Ha, well, that's one way to practice your Spanish. DX station? No, this is a guy in Bellevue, WA looking to practice and improve his #Spanish. #hamradio
but not in the literal sense of popping a balloon - more like the English idiom “the dam had to break” when referring to something that was held back is now unleashed
Today we're gonna talk about Arachis hypogaea or #peanut. Europeans borrowed the name from indigenous American languages, #Spanish from Nahuatl, and #Portuguese from Tupi. As cultivation spread to Africa, Dutch took the term "pinda," from Kongo "mpinda."
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.
a question for all the #spanish speakers on mastodon because i’ve gotten 20 different answers from 20 different people so far…. my family never used the word gallina … ever… can someone explain the difference between the words pollo and gallina?
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
Alrighty my #spanish friends, I've arrived at my other Spanish kryptonite: subjunctive. 😱 These feel like commands but they aren't. How should I frame my thinking with these?
I finally figured out para/por as well as caminé/caminaba, so I'm hoping you can help my brain get past this as well 😉
A question about gender and language for my Spanish-speaking plans. In this age of gender non-conformity, has “le” been adopted as a direct object pronoun if gender is not specified?
Also, is there Spanish-language equivalent for “Ms.” if a woman’s marital status is unknown?
I find how languages evolve with the times to be fascinating #spanish
"Hundreds of pro-#Palestine rioters attacked a synagogue in the #Spanish enclave of Melilla in North Africa while worshippers were inside Wednesday evening, according to Spanish media reports.
The rioters shouted “murderous #Israel” in front of the Or Zaruah #Synagogue and waved Palestinian flags until police dispersed them, a report in the newspaper El Independente said."
Linguists have identified a new English dialect that's emerging in South Florida (phys.org)
"We got down from the car and went inside."