Che! Dame los cinco #13

Che! Cómo andas?

Welcome to the 13th issue of the “Che! Dame los cinco” newsletter.

For the new folks joining us, I send these 5 things for you every Monday morning:

1. a new word

2. a piece about Argentinian culture

3. a new expression

4. a piece of content I recommend

5. an exercise for improving your Spanish

📖 Palabra - el rubro

I was talking to someone on Twitter the other day and she said el rubro and I said, “qué????”

Then she said sorry for speaking so Argentinian to me 😂 And I said, no please keep it up!

Turns out this is kinda like industry so here she said she’s not a programmer but works in the industry.

no soy programadora pero laburo en el rubro

🧉 Cultura - Observations from a Gringo

This American guy Zach has been doing videos for years about life in South America. In this video, he shares interesting things about Argentina from his point of view.

It’s funny because they’re all things I noticed when I was there too. Enjoy!

🗨️ Expresión - más vale

I heard this on an episode of #LUZUKIDS. It’s equivalent to “of course!” An example using it:

Quieres almorzar? Más vale!

🔗 Contenido - palabras difíciles

My friend Tony and I have been talk about words that are difficult for foreigners like us to pronunce. So he sent me this article and now all I want to do is lock myself in a room for 6 months so I can work on these.

Take a look! Are they difficult for you too?

💪🏼 Ejercicio - Rolling your R’s

For people that know me well, they know I cannot roll my R’s for the life of me! I blame it on my tongue-tie 😜

But, a friend has been helping me get closer. He recently turned me on to this video (skip to 9:52):

In addition to that, I’ve found this trick to help me get closer as well:

I’m not there yet, but soon I will be. And you will be too! So get in some practice with these two tips and let me know how it goes!

Thanks for reading! Espero que disfrutes la semana 😄

Abrazo de tu amigo,
- Joe