SLIGO SPANISH SOCIETY - SOL Y SOMBRA

OCHO APELLIDOS VASCOS The most successful Spanish film of all time at the box office, we in Sligo Spanish Society are pleased to present  Ocho Apellidos Vascos   - Eight Basque Surnames. A comedy in Spanish, with English subtitles, the story revolves around Rafa, from  Seville  in the south of  Spain , who is only interested in meeting women and living the good life. One day, everything changes, when he meets Amaia, a Basque girl from the north, and the first woman to resist his charms. Rafa, determined to conquer her, travels to her village in the Basque country in the north. There, ready to do what it takes to win Amaia, he even passes himself off as a real Basque in order to win the approval of his prospective father-in-law. The comedy and the plot of  Ocho Apellidos Vascos  revolve around the cultural differences between the different regions of  Spain , between Andalucía in the south, with its sun, flamenco, and fierce pri...

Our eight lesson was about cars. We learnt the different parts of the car in Spanish: Las partes del coche Los faros – the lights El intermitente – the indicators El volante – the steering wheel El embrague – the clutch El freno – the break El acelerador – the accelerator El motor de arranque – the ignition El espejo (retrovisor ) – the mirror El parabrisas – the windscreen El limpia parabrisas – windscreen wiper El freno de mano – handbrake La palanca de cambios – Gear stick We learnt two different phrases to express instructions or commands (you have to…) in Spanish. We have two options: 1)With our impersonal pronoun “se” :    Se + a verb in the 3 rd person of singular Example: Se trabaja para ganar dinero – You have to work to earn money. 2)With “Hay que…”:     Hay que + verb in the infinitve form Example: Hay que trabajar para ganar dinero – You have to work to earn money. We worked on activity nu...

Starting the week of January 20th, 2014, Sligo Spanish Society are running courses in Spanish at all levels. Courses are nine or ten weeks long, and run until late March. All classes are once a week, and last from 8pm to 9.15, except the Morning Beginners course, which runs from 10.30am to 11.45. New this year is our Leaving Cert Spanish oral exam preparation course (see below). Information and registration night is on Tuesday, January 14th, in Sligo City Hotel, from 7.30 to 9pm. For new students it is important to come to the information night in order to insure a place on a course. Information can also be got by emailing sligospanishsociety@gmail.com or by phone to 086-3749578. Courses available are as follows... BEGINNERS: This course runs every Monda y night, beginning January 20th . The course is for people who have no previous knowledge of Spanish, and will run for nine weeks. Total cost is €120, or €100 for students or the unemployed. MORNING BEGINNERS ...

In the first session of our beginner’s course, we introduced ourselves and we talked briefly about the different stereotypes and characteristics we find in the Spanish culture, such as the food, flamenco, the beautiful beaches, bullfighting or siestas (naps). We also talked about the Spanish pronunciation and we saw some examples of words with those particular pronunciations. “ñ” in España (Spain) , uña (nail) , niño (child) “ll” in lluvia (rain), llave (key) , llamar (call, ring) “j, g” in mujer  (woman), gente (people) genio (genious) “q” in queso (cheese) que (what) “r, rr” in perro  (dog) borracho (drunk), ratón ( mouse) “h” in hola (hello) hielo (ice), hermano (brother) “v” in volver  (go back, come back), volar (fly), ver (see) “c, z” in cien (one hundred), zapato (shoe), diez (ten) (It was also worth mentioning that we only have five sounds to the five vowels a,e,I,o,u,  unlike the vowels in the English language which there are twel...

Our courses begin this year on Monday October 14th, and we have three levels available. There is a slight change this year in our registration process.  If you want to insure a place on one of our courses, we ask people to come to our registration night, in Sligo City Hotel, on Monday October 7th, between 7.30 and 9pm, and pay the course fee. You CANNOT reserve a place by phone or email, as in the past.  The venues for each course are at present being arranged and will be posted here when we have decided. The details of the courses available are as follows... BEGINNERS: This course is for those who have no previous knowledge of Spanish.  Every Monday for 8 weeks, starting Monday October 14th. Classes are from 8pm to 9.15. Course costs €110 or €90 for students or the unemployed. IMPROVERS: This is a course for those who have done a Beginners course in the past and want to further their knowledge of the language. Every Tuesday for 9 weeks, starting Tuesday Octo...

Welcome to Sligo Spanish Society's new website and blog. Here you will find all the information you need about our organisation that seeks to promote Spanish culture and language in the North West of Ireland. To contact us, or for photos of previous events, or news on upcoming events, check out the different sections of the site above. Bienvenido al sitio web de Sol y Sombra. Aquí encontrarás toda la información que necesitas sobre nuestra organización, que existe para promover la cultura y la lengua españolas en en Noroeste de Irlanda.  Para contactarnos, o para ver fotos de nuestros eventos, o para noticias sobre futuros eventos o cursos , mira arriba a las distintas secciones del sitio web.