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Hot Summer Spanish Phrases To Impress The Locals!
We love this guy in the photo, a regular for years in Madrid’s retiro park, by the statue of the ‘Angel Caído’. He knew how to deal with the heat – get out and enjoy it! With 41ºC/105ºF in Madrid last...
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How to get a perfect Spanish accent?
Our friends Jim and May from Spanish and Go put together this great video with 5 top Spanish teachers from different parts of the world – including Marina from here at Notes in Spanish! Can you guess...
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Really easy Spanish learning :)
Queridos amigas y amigos, A Spanish friend said to us last night: “Soy muy inquieto. Siempre me gusta tener un nuevo proyecto entre manos.” – I’m a restless person, I always like to have a new...
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Tocar – Super Spanish Verb!
Marina in the Pyrenees ¡Hola Chic@s! Some great Spanish, then deadline news! ¡Ya toca la vuelta al cole! – It’s time to go back to school! That’s an expression you hear everywhere in Madrid now as...
View ArticleAwesome Spanish-Learning Advice
On our Facebook page this week we received some excellent Spanish-learning advice from really proactive Notes in Spanish listeners. This comment from Gary particularly caught our eye, it’s full of...
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Ben’s Best Bits of Real Spanish
I’ve come across and rediscovered some wonderful Spanish this week. Spain won the Basketball World Cup, and the sports papers the next day were full of triumph and praise. This headline from Marca...
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Ben and Marina’s favourite things to do in Madrid
The backstreets of La Latina Many people ask us about where to visit, eat, and drink while in Madrid. Taking for granted that you will already know about the Retiro Park (don’t miss that!), the big...
View ArticleQue Mono – Sweet Spanish Phrases!
We received a great question this week: ‘How do you say “sweeeeeeeet” in Spanish? Not like a cookie or something to eat, but as in a baby, a girlfriend or a gift-card.’ We answer this question in...
View ArticleBen and Marina Interview on Secret Spanish Learning Tips, Dating in Another...
We had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Jazmin Kylene for her show The Tea On, out by Madrid’s ‘Lago’. So much is covered in this interview, including: – Our uncommon tips for learning...
View ArticleThe Best Spanish Learning Tip Ever! Make Big Mistakes!
What’s the single most important thing you can do to improve your Spanish learning, no matter what level you are, Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced? Watch the video to find the answer! Some...
View ArticleSpanish Imperatives – The Ones We Use At Home!
In today’s video we have a fun look at some Spanish imperatives – the ones you are most likely to hear us using at home! Here is all the most important Spanish from the video: ¡Para Ben! ¡Qué me...
View ArticleSpanish Eggs! Fried, Scrambled, Poached, and Some Cool Slang!
In this today’s video Ben and Marina delve deep into the subject of… ¡Huevos! Eggs! We look at all the vocab. you need to eat eggs any way you like them, and end with a cool slang ‘egg’ phrase to...
View ArticleTrapos Sucios! Airing Your Dirty Laundry in Spanish
We hope you enjoy another new Notes in Spanish Video! This time a great phrase about not airing your dirty laundry in public! Phrases from the video: Me hizo (mucha) gracia – I found it (very) funny...
View ArticleFun Spanish Phrases – No te compliques la vida
Hola amigas y amigos, We have a fun video for you today with two very useful ‘straight from the streets’ Spanish phrases: No te compliques la vida – Don’t make life more difficult for yourself No...
View ArticleNew Advanced Audios Coming Soon! How to Prepare?
Dear friends, We are nearly ready to release our new series of Advanced Season 3 audios! How to get ready for the new Advanced audios? If you are intermediate: keep working with the intermediate...
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New audios and Madrid update!
Dear Notes in Spanish friends, An update from Madrid! Well, as many of you know, especially if you also live in Spain, France, and many other countries in the same situation, we are at home, and will...
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Notes in Spanish Advanced Season 3 – Ep.01 – Montaña Arriba
The refuge at the top of Marina’s trek http://traffic.libsyn.com/notesinspanish/NIS_Advanced_S3_-_01_Montana_arriba.mp3 [Download as an MP3 by right-clicking here] Welcome to the first episode in...
View ArticleFun Spanish Pronunciation Challenge!
Hola Dear Spanish Learning Friends!! Can you say the word in this video? If you can, you are very good at Spanish! (You may need to practice a few times!) This week sees the launch of Advanced...
View ArticleNotes in Spanish Advanced Season 3 – Ep.2 – Cantautores
http://traffic.libsyn.com/notesinspanish/NIS_Advanced_S3_-_02_-_Cantautores.mp3 [Download as an MP3 by right-clicking here] Ben and Marina discuss their favourite Spanish Singer-songwriters and some...
View Article¡Cada loco con su tema!
Join Marina and Ben in a real Spanish conversation, about Marina’s despair over screens in Ben and her son’s life and the early days of Notes in Spanish. ‘Cada loco con su tema’ is similar to ‘To...
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