#TheLadysCompanion is a comedy of manners among the upper crust in Spain. #review #SpanishLanguage #TV #Streaming
https://oldaintdead.com/the-ladys-companion-period-comedy-from-spain/

My Journey into Spanish

Learning Spanish: As a beginner, I’ve been primarily using Duolingo and occasionally Dots for a change in pace. I’m eventually planning to transition more to Babbel, and when I’m more comfortable with vocabulary and basic grammar, I’m planning to go to Pimsleur (will also look more into Memrise and Teuida as well.)

Click the link for info on the most popular language programs along with a list of helpful resources

#Spanish #SpanishLanguage #Duolingo #Babbel #Pimsleur #Spain #PuertoRico
https://neurodoctor.com/2025/04/03/my-journey-into-spanish/

#LGBTQ English #Wikipedia deletion alert

Could you save this LGBTQ related #English Wikipedia article from deletion?

Ratón de ferretería
* Ratón de ferretería (English: Hardware Store Mouse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat%C3%B3n_de_ferreter%C3%ADa
Discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rat%C3%B3n_de_ferreter%C3%ADa

#LuccasWorld tells a story of determined love from a mother who feels responsible for her son's illness. #movies #SpanishLanguage #streaming #TV #review

https://oldaintdead.com/luccas-world-review-a-determined-mother-gives-her-all/

#UnitedStates presidency has removed #Spanish-language version of its website, as it did in 2017 under first Trump term. Though #English is primary language of US govt, the country has no official national language, and Spanish is second-most-spoken. https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-spanish-language-website-62224890c5b05c8ce0878358ba4a5266

#officiallanguage #languagepolitics #geography @geography #EnglishLanguage #SpanishLanguage #hispanoablante #LatinAmerica

I decided to improve my Spanish, yes.

But I'm doing it on Hard Mode.

The custom flashcards that I create are English-Spanish. Oftentimes, it would be so much easier to have them be French-Spanish.

Those who know French and Spanish will tell you that the two are much closer together than English is to either of them.

I've watched the first two episodes of Bandidos.

Pros:

* The subtitles are following the Spanish rather closely compared to other things I've watched. That's a major plus.

* I'm not bored.

Cons:

* It is full of plot holes.

* The guys that are staffing the security at the museum in the first episode would put Stormtroopers to shame with their stupidity.

#TheRedVirgin #review. Based on a true story. #DirectedbyWomen #movies #SpanishLanguage

https://oldaintdead.com/the-red-virgin-review-the-hildegart-rodriguez-story/

#TheRedVirgin, a Spanish film about a real child prodigy, is today's #Review. #movies #streaming #SpanishLanguage #DirectedbyWomen #AlbaPlanas

https://oldaintdead.com/the-red-virgin-review-the-hildegart-rodriguez-story/

Around these here parts, we say:

I'd like the check.

In French, we can say:

Je voudrais l'addition.

In Spanish, I have:

Me gustaría la factura.

(Note that in French, we can also say la facture instead of l'addition.)

Why can't we agree on what to call that slip of paper?

‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Emilia Perez’ triumph at Golden Globes https://www.inbella.com/841804/the-brutalist-emilia-perez-triumph-at-golden-globes/ #AdrienBrody #BradyCorbet #Brutalist #CelebritiesTopics #Demi #DonaldTrump #FernandaTorres #GoldenGlobes #HollywoodForeignPressAssociation #JacquesAudiard #KarlaSofíaGascón #NikkiGlaser #OscarContender #SebastianStan #SpanishLanguage

English: I'd like to make myself a cup of cocoa.

Spanish: Me gustaría hacer caca en el coche.

Okay... so I was on the verge of being fluent in Spanish during my teens.

Then I did not use it for a number of years.

Then my brother got married in Mexico. So I learned enough, for travel. I remember asking our taxi driver "Es posible comer en el coche?"

Then I did not use it for a number of years.

Now, I can utter some word, but sentences are difficult. It is pitiful.

Does anyone have references to TV shows in Spanish that are hopefully not too sucky. I've just put on a telenovela and within 5 seconds I was laughing at it, not with it.

For the record, I used Friends to polish my English.

It would be preferable if the accent and vocabulary is one I'm likely to encounter in the US.

#EmiliaPerez surprised me in a lot of ways. A story of transformation and redemption. #movies #review #streaming #SpanishLanguage #ZoeSaldana

https://oldaintdead.com/emilia-perez-review-beautiful-fascinating-dangerous/

Help learning Spanish that doesn't involve giving a corporation my data or money?

I love how the logo of the recent Manila Spanish Film Festival organized by the #InstitutoCervantes leans into how #Tagalog has nearly ⅓ of its vocabulary coming from Spanish, including the key word “pelikula” from “película”. Even the other “film” loanword “sine” comes from “cine”. (Interestingly, the word “sinehan”, for “theater” or “movie house”, combines the Spanish loanword with the locative Tagalog suffix “-an”.)

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#TheSecretOfTheRiver #review #TVseries #LGBTQIA+ #streaming #SpanishLanguage

https://oldaintdead.com/the-secret-of-the-river-review-excellent-mexican-series/

#TheSecretOfTheRiver is a #Mexican #TVSeries about a #Transgender child growing up in a small village. It's a beautiful, tender series.

#review #SpanishLanguage #LGBTQIA+ #streaming

https://oldaintdead.com/the-secret-of-the-river-review-excellent-mexican-series/

#UnluckySisters find each other and a wad of cash in this #comedy.

#review #Argentina #spanishLanguage #DirectedbyWomen #movies #streaming

https://oldaintdead.com/unlucky-sisters-review-comedy-from-argentina/