Upper Intermediate - I can't stand you!

!Qué pareja tan insoportable! Menos mal que están en casa y no en la fila detrás de nosotros en el cine cuando Tom Hanks se da cuenta de que Meg Ryan es el amor de su vida...me podrías pasar un Kleenex, por fa'?

There's a problem with the high-quality MP3 podcast. It cuts off well before the middle of the podcast. As you can see, it's listed as only 3.9MB, which is smaller than the lower-quality podcast.

Please, don't use the word "Chulo" in Mexico, men won't like it. But "Chula" for women is nice.

Why won't men in Mexico like it? What's it suggest? Also, is "cholo" a bastardization of chulo? There was a song "Lean like a cholo" that was a big hit in EEUU awhile ago. Are the words similar?

For discussion of the various meanings of "chulo," see http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=325610

cyberdiva, The high quality audio is now fixed! Sorry for the inconvenience. You can now download the fixed version to your iTunes.

A question for JP: In the sentence "No puedo soportar más mentiras", más is an adjective. How would I modify the sentence to make it (más) an adverb? That is, to switch from the meaning of "I can't support more lies" to "I can no longer support lying" (and would I have to stick the definite article in front of "mentiras"? Gracias.

Thanks, Cyberdiva!

strelnikov1960, You could try the options below: Ya no puedo soportar (tus) mentiras. Ya no puedo más soportar (tus) mentiras. No puedo más soportar (tus) mentiras. You should think of "ya no," "ya no... más," and "no... más" as adverbs that come in sets that bookend the verb that they modify.

a mi me gusta tanto este pellicula ...per escuchar espagnol!!! pongo "de pellicula" y aprendo mucho.

Las telenovelas no me gustan tanto. A mí, me gustan muchísimo las pelis de Pedro Almodóvar y de Ferzan Ozpetek. Del Toro me gusta también. Lo que me parece particularmente importante en las pelis es la imaginación del director. Me encanta el estilo llamado realismo mágico que es particularmente importante en la cultura latina - en el cine tanto como en la literatura. Y a ustedes, ¿que les gusta?

I have been disapointed. When I print the PDF on the first page the English comes through as garbage and then on the second page it might be the Spanish which is unreadable.

golfixer, Sorry about the problem! The PDF is working properly, so perhaps if you re-download the PDF and try again, it will work. Let me know!

A mi me gustan las películas por Del Torro. Yo vi una la semana pasada llamado "El Orfanato" dirigido por Bayona pero producido por Del Torro. Tuve muchisimo miedo en todos partes del 'peli'. ATERRADOR y el final ...feliz o no feliz... no puedo decir. Usted tiene que ir a verla.

Hola golfixer y JP. I just want to say that I have printed out the PDF with no problems. And thanks, JP, for fixing the high-quality MP3 file.

una pregunta: al principio de está lección cuando Liliana está explicando el significado de “no te soporto” ella dice algo como: (it sounds to me like) “ no quiere decir que el no soporte la pollo” Hay alguien que entienda que está siendo dicho? I know she's not saying that he can't tolerate the chicken!

Perdón, una corección: Esta lección no está leccíon.

Hola kikuyu. Lili is not saying "la pollo" but rather "apoyo", which means support or backing (either political or physical). She's distinguishing "apoyo" from "soporto" in "no te soporto"--I can't stand you.

Cyberdiva, Mil Gracias!

Hola kikuyu. I'm very happy that I was able to help. Usually, I have the same problem you were having: I don't distinguish the words correctly. So I was delighted when this time I could!

cyberdiva, I can see how you are improving, ¡me alegro un montón!

In Mexico two women can say a man is "chulo' but calling him directly will not like it because in some places means, the man that deals with prostitutes. Cholo in Mexico referes to some Mexicans working in the United States, but is despective.

irmapico "Chulo" when we say it in Mexico is to say "cute" but it can it can also be used as telling someone he is very chulo, like "smarty pants". In the case of "cholo" in Mexico we do not use it for Mexicans working in the United States in fact it means a gang member, or someone that is dealing with drugs, prostitution or someone that can be very vulgar we call them "cholo", Depending on the context it can be despective.

Hola Spanishpod, En los ejercicios hay dos "Multiple Choice" pero no hay "Listen and Choose".

hay una cancion tambien "papi chulo"

pussycat, the listen and choose exercise is there, enjoy it!