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Creo en Ti por Reik: Vocabulario y Gramática

Esta canción escuché por la primera vez hoy y me sentí que “Creo en Ti” (video abajo)sea una de mas canciones lindas de mi vida. Entonces, quiero compartir con ustedes alguno vocabulario clave y algunos puntos gramaticales que aparecen dentro de esta canción. ¡Disfruta! 

TR: I heard this song for the first time today and I felt that “Creo en Ti” is one of the most beautiful songs of my life. So I want to share with you some key vocabulary and some grammar points that appear within this song. Enjoy!

Letras (Lyrics)

Vocabulario Calve

creo en ti - I believe in you

(la) noche - (the) night

(el) cielo - sky (or heaven depending on context)

(la) calle - street

(el) laberinto - labyrinth

rendir (v.) - to defeat (this verb has many meanings, in this context, it means defeat)

(la) piel -skin

(el) corazón - heart

desarmar (v.) - to disarm, to take apart, to disassemble

(el) amor - love

(las) luces - lights

(el) alma (n.f.) - soul

indestructible (adj.) - indestructible 

(el) dolor - pain

(las) fantasmas - ghosts, phantoms

(la) paz - peace

(la) caída libre - free fall

Gramática 

Porque el cielo ha conspirado en mi favor - Because the heavens have conspired in my favor: 

ha conspirado = present perfect tense (haber + participio pasada)

Me haces bien - You make me better (literally: you make me well)

me (pronombre) + haces (hacer en el presente 2a persona) + bien (adjetivo)

Creo en ti - I believe in you

Creo (creer en el presente 1a persona) 

Creer means to believe. When pared with “en” + “persona/pronombre” it means “to believe in...”

Me ha vuelto indestructible - I have become indestructible

volverse (con pronombre) = to become

“vuelto” is the past participle of volver(se), it’s irregular

me vuelvo (presente) = I become

me ha vuelto (pres. perfect) = I have become

Mi dolor se quedo kilómetros atrás = my pain stayed kilometers away

se quedo = quedarse en el pasado 3a persona

this verb always needs a reflexive pronoun

Past tenses

te encontré   = I found you

crucé = I crossed

esperé = I hoped/waited (what a fun wordplay)

This was super fun to work on! I didn’t include everything because that would take forever! I love this song so much, it’s so cute and sweet. 

If you have any questions, reply to this post and hopefully I can help you out. This is my first time making one of these!

Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), from Sonetos del amor oscuro

life works out. i cannot stress this enough. life always works out. it always turns out in your favor even if it doesn’t go according to the original plan. you may be utterly confused and lost right now, it may feel like everything is falling apart and there is nothing you can do to salvage any of it. but believe me when i say that this is just a transition period. things are constantly changing and evolving around you even if you can’t actively see that. life is changing you to prepare you for what is to come. you are growing and as you grow you are being built into the person that you are going to be. because see, life always has this funny way of working out. 

language learning is a never ending path

I signed up for this free Finnish pronunciation course from the website Her Finland and I have gotten a couple of emails from the maker of the course, Varpu. In one part she was speaking about how it can be difficult to learn a language and struggling with that “it’s impossible” feeling and then she wrote this:  “Then I understood that learning a language doesn’t have a finish line. It doesn’t matter if you take a small step or a big leap, you’re always on the path. And the path never ends.” And this just really resonated with me. For a lot of people I think the idea of learning languages has a finish date, that one day we won’t have to look up words or go “huh?” when speaking to a native speaker. But the reality is that we are on a never ending path of learning and that’s kind of cool, because we always get to learn new things. And I think thinking of it as a never ending path rather than a final destination helps relieve some of the pressure of “I’m not doing enough” or “I’m not progressing fast enough” Anyway, this really resonated with me so I thought I’d share it with y’all

You know you’re doing an English Major when an essay question is to analyse a 50-word long poem with a 2300 word limit. 

♡  SOME SPANISH TELENOVELA PHRASES ♡

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Exclamatory Phrases

¡no puede ser! | it can’t be!

¡vete / fuera de aquí! | go away, get out of here!

¡déjame en paz / aléjate! | leave me alone, get away from me  

¡suéltame! | get off me, let go of me! 

¡no me toques! | don’t touch me! 

¡dime la verdad! | tell me the truth!

¡no lo creo! | i don’t believe it!

¡no me mientas! | don’t lie to me!

¡mentiras! | lies!

¡no lo soporto! | i can’t stand it!

!cállate! | shut up!

Insults

cobarde | coward

desagradecido/a | ungrateful person

mentiroso/a | liar

sinvergüenzo/a | shameless person

Plot Reveal Phrases

estoy embarazada | i’m pregnant

eres el padre | you’re the father

tengo un amante | i have a lover

quiero el divorcio | i want a divorce

habia un accidente | there was an accident

está muerto | she / he is dead

Love Phrases

estoy en enamorada de ti | i’m in love with you

eres el amor de mi vida | you’re the love of my life

eres mi vida | you’re my life

te amo / te quiero | i love you

te juro / te prometo | i swear to you, i promise you

no quiero vivir sin ti | i don’t want to live without you

no puedo vivir sin ti | i can’t live without you 

cásate conmigo | marry me

¡nos vamos a casar¡ | we’re getting married!

Heartbreak Phrases

¡se acabo! | it’s over!

él me engañó / ella me engañó | she cheated on me

tiene otra mujer | he has another woman

no te amo / no te quiero | i don’t love you

me hiciste daño | you hurt me

¡te odio! | i hate you!

no lo / la puedo olvidar | i can’t forget about him / her

MISC. vocab

el novio, la novia | boyfriend, girlfriend

el amante | lover

el secreto | secret

el embarazo | pregnancy 

la muerte | death

envidia | envy, jealousy

venganza | vengeance, revenge

more phrase lists ♡ idioms ♡ random phrases p. one ♡ random phrases p. two request a vocabulary / phrase list

So I’m in the final semester of my undergrad.

Which means its grad school application time for me (I’m starting a little late because of personal reasons (-: ) Anyway, I was wondering if anyone out there on the great blue gradblr had any recommendations or tips for writing a personal statement? 

what is the january mood?

Ne forget pas les quatres food groupes mes amis!

what to use a notebook for

planning and organising

dream house plan

recipe collection 

trip / vacation planner

bucket lists 

a bullet journal

pet book (dates of vet visits, photos as they grow up, etc)

baby journal (similar to pet one)

plan with me challenge 

idea dump

budget book

school

class / lecture notes

textbook notes

school planner or bullet journal

university research / application planner

reviews

cafe / restaurant 

books

movies

music

tv series

artsy craftsy

poetry 

writers notebook

sketchbook

sticker collection

gardening journal

photo journal

inspiration / moodpboard scrapbook

fun n cute

happiness journal (write one thing each day that made you happy)

gratitude journal

quote collection 

travel journal

dream journal 

sentence-a-day journal (write a sentence about every day)

journaling challenges (you can find a bunch of prompts online)

astronomy journal