Spanish in Cabo

  Hello friends,   In these 5 minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week, we are going to reflect on the word "hecho", but this time with an aitch.   Remember that last Wednesday we talked about the difference between: “echo esto al bote de basura” (I throw this in the trash can) y “hecho en China” (Made in China).   We said that echo without aitch is from the verb echar (to throw away) and hecho with aitch, is the past participle of the verb hacer (made or done) or a noun.   The cake is made (hecho) with flour, eggs and butter.   The cake is made with love   We could analyze the verb hacer (to make or to do) but, it has many meanings according to the context, impossible for these 5 minutes of Spanish.  So, let's talk only about its participle: “hecho” and the noun “hecho”.   According to the dictionary “hecho” has several meanings and uses   It's what happens, it's an event.   In English it's v...

  ¡Qué tal amigos! Estamos muy entusiasmados con nuestra nueva forma de experimentar el español: SpanishUp2U. ¿Qué es SpanishUp2U? Es un club online en el cual vamos a volcar estos 12 años de experiencia y trabajo en Spanish in Cabo para facilitarte el aprendizaje español pues tendrás tu práctica cuando quieras, sin tener que organizar una cita semanal o separar un tiempo especial. Sí, en tu casa o en tus viajes, a tu ritmo y a tu tiempo, podrás practicar español con tu maestro favorito de Spanish in Cabo, ¡como si estuvieras en Los Cabos! Por supuesto que seguimos con las clases y los cursos de inmersión de Spanish in Cabo, sumamos esta otra opción para que tengas más contacto con el español y lo practiques a tu ritmo. ¿Quiénes forman SpanishUp2U? Tú, tus compañeros del club y todo el equipo de Spanish in Cabo que estaremos junto a ti entregando materiales originales para que practiques en pequeños pasos bien organizados adaptados a tus necesidades. ¿Cuáles son las...

1 English version  Hi, how are you? We met again in the 5 minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week. If you are an English speaker and you are learning Spanish, there are a lot of words you already know. This means that you have a great advantage in your learning, compared to a person born in Japan or China, for example. There are words that are the same in both languages, they are cognates, they have the same origin: Latin. traffic        tráfico per cent     por ciento executive   ejecutivo                debate      debate popular       popular client          cliente fantastic     fantástico But... there's always a but. Sometimes, we have false cognates or false friends. That is to say words that are similar in form but their...