Why isn’t this part of all language classes, it just makes so much sense? This blew me away when I first learned it…
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What the heck is “ban ho”?
I promise it’s not some horrible rap song.
You get bonus points if you figure out what “ban ho” means in Spanish before you play the video.
Hint: Tiene que ver con la pronunciación. (It has to do with the pronunciation.)
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Here is the fourth video in the “Spanish life, love and music” series.
This is where we bring the videos together and get your Spanish flowing about life, love and music.
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In the first video of the “Spanish life, love and music” series you were speaking Spanish with these kinds of phrases.
me gustaría tocar un instrumento
quiero tocar la guitarra
siempre he querido aprender un instrumento
You’ve been speaking-to-learn with the videos.
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Did you know Spanish has a different word for playing an instrument as opposed to playing a sport?
In English we talk about playing sports and games and we also talk about playing music.
Spanish has a different verb for each one. To play a game or a sport the verb is jugar, for example:
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I’m always excited to hear about my students using their Spanish in the real world. Here are some comments from my blog about making use of these Spanish lessons in real-life situations.
Lots of Spanish words about la música are instantly recognizable.
Por ejemplo los instrumentos (For example, the instruments):
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Can you imagine a world without music?
Life wouldn’t be the same. It doesn’t matter where you go in the world—music is something that unites us all.
It’s a great thing to talk about with your Spanish-speaking amigos too.
I’ve created a series of free video lessons that make it easy for you to speak about music in flowing sentences.
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I’ve got a complete series of 4 videos for you. Están pagados por la casa (They are on the house).
I’ve had lots of great comments on the blog about these videos. My favorite was from Marianne
I want so much to speak fluently…but I think fear of mistakes holds me back…it becomes frustrating and makes me feel stupid. But this video was great! The pace was good…no fear! I learned!!
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When I was a kid playing soccer in high school I had my glory day.
I took a corner kick
GGGGOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL
The ball went into the net…
from the corner!
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