In this episode of Q&A Spanish JP and Nahyeli answer questions from listeners Marta, Steve and Joe. Marta needs help with translating “to enjoy” and she also wants to know more about the difference between gracioso and divertido. Joe is wondering about buying a ticket for a sporting event: should he buy un boleto, un
In this week’s episode of Q&A Spanish, JP and Nahyeli answer questions from listeners Andrew, Eimar and Suzanne. Topics covered include the difference between hasta la semana que viene and para dentro de una semana; ; the difference between sino and pero; and how best to translate two phrases: “to bump into someone” and “no
Bienvenido a todo el mundo to Grace’s first On Location Spanish update of 2013! I hope the New Year has gotten off to a great start for you all, and without further ado I’d like to tell you about my first months back in Valencia. For the majority of the Brit Pack, we had returned
We’ve been publishing a daily word on Facebook and Twitter and each day we’ve asked our Facebook friends and Twitter followers to post a comment using the word of the day, thereby practising their language skills. This week we’ve been talking about buying things and as usual the Radio Lingua community has come up with
JP and Nahyeli are back with another episode of Q&A Spanish. In this episode they answer a question from listener Laya about possessive pronouns, and a couple of questions from Sam about how best to say “these days” in Spanish, and also how to say “it can’t be denied”. Find out the answers to these
We’re delighted to announce that JP and Nahyeli are back with another series of Q&A Spanish. As usual, they’re answering listener questions and in this week’s show, Soumaya wants to know if it’s possible to say buenas tardes when you’re saying goodbye to someone. Normally buenas tardes would be seen as a “hello” equivalent in
If you’re a long-standing Coffee Break Spanish listener did you know that we also have another show for Spanish learners? In Q&A Spanish our resident Spanish language experts, JP and Nahyeli, answer questions from our listeners. This special introductory episode for Coffee Break Spanish listeners will explain how to access the Q&A Spanish course. In
It’s time for the final lesson in this season of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: It’s a time for making New Year’s Resolutions and examining what we want to change about ourselves. This week Alba is asking the question, ¿cuál es tu peor hábito?; Laura’s frase idiomática is an interesting one today:
Join the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine team and improve your Spanish listening skills. In this edition: Alba asks her interviewees, ¿cuál es el mejor regalo que has recibido jamás?; Laura teaches us the phrases de tal palo, tal astillo, meaning “like father, like son” or “a chip off the old block”; and JP and Nahyeli
Hola a todos and welcome to another of Grace’s On Location Spanish updates. With November’s rain a thing of the past, as promised, my trusty umbrella has simply been gathering dust. Now, in the middle of December, the sun still shines brightly through clear blue skies but I can confirm that, with low temperatures of
The latest edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine is now available. Join the team and improve your Spanish! In this edition: Alba asks her interviewees, si te tocara la lotería, ¿qué harías con el dinero? Like last week you’ll hear a range of accents featured in the answers, with a sprinkling of imperfect subjunctives
Buenos días y bienvenidos a todos to the final update from Salamanca of 2012. It’s Iain here, and I’ve been out braving the cold weather to bring you some updates of the preparations that Salamanca has been making for the festive season. Last night, I met up with my classmate Carlos for a tour of
The latest edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine is now available. Join the team and improve your Spanish! In this edition: Alba asks her interviewees, ¿ayer hiciste algo especial? Answers cover a range of topics – and accents!; Laura teaches us what hablar por los codos means; and JP and Nahyeli discuss medical Spanish
Bienvenido a todos to Grace’s On Location Spanish Update. Here in Valencia our beachwear is slowly giving way to wooly jumpers and sensible shoes as we find ourselves in the rainy season. Although I am assured by my friend John that as we move on through December we will see the return of the dry
¡Hola a todos! It’s Iain here in Salamanca and I’m back with another On Location Spanish blog post. The Gran Vía is one of Salamanca’s main roads, and it is surrounded on all sides by bars, cafés and student flats, so it’s a common meeting point for the intercambios de lengua (“language exchanges”) that my flatmates
This week’s Coffee Break Spanish Magazine episode is now available. Join the team and improve your Spanish! In this edition: Alba has an interesting question for some women on the streets of Barcelona. She asks ¿qué puedes aprender de un hombre si hablas con su madre? – what can you learn about a man if
Buenas a todos and welcome to Grace’s On Location Spanish update. Being that I am somewhat of a fair-skinned Scot, I am pleased to report that this week in Valencia we’ve had some wind and, would you believe it, some rain. Perhaps in an ideal world none of us would ever have to change out
The Coffee Break Spanish team is back with a new episode of the Magazine. In this edition: Alba asks passers-by in the streets of Barcelona, ¿De qué pasarías horas hablando?; Laura teaches us the expression se me ha ido el santo al cielo, meaning “I completely lost track of the time”; and JP and Nahyeli
Buenos días and a very warm welcome to another On Location Spanish post from studious Salamanca. It’s Iain here, and much like Grace I’ve been slowly getting to grips with a brand new culture, a brand new University and, clearly, a brand new language. A few weeks have passed since my stumbling introduction to my
This week’s episode of the Coffee Break Spanish is a slightly spooky Hallowe’en episode. In this edition: Alba asks the macabre question ¿Cuál es tu peor pesadilla?; Laura introduces the expression me he levantado con el pie izquierdo, meaning “to get out of the wrong side of the bed”; and JP and Nahyeli help listener
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