Intercambio de inglés y español Good evening. I have a short free time in this moment. I would like to talk with someone 30 minutes in Spanish and 30 minutes in English. I'm not looking for a partner because I don't have time enough in my schedule. I only want to practice a little in this moment :)

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Goodnight. I have a short free time in this moment (1 hour). I would like to talk with someone 30 minutes in Spanish and 30 minutes in English. I'm not looking for a partner because I don't have time enough in my schedule. I only want to practice a little in this moment :)

Thanks.

Venezuelan flag Hello everyone, Today, I want to talk about my country. Specifically, about my flag. My flag has three colours; yellow, blue and red. Yellow symbolizes the natural wealths from my country like gold; blue symbolizes our seas in the Caribean; and red represents the spilled blood for our national heros from the independence. In addition, venezuelan flag has eight starts which seven of them represents seven antique provinces. The other one was added by Chávez. Here you have a picture where you can see our current situation and a harmed but beatiful flag. Thanks for correcting me.

Objectivism and subjectivism Hello, I just want to practice my writting a little. I know it's not my own opinion. But, I'm agree about the objectivism doesn't exist. No matter how hard you try to be objective, always you'll be influenced by your thoughts. And, don't worry about it, it's totally normal, remember you are a human. So, you can't run away from this reallity. Of course, this text, written by me, i's subjective plenty, I guess. Even so, we have to try to be as nearest as it's possible of the objectivism. It's like an utopia that worths to "reach". Just pretend "you are in shoes" (Spanish expresion, I don't know if it exists in English, it means: you considered the opinion of another person like your own opinion, just for having a different poin of view) of other people, when you are expressing an opinion. In this way, you'll be able to be respect full, and it, in my opinion, is what really matter. And please, do not be blind against everything. Have your own thoughts, but remember, even great scientists were wrong many times. Thanks a lot for correcting me. Greetings.

Learning tips Hi, I wrote it for a free learning web site (http://learningspanish.thisiscool.com/). I'd apreciate all the corrections. First at all: It doesn't matter if you don't know the meaning of every, many or some words because this kind of exercise is only for your listening. So, if you are able to listen every single word, without knowing its meaning, it'll be absolutly awesome. Let's start this practice with paragraph by paragraph from an audio selected by you. Well, you can practice in your own. But, here you have three simple steps for it: 1.- Listening without reading: if you identify every word at first, congrats! But, if not, try it at least 5 times. Repeating is the way your brain records the sounds. Then, stop at 5th repeatition or until you want to. 2.- Listening and filling the blanks: again, the meaning of the words doesn't matter. Listen, fill and make pauses in several segments from the audio as many times as it's necesary. In this way, you'll be able to match every sound. 3.- Listening with reading: read it at the same time you're listening to it. Here, you'll need to match every single word, even the smallest ones, to every single sound. When you finish it, repeat it with the next paragraph. Note: you can fill the blanks and going checking the answers whenever you want to. Gracias por tomar parte de tu tiempo en ayudar.

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You're not alone -- even this article's author, a native Spanish speaker, struggled to learn to pronounce the Spanish "r" sound correctly. Try these suggestions for getting the sound down from one of the many native speakers who knows firsthand how much it can take to master.

When should I use the opening question mark? → "¿"

I know many people know when, but even they ask themself it when they see a native spanish that don't use "¿".

 

Well, here is the answer for that misterious case:<o:p></o:p>

 

"¿" → This is a opening question mark, and it's always, without any exception, used with this another one "?" But you will see a lot of native spanish writers that don't use it, but, why?.<o:p></o:p>

 

It's simple, they're lazy. (Sorry if I offend someone).<o:p></o:p>

 

Therefore, you should use it in every moment that you want to make a question.<o:p></o:p>

 

The only one difference between "¿" and "?" is that the first one is for opening a question, and the second one for closing it.<o:p></o:p>

 

Here are some examples:<o:p></o:p>

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¿Cómo te llama? → What's your name?<o:p></o:p>

¿De dónde eres? → Where are you from?<o:p></o:p>

¿Quieres un poco de agua? → Would you like some water?<o:p></o:p>

¿Estoy escribiendo bien el español? → Am I writing good in Spanish?<o:p></o:p>

¿Podría ayudarme con mis maletas? → Could you help me with my luggage?<o:p></o:p>

 

And remember, never ever, if you want to write well, avoid "¿" or "¡" (to exclamation).<o:p></o:p>

 

Thus, you must always use "¿" when you're making a question.<o:p></o:p>

 

Saludos.<o:p></o:p>