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Learn a few Spanish words with this hit song "Sin Pijamas."
Here's your key:
While the song plays, follow the Spanish/English lyrics translation below with your eyes until you understand the Spanish words and their meaning ...more
Did you know that you can learn Spanish through songs? Yes! And learning Spanish through songs is absolutely one of the most fun and rewarding ways of learning Spanish!
As you know, there are many beautiful Spanish songs out there. And you've probably heard them playing. And you lot of the times, you probably wished you ...more
The word "essential" means necessary. For example, we can say that "oxygen is essential to survival."
In the same way, when you are learning a new language, there are some words and phrases that will be "essential" to your new vocabulary. For example, you will need to know how to say the days of the ...more
This page was first published on the 18th of September, 2018 by Patrick Carpen.
Venezuelan refugees who have fled from the dire situations in Venezuela "camp out" in a Park in Boa Vista, Brazil. Photo taken around September 2018.
The sidewalks of Boa Vista, Brazil are strewn with Venezuelan refugees who lie on skimpish pieces ...more
Earlier this year (May 2019), Brazilian model and actress, Najila Trindade, had filed charges against Brazilian football star, Neymar, for rape and sexual assault. The model admitted that she did engage Neymar in conversations which led to a planned meeting in Paris, and that she did want to be with him, but that "that did ...more
Yes, he did pay for her trip to Paris. Yes, she did tell him, "come over here and take my clothes off."
When she left to meet him in that hotel room, I'm sure that Najila didn't expect to simply sip coffee and probably play a game of chess before kissing her "friend" goodbye. No, there ...more
This article was first published on the 9th of September, 2019 by Patrick Carpen.
Israeli anti-missile defense system in Gaza is designed to automatically detect and shoot down rockets fired from Palestine. Since going into operation in 2011, the Iron Dome has shot down over 1200 rockets fired towards Israel. With an estimated 90% success rate, ...more
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” - Jesus
Perhaps the same question can be asked of people on earth today: which of these are true Christians? The ones going to church and singing or the ones doing God's will outside of the ...more
The bible tells us that "the light shone into the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not." Therefore, light is more powerful than darkness and good triumphs above evil.
In church, and in Sunday School, we learned the song, "this little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine, let it shine, let it ...more
As I mentioned before, the Romance languages are sister languages which are all derived from the language of Ancient Rome: Latin.
Even though they are similar, they are still very different, and speakers of one can only communicate to a limited extent with another.
Let's see exactly how similar and different they are! In this lesson, ...more
In light of recent complaints by US diplomats that "China needs to stop approximating the technology of the United States," China has released its rival to Apple's latest Iphone. It is called the "Ching Wang Ning Hang."
Its features are as follows:
Chalk Time: 180 minutes
Battery Wife: 5 hours
Blu sooth: Yes
Batwi Chype: NiMh
The Ching Wang Ning Hang ...more
An atheist was sitting next to a little girl on a long flight. He
turned to the child and said, "this flight is boring, let's have a
conversation to keep it lively."
"So what do you want to talk about?" asked the little girl.
"How about heaven, God and what happens after you die?" said the ...more
The Romance Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian, are all derived from the Language of Ancient Rome: Latin. As a result, they bear striking similarities, yet they are inherently different.
Let's take a look at how you say "good morning" in each of these romance languages.
Spanish: Buenos días
Portuguese: Bom dia
French: Bonjour
Italian: Buongiorno
As you can see, ...more
There are roughly about 6,500 languages spoken in the world today. A vast majority of these languages have less than 1000 speakers each. For major languages with over a million speakers, there are over 100.
Two persons can bear similar physical characteristics but speak entirely different languages - being unable to communicate effectively with other.
So why ...more
A great linguist once joked, "In English, when something tastes good, we say it's tasty, so then why when something smells good, we don't say it's smelly?"
While "tasty" in English means "tasting good," "smelly" means "smelling stink." So the suffix "y" in this case has an opposite effect. But like I said before, that's the ...more
Russia has today, Wednesday, 4th of September, 2019 put its military on "high alert" as it accused the United States' government of secret plots and conspiracies with neighboring Columbia aimed at overthrowing the Maduro Regime.
"Apparently, the United States, having become convinced of the failure of displacing the legitimate Venezuelan authority by force, is trying ...more
This article was first published on the 2nd of September, 2019 by Patrick Carpen.
What started off as a tropical storm has heated up into a deadly hurricane. Hurricane Dorian has already battered the Bahamas leaving at least 5 dead and is now storming off to coasts along the United States.
The storm, which has downgraded ...more
While Russia continues to maintain a strangle-hold on Venezuela's 3 billion barrels of oil reserves, the Trump administration continues to suffocate the Venezuelan economy with even more damaging sanctions.
On Monday, 5th of August, 2019, Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing new sanctions which includes freezing various properties and assets of the Venezuelan government.
It ...more
The often, disbelievers use the people in the church as a weapon against Christianity. And often, we are to be blamed for the giving the "heathen much grounds for blasphemy."
People often point their fingers on the members of the church as the reason they choose not to go to church. And indeed, they often have ...more
Last week, I told the story of "The Rock" in church. Brother Solomon mentioned that several online publications were reporting that there was a meteor heading to hit the earth. How true could this be? Let me rephrase that: how false that could be!
When you proceed to "click the link and read the story" you ...more
In the bible, we learn that "life and death lies in the power of the tongue." In the old testament, God instructs His people to bless others by saying "The Lord bless and keep you."
The nation of Israel was founded in God's sanctified blessing to Jacob through his father Isaac.
The bible also tells us that ...more
This article was first published on the 30th of August, 2019 by Patrick Carpen.
Today, August 30, 2019, is yet another sad day for the United States when a routine traffic stop turned deadly. The suspect, described as a white male in his 30s, pulled out his gun and fired at police - killing one and ...more
As humans, we often look far for things that are close by. In fact, we often search the world over for things that are right in own backyards! Or should I say, we often scour the air for something that lies right under our noses!
Nature has gifted us with some many miracle working substances that ...more
Punctuation rules in English and Portuguese are inherently similar but somewhat different. For example, where a comma is needed in English, it might not be needed in Portuguese and vice versa.
Here's one example.
In the title of the story, "John the Gardener," the English version doesn't need a comma, but the Portuguese version does.
So, ...more
This article was first published on the 30th of August 2019 by Patrick Carpen.
Dozens of barrels full of fuel that were used in burning in state of Pará were seized by the Civil Police last night (Thursday 29th August) at the Trunfo do Xingu Protected Area, known as Ouro Verde farm, in the municipality of ...more
Here is an example of "when the grammar just doesn't literally translate."
In English, we'd say that "The United States "is" a beautiful country. That is because, even though the subject might appear to be plural, it is in fact singular. That is, the "United States" is the name of one country.
But the translation in ...more
This article was first published on the 27th of August, 2019 by Patrick Carpen.
Too many of us make the mistake of accepting financial help from so-called "friends" who really don't have our best interest at heart. As the saying goes, "open the door and the devil walks in." Then there's the saying "if you make ...more