Che! Dame los cinco

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Welcome to the “Che! Dame los cinco” newsletter.

For the new folks joining us, I send these 4 things for you every Monday morning:

1. a new word

2. a new expression

3. a piece of content

4. an exercise for improving your Spanish

📖 Palabra - chusmear

To gossip. I can’t remember where I heard this…Probably from Entrelazados on Disney+.

Necesito amigas nueva con las que nos juntemos a merendar y chusmear (twitter).
Me encanta sentarme a tomar mates con mi hermana y mi mamá, no se cansan de chusmear (twitter).

🗨️ Expresión - correte de la puerta

Not a typical expression, but I had the subtitles on for a show I was watching and this is how someone said, “get away from the door!” because they were trying to bust it open.

My non-native instinct would be to say “alejate de la puerta" but I need to check with a native on that one. So I thought I’d share this one which was said by a native!

🔗 Contenido - Digital Nomad living in Argentina

This woman named Sarah popped up on my Instagram feed last week. She’s a digital nomad from the US living in Argentina. Her videos are in English, but it’s a great way to learn about Argentinian culture through the lens of an American.

Enjoy! Link: @ba.noma on Instagram

💪🏼 Ejercicio - Practice your stories

Don’t let the title of the video fool you, this is an AMAZING video of a girl from France sharing how she learned Norwegian. Click the link above to watch the 2min section where she shares a tip about telling stories.

Basically she would:

1. write a personal story in English

2. write it in Norwegian and have friend correct to be more native-like

3. also have native record audio telling the story

4. listen and learn by heart

Yes, memorizing it would be bad, but instead learn the pronunciation, the vocabulary, the rhythm and own the story. She said this was one of the best things she did.

Thanks for reading! Espero que disfrutes la semana 😄

Abrazo de tu amigo,
- Joe