegetable</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">soy vegetariana - i am a vegetarian</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">como carne - i eat meat</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">el bacalao - cod</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">de primero - the starter</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">de segundo - the main course</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">postres - dessert</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">una mesa - a table</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">el menú del dia - menu of the day</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">¿qué es? - what is...</span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div></div>This looks a bit mad!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/do5d8GOFxW8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/do5d8GOFxW8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-6457185557358179960?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-73130491512809075302010-03-03T06:16:00.001+08:002010-03-03T06:56:56.036+08:00<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">leche semidesanatada - semi-skim milk</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">un chorizo - sausage </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">queso - cheese</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">las pilas - battery</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">champú - shampoo</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">papel higiénico - toilet paper</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">el mercado - market </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">al final de la calle - at the end of street</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">el supermercado - supermarket</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">a la vuelta de la esquina - around the corner</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">la panaderia - bakery</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">al lado de la farmaica - pharmacy </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">la compra - shopping</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">un cajero - cashpoint</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿tiene manzanas? - do you have apples?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">tengo, tienes, tiene, tienen </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">tengo hambre - i am hungry</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">tengo frío - i’m cold</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿ Me pone...? - can I have </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">un / medio kilo de - 1/half kilo of </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">un trozo de - a piece of </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">un pastel - cake</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">la cámara - camera</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">un melocotón - peach</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">las conservas - the preserve</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">una nectarina - nectarine </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">los congelados - frozen food</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-7313049151280907530?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-26043567699835330692010-03-01T22:13:00.002+08:002010-03-01T22:35:34.836+08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Actually I am glad that I still remember some of the numbers...but not all, well at least the once! </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Having lunch with our little group today, and it's interesting to find that we all have our little moments of language fatigue! I am really glad that we have our little support group to keep us going, but this 'language fatigue' may actually indicates the reasons why it is difficult for adults to try to pick up a foreign language for recreational purposes!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ok, enough ranting...episodio once! vamos!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">esta tarde - this afternoon</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿Quieres venir - would you like to come?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">...a casa de mis padres? - to my parents’ house</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿Cómo estás (tú)? - how are you?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿Cómo está (usted)? - (formal) how are you? </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(verb ending without ‘s’)</span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bien, gracias, ¿Y tú? - fine, and you?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bien, gracias. ¿Y usted? - formal </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿Estás de vacaciones? - are you on holiday?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿Dónde vives? - where do you live?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">sur - south</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">norte - north</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">este - east</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">oeste - west</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">centro - central</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hasta luego - see you later</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">los padres - my parents</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">el padre - my father</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">la madre - my mother</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">conocer - to know</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">mi - my</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">mucho, mucha - a lot</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">un pueblo - a village</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">el castillo - a castle</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">bonito, bonita - nice/pretty</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">la cebolla - onion</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">las patatas - potatoes </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">los huevos - eggs</span></span></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-2604356769983533069?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-13313008968295922862010-02-28T21:04:00.002+08:002010-02-28T21:33:48.632+08:00<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">encantada(o) - nice to meet you</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">mucho gusto - my pleasure</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">¿Cómo te llamas? - what’s your name</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">me llamo - my name is...</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">el trabajo - work in</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">trabajo - work</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">tengo hambre - i’m hungry</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">la ventana - the window</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">el váter - the toilet</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">el lavabo - the sink</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">la cama - the bed</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">la silla - the chair</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">la cortina - the curtain</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">la almohada - the pillow</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">el ropero - the wardrobe</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">la fruta - the fruit</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In this episode, it's all about introduction and learning about vocabulary in the house...but I am including a film that I really want to see soon :)</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I wonder whether they show the dubbed Spanish version or English version. I got the tickets to see it in IMax on March 22!!!</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></p><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mUHSNPfNkIs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mUHSNPfNkIs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-1331300896829592286?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-1754422150550953662010-02-27T20:40:00.002+08:002010-02-27T21:40:03.178+08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Following the adventure...i learned to book my hotel room today</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">habitación - room </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">baño - bathroom</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ducha - shower</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">noche - night</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">persona - person</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">desayuno - breakfast</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">completo - full</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">¿hay un hotel? - is there a hotel?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">por aqui? - around here?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">¿Hay otro? - is there another?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Quiero una habitcaión - can i have a room</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">¿para cuantas personas? - for how many people?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">para una persona - for 1 person</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">¿cuántas noches? - how many nights?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">para una noche - for 1 night</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">la posada - the inn</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">¿dónde está? - how far?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">cerca - close</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">lejos - far away</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">un hostal - guesthouse</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">la oficina de correos - post office</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">la parada - the stop</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">la esquina - corner</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">too much excitement...let's end with a Pocoyo! I like this one, urging people to turn off the light on March 27 :)</span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FAsZbRFFuX4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FAsZbRFFuX4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-175442215055095366?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-11589588892524302032010-02-26T21:20:00.002+08:002010-02-26T21:50:16.282+08:00<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">un taxi </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">libre - free</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ocupado -occupied</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">la estación de autobuses</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">un poco loco - a bit crazy</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿para dónde va? - where are you going?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">cincuenta - 50</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">cuarenta - 40</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">diez - 10 </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">veinte - 20 </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">treinta - 30</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">cuarenta y cinco con diez - 45,10</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">el primero sale - first one leaves at </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">a las diecisiete treinta - at 17:30</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">y llega - arrives</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">a las veinte veinticinco - at 20:25</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">un billete de ida - single ticket </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">un billete de ida y vuelta - return ticket</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It's getting more difficult with the number...time to get some other videos on numbers...</span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L26jwqF9Zro&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L26jwqF9Zro&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-1158958889252430203?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-19872208348808072332010-02-25T20:38:00.002+08:002010-02-25T21:38:57.312+08:00<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This episode is all about telling time/date...the time telling part is really difficult...i am still a bit confused. Need to work on it more tomorrow...another puzzle is mañana (tomorrow) ...with la mañana (morning)</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">sábado - Saturday </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">domingo - sunday</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">lunes - monday</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">martes - tuesday</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">miércoles - wednesday</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">jueves - thursday</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">viernes - friday</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">museos - museum </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">quiero información sobre museos - i’d like information about museum</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿Cuándo abre? - when does it open?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">de nueve de la mañana - from 9 in the morning</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">a tres de la tarde - to 3 in the afternoon</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">tiendas - shops</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">para compras - for shopping</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">muy cerca - very close</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿Cuándo abren? - when do they open?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">el horario - opening hours</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">los grandes almacenes - department stores</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">cierran a mediodia - close for lunch</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿algo más? - anything else?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">el monumento - the monument</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">el mediodía - midday/ lunchtime</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hoy - today</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">mañana - tomorrow</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">está cerrado, cerrada - it/they are closed</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">gratis - free</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">la entrada - entrance</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">a las - at (time) </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">y media - half past </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">de ....a - from to</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-1987220834880807233?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-29114274658546319232010-02-24T22:46:00.001+08:002010-02-24T22:49:17.412+08:00after 9 solid hours of meetings and teaching, my brain is a bit fried tonight, so i just watched episodio siete on date and time without making a strong attempt to learn. i just want to let the spanish talking washed over me. and watched this lovely shakira's video<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IUHzMRgBpF8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IUHzMRgBpF8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-2911427465854631923?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-55264606754689694952010-02-23T21:04:00.002+08:002010-02-23T21:35:51.217+08:00Un regalo...yes, present!!!!<div>Everything you need to know about shopping! I really do like mi vida loca<br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">¿Cuánto es, por favor? - how much is that? </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">quiero esta pulsera</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">el anillo - the ring</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">unos pendientes - earrings</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">un collar - necklace</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">una pulsera - a bracelet </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">un abanico - a handheld fan</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">para ti - for you</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">la vista - the view </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">pequeño, pequeña - small</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">plural - add ‘s’ after vowel</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">plural - add ‘es’ after consonant </span></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-5526460675468969495?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-23701110847189536082010-02-22T20:24:00.002+08:002010-02-22T20:54:09.114+08:00I downloaded this series a while ago from iTune...I listened to the first 2 episodes to revise and consolidate. <div>The first lesson was all about saying hello...ok, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">hola, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">¿qué tal?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The second lesson was about introducing myself...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The iTune version is free, so there are not a lot of vocabulary or phrases, and the two hosts kind of keep talking, so it was not as much fun. It was more of a drilling type. I do like Mi Vida Loca much better. Will go back to that program tomorrow. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I think I am going to watch that high school program again...to catch more words :), buenas noches!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">¿qué tal?</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">muy bien - very well</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">fatal - awful</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">estupendo - great</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">fenomenal - great, brilliant</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">¿y tú? - and you?</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">hasta luego - see you later</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">hasta pronto - see you soon</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">hasta mañana - see you tomorrow</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">me llamo - my name</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">encantado(a) - nice to meet you</span></p></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-2370111084718953608?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-46039305881113351372010-02-22T08:49:00.002+08:002010-02-22T08:54:19.442+08:00I have to admit that I didn't do enough over this weekend. When I was in Japan I watched Pocoyo happily on the first night. Then the whole next day was written off with conference presentations and dinner outside with new friends. Sat and yesterday was awful, and I was down with something (bones aching...sigh...), and there was absolutely no appetite for life (not to mention learning anything).<br /><br />It just dawned that it is so easy to come up with an excuse for not doing anything. Anyway, I got new episodes and Spanish Coffee breaks to listen to this afternoon.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-4603930588111335137?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-57811107567769420932010-02-17T21:12:00.004+08:002010-02-17T21:53:37.749+08:00I will be going away to Japan for a conference in the next three days, so I don't want to start another episode. I actually don't know whether I will have internet connection in my hotel room, or is it going to cost me a fortune. So I downloaded three episodes of Pocoyo on my laptop for my revision. I am setting the target that I will be able to memorize some phrases from the three episodes: what a pain (have seen this before), messy guest and hidden treasure.<br /><br />Tonight I turned to my favorite pasttime at the moment, video gaming for help.<br /><br />I went to Digital Dialects to play some Spanish games...I got all the colors right, adding 1-12 correctly, and then went onto fruit, veggie and food...it's quite mechanical, but I do like it...<br /><br /><br /><br />las uvas – grapes<br />la patata – potato<br />la piña – pineapple (pina colada)<br />el repollo – cabbage<br />la calabaza – pumpkin<br />la fresa – strawberry<br />el champiñón – mushroom<br />el limón – lemon<br />la zanahoria – carrot<br />el tomate – tomato<br />el huevo – egg<br />la ensalada – salad<br />el queso – cheese<br />la salchicha – sausage<br />el vino – wine<br />la sal – salt<br />la leche – milk<br />el café – coffee<br />el zumo de naranja – orange juice<br />el sándwich – sandwich<br />la carne – meat<br />la mantequilla – butter<br />el pastel – cake<br />la cerveza – beer<br />el pan – bread<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-5781110756776942093?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-5049658759848838002010-02-16T16:24:00.002+08:002010-02-16T16:35:08.610+08:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EvGkfn-NPpE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EvGkfn-NPpE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">My friend suggested <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Internado">El Internado</a>, and I found some YouTube videos with English subtitle. Actually this is an excellent idea, I can listen and try to catch some words and still be able to follow what's going on. At the moment, I can only hear some simple words (e.g. quien es ese?, vamos) and the telephone number. Of course, I am at the mercy of others and can only start in the middle of the show! But I do know that there are a lot of really popular Spanish TV series. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I also revised the previous two lessons from Mi Vida Loca, getting myself ready to read some menu online. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-504965875984883800?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-41736495403080747502010-02-15T16:01:00.003+08:002010-02-15T16:04:13.452+08:00Finally, in episodio cinco I learned about ordering tapas in restaurant! If I am going to Spain, this is what I want to do! I really love Spanish food...there are quite a lot of vocabulary, I better revise tomorrow!<br /><br /><br />una tapa - a small portion<br />una ración - a larger portion<br />yo quiero - I want<br />una caña - draught beer<br />un vino de la casa - house wine<br />un vino tinto - red wine<br />un vino blanco - white wine<br />un bocadillo - a sandwich<br />unas aceitunas - some olives<br />unas albóndigas - some meatballs<br />unos pimientos - some peppers<br />unos calamares - some squid<br />unas gambas - some prawns<br />un pulpo - octopus<br />una tortilla - a Spanish omelette<br />un brindis - a toast<br />¡que aproveche! - enjoy your meal<br />la llave - the key<br />la agenda - the diary<br />en casa - at home<br />qué<br />perdón, ¿el servicio? - where is the bathroom?<br />al fondo - at the back<br />invito yo - I invite you<br />¿para beber? - to drink<br />¿para comer? - to eat<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-4173649540308074750?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-48574424717677403492010-02-14T10:16:00.004+08:002010-02-14T18:21:10.358+08:00Episode 4...yeah!<br /><br />el nombre - first name<br />el appellido - first surname<br />¿Qué tal? - how are you?<br />Bien, gracias<br />¿Cómo te llamas? - what's your name?<br />¿Y tú? - and yours?<br /><br />it seems that Spanish people do use 2 surnames...<br /><br />yo - I<br />tú - you<br />inglés. inglésa - Englishman/woman<br />ahora - now<br />cerca de - close to<br />el periodista, la periodista - journalist<br />la salida - exit<br />tomar - to have a drink<br />una copa - a drink <br />un bar<br />¡Salud! - cheers<br />trabaja - s/he works<br />para - for (a person, a purpose)<br /><br />Finally, the teaching of pronunciation in Episode 4...the pronunciation is really a bit difficult to remember!<br />es aquí - it’s here<br />es periodista - s/he is a journalist<br />es biólogo - s/he is a biologist<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-4857442471767740349?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-82350297035886806332010-02-13T13:24:00.004+08:002010-02-13T13:45:11.317+08:00Today I am just revising the lesson and vocabulary I learned yesterday, because this morning, I found that I can't remember how to pronounce many of the words. It's better to consolidate. <br /><br />Plus counting 1 to 10<br /><br />uno dos tres cuatro cinco seis siete ocho nueve diez<br /><br />One thing that I noticed from our little group of foreign language learners is that we all ended up following self-instructional materials on the web. Jenifer did say that it's important to have some grammar and the basics first before venturing into something else. Kitty said it's difficult to enjoy if there is no comprehension. Perhaps I am a bit too optimistic to believe that we can enjoy something in a foreign language without some comprehension. One exception appears to be pop music. I do enjoy listening to Spanish songs, it's better that there is lyric accompanying, but I do like listening to the music and the sound of Spanish. PB said it's important to have the pronunciation correct right from the beginning. I wonder whether it is true. Actually I am happy to have more vocabulary so I can recognize words and the sound. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-m2MSyRyeGM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-m2MSyRyeGM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-8235029703588680633?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-64019696763106065402010-02-12T20:12:00.004+08:002010-02-12T21:51:12.255+08:00Just finished writing a paper on vampire...so the Spanish word is 'vampiro' (m), but I like 'vampiresa' (femme fatale) better!<div><br /></div><div>OK, back to Mi Vida Loca, episodio tres</div><div>wow...there are so many more words in this episode and learning the direction and words related to taking a metro...</div><div><br /></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">episodio tres</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">¿el metro, por favor?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">todo recto - straight ahead</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a la derecha - on the right</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a la izquierda - on the left</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">la estación de metro - the metro station</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">uno, dos, tres, </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">cero - zero</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">un sencillo - single</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">un viaje - a journey</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">la línea - a line</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">próximo, próxima</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">el tren - the train</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">el billete - the ticket</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">el convento - the convent</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">la iglesia - the church</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">el palacio - the palace</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">¿todo bien? - is everything ok?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">todo - all</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">de - of, from</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">enseguida - right away</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">un minuto - one minute</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">el crusasán - the croissant </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">el, la - the o (m), a (f)</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">exception...el mapa (map), la radio </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">This is the funny one...wrong accent may mean you will get the wrong thing!</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">carne - meat carné - ID card</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I also got a phrase from the newspaper in the program</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">¿especulación urbanística o desarrollo sostenible? - real estate speculation or sustainable development</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">PB suggested that I should just listen to Spanish...so I went back to Pocoyo TV channel on YouTube...but it doesn't allow embedding...</span></p></div><br /><br />Here's another song that I really like...Beyonce's Si Yo Fuera un Chico<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/reNbbLSwRlE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/reNbbLSwRlE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-6401969676310606540?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-69295820911914773422010-02-11T07:54:00.002+08:002010-02-11T07:57:26.888+08:00<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">This morning i revised the first two episodes of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/">BBC's Mi Vida Loca</a>. It's like watching TV and just have to stop from time to time to answer some questions. I quite like it and the actor, Loca, doesn't seem to be slowing down a lot in her speech (at least to my ears). I also like that I am learning something slightly more interesting than words in pictionary...Will probably go to Episodio Tres later today...</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">no entiendo - don’t understand</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">quién - who</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">también - also</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">la casa - the house</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">el piso - the flat</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">el dormitorio - the room</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">una terraza - the terrace</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">una plaza</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">una siesta - a nap</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">aquí - here</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">la calle - the street</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">la puerta - the door</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">¡Pasa! - come in</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">¡hasta luego! - see you later</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">último, última - last </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">llamo - name</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">pues - well</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">¡mira! - look!</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">un regalo - a gift</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-6929582091191477342?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-51674864124040527542010-02-10T17:45:00.004+08:002010-02-10T22:05:52.983+08:00Need to take a break from Pocoyo...too hyperactive for me today...<br /><br />Following the photos on Spanish food, I continued the lesson in BBC <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/lj/first_things/snacks/">Spanish Steps</a>, and learned some phrases...<br /><br />tortilla Espanola - Spanish omelette<br />el plato combinado numero dos - set meal number 2<br />pan - bread<br />la cuenta - the bill<br />por favor - please<br /><br />Then followed by <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/">Episodio dos Mi Vida Loca</a><br />un agua con gas - sparkling water<br />un agua sin gas - still water<br />un te - tea<br />un cafe - coffee<br />una cerveza - beer<br />una tostada - toast<br />un piso - a flat<br />una hermana - sister<br />un hermano - brother<br />una palmera - butterfly pastry (my favorite!!!!!)<br /><br />(there is a grammar focus: un/una)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-5167486412404052754?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-82978267877069952312010-02-09T21:31:00.003+08:002010-02-10T09:46:58.341+08:00I am still watching the same video as last time...<br /><br />Donde ha ido - where does he do?<br /><br />vale vale de acuer do - ok, ok, agreed<br /><br />Meanwhile I got directed to a BBC Spanish learning website, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/ep01.shtml">mi vida loca</a><br /><br />perdon - excuse me<br /><br />no, entiendo...i don't understand<br /><br />The conversation is really going a bit too fast for me!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-8297826787706995231?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-87826579583310345162010-02-08T16:00:00.003+08:002010-02-08T16:18:41.569+08:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WhMSvpKEXr4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WhMSvpKEXr4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><div>I am still fixated with Pocoyo, the happy tune and hyper activeness in the video is perfect for the rainy weather today!</div><div>Here are random sentences that I learned from the bilingual subtitle...</div><div><br />¿Qué pasa Pajarito? - what is that?<br /><br />Vale vale - ok, ok<br /><br />¿Qué es eso? - what's that?<br /><br />Pajarito dice que empujar a Pocoyo es su tarea Elly - Pajarito said pushing Pocoyo is his task<br /><br />te verá luego - will see you then<br /><br />para vete - stop, go away<br /><br />es un pesado - it's heavy<br /><br />triste - sad<br /><br />vamos vamos - come<br /><br />lo siento - I am sorry<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>***************</div><div>I also learned from Kitty about the foreign language page from BBC, she was looking for Korean learning materials. </div><div><br /></div><div>http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/</div><div><br /></div><div>the phrase of the day: la carne...I was so happy that I already knew the word...beef, from chili con carne! After taking the test, I am classified as a complete new beginner...so, I am now taking 'The Spanish Steps' and completed 'Taxi' today. I like it that all the words were pronounced clearly, with Spanish or English subtitles. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-8782657958331034516?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-64643871566316417332010-02-07T19:37:00.004+08:002010-02-07T20:36:50.312+08:00<div>I discovered my current new fav - Pocoyo with Spanish and English subtitles!</div><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/98vH-L_0DOg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/98vH-L_0DOg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div>It's so funny, and there are many phrases that I began to recognize, muy bien, adios, hola...I think I will be watching tons of these!</div><div><br /><br /></div><div>But I did find myself reading aloud with the Spanish subtitle, imitating the pronunciation. There are a number of Pocoyo videos with bilingual subtitles, but I started out with the one without any subtitle, and it was impossible. With bilingual subtitles, I do find it easier to match the Spanish words and sentences with what I read in English. It's also less intimidating. </div><div><br /></div><div>I do hope that I will soon be able to watch the children's program without subtitle!</div><div><br /></div><div>I also did some digging about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocoyo">Pocoyo</a>, it's originally in Spanish! That's so cool! Pocoyo runs his own <a href="http://pocoyo.blogs.com/pocoyo_esp/">blog</a> as well! I visited his <a href="http://www.pocoyo.com/v2/home.php?lang=0">official site</a>, but there appeared to be some advertising...not quite the thing I expected from children's program.</div><div><br /></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Pocoyó es un niño curioso, simpático y al que le encanta divertirse y aprender cosas nuevas todos los días. Ya sea en la búsqueda de misterios del espacio exterior con sus amigos o recogiendo las piezas de construcción, siempre está embarcado en una aventura.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(From Google Translate) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span title="Pocoyó es un niño curioso, simpático y al que le encanta diversitirse y aprender cosas nuevas todos los días." style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Pocoyo is a curious child, friendly and who loves fun and learn new things every day.</span><span title="Ya sea en la búsqueda de misterios del espacio exterior con sus amigos o recogiendo las piezas de construcción, siempre está embarcado en una aventura." style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Whether in search of mysteries of outer space with friends or picking up the pieces of construction, provided it is embarking on an adventure.</span></span></span></span></p><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-6464387156631641733?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-70673659053087898912010-02-05T09:35:00.003+08:002010-02-05T09:53:09.774+08:00Alice is posting this ahead of the scheduled start of Feb 8 to lay the ground><br /><br />Language - Spanish<br />I have been (unsuccessfully) learning Spanish on my own for the last 6 months. Unsuccessful because I did not have the will power to keep doing something for 30 minutes every day. I have two guys in the house and friends speaking Spanish with different degrees of proficiency, so this is one motivation to join the club. I also want to enjoy my favorite Shakira songs more. I also love Spanish and Mexican food, so would like to be able to read menu with better efficiency.<br /><br />Target -<br /><ol><li>learn the basic pronunciation<br /></li><li>learn some basic grammar</li><li>can read a restaurant menu</li><li>can catch some words in lyrics</li><li>can understand some words/phrases from children's picture book (I already had a Spanish version of 'Where the Wild Things Are').<br /></li></ol>This is the Spanish verison of Roy Orbison's Crying, by Llorando - Rebekah del Rio, enjoy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cdxIgswuc7E&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cdxIgswuc7E&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Lyric (from <a href="http://www.hotlyrics.net/lyrics/R/Rebekah_Del_Rio/Llorando_%28crying%29.html">hotlyrics</a>)<br />Yo estaba bien por un tiempo,<br />volviendo a sonreír.<br />Luego anoche te vi<br />tu mano me tocó<br />y el saludo de tu voz.<br />Y hablé muy bien de tu<br />sin saber que he estado<br />llorando por tu amor (x3).<br /><br />Luego de tu adiós sentí todo mi dolor.<br />Sola y llorando,<br />llorando (x3).<br /><br />No es fácil de entender<br />que al verte otra vez<br />Yo seguiré llorando<br /><br />Yo que pensé que te olvidé<br />pero es verdad es la verdad<br />que te quiero aún más,<br />mucho más que ayer.<br />Dime tú qué puedo hacer<br />no me quieres ya<br />y siempre estaré<br />llorando por tu amor (x2).<br /><br />Tu amor se llevó<br />todo mi corazon<br />y quedo llorando<br />llorando (x5)<br />por tu amor.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-7067365905308789891?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-5837243049922691822010-02-05T09:17:00.002+08:002010-02-05T09:34:44.437+08:00Alice's foreign language learning project for the next 4 weeks (Feb 8 to Mar 7) with 3 other keen learners will be revived.<br /><br />Alice - Spanish<br />Kitty - Korean<br />Jenifer - Italian<br />William - French<br /><br />The interesting thing is that Kitty, Jenifer and William all have a 3rd foreign language learning experience, but Alice doesn't (she is not counting Chinese dialect).<br /><br />For the next 4 weeks, we are going to learn a language for free with the following rules:<br /><ol><li>30 minutes of learning a day;</li><li>use only free materials (that means access to uni libraries will be discounted because membership is required);</li><li>use only legal materials available (ok, leaflet will count).</li></ol>We all have different targets, so keep reading!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-583724304992269182?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-89322921812524744662009-11-09T09:20:00.000+08:002009-11-09T09:21:30.625+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/SvduacTp7mI/AAAAAAAABis/L5ozj8QNy3I/s1600-h/Pooch+cafe+2.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 155px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/SvduacTp7mI/AAAAAAAABis/L5ozj8QNy3I/s320/Pooch+cafe+2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401907678608485986" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/SvduaMFKjhI/AAAAAAAABik/uOSMDAPM2fE/s1600-h/Pooch+Cafe.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 156px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/SvduaMFKjhI/AAAAAAAABik/uOSMDAPM2fE/s320/Pooch+Cafe.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401907674252742162" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-8932292181252474466?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-73641579679507232852009-08-01T17:09:00.003+08:002009-08-01T17:16:55.668+08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/SnQGuznWCBI/AAAAAAAABhA/uvRkM1Dm5c0/s1600-h/chill+out.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364920457304082450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/SnQGuznWCBI/AAAAAAAABhA/uvRkM1Dm5c0/s320/chill+out.JPG" border="0" /></a> I am chilling out on a rooftop bar in Lisbon.<br /><br />OK, I used Google Translate to translate the sentence, but this doesn't look quite right...<br /><br />Soy de refrigeración en la azotea, un bar en Lisboa.<br /><br />So...I changed 'chilling out' to 'relaxing'...and this is what I got<br /><br />Estoy relajado en un bar en la azotea Lisboa<br /><br />relax - relajarse<br /><br />rooftop - azotea<br /><br />and I found that there is no translation for 'chill out'<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-7364157967950723285?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-15760740996461302002009-07-10T11:22:00.002+08:002009-07-10T11:24:49.532+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/Sla0IdRibrI/AAAAAAAABfA/5rP8BnXdyJc/s1600-h/Guardian+spanish.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/Sla0IdRibrI/AAAAAAAABfA/5rP8BnXdyJc/s320/Guardian+spanish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356666864193924786" border="0" /></a>This is an absolutely wonderful new online resource for Alice...Learn Spanish from the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/learn-spanish">Guardian</a>.<br />Alice just downloaded all 4 episode for her iPod upload...she is going to listen to them on her trip to UK and Portugal next week.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-1576074099646130200?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-59324292294376317202009-07-10T07:35:00.004+08:002009-07-10T08:19:37.265+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/SlZ-yfYs32I/AAAAAAAABeI/eXqxZZO6vzs/s1600-h/P1030353.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/SlZ-yfYs32I/AAAAAAAABeI/eXqxZZO6vzs/s320/P1030353.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356608212687445858" border="0" /></a>It is unusual to have a whole week of clear blue sky...I looked up the words from Dr. Seuss's Spanish dictionary...and Google Translate<br /><br />el cielo es azul<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-5932429229437631720?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-69645072770972772022009-07-06T18:43:00.004+08:002009-07-06T18:46:23.705+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/SlHVZSKMHJI/AAAAAAAABUE/mmgct1LxM8Y/s1600-h/Digital+Harinezumi.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/SlHVZSKMHJI/AAAAAAAABUE/mmgct1LxM8Y/s320/Digital+Harinezumi.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355296062268251282" border="0" /></a><br />Alice finally got this wonderful camera, <a href="http://www.superheadz.com/digitalharinezumi/">Digital Harinezumi</a>!<br /><br />Harinezumi is a Japanese term for hedgehog, the Spanish equivalent is eriza.<br /><br />Alice uses eriza, not erizo, because she also has a little female hedgehog!<a id="publishButton" class="cssButton" href="javascript:void(0)" target="" onclick="if (this.className.indexOf(&quot;ubtn-disabled&quot;) == -1) {var e = document['stuffform'].publish;(e.length) ? e[0].click() : e.click(); if (window.event) window.event.cancelBubble = true; return false;}"><div class="cssButtonOuter"><div class="cssButtonMiddle"><div class="cssButtonInner"><br /></div></div></div></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-6964507277097277202?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-64647026220296901282009-07-04T20:31:00.001+08:002009-07-04T20:32:34.878+08:00OK, Alice practiced the pronunciation with Professor Jason's video...now go back and practice a couple more time...<br /><br />one word learnt...<br />ayer - yesterday<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-6464702622029690128?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-4114784419252636132009-07-03T22:02:00.003+08:002009-07-03T22:04:23.831+08:00OK...very exciting...Alice just joined an online penpal group from <a href="http://www.tomisimo.org/">Tomisimo</a>, she is waiting for some responses!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-411478441925263613?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-28279850167905752502009-07-03T15:18:00.005+08:002009-07-03T15:26:32.361+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/Sk2xMvCKU2I/AAAAAAAABR4/sKqpSE1m1ls/s1600-h/Lio+July+3.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 100px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/Sk2xMvCKU2I/AAAAAAAABR4/sKqpSE1m1ls/s320/Lio+July+3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354130364355466082" border="0" /></a><br />Actually this is a rather strange concept to have Lio in Spanish. Lio is supposed to be a comics that does not rely on word for humor. Anyway, these are words that I found<br /><br />Hormiga - ant<br />Hormigas - ants<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/Sk2yGguJP0I/AAAAAAAABSA/tb33vHvoVXw/s1600-h/Lio+English+July+3.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 103px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IvTTCFQcbBQ/Sk2yGguJP0I/AAAAAAAABSA/tb33vHvoVXw/s320/Lio+English+July+3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354131356945825602" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-2827985016790575250?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-83289942333151060062009-07-03T12:09:00.002+08:002009-07-03T12:13:14.477+08:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kc02Ohhnuxs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kc02Ohhnuxs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Phil suggested that Alice should get a lesson in pronunciation first. As all good learners, the first place to hit is YouTube. She now subscribes to this channel. With an American teaching, Alice also doesn't need to decide which Spanish she is going to learn.<br /><br /><ol><li>Video searched from YouTube;</li><li>the pronunciation video downloaded via YouTube Downloader; and<br /></li><li>watched half of the video.<br /></li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-8328994233315106006?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041227290672671169.post-74697756253193564182009-07-03T11:39:00.001+08:002009-07-03T14:21:17.647+08:00<span style="font-family:georgia;">It is definite...Alice is learning some Spanish...it has taken her 2 years to actually to get to it. The original idea was that she was going to start learning with the freak boy, but now, it has been 2 year (or a year?) since he started, and Alice is still not doing anything.<br /><br />Alice knows herself to be a relatively laid-back person and she absolutely hates grammar, so there is not going to be any formal Spanish classes. Here is her only principle in this exploration:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Learn through popular cultural texts and digitally mediated texts </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">OK, the definition of popular cultural text is going to be quite loose. Anything that Alice found to be associated with popular culture, particularly those not specifically designed for foreign language learners and any online materials (must be free and available to the widest possible audience). </span><br /></span><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9041227290672671169-7469775625319356418?l=alice-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293561581907130088noreply@blogger.com0