Spanish Practice

Qué mae mas carga!

Posted 1 March, 2012 - 12:11 by jessica
Learn Spanish Costa Rica

If you want to really learn Spanish in Costa Rica, you need to learn the sayings and slang.  You may be listening to a conversation between two Ticos, or Costa Ricans, and not understand a single word of it!  Ticos are famous for their creativity and use of sayings, or dichos, to get their point across.  Check out this list of Costa Rican dichos and and this li Read more »

Spanish Practice -- Accents!

Posted 16 August, 2011 - 14:26 by laura

SPANISH ACCENTS SUMMARY

1. An accent mark indicates stress on a syllable other than the next-to-last for words ending in –n, -s, or a vowel: está, estás, están, médico

2. An accent mark indicates stress on a syllable other than the last one for words ending in any consonant other than –n or -s: fácil, lápiz, carácter

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Saber vs. Conocer

Posted 16 August, 2011 - 14:56 by laura

SABER vs. CONOCER

TWO WAYS OF KNOWING IN SPANISH

conocer: conozco, conoces, conoce, conocemos, conocéis, conocen
saber: sé, sabes, sabe, sabemos, sabéis saben

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Changing role of girls in Costa Rican Society

Posted 30 August, 2011 - 16:17 by jessica
Volunteer in Costa Rica, Intercultura Spanish Language School

Practice your Spanish!! Read more »

Back to Costa Rica: New York Museum Returns Precolombian Art to Costa Rica

Posted 6 October, 2011 - 11:57 by jessica
Intercultura Spanish School in Costa Rica

The Brooklyn Museum in New York has begun the process of returning precolombian pieces to Costa Rica, after a 77 year stay in the New York Museum.  The pieces were collected by a Brooklyn businessman, Minor Keith, as he worked in the railroad and fruit industries in Costa Rica and he donated them to his hometown museum in 1934.  The pieces will be displayed in Costa Rica's National Museum and will help shed light on the mysterious precolombian days of the country.  Read more »

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