Anybody have a good book recommendation for learning/practicing #Spanish for #EMS ? I don’t always have internet access and a workbook of some sort would be 💯 for my antiquated learning style.
21 May 1601: Matteo de Oviedo #Franciscan#Spanish hibernophile Archbishop of #Dublin receives the pallium #otd - he had been consecrated on 16 July 1600 (BM)
Pequeña y Fragil is an originally Italian song with a humongous number of Spanish covers. I've put together a playlist of around 50 of them. Yes, I'm strange. But there's a surprising amount of variety in this eclectic and idiosyncratic playlist.
David Noriega investigates the deaths and disappearances of Moroccan migrants as they attempt to cross the #Spanish border at #Melilla and examines how outsourced #European#immigration policies may ultimately be responsible for these tragedies.
30 Apr 1488: Ferdinand & Isabella authorise the #Spanish ambassador Rodrigo Gonsales Puebla to start negotiations for a match between their daughter Catherine of Aragon with Prince Arthur Tudor #otd#Bigconsequences
29 Apr 1602: Balthazar Sanchez, confectioner or 'comfit-maker' to Elizabeth, #Spanish evangelical emigré, buried in St Mary Woolchurch #London
(Sugar refinery, Rijksmuseum)
Triumphal gate erected in #Antwerp on the occasion of the canonization of the #Spanish Franciscan Peter of Alcantara #otd 28 Apr 1669 designed by Suzanna Verbruggen.
(Rijksmuseum)
Peter was a huge supporter & encourager of Teresa of Avila.
23 Apr 1616: d. Inca Garcilaso de la Vega chronicler of #Peru - a person with a #Spanish father and #Inca mother, author of a number of important historical works (John Carter Brown Library)
21 Apr 1638: Alonso de Peralta Cárdenas arrives as temporary #Spanish ambassador in #England. So good that he was made permanent in 1640. Between 1651-55, via an Irish abbot, Patrick O'Crelly, he made regular payments to John Thurloe (NPG)
Can anyone recommend the #Tandem app for #language practice?
I'm at intermediate level with #Spanish. Reading comprehension & speaking are ok, but I'm struggling when listening to others - it's like my ear/brain is not primed for it outside of certain scenarios, e.g. at the shops.
I tried an online intercambio yesterday but it was a bit too advanced for me & most of the others I can find on meetup.com where the times work for me are either beginner or advanced.
I bought #blasphemous on the mid-week #steam sale. Some of you know that the themes within the game are what I burn for. I couldn't pass the opportunity, and I want to play it in #Spanish if the language is there. However, I greatly suck at #metroidvania and pair it with #soulslikes the hell will be palpable. But I got all discounted DLC with soundtrack and art books 🥲 controllers are gonna fly 🥹 #videogames#pcgaming