En mi casa probé muchas comidas con queso porque siempre fue la debilidad de mi madre. Al abrir la heladera no faltaba la fiambrera con 200 gramos de queso en fetas, un trozo chico de queso parmesano para rallar, un trozo grande de mozzarella light, un trozo de mozzarella común,…
What is vos in Spanish? When students first come to me they ask what is the vos form in Spanish? Voseo is the use of the pronoun “vos” instead of “tú”. In Argentina we never use the pronoun “tú”. The voseo also occurs in Costa Rica, Paraguay, Uruguay, and in…
Nací en Mar del Plata Argentina y me encanta contarles a mis alumnos sobre mi ciudad que, para los extranjeros, no es tan conocida. Mar del Plata o “MDQ” es reconocida por sus playas y por ser el destino de veraneo más elegido por los argentinos. Si el tiempo acompaña,…
Basic vocabulary in Spanish across the world Vocabulary in Spanish is diverse. Spanish is the official language for 20 countries. There are also other countries, like the United States, where Spanish is spoken as a second language by a large community. Therefore, around 500 million people in the world speak…
The Argentine Spanish Accent is tricky. I have heard many times that Argentinians speak “too fast” and that it is “hard to understand” anything we say. However, this is not entirely true. The speed depends on the speaker. Not everyone speaks fast! Is it really that hard to understand Argentinians?…
Why is Argentinian Spanish so different? This is a frequently asked question. I feel like most Spanish students panic when they think of Argentine Spanish. That is because most of them were told that Spanish in Argentina is completely different from other variants. In fact, a question that is asked…