Monthly Archives: June 2008

Te extraño

“People are strange when you’re a stranger” – The Doors Once mi amor wrote to me, te extraño. I looked in the dictionary and found that extraño means: alien adj. strange, odd stranger Google translates te extraño as “you strange”. … Continue reading

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The Spanish Alphabet

A a – a B b – be (be alta, be grande, be larga) C c – ce Ch ch – che D d – de E e – e F f – efe G g – ge H h … Continue reading

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HTML and Key codes for Spanish Letters and Punctuation

The following table lists the additional Spanish alphabetic characters and punctuation you will commonly require. The Alt + Num is the key code combination to create the character and is the Alt key, plus the numeric keypad numbers (not the … Continue reading

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Café Con Aroma De Mujer

Although running for only one season, Café Con Aroma De Mujer was a very popular television series (at the time of posting it has a 9.2/10 rating at IMDB). It was filmed in Bogotá, Colombia. You can access episodes via … Continue reading

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Speak Spanish Like a Gringo???

Well… of course you want to learn to speak Spanish properly, and not speak “like a gringo” … but while learning you will undoubtedly make many mistakes and find all kinds of unusual thinks about Spanish. Native Spanish speakers will … Continue reading

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