I know I’ve been inactive for the past few months but my life has been so busy! By the end of november I’ll have graduate high school (oh my gods)
Anyway, this week I’m supposed to take the DELE (Spanish proficiency exam) and I’m so nervous! I have never taken any kind of proficiency exam before, but I have been studying like crazy!
Also, if you’re a hispanohablante and are available to help me practice my Spanish (through email, skype, etc), my inbox is open! I’ll appreciate any support you guys can give me!
He recibido muchos mensajes de personas amables que quieren practicar inglés/español conmigo. Muchas gracias por estos mensajes. Siento no he respondido a ustedes todavía. Tomé un hiato largo de este blog debido a diversos acontecimientos en mi vida - pero responderé pronto, y estaré más activa en Tumblr de nuevo también.
WordBrewery’s Anki card deck is well worth a download. If you’ve never heard of Anki before, it’s a free flashcard programme. WordBrewery’s deck takes sentences from its main website, which is great for improving your vocabulary: it gives you real Spanish sentences which can be translated and saved.
¿Cuánto dinero pierde la industria por alimentos que no vende? How much money does the industry lose from food that doesn’t sell?
Un auténtico tratamiento de lujo para utilizar antes, durante y después del verano. A real luxury treatment for use before, during and after the summer.
“Volveremos a los viejos tiempos”, prometió. “We’ll go back to the old days”, she promised.
En algunas circunstancias podría ser apropiado no hacer nada. In some circumstances, it may be appropriate to do nothing.
En este caso no se cumple ninguno. In this case, none are fulfilled.
La mayoría decidió, entonces, poner rumbo a Buenos Aires. The majority decided, then, to head for Buenos Aires.
¿Podría un terrorista acabar trabajando en una central nuclear? Could a terrorist end up working in a nuclear power plant?
“Nadie resultó herido entre la población o los agentes”, ha explicado. “Nobody was injured among the population or the agents”, he has explained / he explained.
Happy Fall, my lil’ agaves! Here’s a vocabulary list of transition phrases and expressions to improve the fluidity of your Spanish writing and speaking. I actually have an exam on these phrases next martes,and I thought this would be an excellent vocab list to share with you. The Quizlet deck for this list can be found here. This vocabulary list is from the textbook I’m using this semester for my advanced Spanish comp class: Taller de Escritores.
asimismo also, in addition to
así/ de ese modo so/ in that way
con relación/ respecto a regarding
como se puede ver as you/one/we can see
además de in addition to
por suerte fortunately, luckily
desgraciaunfortunately
de hecho in fact
al igual que like
a diferencia de unlike
en cambio/ por el contrario in contrast
en vez/ lugar de instead of
no obstante/ sin embargo however
por una parte/ un lado on the one hand
por otra (parte)/ otro (lado) on the other hand
a causa de because of
debido a due to, on account of
entonces/ por lo tanto therefore
con resultado/ consecuencia as a result
por eso/ por ese motivo/ por esa razón for that reason
day 10 - What is one thing you wished you could change about studyblr?
I’ve already touched on this in my last post, but I wish that a lot of the “mainstream” popular studyblrs would reflect more about their consumption. I feel like this would be a good step towards making studyblr more accessible to everyone.
day 11 - What is something that you have learnt from studyblr?
I’ve learnt that it’s okay to want to learn more and pursue my interests, but that it’s also okay to fail. Also, there are a lot of great productivity tips out there that have really helped me a lot!
day 12 - How much time do you spend on studyblr per day on average?
Honestly? Less than an hour, I’d say. Most of the time about 30-40 minutes.
day 13 - Do you have an ‘aesthetic’? If yes, what is it?
I don’t really have one tbh. There are a lot of aesthetics that I love (especially dark academia and light academia), but I don’t actually have one and I also feel like I don’t need one.
LaFundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu) ha lanzado una campaña en Twitter, en la que piden la colaboración de los usuarios de esta red social para documentar diferentes regionalismos.
Palabras como “dinero”, “autobús”, “biberón” o “faltar a clases” se dicen de manera diferente en cada rincón del mundo hispanohablante, por eso han lanzado la etiqueta #yolollamo.
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