By- Angela Padrón
’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through la casa . . . this may be the beginning of a poem heard on La Noche Buena (Nochebuena), or Christmas Eve. Every Christmas Eve, tradition rules in Latino homes around the world, with lots of food, music, and time with family.
El participio es la forma no personal del verbo, que al igual que el gerundio y el infinitivo, suele emplearse para organizar tiempos compuestos como el presente perfecto o el pluscuamperfecto. El participio también puede ser usado como adjetivo calificativo. En este caso, el participio sigue las mismas reglas gramaticales de los adjetivos y por ello, ha de concordar en género (masculino/femenino) y número (singular/plural) con los sustantivos que modifica.
Una diferencia notable entre los adjetivos superlativos que utilizan la terminación -ísimo y los superlativos relativos es, que estos últimos se encargan de elevar a un grado máximo o mínimo la representación cualitativa y calificativa del objeto/sujeto descrito.
By- Angela Padrón
With recent advancements in technology, it is possible to reach anyone, anywhere around the world, in seconds. This makes it easier to reach out to people who may be suffering or less fortunate. After all the Thanksgiving turkey has been eaten and people have taken advantage of Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, it’s time to take a step back and ask what we can do for others. In the true spirit of Thanksgiving, the National Day of Giving was created in order to address the needs of people in all parts of our country and the globe. The National Day of Giving, or #GivingTuesday, takes place on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday.
By- Angela Padrón
In the early 1600s, the Pilgrims sailed to New England to begin colonies in the New World. However, the extremely cold winters, combined with malnutrition, illness, and the lack of knowledge of the land and how to cultivate it, caused almost half of the settlers to die. Those that remained befriended the Native Americans, including Squanto from the Pawtuxet tribe. Squanto taught the settlers how to plant corn, extract sap from maple trees, catch fish, and distinguish between poisonous plants and safe ones. The Pilgrims also befriended the Wampanoag Native Americans, with whom they shared a feast organized in 1621 by Governor William Bradford to celebrate the Pilgrims’ planting of a successful corn harvest. The celebration lasted for three days.
Por- Glenda Rosado
Pepito y la calle más aburrida del mundo, de José Ignacio Valenzuela e ilustrado por Luis San Vicente, es ideal para enseñarle a los niños que dentro de las situaciones más sencillas y cotidianas del mundo podemos encontrar momentos y experiencias extraordinarias.
Por- Glenda Rosado
La acción de Rosa Parks representó un momento importante en la historia de los afroamericanos y su lucha en contra de la segregación en Estados Unidos.
Los adverbios son aquellas expresiones que describen y califican una acción, en otras palabras, modifican los verbos de la oración.
We asked you to join us on our journey and you did!
By Glenda Rosado / Delia Comas
This year during the Annual Convention and World Languages Expo (ACTFL) in Nashville, Tennessee, we want you to be creative with your Spanish vocabulary. Our booth will host the Tu palabra favorita Contest with the chance to win a trip to Alcalá, Spain!
