Welcome to Vol. 69 of
the Spanish Online Newsletter! Part of the Spanish
Learning Blog - your weekly lessons with mp3 files, as well
as links to Spanish travel spots and more. For anyone who had trouble
viewing the videos or the animations from the last newsletter,
the loading problems have been corrected and are online here: http://www.spanish.bz/flash/videos.htm
The e-learning system is coming along nicely, but
is not quite ready for deployment yet. We are integrating virtual
characters that speak Spanish - using new technology that has lifelike
computer generated speech. This can be very handy for language
learning, as the characters can respond to a variety of questions
and commands. I hope to debut this new system sometime before August!
This week we take a look at vocabulary that can help
you find your way in a Spanish speaking country. For those of you
celebrating el Cuatro de Julio this weekend - ¡que
sus fiestas sean felices!
Spanish Directions: Where Do I Go?
Finding your way in a Spanish speaking location can
be a real adventure, as they often talk very FAST and words that
sound similiar can have very different meanings - such as "derecho"
which means straight, and "la derecha" which
means the
right. You
might encounter something like "da la vuelta a la derecha
y sigue derecho media cuadra" - turn right and keep
going straight half a block. Spoken in rapid fire that can
be pretty confusing! Memorizing the words below can help get you
off on the right foot.
 Click
to hear an mp3 of these
spoken by Virtual Ana from Spain
la calle - the street
la esquina - the corner
la ciudad - the city
el país - the country
arriba, encima, sobre - above, on
abajo, debajo de - below, under
atrás, detrás - behind
delante de - in front of
entre - between
en frente de - facing
junto a - next to
lejos - far
cercano/a - near
en la casa de - at the home of
allí - there
acá, aquí - here
afuera - outside
adentro - inside
derecho, siga derecho - straight ahead
el próximo, el siguiente - the next one
a la derecha - to the right
a la izquierda - to the left
el norte - north
el sur - south
el este - east
el oeste - west
el sudoeste - southwest
el nordeste - northeast
Oregón está al norte de
California
Oregon is to the north of California
El país de Canadá está
directamente arriba de los E.U.
The country of Canada is directly above
the U.S.
Mi casa está
entre el hospital y la escuela
My house is between the hospital and school
El perrito está adentro de
la casa de perros
The puppy is inside the doghouse
Worksheet/Activity: Spanish
Directions
Quiz: Directions
in Spanish
Hangman: Directions
Vocabulary
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