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Florida Language

Is Spanish important in Florida?

After almost a decade in Europe I just moved to St. Augustine, Florida. It is rich in Spanish history, culture and beautiful hanging Spanish moss. The purpose of this post is to answer the question is the Spanish language necessary if you live in Florida? It is a good question and something I had to […]

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Language

How to write in Spanish

If you want to learn how to write in the Spanish language, I have a free tool that will help. It is actually a Firefox add-on.  It will improve your writing style, grammar and spelling. It gives you advice as you write. This goes beyond simply spell check. It helps you clarify and improve word […]

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Grammar Language

Spanish definite and indefinite articles

In Spanish there are definite articles and indefinite articles.  In this post I will go over Spanish articles and their use. When to use articles in Spanish Think about the English grammar rules on articles and they are basically the same in the Hispanic language. You do not use articles in Spanish when you are […]

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Language Words

Hispanic vegetables

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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Language

Spanish punctuation

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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Language

Spanish Firefox addons

What is the best tool for Firefox is you are learning Spanish? Are you learning Spanish?  Here is a tool you can get from Firefox by Peter Carroll that will help you, not only learn Spanish but give you the ability to type Spanish accents and special characters without messing with your Windows language setting […]

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Language

Spanish accents

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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Language

Spanish Pronunciation

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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Language Mexico

Mexican auto insurnace

I am not an expert on life, but I worked in the insurance industry before I unplugged from the matrix of corporate America. Therefore, you combined my traveling to about 30 different countries (I have to count) and living a good part of my life, I think I have some advice about Mexican auto insurance. […]

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Language Mexico

How many Americans live in Mexico

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 […]