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November 15, 2018
Published by Eric Vogt at November 15, 2018
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Both pero and sino translate into English as but, however, their usage is not interchangeable. Let’s start with pero. The word pero, meaning but, is an […]
November 29, 2018
Published by Eric Vogt at November 29, 2018
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The compound tenses, as they are often called because they are two-word tenses as opposed to the one-word conjugated verbs, which are called simple tenses. The […]
December 7, 2018
Published by Eric Vogt at December 7, 2018
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Michelle Obama’s recent autobiography serves as a welcome point of departure for exploring how translators and interpreters deal with the English verb to become as well […]
December 14, 2018
Published by Eric Vogt at December 14, 2018
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This Tip for the Week is the first in a two-part series introducing readers to helping verbs in Spanish, more technically known as auxiliary or modal […]
December 29, 2018
Published by Eric Vogt at December 29, 2018
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The verb dejar as a stand-alone verb, means to leave something or someone behind. Thus, it can mean to abandon or to jilt, or to stand […]
January 6, 2019
Published by Eric Vogt at January 6, 2019
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There are a number of verb pairs in Spanish that cause difficulty for English speaking learners of Spanish. Usually, the confusion is because there is only […]
June 11, 2019
Published by Eric Vogt at June 11, 2019
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In Spanish, there are three grades of comparison: Equality, Inequality and Superlative, and an absolute superlative. This Tip for the Week is the first in a […]