I won't be able to teach my 11:00 AM class today (Argentina time) because I have a veterinarian appointment. I've moved today's class to the afternoon instead. Thank you for understanding!

This is going to be awesome, you won't want to miss this! Simple question: ¿Tienes una mascota? Do you have a pet? ¿Cómo se llama tu mascota? Pon una foto y su nombre abajo!

A mermaid is a mythical creature with the upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish. According to legends, mermaids lived in the sea and sang beautiful songs that attracted sailors. Some stories say they helped people, while others say they led ships into danger. Don't be deceived by appearances. Beautiful things are not always safe. Una sirena es una criatura mitológica con la parte superior del cuerpo de una mujer y la cola de un pez. Según las leyendas, las sirenas vivían en el mar y cantaban hermosas canciones que atraían a los marineros. Algunas historias dicen que ayudaban a las personas, mientras que otras afirman que llevaban a los barcos al peligro. No te dejes engañar por las apariencias. Lo hermoso no siempre es seguro. What do you think about the lesson: "Don't be deceived by appearances"?

Disfrútalo 😂😭 @Michael Buckley estudiantes en clase este noche: @Belinda Duncan @Meredith Pochily @David Rivera @Alisa K.

These little words like de, en, a, por, la, el, or sometimes nothing can feel very random in Spanish, but there actually is some logic behind them. The hard part is that Spanish does not always match English word-for-word. For example: Salgo de casa a las ocho de la mañana. I leave the house at 8 in the morning. We use de because salir de means “to leave from” or “to go out of.” So the phrase is not really thinking “I leave the house” the same way English does. Spanish is thinking: I go out from home. Salgo de casa. That is why we say: Salgo de casa. I leave home / I leave the house. Salgo del trabajo. I leave work. Salgo de la oficina. I leave the office. Salgo del restaurante. I leave the restaurant. The de shows the place you are leaving from. Now, the reason it is casa and not la casa is because casa is often used like “home” in Spanish, especially in common everyday phrases. So: Estoy en casa. I am at home. Voy a casa. I am going home. Salgo de casa. I leave home. Trabajo desde casa. I work from home. In these phrases, casa works more like “home” than “the house,” so Spanish usually does not use la. But if you are talking about a specific physical house, then you can use la casa. Example: Salgo de la casa de mi abuela a las ocho. I leave my grandmother’s house at eight. La casa es grande. The house is big. Estoy limpiando la casa. I am cleaning the house. So the difference is: casa = home, in a general/routine sense la casa = the house, a specific physical house A helpful way to remember it: Salgo de casa. I leave home. Salgo de la casa de mi amiga. I leave my friend’s house. Voy a casa. I go home. Voy a la casa de mi amiga. I go to my friend’s house. Estoy en casa. I am at home. Estoy en la casa de mi amiga. I am at my friend’s house. This is one of those areas where it helps to learn common chunks instead of trying to translate every word separately. Some important chunks: salir de = to leave from llegar a = to arrive at ir a = to go to