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Gerald's Spanish Language Blog August 2007 Archive

By Gerald Erichsen, About.com Guide to Spanish Language since 1998

Noticicias del Perú: Más de 300 muertos dejó el terremoto

Thursday August 16, 2007
If you're looking for the latest news from Peru about the massive earthquake that struck near Lima Wednesday night, you can't do much better than the online version of the ... Read More

Se and the passive voice

Monday August 13, 2007
It is very common in English to use sentences such as "the key was lost" or "the car was sold," sentences in which the person performing the action (losing and ... Read More

Reflexive verbs and changes in emotions

Thursday August 9, 2007
In English you may say something "I got angry" or "he became worried." But Spanish frequently doesn't use words comparable to "got" or "became" in the above sentence, instead using ... Read More

Versatile Pronouns

Thursday August 9, 2007
Most of the time, when you use an indirect object pronoun in English, you do the same in Spanish. For example, to say, "I gave her a flower" in Spanish, ... Read More

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