It's always "una hora menos en Canarias…". But my question is this: why can't the Canary Islands ever get their act together and catch up with everyone else?? 🤗
So sad how those environmental commies are forcing us to pay a fortune for Reserved gasoline instead of operating pipelines that can easily solve the issue.
The opinion on safety in Barcelona is framed wrong. It doesn´t matter if London or another city is less safe than Barcelona. What matters is whether Barcelona is less safe now than 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, etc years ago. The statistics are real, there is no beat up. I know multiple people who have been robbed in Barcelona and the only place I ever thought I would be robbed in all my travels around the world incl SE Asia, Latin America, etc was in Barcelona. I currently live in Madrid and never feel like I will be robbed. I used to talk about the decline of Sydney (re incr corruption, incr cost of living, incr social inequality, infrastructure issues, rental crisis, etc) to people and my immigrant friends from Johannesburg, Capetown, Mumbai, Tehran, etc would compare it to where they were from (where Sydney was clearly better) but my perspective was different as I was comparing Sydney to itself since I lived all my life there. There is nothing saying that should the decline in Barcelona continue that it does not become a city as dangerous as those in less safe countries over a generation or two.
That explains why I have to pay for petrol before actually putting it in my car can't blame the petrol station owners but it lowers their profits if scumbags steal petrol.
Isn't it strange that diesel, which isn't refined fuel costs more per litre than regular fuel? Diesel is high in all countries including here in Canada
There's really no rule to remember with M and P. Simply explained, you need to put your lips together to pronounce a P or a B ("bilabial"), therefore any previous N will be contaminated and become an M (the bilabial version of N -if you hum a long NNNN and close your mouth it will sound as 'MMMM', nasal and bilabial 🙂 ). The spelling just reflects this phonetic occurrence -however, being the same case, it is not reflected with N and V (same sound as B in Spanish), where we spell "enviar", "convencer", "tranvía", "convento" etc.
We know Singapore solved its graffiti problem the hard way. In Portugal there had long been graffiti made of simple slogans like 'FUP Otelo' – a radical from 1975, or 'greve geral' (huelga general – general strike), but now Lisbon is ruined by endless graffiti, and they have the nerve to charge a tourist tax.
Hola Stu, Missed the live stream due to my Spanish class. Thanks for the new word of the day. “Simpa” – back in the states we called it “a walkout” or “Dine-n-Dash”. Very disrespectful to the establishment.
Remember this the Spanish government and Brussels don't have any money, the only money they have is the money from income tax, indirect tax and vat which is paid by the public…. Which means that the public are only receiving their own much back… A con in other words by governments etc… Tony cuenca
OK , Stuart -this is Elaine from Chatham, NJ. I was a Spanish teacher for 43 years and never heard this rule. Glad the question on simpa came up today. This is what I found on google about the m before a P or a B. Never too late to learn!!!! A basic Spanish spelling rule: whenever you hear a nasal sound (m or n) before a p or b, you have to write m. For example, the first time you hear the word sombrero (hat), you might not be sure if you heard an m or an n sound before the b, but the rule tells us it has to be spelled with an m.
I think lives like this are an excellent way to learn another language. I've been with the ears and one eye to Stu, the other eye to the chat, one hand typing and the other writing new words in a notebook while half of the brain was on roe and the other on vanison, venado in Spanish but more expensive at restaurants than ciervo, deer, being the same…
A noisy crowded pub with the conversations crossed and the music loudly on does the same job to improve but also with the chance to speak and with beers.
Hola from a somewhat chilly East Coat of Scotland
It's always "una hora menos en Canarias…". But my question is this: why can't the Canary Islands ever get their act together and catch up with everyone else?? 🤗
So sad how those environmental commies are forcing us to pay a fortune for Reserved gasoline instead of operating pipelines that can easily solve the issue.
Everone in Spain carries I.D. So limiting the 20% discount wouldn't be hard to implement
The opinion on safety in Barcelona is framed wrong. It doesn´t matter if London or another city is less safe than Barcelona. What matters is whether Barcelona is less safe now than 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, etc years ago. The statistics are real, there is no beat up. I know multiple people who have been robbed in Barcelona and the only place I ever thought I would be robbed in all my travels around the world incl SE Asia, Latin America, etc was in Barcelona. I currently live in Madrid and never feel like I will be robbed. I used to talk about the decline of Sydney (re incr corruption, incr cost of living, incr social inequality, infrastructure issues, rental crisis, etc) to people and my immigrant friends from Johannesburg, Capetown, Mumbai, Tehran, etc would compare it to where they were from (where Sydney was clearly better) but my perspective was different as I was comparing Sydney to itself since I lived all my life there. There is nothing saying that should the decline in Barcelona continue that it does not become a city as dangerous as those in less safe countries over a generation or two.
That explains why I have to pay for petrol before actually putting it in my car can't blame the petrol station owners but it lowers their profits if scumbags steal petrol.
Isn't it strange that diesel, which isn't refined fuel costs more per litre than regular fuel? Diesel is high in all countries including here in Canada
There's really no rule to remember with M and P. Simply explained, you need to put your lips together to pronounce a P or a B ("bilabial"), therefore any previous N will be contaminated and become an M (the bilabial version of N -if you hum a long NNNN and close your mouth it will sound as 'MMMM', nasal and bilabial 🙂 ). The spelling just reflects this phonetic occurrence -however, being the same case, it is not reflected with N and V (same sound as B in Spanish), where we spell "enviar", "convencer", "tranvía", "convento" etc.
We know Singapore solved its graffiti problem the hard way. In Portugal there had long been graffiti made of simple slogans like 'FUP Otelo' – a radical from 1975, or 'greve geral' (huelga general – general strike), but now Lisbon is ruined by endless graffiti, and they have the nerve to charge a tourist tax.
Hola Stu,
Missed the live stream due to my Spanish class. Thanks for the new word of the day.
“Simpa” – back in the states we called it “a walkout” or “Dine-n-Dash”. Very disrespectful to the establishment.
so glad I have found your channel very informative for my planned move next spring.
We have mayors in jail for pocketing EU funds here in The Canaries……….
Mary from Calpe on a wonderful cruise from Barcelona to Istanbul, and all the super stops in between. 🍾🥂🥂.
Remember this the Spanish government and Brussels don't have any money, the only money they have is the money from income tax, indirect tax and vat which is paid by the public…. Which means that the public are only receiving their own much back… A con in other words by governments etc… Tony cuenca
Saw the thumbnail and thought it was '20 years', not '20 days'. Still, enough time to chop some wood I suppose.
OK , Stuart -this is Elaine from Chatham, NJ. I was a Spanish teacher for 43 years and never heard this rule. Glad the question on simpa came up today. This is what I found on google about the m before a P or a B. Never too late to learn!!!! A basic Spanish spelling rule: whenever you hear a nasal sound (m or n) before a p or b, you have to write m. For example, the first time you hear the word sombrero (hat), you might not be sure if you heard an m or an n sound before the b, but the rule tells us it has to be spelled with an m.
Saludos desde Alicante.
I think lives like this are an excellent way to learn another language. I've been with the ears and one eye to Stu, the other eye to the chat, one hand typing and the other writing new words in a notebook while half of the brain was on roe and the other on vanison, venado in Spanish but more expensive at restaurants than ciervo, deer, being the same…
A noisy crowded pub with the conversations crossed and the music loudly on does the same job to improve but also with the chance to speak and with beers.