Even though today's class was mostly review, I did manage to learn a few more intricacies of "ser vs estar" such as using "ser" to discuss the location of events and "estar" to discuss the location of concrete things. I'm sure I've screwed this one up countless times over the past few weeks. Just add it to the list.
I also picked up a new phrase that I would like to put into the daily rotation - "tener poco/mucho/nada que ver con" meaning having little/a lot/nothing to do with. I'm always looking to pick up new phrases that are a bit more complicated than the basic simple Spanish that I speak. This one should make me sound a little bit more like I know what I'm talking about.
Another thing that today's class reminded me of is how Bueno, entonces... Learn Spanish does a wonderful job of sprinkling in Argentine trivia, history, geography, and traditions into many of the classes. Today I learned a little about Mar del Plata, a coastal town about five hours south of B.A. by bus, and it has me a little intrigued to visit. It's nice to get a taste of the place and culture you are visiting while at the same time learning the language. In the past we've learned about such things as maté, tango, and dulce de leche, and the teaser for today is that we are going to discuss B.A.'s sex houses tomorrow.
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