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The purpose of this post is to answer the question how many Americans are living in Mexico? There are 111 million people in Mexico.  There are about 130,000 legal US residents  in Mexico who permanently live there. However, there are about 1/2 million more who just live there without a legal status. Visas take a […]

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Why is learning Spanish is better than going to the gym and will make you thin and attractive? My argument is that you will get in better shape learning Spanish than joining a gym. Let me explain. Learning Spanish makes you thin and attractive I know you think my thesis that learning Spanish makes you […]

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A Spanish pronunciation online guide must be clear and on one printable page to be useful. Often Spanish language pronunciation guides are spread out over several pages or are not clear.   This is why I wanted to create a one page summary of Spanish pronunciation for the normal person but some expert in Spanish […]

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This post is about Hispanic vegetables.  I am not going to translate these into Spanish as there is really no need.  If they are not readily understood you will learn them the second you get to Mexico or Latin America.  Maybe in another lesson I will have drills on these veggies. Here is a little […]

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Why Spanish Flashcards are effective Why are Spanish flashcards important?  Well they were important for me and I hope for you. I am an American living in Europe, I thought I did not have the gift to learn languages. Like many people, I believed that language learning is for the gifted or talented, and I […]

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This post is about Spanish accents.  What are Spanish accents? Do not be confused, it is not the way people talk from region to region in Spain or Mexico. Rather I am referring to the written marks above the letters. Some people call these the Spanish funny letters. Why another page online about Spanish accents?  […]

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The Spanish alphabet Why did I write about Spanish alphabet? As an English native speaker, I never imaged that there was actually a different character set of letters for people in Mexico and Spain for example. I mean, I an American that just assumed the whole world spoke English and should use our alphabet or […]

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Why do Spanish speakers speak so fast? I am an American who has travel to South America, grew up around Spanish native speakers and now live in Europe.  If you are asking if Spanish speakers speak fast, the answer is a qualified yes. When you are learning any new language, it always seems native speakers […]

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I live in Krakow, Poland.  This is not exactly the place you might expect someone to be watching Spanish soap operas, but believe it or not sometimes I watch them. Why I watch Spanish soap operas I am a teacher and my lessons are in the morning and in the evening.  I call this the […]

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The purpose of this post is to give you a quick guide for Spanish punctuation. It is not hard and you do not need a whole course in Spanish grammar to understand a couple things about how to punctuate properly. Comparing English and Spanish punctuation marks Question marks and exclamation marks are the only real […]

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