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Wednesday Vine – ¿quieres ir a tomar algo?

September 17, 2014
by dragonflykbs
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expressions / greetings / objects / pickup lines / present tense / questions / ser/estar / Spain

On the run?  Prefer listening over reading?  You can listen to today’s entire lesson as an audio version: Or, keep reading below: Today’s Vine is by Dante Caro, from Madrid, Spain. It’ll be helpful to read the caption first: Cuando me gusta una chica, la entro con confianza, sin nervios… porque a ellas les encanta que tengas confianza en tí mismo. Translation: “When I like a girl, I go for her with confidence, without nervousness… because girls […]

Wednesday Vine – sólo una vez

September 10, 2014
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commands / ir / objects / Puerto Rico

Today’s Vine is by Daniel El Travieso, from Puerto Rico. The Vine Transcript Te lo voy a decir sólo una vez… Recoge tu cuarto. Recoge tu cuarto! Explanation I’m going to tell you only once… [literally: I go to say it to you only one time] Clean your room. [literally: pick up / tidy up your room] Clean your room! It was perhaps a simplistic idea for a Vine, but I love their execution: the timing, […]

Monday Vine – ¡es rápido!

September 8, 2014
by dragonflykbs
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commands / expressions / ir / objects / past preterite / present tense / Puerto Rico

Today’s Vine is made by Buoy from Puerto Rico. Note: This Vine contains one expletive in Spanish.  I substituted it for a softer English word in my translation, in an effort to keep this blog relatively clean.  I figured it’s worth it to be familiar with expletives so you can recognize them when you hear them, instead of being blindsided by them.  In your own conversations, I’d recommend not using Spanish expletives because as a non-native speaker, you have a high […]

Wednesday Vine – dubbed scene from Titanic

August 22, 2014
by dragonflykbs
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numbers / objects / present tense / tener

Today’s Vine is made by Martin LR, from San Diego, CA. The Vine Transcript Cal: Les nomino al Ice Bucket Challenge. Jack: Rose, tenemos que hacer esto. Rose: No… no lo sé, Jack… Cal: Tienen veinticuatro horas. Rose: [gasps] Jaaaack! Explanation Cal: I nominate you guys to the Ice Bucket Challenge. Jack: Rose, we have to do this. Rose: I…I don’t know, Jack… Cal: You guys have 24 hours. Rose: [gasps] Jaaaack! This Vine made me […]