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Comment by David Paul Appell on November 6, 2009 at 12:12am

Oye, no mames! Just came across an interesting piece in the NY Times about a phenom I've definitely noticed in Mexico: common use of swear words like cabrón, pinche, and especially güey.

Comment by Steph Wiestling on November 5, 2009 at 9:39pm

Ahhh, of course. And, I am learning the few things that are 'just in Spain' (vosotros, etc.) in my class, so I guess it doesn't matter which one I'm learning after all. ;) I'm just very excited to be bringing Spanish back into my life.
My class is really starting with the basics, ser/estar, then -ar verbs, now relationships and tener. It's all coming back quite easily, thank goodness, so this group will hopefully help me with putting conversational sentences together... rather than the caveman Spanish I used to speak: 'me like book'. ;)

Comment by David Paul Appell on November 5, 2009 at 11:56am

Pues "castellano" se utiliza en Latinoamérica también, es más bien un sinónimo para "español," aunque menos común. Spain has at least four languages, and what's thought of as "Spanish" is really "Castilian," in the same way that we speak "English" instead of "British."

Comment by Steph Wiestling on November 5, 2009 at 11:36am

Gracias! Mi maestra es de Chile. Estoy estudiando español de america, no castellano. Pero he estado en España, tambien, y me gusto mucho.

Comment by David Paul Appell on November 5, 2009 at 10:55am

Bienvenida, Steph! Bienvenida también cualquier sugerencia para mejorar este grupo de castellano. Where is your teacher from, just out of curiosity?

Comment by Steph Wiestling on November 3, 2009 at 11:43pm

Hola! I am new here, and very rusty with my vocabulary, but hoping to get better quickly! My son is in a Spanish Immersion preschool (Latin American Spanish) and I take a Spanish class once a week through his school to refresh. However, the more usage the better, verdad? It's already been fun just trying to translate the comments... so from now on, I will try to only write in Spanish. Oh, and the songs with lyrics are helpful and fun as well!!

Comment by EnLinea Media on October 30, 2009 at 12:45pm

Anybody in Miami tonight: great FREE Spanish folk music concert at the Centro Cultural Español in Coral Gables!

Eliseo Parra and Rosalia Roio in Concert!

Friday, October 30, 2009
8:00 p.m.
FREE!

CCE Miami
800 Douglas Rd (SW 37 Avenue)
Coral Gables, FL

Eliseo Parra and Rosalia Roio in Concert!
Música tradicional española/Folk Music
Info: Tel. 305 448 9677 email: info@ccemiami.org

Eliseo Parra is one Spain's leading performers and researchers of folk music. He has traveled to small villages to rediscover old songs, musical instruments and learned how to play some instruments in the traditional style. He reconstructs folk music by adding modern elements. His background may seem surprising to some. He began as a rock musician and afterwards became interested in jazz and Caribbean rhythms. Eventually, he ended up rediscovering Spanish folk music.

Rosalia Roio, Guitar player, songwriter, composer and vocalist, a truly original musician. With a fabulous energy and singular mastery of her instrument, able to un-earth the ancient popular music of her native Spain and embody it in an astonishing performance full of passion and mastery. Rosalia's music is an inspired encounter of beauty, guts and virtuosity. Though educated with some of the bests musicians in the world, Rosalía's songs reveal a truly un-affected, creative and brave artist who has become a cult musician for an international audience. Her music is a fusion of traditional Spanish Folk music that has been largely forgotten. The adaptations combine this folk heritage, which is not derived from Flamenco, with jazz and Latin colors. She has taken many sources and created a new musical vision enriched by her virtuosity guitar technique.

Comment by EnLinea Media on October 4, 2009 at 8:53pm

Our newest "Top Tune From Around the Planet" is a sweet hit from Costa Rica. Following is the video and lyrics -- enjoy!


BOCETO PARA ESPERANZA

Si fueras a tocar esa memoria
parece eterno, el polvo de tus ojos.
Pero el olor de aquella pagina no vuelve
se fue con los desvelos de tu frente.

Si fueras a tocar aquellos dias
la extraña magia de todo lo que llueve
tocar a sol que esta arrugado entre las hojas
al perro y a la tia tejedora.

Cuando el aire tenia rastros de azul,
en el patio cabía toda la luz.
Llevame donde pueda abuela dormir
si fueras a volver, llevame alli.

Si fueras a quedar en lo que queda
aquella casa debajo de los años,
aquella forma de mecerse los almendros
el agua que inventaba la tinaja.

El tiempo esta dejándonos un tiempo
para volver al patio de tus manos,
reconocer entre las sabanas tendidas
las caras que perdimos hace tanto

Cuando el aire tenia rastros de azul,
en el patio cabía toda la luz.
Llevame donde pueda abuela dormir
si fueras a volver llevame alli.

Comment by David Paul Appell on August 30, 2009 at 10:37am

Bienvenida, Myriam! Qué cuentas desde el Perú?

Comment by David Paul Appell on August 29, 2009 at 9:30am

Watching cine is another good way to practice Spanish, so I thought I'd call your attention to an interesting flick I just saw this past week, called Casi Divas. It's a 2009 Mexican movie just released in the U.S. and while it has plenty of flaws, it also offers some pretty interesting glimpses into various sectors of Mexican life and society, from the big glitzy side of Mexico City to the dangerous maquiladora-land, Ciudad Juárez, to the Zapotecan culture of Oaxaca. It's in theaters subtitled, and will soon be out on DVD, and somebody also uploaded it in its entirety to YouTube (but in 10 separate chunks, and not subtitled). Here's the subtitled trailer:

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