¡Hola estudiantes!

In keeping up with our summer vacation theme, I wanted to give you another list of leisure related words to supplement your expanding vocabulary. That's right, estamos en medio de la temporada de verano. (...we are in the middle of the summer season). Here's some vocabulary related to los viajes (travel).

1. el avión airplane
2. la puerta de embarque gate
3. el billete ticket
4. el pasaporte passport
5. el pasillo aisle (seat)
6. la ventanilla window (seat)
7. el hotel hotel
8. la habitación room
9. la recepción front desk
10. la cama matrimonial double bed
11. la cama individual single bed
12. las vacaciones vacation
13. el parque temático theme park
14. la montaña rusa roller coaster
15. las atracciones attractions
16. la noria ferris wheel
17. la piscina swimming pool
18. el autobús bus
19. el tren train
20. la vista view

I grew up watching telenovelas with my mum and grandma. But also, I have to confess that I have seen a few more as an adult. For example, Pasión de Gavilanes was a huge hit in Spain, both men and women watched it. More recently, I watched La reina del sur; it's based on a novel by Arturo Pérez Reverte and inspired in the life of Sandra Ávila, a Mexican drug cartel leader.

And you? Do you watch soap operas? Which soap operas have you watched?

1. Where is it common to hear someone say ¿Mande? when they didn't hear what someone said to them?

a) Mexico

2. Where are you likely to hear poroto used to mean ‘bean'?

d) Chile

3. “To drive a car” in Spain is ______ and in Latin America it is _____.

c) conducir un coche / manejar un carro

4) In Spain a computer is known as _____.

c) el ordenador

5) How would you address someone informally in Argentina?

a) vos

6) How would you order a glass of orange juice in Castellano?

b) Un zumo de naranja, por favor.

7) When talking informally to a group of people in Spain, you are likely to use ___. 

d) vosotros

8) When parking your car, you’re likely to hear ____ in Spain and _____ in Latin America.

a) aparcar / estacionar

9) A bus in Argentina, Chile and Paraguay is known as _____.

d) el colectivo

10) In Spain a cell phone is known as _____.

b) el móvil

11) In Puerto Rico your plane ticket is known as _____. 

b) el pasaje

12) If looking for an apartment, you would search for a ____ in Spain, a ____in Argentina and _____ in the Dominican Republic.

a) piso / departamento / apartamento

13) A jacket in Mexico is known as a______. 

c) chamarra

It's good to wear a scarf around your neck when it's cold.

When do you use  buen?

2. With nouns referring to academic subjects

• Mi amigo estudia matemáticas y biología. (My friend studies math and biology.)

Of course, it was not just DuoLingo, though. After completing my tree
(and keeping it golden), I decided to get my hands on anything I could:

• grammar books & dictionaries
• videos
• documentaries
• movies
• novels
• speaking with others on Verbling
• switching all my devices (phones, computer workstation, etc) to Spanish

Anything!

However, it still all started with DuoLingo...

I know putting my computer in Spanish (in Mexico)  is a challenge.

they got  c1.4  to  c1.7

this is link to post

https://www.duolingo.com/comment/4139697