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¡Bienvenidos! Welcome to The Spanish Spot! Inside you’ll find a short article
about a Spanish speaking destination, a free grammar lesson, activity, & quiz, as
well as information about our websites & featured Spanish teaching products.
For more free online lessons and worksheets check out our Spanish learning
website and weekly newsletter at www.spanish.bz Inside this issue:
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Travel Spot: Puerto Vallarta
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Spanish Grammar: El Tiempo - Weather
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Worksheet Activity/Quiz
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Learn in your Car - Spanish Verbs 101
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Featured Audio Learning Programs
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New : iPod Spanish to Go
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Spanish Dictionaries on CD-rom
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Musical Spanish Information & Savings
Travel: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
The earliest history recorded about Puerto Vallarta begins around 600 BC, when
it was part of a large kingdom called Xalisco, ruled by a King called Nayarita.
Even then, it was known as one of the most beautiful spots in the entire kingdom. Later, tribes including the Toltecas and the Aztecas migrated to the area
and opened up a trail to the Nahuatl empire situated in the valley of Mexico that
today is known as Mexico City. In 1524 Spanish explorer Francisco Cortes officially "discovered" the bay surrounding Puerto Vallarta, but the settlement
remained relatively unknown to the outside world for
hundreds of years. The beauty of Puerto Vallarta finally
received international attention in 1963 when American
director John Huston filmed the movie "The Night of
the Iguana" there - bringing an aura of mystique as
well as a lot of publicity to the region. Soon afterwards
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton bought a house
there, further increasing the world's interest in the
town. You may be surprised to hear that modern Puerto Vallarta is a far cry from
the sleepy tropical village depicted in the older movies - in fact the city now has
over 250,000 inhabitants. More recently this bustling seaside community was in
the headlines as the location where fugitive Andrew Luster was captured.
Related Web Links:
History: http://marinamismaloya.com/hotel-mismaloya/about-mismaloya.htm
Night of the Iguana: http://www.hypermex.com/html/hist_ign.htm
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Spanish Grammar: El Tiempo - The Weather
You may be thinking "wait a minute, I thought tiempo means time..." - well that's
true - but tiempo is also used to indicate the weather. The word clima is also
used frequently. There are 3 words commonly used to make expressions relating
to the weather in Spanish: HACE, ESTÁ, & HAY. Some words like sol and viento
can be used with more than one: hace sol, hay sol; hace viento, hay viento.
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Practice saying the following sentences OUT LOUD!
Hay un montón de neblina - es peligroso manejar
There's a ton of fog - it's dangerous to drive
Humedad relativa es muy alta, un ochenta por ciento (%)
The relative humidity is very high, about 80%.
Ayer era parcialmente nublado
Yesterday was partially cloudy
La temperatura es menos ocho grados - ¡qué frío!
The temperature is minus 8 degrees - it's cold!!
Es lindo hoy - el cielo está despejado y no hay nubes
It's beautiful today, the sky is clear and there are no clouds
Hoy el día está mayormente nublado
Today it's mostly cloudy
Cancelamos el partido porque hay tormentas aisladas
We are cancelling the game because there are scattered thunderstorms
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1. Está nublado - quizás va a
(hacer sol, llover)
(nieve, sol)
2. Hace calor hoy y hay mucho
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3. Cuando hay una tormenta a veces hay
4. Hace
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5. Hay mucha
(neblina, viento)
- no hay nubes
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está nublado
2. What word is commonly used for weather expressions besides está and hay?
3. How do you say fog in Spanish?
nubes
neblina
nublado
4. Translate the following: hay humedad
5. Which word represents cold weather?
hay viento
hace frío
hace sol
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está feliz
Answers: 1. está feliz 2. hace 3. neblina
4. there’s humidity 5. frío
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hay tormentas
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