Heather Broster
Heather is a graduate in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario and an aspiring polyglot. Her primary focus lies in the fields of language acquisition, education, and bilingual instruction. When she isn’t studying languages, she enjoys the great outdoors, exercising and spending time with her young son.
If you want to talk about light in Spanish, in the sense of the natural agent that makes things visible to the eye, you can use the word luz. Latin American Pronunciation European Spanish Pronunciation Luz is a feminine noun that takes the following definite and indefinite articles: Just as in English, it can be …
My family is fortunate; we live just a stone’s throw away from the sea. In Spanish, the sea is known as mar. Latin American Pronunciation European Spanish Pronunciation The term derives from the Latin mare, which was neuter, or in other words, neither masculine nor feminine. As a result, Spanish developed both a masculine and …
Have you ever wondered what the word for moon is in Spanish? Well, all you have to do is think of the word lunatic in English and you have your answer! Latin American Pronunciation European Spanish Pronunciation The Spanish for moon is luna. It is a feminine noun whose plural form is lunas. It takes …
In Spain, it’s tradition for people to have five meals a day – el desayuno (breakfast), las tapas (a small meal between breakfast and lunch), la comida (lunch), la merienda (an afternoon snack) and la cena (dinner or supper). Today we’re going to be looking at the final meal on the list, la cena! Latin …
Did you know that there are eight major mountain ranges within Spain? Los Pirineos stand tall in the northeast, followed by the Sistema Ibérico just below them. Moving north, you encounter the Cordillera Cantábrica. In the eastern part of the country, you’ll find the Sierra de Cuenca and Serranía de Cuenca. Centred in the Iberian Peninsula are …
In Spanish, the term for a library is biblioteca. Its roots can be traced to the ancient Greek term βιβλιοθήκη, which is a fusion of βιβλίον (biblion, signifying book) and -θήκη (-theke, denoting box or chest). Latin American Pronunciation European Spanish Pronunciation Because it is a feminine noun, it takes the following definite and indefinite …