Me gusta
Los artículos
La cháchara
La hora de cuentos
La familia
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What does "Me gusta" mean?

I like

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What does "Los artículos" mean?

Articles

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What does "La cháchara" mean?

Small talk

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What does "la hora de cuentos" mean?

Story time

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What does "la familia" mean?

(The) Family
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What does "A ti te gusta chocolate" mean?

You (familiar) like chocolate.

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Who were the Mirabal sisters (Las mariposas) and where were they from?

Patria, Minerva and Maria teresa Mirabal were rebels who were fighting against the rule of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic (La república dominicana)

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What are some small talk topics?

Food, compliments, personal information, hobbies, the weather, occupation, etc.

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What does "el pretérito" mean in English?

The preterite

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How do you say "parents" in Spanish?

"Los padres"

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When someone likes multiple things do they use "gusta" or "gustan"?

Gustan

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Who was Rafael Trujillo?

The corrupt dictator of the Dominican Republic from 1930-1961.

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Where in a conversation would "hasta luego" need to be put and why?

At the end because it is a form of goodbye.

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What tense does "the preterite" refer to?

The past tense

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How do you say "brother" in Spanish?

"hermano"

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When you see "le gusta" who can that potentially mean?

"he/she/you (formal) likes"
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Why is the Berks Detention center still open?

  • Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf says that the detention center should be closed, but that he has no power to do so, absent a finding of “immediate and serious danger to the life or health” of the children, which would justify an emergency removal order.

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What does "¡Qué frio!" mean in English?

 "It’s cold out today!"

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What are your question words in Spanish? (List at least 3)

¿Quién? ¿Qué? ¿Cuándo? ¿Dónde? ¿Por qué? ¿Cómo? ¿Cuántos? ¿Cuál?

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How do you say "cousin (female)" in Spanish?

"Prima"

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What does "A nosotros nos gusta estudiar." mean?

We like to study.

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As discussed in the Berks detention center article why are the families seeking asylum in the U.S.?

To protect their families from the violence and kidnapping going on in their country of origin. 

-“If you have to choose between staying in a place that’s violent, where your child could be killed, or forced into a gang, or kidnapped … every single parent would do whatever they need to do to protect their child,”

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What does "¿Qué te gusta hacer en tu tiempo libre?" mean in Enlgish?

"What do you like to do in your free time?"

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Which two (2) verbs share the same conjugations in the Spanish preterite tense? What do these verbs mean?

Ser (to be) & Ir (to go)

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What does “Mis abuelos son los padres de mis padres.” mean?

"My grandparents are the parents of my parents."