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Comment on Lesson 3 by Admin_JSS James

Admin_JSS James — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:13:56 +0000

Hola!
Glad that you are enjoying!
Death is temporary because of religious beliefs that you are coming back as a ferret or a squirrel, being a widow can be both permanent or temporary depending on how old the person is you are talking to, in the olden days, being a widow was permanent because remarrying was not a done thing and widows wore black for the rest of their life… now being a widow is temporary as remarrying is very common. Death still remains temporary with 100% of Spanish people though, I am a non-believer, but I always say: mi madre esta muerta even though I do not believe I will be seeing her again….

Comment on Lesson 3 by Pauline Murray

Pauline Murray — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:05:44 +0000

Hi Loving these lessons and learning a lot. On the question of permanent, death is temporary but a widow is permanent even though you could re-marry. Is this a religious thing or an identity?

Comment on Lesson 14 by Admin_JSS James

Admin_JSS James — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:01:11 +0000

In reply to EMMA LOUISE COXHILL-SCHOENPFLUG. To learn the differences between the two is incredibly complicating and time-consuming, why bother when you can get away with PARA always..... not a single Spaniard would argue! One less thing to learn!

Comment on Lesson 14 by EMMA LOUISE COXHILL-SCHOENPFLUG

EMMA LOUISE COXHILL-SCHOENPFLUG — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:53:30 +0000

Thank-you for the direct to the point info, I am one of the poor souls who has been trying to learn when to use por (for) . Now I don’t result!!

Comment on Lesson 2 by Admin_JSS James

Admin_JSS James — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:31:29 +0000

In reply to Pauline Murray. Works for me!

Comment on Lesson 2 by Pauline Murray

Pauline Murray — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:16:51 +0000

Hola, Enjoyed lesson 2, When it comes to turning around sentences I always remind myself of the full sentence so ” The white house” becomes “The house that is white” This helps me to remember to put the object first.

Comment on Lesson 1 by Admin_JSS James

Admin_JSS James — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:25:48 +0000

In reply to Pauline Murray. Hola! Glad that you enjoyed, and glad that the humor is your cup of tea! Giving yourself five years is plenty to be able to have a very solid grounding of the language for when you make the move! The cultural insights will help you enormously also when you move here.

Comment on Lesson 1 by Pauline Murray

Pauline Murray — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:43:34 +0000

Just completed first lesson, really enjoyed it and love the sense oh humour. You make lot of sense. We recently bought a casa in the Jaen region with the plan to retire there (from Ireland) in 5 years.

Comment on Lesson 21 by Admin_JSS James

Admin_JSS James — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:32:20 +0000

In reply to Gary BOOKER. Yes, of course! Loads of people have difficulty rolling their r's. Don't forget you have to roll them at the start of words like Raquel and Ramon... that will be harder still!

Comment on Lesson 21 by Gary BOOKER

Gary BOOKER — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:28:30 +0000

I’m having trouble rolling my double R’s,like perro,but I find if I say PELRO,it works for me for the time being would this be acceptable,until I learn to roll?