It´s worth studying Spanish / Vale la pena estudiar español - 5 minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week
What`s up friends?
In the 5 minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week
we are going to reflect on the verb "valer" and how we use it in
everyday life.
Valer means to have value or a certain value, to be
valid for something.
In English it is translated as "to be
worth".
How much is this house worth? This is the same as
asking how much it costs, you are interested in the value, in the price.
We usually use it to talk about equivalencies:
Sandwiches are worth the same as soda.
More philosophically: How much is health worth? And
this one, it's priceless.
Related to this verb we have many words and some are
cognates
Let's see some:
Avalar- (to confirm the veracity of something)
To get a loan from a bank you need a guarantee or
collateral.
Avaluar (to price something, to appraise)
If you want to know the value of your house you need
an appraisal.
Devaluar- to devalue or to devaluate
We Latin Americans are well aware of the devaluation;
prices are worth 13 pesos to the dollar one day and 30 pesos the next. That's
how devaluation works.
I don't like devaluation!
Desvalorizar - to devalue to drop in value
Many young people feel devalued by their peers or
teachers and have low self-esteem.
Desvalijar - to steal valuables
The burglars robbed a house.
They devalued it and then ransacked it, it was bad
luck for this person.
We have many more words, let's name them and see the
cognates
invalidar - invalidate
valorizar - to value or valorize
revalidar - to renew the value / to transfer credits
from a university ie
desvalido
- helpless person
inválido-
handicapped person
vale
- voucher
válido
- valid
valioso - valuable
valor- courage
envalentonarse - to take courage, to rise in the
occasion
valiente - courageous or vallient - brave
valentón - arrogant
Let's give this 5-minute podcast value analyzing 5
expressions that are worth remembering and using today.
1)
"Sale y vale" or just "vale".
It's an interjection that indicates you agree with
something or are willing to take action
Synonyms:
bien, bueno, de acuerdo, perfecto, ok, listo, vale
Remember, we talked about “bien” and “Bueno”, ¿vale? (ok?) If you don't remember you can look for
the post on the Spanish in Cabo blog and very soon we will have our
SpanisUp2You.com site to listen to these posts and videos and many more things,
¿vale?
2) “Más vale tarde que nunca” - Better late than
never, I like this one a lot, I'm late, but I'm here. It's quite used by Latin
Americans.
3) “Más vale maña que fuerza” - Shrewdness is better
than strength - intelligence, skill is better than brute force.
“Maña” is that skill, ability to solve situations. Mac
Giver has skills, for example. Or he did, because we don't like the new one.
4) “Más vale solo que mal acompañado” - Better to be
alone than in bad company, that is, it is better to be single (without a
partner) than with someone who is a mess and does not make you happy.
There are many more expressions with “vale” but it's
better to keep going, we only have 5 minutes.
5) This one is not fancy but you will hear it
“Me vale un cacahuate”, sometimes they say something
else instead of peanuts ...
or simply: "Me vale” - I don't care, it is the
same for me"
It's what you say when you're a bit angry.
6) “Vale la pena” - It's worth it -
With this last one we return a little to the
philosophy because if we want something to obtain it, costs us a pain or
effort.
For example, we want to play volleyball well, we hit
the ball and that hurts.
We want to have an online platform and we have to work
hard for it, this is a sacrifice.
To get something we sacrifice time, work, money,
health, sleep, but we reach a goal
Then “¡vale la pena!” (it`s worth it!)
It's worth it to exercise, it makes you healthier,
more athletic
It's worth going to the beach, the beach is the best.
It pays to have friends.
It's worth studying Spanish.
See you next week. It's worth practicing
Spanish.
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