Archive for the ‘spanish basics’ Category

Why Learning Spanish Is A Good Idea, Part One

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

There are a lot of reasons to learn Spanish. Here are just a few, I’m sure you can think of many more.

1. Business. No matter where you work, and I’m assuming it’s an English speaking country, you are likely going to have to deal with business people from beyond your borders. Even if you know only a passing amount of Spanish, going to the effort to communicate in a foreigner’s language can mean the difference between landing that contact or losing the deal. If you’re in the United States, you probably already know that Spanish speaking minorities are among the fastest growing segment of the population. Even if you’re not directly doing business with them now, odds are good you will be doing so in the future! You might just connect with a customer of the future.

Stay tuned for our next installment of Why Learning Spanish Is a Good Idea, coming tomorrow! :)

Spanish Word of the Day For January 6th

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

The word of the day is cielo.

El cielo es azul.

Cielo is Spanish for sky…can you guess what the sentence means? Azul…sounds like azure, right? And what color is azure? Well, it’s blue.

The sentence means the sky is blue.

Hope you enjoyed your word of the day

Why Learning Spanish Is Important

Monday, December 31st, 2007

There are millions of Spanish speakers all over the globe. It’s important to learn Spanish in most basic terms to communicate with them. Without the common language, how will you be able to interact with the foreigners? And even though we all live in different parts of the world, we really aren’t that different at all are we? So it’s important to remember that when we all come together to share our lives. Spanish is a language of romance, of joy, of passion, of LIFE. Journey along with us as we go explore the wonder that is the Spanish language.

Spanish Nouns

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Nouns in Spanish are a lot like nouns in English.

A noun is an object, in the most basic terms a person place or thing. Yes, animals too! They can be direct or indirect objects, and they can also be verbs that are used as a noun. For example, “Swimming is healthy”. The object of the sentence is ’swimming’, or in Spanish, it would be “Nadando es bueno para la salud.” Nadar = to swim in spanish…we’ll get into verbs next time.