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		<title>Arithmetic Terms in Spanish</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some useful arithmetic vocabulary terms in Spanish:
Tres más dos son cinco. (Three plus two is five.)
Cinco menos tres son dos. (Five minus three is two.)
Tres por cuatro son doce. (Three times four is twelve.)
Doce (dividido) entre cuatro son tres. (Twelve divided by four is three.)
Doce dividido por cuatro son tres. (Twelve divided by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are some useful arithmetic vocabulary terms in Spanish:</p>
<p><strong>Tres más dos son cinco.</strong> (Three plus two is five.)<br />
<strong>Cinco menos tres son dos.</strong> (Five minus three is two.)<br />
<strong>Tres por cuatro son doce.</strong> (Three times four is twelve.)<br />
<strong>Doce (dividido) entre cuatro son tres.</strong> (Twelve divided by four is three.)<br />
<strong>Doce dividido por cuatro son tres.</strong> (Twelve divided by four is three.)</p>
<p><strong>el cubo de </strong>— the cube of<br />
<strong>el cuadrado de</strong> — the square of<br />
<strong>ecuación</strong> — equation<br />
<strong>elevado a la enésima potencia</strong> — raised to the nth power<br />
<strong>igual a</strong> — equals<br />
<strong>número entero</strong> — integer<br />
<strong>quebrado, fracción</strong> — fraction<br />
<strong>raíz cuadrada</strong> — square root<br />
<strong>raíz cúbica</strong> — cube root</p>
<p>Wanna learn some more? Click <a href="http://math2.org/math/spanish/eng-spa.htm">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Education System in Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each country has its own education system. Here’s how Spain’s educational system works, en español.
Educación infantil: que comprende hasta los seis años de edad, es la primera etapa del sistema educativo, de carácter no obligatorio. Está dividida en dos ciclos, el primero hasta los 3 años de edad y de los 3 a los 6 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Each country has its own education system. Here’s how Spain’s educational system works, en español.</p>
<p><strong>Educación infantil</strong>: que comprende hasta los seis años de edad, es la primera etapa del sistema educativo, de carácter no obligatorio. Está dividida en dos ciclos, el primero hasta los 3 años de edad y de los 3 a los 6 el segundo. A pesar de su no obligatoriedad, es una etapa inequívocamente educativa, y no sólo de guarda y custodia de los niños.</p>
<p><strong>Educación primaria</strong>: de los 6 a los 12 años de edad, es la primera etapa obligatoria del sistema. Se organiza en tres ciclos de dos cursos académicos cada uno.</p>
<p><strong>Educación secundaria</strong>: comprende las siguientes etapas: educación secundaria obligatoria, bachillerato y formación profesional específica de grado medio.</p>
<p><strong>Educación secundaria obligatoria</strong>: completa la enseñanza básica y abarca cuatro cursos académicos, entre los 12 y los 16 años de edad.<br />
<strong>Bachillerato</strong>: tiene una educación de dos años (16-18 años de edad). Los alumnos que obtienen una evaluación positiva pueden acceder a la formación profesional específica de grado superior a la universidad.</p>
<p>In <a href="http://www.spainexchange.com/educator_info/spain_education.php">this website</a> you can find very useful information about Spain’s education system in English.</p>
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		<title>Juego: Las Profesiones</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we’re going to play a game! I’ll give you guys a list of 25 occupations, in Spanish, and what each one of them does. Try and match the occupations to the activities.
Profesor
Ingeniero
Electricista
Fontanero
Carpintero
Mecánico
Dependiente
Taxista
Administrativo / secretario
Arquitecto
Bombero
Albañil
Farmacéutico
Peluquero
Veterinario
Médico
Abogado
Carnicero
Camarero
Cartero
Pintor
Pescadero
Joyero
Policía
Jardinero
¿Quién &#8230;
&#8230; arregla coches?
&#8230; corta el pelo?
&#8230; defiende a las personas en los juicios?
&#8230; da clases, enseña?
&#8230; proyecta casas y edificios?
&#8230; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today we’re going to play a game! I’ll give you guys a list of 25 occupations, in Spanish, and what each one of them does. Try and match the occupations to the activities.</p>
<p>Profesor<br />
Ingeniero<br />
Electricista<br />
Fontanero<br />
Carpintero<br />
Mecánico<br />
Dependiente<br />
Taxista<br />
Administrativo / secretario<br />
Arquitecto<br />
Bombero<br />
Albañil<br />
Farmacéutico<br />
Peluquero<br />
Veterinario<br />
Médico<br />
Abogado<br />
Carnicero<br />
Camarero<br />
Cartero<br />
Pintor<br />
Pescadero<br />
Joyero<br />
Policía<br />
Jardinero</p>
<p>¿Quién &#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230; arregla coches?<br />
&#8230; corta el pelo?<br />
&#8230; defiende a las personas en los juicios?<br />
&#8230; da clases, enseña?<br />
&#8230; proyecta casas y edificios?<br />
&#8230; pone ladrillos y cemento para construir casas?<br />
&#8230; proyecta carreteras y puentes?<br />
&#8230; sirve en los bares y restaurantes?<br />
&#8230; apaga el fuego?<br />
&#8230; cuida la salud de los enfermos?<br />
&#8230; reparte las cartas?<br />
&#8230; arregla los problemas eléctricos?<br />
&#8230; vende y prepara medicinas?<br />
&#8230; repara las tuberías y los grifos de la casa?<br />
&#8230; arregla el jardín?<br />
&#8230; pinta la casa?<br />
&#8230; transporta viajeros en su coche?<br />
&#8230; cuida la salud de los animales?<br />
&#8230; se ocupa de la seguridad de los cuidadanos?<br />
&#8230; hace y arregla muebles de madera?<br />
&#8230; vende en las tiendas?<br />
&#8230; vende carne?<br />
&#8230; vende pescado?<br />
&#8230; escribe a máquina y ayuda en la empresa?<br />
&#8230; vende joyas?</p>
<p>Wanna try it?</p>
<p>Look forward to seeing your answers on the comments!</p>
<p>Nos vemos prontito!</p>
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		<title>¿Jirafa o girafa?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The letters g and j are pronounced the same way in some cases and in others they represent different phonemes. Here are some useful rules so you don’t get them wrong anymore!
1. The letter g, before the vowels e and i, is pronounced like the h in hat (but harder), and in this case it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The letters <strong>g</strong> and <strong>j</strong> are pronounced the same way in some cases and in others they represent different phonemes. Here are some useful rules so you don’t get them wrong anymore!</p>
<p>1. The letter g, before the vowels <strong>e</strong> and<strong> i</strong>, is pronounced like the h in <em>hat</em> (but harder), and in this case it coincides with the pronunciation of the letter j:</p>
<p>Agitar (to stir) – engendrar (to cause) – geranio (geranium) – gitano (gypsy)</p>
<p>2. Before the vowels <strong>a, o, and u,</strong> the letter g sounds like the g in the word <em>get</em>:<br />
Agua (water) – algún (some, any) – gato (cat) – gorra (cap, hood)</p>
<p>3. When you want the <strong>e and i </strong>to sound like the g in gato, add the letter u; however, the u sound is not uttered:<br />
Aguerrido (hardened, veteran) – conseguir (to manage, to get) – guepardo (cheetah) – guirnalda (garland)</p>
<p>4. When in the combination gu+e/i, the u sound is pronounced, the u has to carry a dieresis (ü).</p>
<p>Paragüero (umbrella stand) – pingüino (penguin)</p>
<p>5. The letter j always has the same sound, a strongly aspired h.<br />
Reloj (clock) – joven (young) – enjabonar (to lather, soap)</p>
<p>6. In some foreign words, both the letter g and the letter j sound like the letter j in the word January.</p>
<p>Adagio – gentleman – jacuzzi – jet set – judo – banjo – gillete – jazz – joule – júnior – disc-jockey – gincana – jeep – jiu-jitsu – majorette</p>
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		<title>Word origin: recordar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the old days, people thought that feelings lived in the heart. For Aristotle, the heart was the core organ in the body and the brain played a supporting role. At the same time people thought the memory was also lodged in the heart, so the Romans started using the word recordari, which comes from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the old days, people thought that feelings lived in the heart. For Aristotle, the heart was the core organ in the body and the brain played a supporting role. At the same time people thought the memory was also lodged in the heart, so the Romans started using the word <strong>recordari</strong>, which comes from <strong>cor </strong>(<em>heart</em>) and it came to Spanish as <em>recordar</em>. In current Portuguese, if you know something by heart, you know it “de cor” (from the heart).</p>
<p>As feelings were in the heart, it was certain that when two people agree on something (ponerse de acuerdo) we say that they <em>concuerdan </em>or acuerdan and if they disagree, they <em>discuerdan</em>. In ancient Spanish, <em>acordar </em>(to remember or to agree) also means to wake up.</p>
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		<title>El Imperativo … con música!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know how it feels to have to learn all those conjugation forms by heart&#8230; and there are so many exceptions to the rules&#8230; blah blah blah.
So, dear reader, to help you learn about the imperative a little more pleasantly, I chose two videos: the first one is Thalia’s Regresa a Mí, where you can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know how it feels to have to learn all those conjugation forms by heart&#8230; and there are so many exceptions to the rules&#8230; blah blah blah.</p>
<p>So, dear reader, to help you learn about the imperative a little more pleasantly, I chose two videos: the first one is Thalia’s Regresa a Mí, where you can learn many regular and irregular imperative forms while you sing along. The verbs you have to pay attention to are: dar – regresar – decir (negative) – tener – dejar – tratar – tomar – decir.</p>
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<p>Before JLo started dating Marc Anthony (who, by the way, was married to a Miss Universe!, Sí, estoy muy chismoso hoy), they did a duet singing No Me Ames (Don’t Love Me). Now, try to do the same by finding the imperative form of the following verbs: decir – dudar – amar – dejar – escuchar . Tip: many of them are negative imperative, ok?</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot has been written and said about the tango so I’m going to cut to the chase and bring you a video by Carlos Gardel, one of the greatest tangueros of all times. In this song, Mano a Mano (Hand in Hand) he uses tons of lunfardo, a kind of Argentinean slang. I have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A lot has been written and said about the tango so I’m going to cut to the chase and bring you a video by Carlos Gardel, one of the greatest tangueros of all times. In this song, Mano a Mano (Hand in Hand) he uses tons of lunfardo, a kind of Argentinean slang. I have picked out some of the expressions with their translations in English. Watch the video and see if you can spot them.</p>
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<p>Rechiflao – mad, angry<br />
Bacana – rich, well-to-do<br />
Juego del remanye – trying to know the intentions of two people<br />
Percanta – a woman<br />
Gambetear – to avoid<br />
Morlacos – peso, money<br />
Marchanta - peddler<br />
Engrupir – to swindle<br />
Gavión – a gigolo<br />
Claudicar – to give in<br />
Acamalar – to protect; to trap<br />
Cafishio - pimp</p>
<p>If you want to learn more about argentinismos, check <a href="http://www.geocities.com/arqnasta/index.html#titulo">Argentinismos</a>, a very cool website with an Argentinean dictionary, last names, famous quotes, sayings, jokes, music and much more.</p>
<p>¡Che, flaco, no querés aprender más sobre los argentinos? A ver si entrás en el sitio y decime lo que pensás.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every Spanish textbook has its share of weather-related vocabulary, but they only offer the basics. Today we’re going to learn some more vocabulary to talk about it. I have put them into grammar categories to make it easier for you.
Sustantivos
el aguacero - downpour
el alud/ la avalancha – landslide; avalanche
el amanecer – dawn; daybreak
el atardecer - [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every Spanish textbook has its share of weather-related vocabulary, but they only offer the basics. Today we’re going to learn some more vocabulary to talk about it. I have put them into grammar categories to make it easier for you.</p>
<p>Sustantivos</p>
<p>el aguacero - downpour<br />
el alud/ la avalancha – landslide; avalanche<br />
el amanecer – dawn; daybreak<br />
el atardecer - dusk<br />
el anochecer - nightfall<br />
el bochorno  - sultry or muggy weather<br />
la brisa - breeze<br />
la bruma – mist<br />
el chubasco – heavy shower<br />
el copo - flake<br />
el deshielo – thaw<br />
la escarcha – frost<br />
el granizo – hail<br />
la helada - frost<br />
el huracán - hurricane<br />
la llovizna - drizzle<br />
el rocío - dew<br />
la sequía – drought<br />
el trueno - thunder<br />
el vendaval – gale, strong wind<br />
la ventisca – snowstorm; blizzard</p>
<p>Adjetivos</p>
<p>agitado - rough<br />
brumoso - misty<br />
cubierto - cloudy<br />
despejado - clear<br />
lluvioso - rainy<br />
revuelto - unsettled<br />
sofocante - smouldering<br />
ventoso - windy<br />
nublado - foggy</p>
<p>Verbos</p>
<p>aclarar(se) – to clear up<br />
arrasar – to destroy, to demolish<br />
derretirse – to melt, to thaw<br />
despejar(se) – to clear up<br />
estallar (una tormenta) – to break out (a storm)<br />
granizar – to hail<br />
inundar – to flood<br />
soplar (viento) – to blow (the wind)<br />
tronar – to thunder</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[As posted earlier, choosing between the letters g and j in Spanish is no easy task, so here are some more tips to help you.
Use g with:
1. words that start with:
– gest-, gene- o geni-, except jenízaro (child born from parents of different nationalities) and jeniquén (a kind of plant): gesto - gestar – género [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As posted earlier, choosing between the letters g and j in Spanish is no easy task, so here are some more tips to help you.</p>
<p>Use g with:</p>
<p>1. words that start with:</p>
<p>– gest-, gene- o geni-, except jenízaro (child born from parents of different nationalities) and jeniquén (a kind of plant): gesto - gestar – género - genétic</p>
<p>-	leg-, except lejía (bleach): legendario – legislar – legítima – legionario</p>
<p>2. words ending in:</p>
<p>- gen, -gélico, -gético,  -genario, -génico, -genio, -gésimo, -gesimal, -génito and their feminine forms, with the exception of jején and comején: origen – angélico – cinegenética – nonagenario – transgénico – homogéneo – primigenia – vigésimo – sexagesimal – congénita</p>
<p>- gente y – gencia: inteligente – agente – diligencia - indigencia</p>
<p>–gia, -gio, -gión, -gional, -ginal, -gionario, -gioso, -gírico and their feminine forms: magia – marginal – regio – legionario – legión – prodigioso – regional – panegírico</p>
<p>However, words that contain a hiatus are written with a j: bujía – herejía, etc.</p>
<p>- ígena, ígeno, -ígero, -ígera: alienígena – flamígero (flaming, blazing) – indígena – alígera – antígeno – oxígeno</p>
<p>4. The affixes:</p>
<p>- geo- or –geo, meaning “earth, land”: geología – geómetra - apogeo</p>
<p>- log- or –log- , meaning “study of, science”: logo – filología – lógica – biólogo – logopeda – analógico</p>
<p>- inge- or –inge, except injerto (graft) and injerir (to insert, not ingerir, meaning to ingest): ingenio – laringe – esfinge – ingenuo - meninge</p>
<p>5. Verbs ending in –igerar, -ger and –gir (except tejer and crujir and their derivatives): aligerar – rugido – proteger – emergencia – fingir – refrigerar</p>
<p>6. Some foreign words ending in g: airbag – camping – casting – doping – gag – piercing</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Brazilian students learning English give me such a hard time when they come across the verb ‘get’ because it has so many different meanings. Spanish is no slouch either, because it has the verb ‘echar’. Check out some of its meanings (there are tons!).
1. to throw, to toss, to cast.
Echa la pelota al perro. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My Brazilian students learning English give me such a hard time when they come across the verb ‘get’ because it has so many different meanings. Spanish is no slouch either, because it has the verb ‘echar’. Check out some of its meanings (there are tons!).</p>
<p>1. to throw, to toss, to cast.<br />
Echa la pelota al perro. (Throw the ball to the dog.)<br />
Se echaron al agua. (They jumped into the water.)<br />
Echó la moneda al aire. (He tossed the coin.)<br />
Echaron el ancla. (They cast the anchor.)</p>
<p>2. to move (your body or something) towards (something else).<br />
Echó los brazos atrás. (He threw back his arms.)<br />
Se echó hacia adelante. (He went forward.)<br />
Échate para allá. (Move over.)</p>
<p>3. to drink<br />
Se echó un trago de agua. (He drank a sip of water.)</p>
<p>4. to pour<br />
Echó un poco de agua a las plantas. (He poured some water on the plants.)<br />
Echaré un poco de sal al guiso. (I’ll sprinkle some salt in the stew.)<br />
Se echó laca en el pelo. (She put some hairspray on.)</p>
<p>5. to put on (clothes)<br />
Se echó un abrigo sobre los hombros. (He put a coat over his shoulders.)<br />
Si tienes frío, échate una manta en la cama. (If you feel cold, put a blanket on the bed.)</p>
<p>6. to put in<br />
Echa la carta al buzón.(Put the letter in the mailbox.)</p>
<p>7. to give off<br />
El motor echaba humo. (The engine gave off smoke.)</p>
<p>8. to start to develop<br />
El niño ya ha echado algunos dientes. (The boy has started teething.)<br />
Con esta vida sedentaria, estoy echando barriga. (With this sedentary life, I’m growing a potbelly.)</p>
<p>9. to throw out<br />
Echaron a Luis de la clase porque no se portaba bien. (Luis was thrown out of the classroom because he was misbehaving.)</p>
<p>10. to say, to utter<br />
Echó un discurso y se fue. (He gave a speech and left.)<br />
¡Vaya bronca que le ha echado el profesor! (The teacher really told him off.)</p>
<p>11. to present, to show<br />
Hoy echan la nueva película de Tom Cruise. (They’re showing Tom Cruise&#8217;s new movie.)</p>
<p>12. to feed<br />
Ya le eché comida al perro. (I have already fed the dog.)<br />
Su compañero le echó de beber. (His friend gave him something to drink.)</p>
<p>13. to do math<br />
Echó sus cuentas muy rápidamente. (He did his math very quickly.)</p>
<p>14. to lock<br />
Échale llave. (Lock it.)<br />
¿Echaste el cerrojo? (Did you bolt the door?)</p>
<p>15. to sprout<br />
Ya está echando flores. (It’s flowering already.)</p>
<p>16. to put<br />
Échale leña a la hoguera. (Put wood in the fire.)<br />
¿Me echas un poco de azúcar al café? (Will you put some sugar in my coffee?)<br />
No me eches la culpa, no tuve nada que ver con eso. (Don’t put the blame on me, I had nothing to do with it.)</p>
<p>17. echarse a – to start doing something abruptly<br />
Se echó a llorar cuando supo que se había muerto su amiga. (She burst into crying when she found out her friend was dead.)<br />
Se echó a correr cuando vio la policía. (He ran off when he saw the police.)</p>
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