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289 FUN LEARNING Gordon vs Spanish Google Translate

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In this lesson, we have a fascinating time as Gordon challenges Spanish Google translate to a competition.

Join in on the fun between, Gordon, a non-native, Cynthia, a native speaker, and Google, an artificial intelligence device.

Spolier alert: Spanish Google translate is very good these days!

You can use this site to help you with this process: https://context.reverso.net/translation/

Un saludo,

Gordon y Cynthia:)

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273 READING SKILLS Spanish lyrics explained

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In this lesson we work through the Spanish lyrics of the famous and absolutely gorgeous song: Solamente tú, by Pablo Alborán.Come and join us and find out what this song is all about as well as why it uses so much Obligation subjunctive.Hear the song with lyrics HERE.Spanish lyrics are never striaght forward to translate,… Read more »

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188 HELP & ADVICE Changing metaphors into Spanish LightSpeed Spanish

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In this great lesson we look at some very common English metaphors and talk about how we go about changing metaphors into Spanish. Pay special attention to just how many nautical metaphors we use in the UK especially. It’s easy to see that we are an island!!! (But no man is an island!)So if you… Read more »

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184 FUN SPANISH Spanish jokes and translations LightSpeed Spanish

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In this lesson we have lots of fun telling Spanish jokes. Test yourself out to see if you can understand them with an explanation.We also look at a couple of easy translations that seem straight forward but have their difficulties too.We end the lesson with an un-transcribes joke session for those who really want a… Read more »

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159 GRAMMAR Adverbs and their function LightSpeed Spanish

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Spanish Adverbs: A test of your knowledge In the first half of the lesson, we test your Spanish adverbs along with Gordon to see how well you manage them.  be sure to download the helpsheet and do the sentences first so that you can get the best out of your lesson. How Adverbs are made… Read more »

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