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Have you ever wondered about whether or not Spanish has a future subjunctive tense? Then look no further - they do! Kind of. :) We'll discuss it more in today's episode of Spanish Answers! ¡Vamanos!

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Research Resources:
“Future Subjunctive: Futuro subjuntivo,” from Lawless Spanish. https://www.lawlessspanish.com/grammar/verbs/future-subjunctive/
“Spanish Future Subjunctive Tense,” from Live Linga. https://www.livelingua.com/spanish/grammar/future-subjunctive.php
“Spanish Future Subjunctive,” from Verbflex. http://verbflex.com/articles/spanish/spanish-future-subjunctive/
“Constitución Española,” sanctioned December 27, 1978, found on the State Agency’s Official State Bulletin (BOE). https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-1978-31229 -  In English: https://www.boe.es/legislacion/documentos/ConstitucionINGLES.pdf
“Duda resuelta: Uso del subjuntivo futuro,” by Castellano Actual, published January 29, 2016. http://udep.edu.pe/castellanoactual/duda-resuelta-uso-del-subjuntivo-futuro/
“El futuro imperfecto de subjunctivo, ese tiempo olvidado,” by Del Castellano. https://www.delcastellano.com/futuro-imperfecto-subjuntivo/#origen-latino-del-futuro-de-subjuntivo-espanol
“Futuro de subjuntivo,” by Palabrita. http://verbo.palabrita.net/Futuro-de-subjuntivo.html www.WordReference.com.

Have you ever wondered what a period (.) or an upside down question mark (¿) is called in Spanish? Or what a "signo de apertura" is? Then look no further - in this epsiode, we talk about the basics of Spanish punctuation, focusing on what they're called with tips on how to use them.

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Research Resources:
“Interrogación y Exclamación (Signos de),” from the Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas by the RAE in 2009. http://lema.rae.es/dpd/srv/search?id=bH8aKhoE1D6eF5Wp4C
“Spanish Punctuation Leaving You with Question Marks? Here’s Your Guide” by Francisco J. Vare from FluentU. https://www.fluentu.com/blog/spanish/spanish-punctuation/
“Oxford Comma Dispute is Settled as Maine Drivers Get $5 Million,”by Daniel Victor for the New York Times on February 9, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/oxford-comma-maine.html - The Court Document is located here: https://cases.justia.com/federal/appellate-courts/ca1/16-1901/16-1901-2017-03-13.pdf?ts=1489437006

How do they celebrate Easter in Spain? Well, that question's a bit more than I can answer in a single episode, so for this Easter special I delve a bit into how they celebrate Easter in Seville, Spain. We talk about the Biblical account of Easter, which you have to understand first in order to understand the festivities that happen during la Semana Santa.

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Research Resources:
“The Best Easter Celebrations in Spain,” by Esme Fox for Culture Trip.com, March 22, 2018. https://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/the-best-easter-celebrations-in-spain/
The Bible (NKJV). https://www.biblegateway.com.
“The Passion of the Christ,” by Mel Gibson, January 1, 2010. https://www.amazon.com/Passion-Christ-Widescreen-Jim-Caviezel/dp/B00028HBKM/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=Passion+of+the+Christ&qid=1554664444&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1
Teachings by Pastor Dave Love, Calvary Castle Rock http://calvarycastlerock.com/archives/luke/
“Maundy,” by Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maundy
“Palm Sunday,” by HolidaysCalendar.com, http://www.holidayscalendar.com/event/palm-sunday/
“An Insider Guide to the Brotehrhoods of Spain,” by Davey Womack for NotJustATrousit.com. https://notjustatourist.com/an-insider-guide-to-the-brotherhoods-of-spain/?c=890ca7737572
“Hermandades y Cofradías de Madrid,” by Semana Santa España. https://www.semanasantaespana.com/hermandades-y-cofradias/hermandades-de-la-comunidad-de-madrid/hermandades-y-cofradias-de-madrid/
“Easter in Spain: Tips for Tourists,” by Inka Piegsa-Quischotte, June 20, 2018. https://europeupclose.com/article/easter-in-spain-tips-tourists/
“Saeta Alicia Jimenez Hdad. Del Prendimiento Jerez 2018,” posted to YouTube by Juan Luis Muñoz Ortega on March 29, 20180 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR1bCtpqGWU.
“Marcha La Saeta Impresionante Senor de la Salud (Los Gitanos) Semana Santa de Sevilla 2015, posted to YouTube by Pasión por Andalucía on February 20, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr26scucfsY
“Promo Semana Santa 2018 Sevilla ‘La Saeta,’” posted to YouTube by La Saeta Web on February 5, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af-CHA87So0
“Saeta de Manual Cuevas en la Salida de la Virgen del Rocio de Redención 2015,” uploaded to YouTube by El Correo de AndaluciaTV on March 30., 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUW-YJwFBDw
El Correo de AndalucíaTV has videos from this Year’s Semana Santa, which has already begun. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCysrqhg0bCswIKT5KUdb7wA
“Let’s Talk Pascua: The Spanish Learner’s Complete Guide to Easter in Spain,” by Brittany Tackett for FluentU. https://www.fluentu.com/blog/spanish/easter-in-spain/
“Celebrating Semana Santa: Easter in Spain,” by Deirdre O’Flynn for Go Wolrd Travel. https://www.goworldtravel.com/travel-spain-easter/
“The Essential Guide to Easter in Spain,” by The Local on April 9, 2019. https://www.thelocal.es/20190409/the-essential-guide-to-easter-in-spain
“Everyting You Need to Know About Seville’s Semana Santa,” by Mark Nayler for TheCultureTrip.com, updated March 22,2017. https://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-sevilles-semana-santa/
“11 Easter Traditions and Customs You Should Know About in Spain,” by Esme Fox for TheCultureTrip.com, updated March 17, 2018. https://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/11-easter-traditions-and-customs-you-should-know-about-in-spain/
“Easter in Spain,” by Miruna Corneanu on March 15, 2018. https://veebrant.com/easter-spain/
“Semana Santa en España,” by Enforex. https://www.enforex.com/espanol/cultura/semana-santa.html
“10 tradiciones para disfrutar de la Semana Santa en España. ¡Imprescindibles!” by Celina Cedro on March 23, 2018 for SkyScanner. https://www.skyscanner.es/noticias/las-10-tradiciones-para-disfrutar-de-la-semana-santa-en-espana
“Semana Santa de Sevilla,” by Spain.info. https://www.spain.info/es/agenda/semana-santa-sevilla/
“The Seville Cathedral,” by Seville Traveler. https://www.seville-traveller.com/seville-cathedral/

Happy April Fool's! To highlight the day, not only am I posting this video a day late (lame joke, right? Ah well), but in this episode we talk about tongue twisters (trabalenguas), puns (calambures), and jokes (chistes)! Join me for some light-hearted fun to celebrate the first of April. :)

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Research Resources:
“Risitas y Carcajadas para Niños,” by Editorial Época (2007).
FluentU, “How to Perfect Your Pronunciation with Spanish Tongue Twisters,” by Alex Owen-Hill. https://www.fluentu.com/blog/spanish/spanish-tongue-twisters-pronunciation/
SpeakingLatino.com, “7 Tongue Twisters to Improve Your Spanish Pronunciation,” https://www.speakinglatino.com/6-tongue-twisters-to-improve-your-spanish-pronunciation/
Wikipedia, “Albur”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albur
Ejemplos, “30 Ejemplos de Calambur,” https://www.ejemplos.co/calambur/
FluentU, “11 Punny Spanish jokes to Learn While You LOL,” by Devyn Ricks. https://www.fluentu.com/blog/spanish/spanish-jokes/

Other Resources:
La Aldea Irreductible: El Blog Cultural de Javier PELÁEZ, “¿Podrías decirme un retruécano?, ¿Y un calambur?, ¿O escribir un par de frases sin usar la letra “E”?,” July 11, 2008. https://irreductible.naukas.com/2008/07/11/podrias-decirme-un-retruecano-y-un-calambur-o-escribir-un-par-de-frases-sin-usar-la-letra-e/
WordReference.com, online language dictionary. https://www.wordreference.com

Tongue Twisters Mentioned in Episode:
RR 
Erre con erre cigarro, erre con erre barril. Rápido corren los carros, cargados de azúcar del ferrocarril. (R with R cigar, R with R barrel. Quickly run the carriages laden with the train’s sugar.) 
TR
Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal en tres tristes trastos. En tres tristes trastos tragaban trigo tres tristes tigres. (Lit: Three sad tigers were swallowing wheat in a wheat field in three meager containers. In three meager containers were swallowing wheat three sad tigers.) 
Ñ
Ñoño Yáñez come ñame en las mañanas con el niño. (Dimwit Yañez eats yam in the mornings with the boy.) 
P / C 
Pablito clavó un clavito en la calva de un calvito. En la calva de un calvito un clavito clavó Pablito. (Little Pablo nailed a little nail in the bald spot of a little bald man. In the bald spot of a little bald man a little nail nailed little Pablo.)

In today's episode, the second part of Spanish Contractions, we focus on the "unofficial" contractions. (And yes, this even includes a few methods for texting and tweeting!)

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Research Resources:
Helping You Learn Spanish, “The Spanish Contractions your Textbook Didn’t Tell You About”, April 20, 2014 - http://helpingyoulearnspanish.com/spanish-contractions/
Enchufe TV, “Foto Pa’l Face” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNuzdKfpK60
Speaking Latino.com, “53 Spanish Slang Words for Friend” - https://www.speakinglatino.com/spanish-slang-for-friend/
FluentU, “All the Spanish Text Message Slang You’ll Need to Send Gr8 Texts 2 Ur BFF” by Rosie Hilder - https://www.fluentu.com/blog/spanish/spanish-text-message-slang/
Other Resources: Toda Mafalda Blog. http://toda-mafalda.blogspot.com/2010/11/tiras-de-mafalda.html
Anahi, “Para Qué” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQhKSU4fRWg
Baldo, GoComics – (In English) https://www.gocomics.com/baldo (In Spanish) https://www.gocomics.com/baldoespanol

Today I talk about the common Spanish contractions: al, del, conmigo, contigo and consigo. And in the process, we also learn some random history. :)

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Shout out to Women In Language Conference and Links: https://www.womeninlanguage.com
The Fluent Show: Inside the Women in Language Conference: 12 Guests Tell All. (https://www.fluent.show/126)

Research Resources:
SpanishDict.com, “Consigo” - https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/consigo
Quora.com, “In Spanish grammar, if you are talking formally (usted) do you use contigo or consigo?” - https://www.quora.com/In-Spanish-grammar-if-you-are-talking-formally-usted-do-you-use-contigo-or-consigo
Jstor.org, “Excessive Analogical Change as an Impetus for Lexical Loss; Old Spanish Connusco, Convusco” by Joel Rini / Charlottesville -https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27940047.pdf?seq=1#page _scan_tab_contents
Gramática española blog, July 15, 2014, “Conmigo, Contigo y Consigo” by Eleonora Castelli - http://elblogdegramatica.blogspot .com/2014/07/conmigo-contigo-y-consigo.html
Castellano Actual, August 20, 2012, “Conmigo, Contigo y Consigo” - http://udep.edu.pe/castellanoactual/conmigo-contigo-y-consigo/
Real Academia Española, Diccionario, “Consigo” - https://dle.rae.es/?id=AQ1fBRU
Woodward Spanish, “Contractions – AL-DEL: Spanish Grammar Rules,” https://www.spanish.cl/grammar-rules/contractions-al-del.htm
Lawless Spanish, Free Spanish Lessons, “Spanish Contractions – Las contracciones” by Laura K. Lawless, https://www.lawlessspanish.com/grammar/contractions/

In honor of the recent holiday, or hallmark day, we're celebrating with a special episode! Today, we'll talk about the vocabulary and history of Valentine's Day, as well as how it is celebrated in Spain and Mexico.

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Research Resources:
History.com, “6 Surprising Facts About St. Valentine,”Feb. 14, 2013, https://www.history.com/news/6-surprising-facts-about-st-valentine Catholic Education Resource Center, “History of St. Valentine,” by Father William Saunders, https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/history-of-st-valentine.html
History.com, “History of Valentine’s Day,”December 22, 2009, https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day-2
FluentU, “4 Creative Ways to Whip Up the Most Romantic Spanish Valentine’s Day Cards,” by Meredith Kreisa, https://www.fluentu.com/blog/spanish/valentines-day-cards-in-spanish/
FluentU, “8 Lovely Valentine’s Day Vocabulary Words for Spanish Learners,” by Tammy, https://www.fluentu.com/blog/spanish/valentines-day-love-spanish-vocabulary-words-phrases-list/
MyDailySpanish, “10 Beautiful Spanish Love Quotes that Will Melt Your Heart,” by Janey, April 29, 2017, https://mydailyspanish.com/spanish-love-quotes/
Teleflora, “A Fun Guide to Hispanic and Latin Valentine’s Day Culture!” January 17, 2016, https://www.teleflora.com/blog/a-fun-guide-to-hispanic-and-latin-valentines-day-culture/
Spain Attractions, “5 Facts About St. Valentine’s Day in Spain,” by Miruna Corneanu, February 6, 2018, https://spainattractions.es/st-valentine-day-spain-facts/
Trip Savvy, “How do the Spanish Celebrate Valentine’s Day?”, by Damian Corrigan, December 26, 2018, https://www.tripsavvy.com/valentines-day-in-spain-1644288
Trip Savvy, “Valentine’s Day in Mexico,” by Suzanne Barbezat, January 4, 2019, https://www.tripsavvy.com/valentines-day-in-mexico-1588774
Culture Trip, “How to Celebrate Valentine’s Day Like a Mexican,” by Lauren Cocking, May 24, 2017, https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/mexico/articles/how-to-celebrate-valentines-day-like-a-Mexican
Punta Sayulita, “Valentine’s Day Traditions in Mexico,” http://www.puntasayulitamexico.com/valentines-day-traditions-in-mexico/
Inside Mexico, “Valentine’s Day in Mexico: Celebrating Love & Friendship”, October 6, 2017, https://www.inside-mexico.com/valentines-day-celebrating-love-friendship/4/

In this week's episode, Sara discusses the differences between the two verbs pedir and preguntar. While both are translated into English as "to ask", they are used for very distinct situations!

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Research Resources:
Real Fast Spanish – “Pedir Vs. Preguntar: How to Ask, Wonder, & Request” - https://www.realfastspanish.com/vocabulary/pedir-vs-preguntar Study.com – Yolanda Reinoso Barzallo – “Pedir vs. Preguntar” - https://study.com/academy/lesson/pedir-vs-preguntar.html
LightSpeed Spanish – “Spanish Lesson 27 Early Intermediate Pedir & Preguntar” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnHKRcFhiTQ

In today's episode, we go over the importance of accent marks in Spanish, and how they can affect a word's meaning and/or sound.

**Correction - Each week I release a new podcast, but it alternates between Spanish Answers and Respuestas Inglesas. I would love to eventually be able to do an episode for each podcast once a week, and will be working towards that goal.

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In this episode, and to celebrate the new year, we look at the New Year's traditions in both Spain and Mexico!

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Research Resources: 
Amy Bingham, “7 Lucky New Year’s Eve Traditions in Spain” from Spanish Sabores blog 
Spanish Embassy in US Blog – “5 Spanish New Year’s Eve Traditions” Carlos
El Jalisco Mexican Restaurant Blog – “9 Mexican New Year Traditions” 
SpanishPod101.com, “9 Surprising New Year’s Eve Traditions in Mexico” 
SpanishPod101.com “How to Say Happy new Year in Spanish & New Year Wishes” 
Karen Saenz, Spot a Home, “Tradiciones Españoles para Celebrar el Año Nuevo (y Nochevieja)”