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Re: 2008 The Year of Languages

helenaoutloud — 2008-04-30 20:12:49

Yo hablo espanol, ingles, y estoy tratando de aprender chino.... pero Liliana, a mi tambien me encantaria aprender el arabe! De verdad la musica es muy chevere!

Re: SpanishPod on YouTube

helenaoutloud — 2008-04-30 19:58:53

Oh my gosh....JP you all are so funny! I'm jealous now and now I want to work at Spanishpod! I love all these videos you do especially the Milestone video (Millionth episode? That was the funniest! jajajajajajajaja!!!!!!) I'll be around still randomly crossing over from Chinesepod. Hopefully I'll be a fluent Chinesepoddie, Japanesepoddie, Italianpoddie, Frenchpoddie and who knows what else by then?! Anyway's....ya'll are great and I recomend Spanishpod all the time. Yo no tengo que aprender espanol pero tengo muchos amigos Chino's que quieren hablar espanol! Spanishpod es una GRAN ayuda!!!

Re: NEW Q&A Show

helenaoutloud — 2008-01-20 22:35:51

Fudawei, jugo de naranja sounds like "who go deh na ran ha"....but I really don't think explaining the sounds works as well as letting you hear them. I found this video on youtube.com. They mention Jugo De Naranja several times, so this will hopefully help. Maybe you will actually get orange juice next time you go to the store. (Sorry JP...I'm at it again. ^_^ )

Re: Sopa de caracol

helenaoutloud — 2008-01-19 12:21:59

WOW!! I haven't heard this song in a really really long time. When I was a kid in Santo Domingo my cousins and I used to dance along to this all the time. Thank goodness I've never seen the video before now. There are just waaaay too many thong/bikini shots for my taste.

Re: NEW Q&A Show

helenaoutloud — 2008-01-19 12:12:18

AuntySue, "Pa' que sepas" is short for "Para que sepas" which translates as "So you know". You can use it pretty much the same way it's used in english except we'd probably say "Just so you know.....blah blah blah" in english. Alot of times "Pa' que sepas" will be followed by a question word such as "quien" (who), "como" (how), "cuanto" (how much), "adonde" (where), "que" (what/that), etc... For example: "Pa' que sepas que te amo" Translation: "So you know that I love you." I must warn you though, that putting "Pa" in the place of "Para" will make this a more informal phrase. So, it's probably best to use this form of speech with friends and family and not at an interview for a job, etc... Sorry if I gave it away before the show airs, but I couldn't keep anyone in suspense for too long before I blurted it out! ^_^

Re: How do you study vocab?

helenaoutloud — 2007-12-17 14:18:53

Thirsy, you are almost my opposite equal when it comes to learning langages! I am hispanic, learned English as my second language (even though I use it the most these days) and am now dedicated to 中文！I hope to be fluent in Chinese as soon as possible, however, I'm not there yet. Spanishpod/Chinesepod is full of people that share a love of culture. It seems that everybody is willing to help eachother. Every lesson I hear makes me more and more excited because I've noticed that I get a chance to use the material on the same or the next day! The Pods are full of gold! Entonces, te deseo mucho bien en tu estudio del Español! 水到渠成加油！

Re: How do you study vocab?

helenaoutloud — 2007-12-13 09:30:56

hombremurcielago, that is a great technique now that I think about it. Several years ago, I browsed a web site that uses that technique to teach Hebrew, and now, after all of this time I can still remember all the words I learned from that demo (even in the midst of learning chinese, which sometimes confuses my fluent english and spanish).

Re: SpanishPod is In the news!

helenaoutloud — 2007-12-13 09:19:40

WOW!! Que Bien!! This is very exciting for the SpanishPod/ChinesePod world!

Re: Lesson about music?

helenaoutloud — 2007-12-13 09:05:45

Hay tanta musica buena que no se por donde empesar. (There is so much good music that I don't know where to begin.) Es verdad, Juanes has some really fun music. Especially that new song "Me Enamora" is very easy to learn with because of all the repetition . I like music from Julieta Venegas, La India, Laura Pausini, La Oreja De Van Gogh, Shakira (I don't like alot of her music in English, but in spanish she is a very good singer/songwriter). These are mostly female singers, but some male singers that have good music are Bacilos (listen to Caraluna-I love it!!!), Maná, Los Bunkers (Llueve Sobre La Ciudad), Cristian Castro (Lloran las Rosas is one of his best), Luis Fonsi has some beautiful music so don't forget that name..... There is so much more...

Re: How do you spell "beige?"

helenaoutloud — 2007-12-13 08:16:29

Bueno, yo tengo un color favorito cada dia porque a mi me gustan todos los colores! Hoy, mi color favorito es azul.^_^ Well, I have a favorite color each day because I like all colors! Today, my favorite color is blue. ^_^