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From Class This Week
🎨 Frida y Evita
This week, in one of my classes, we practiced the pretérito indefinido (the past tense) by talking about two women who lived big lives: Eva Perón and Frida Kahlo. It's one of my favorite ways to practice the past en Español: real stories, real people, and a lot to say.
Frida's home in Mexico City, La Casa Azul, is a museum now, and they have a virtual tour you can walk through from anywhere. I love that this is part of learning too. You see where she lived, read the Spanish around the house, and get a real feel for her world.
Something to listen to
🎵 Vokally's playlist: Spanish Vibes
Did you know Vokally has a playlist on Spotify? It's called Spanish Vibes, and I update it every week with songs worth listening to, the same ones I share here and a few extra.
Good for practicing your listening while you go about your day.
Lesson of the week
📚 Lección de la semana: El verbo Pasar
Pasar is a verb you'll use constantly, and it has a lot of meanings. The idea underneath most of them is movement, something going from one side to the other. Here are the main ones:
1. To pass or hand something.
Pásame la sal, por favor. → Pass me the salt, please.
¿Me pasas tu número? → Can you give me your number?
2. To come in or stop by.
Gracias por venir, pasa, pasa. → Thanks for coming, come in, come in.
¿Puedes pasar por el supermercado? → Can you stop by the supermarket?
3. To spend or pass time.
Pasé el fin de semana con mi familia. → I spent the weekend with my family.
El tiempo pasa muy rápido. → Time goes by really fast.
4. To happen.
¿Qué pasó? → What happened?
No pasa nada. → It's nothing, don't worry.
That last one is worth keeping close. No pasa nada is one of the most useful phrases in Spanish. Someone apologizes, a small thing goes wrong, a plan changes: no pasa nada. It's the everyday way to say it's fine, no worries.
I put together a full guide with all of these, plus pasar with prepositions (pasar por, pasar a, pasar de), the se me pasó forms, and the expressions you'll hear all the time.
Download it, keep it nearby.
Let’s test your knowledge
✏️ Mini Quiz: PASAR: One Verb, Many Uses
Choose the best answer.
"¿Me pasas la sal?" is asking someone to:
(a) pass you the salt · (b) taste the salt · (c) buy salt
"Pasé el fin de semana con mi familia." Here, pasar means:
(a) to happen · (b) to spend time · (c) to come in
"No pasa nada" means:
(a) nothing is moving · (b) it's fine, don't worry · (c) nothing is here
"Gracias por venir, pasa, pasa." Here, pasar means:
(a) come in · (b) hand it over · (c) hurry up
"¿Qué pasó?" means:
(a) What's passing? · (b) What happened? · (c) Who came in?
What’s happening in Vokally
📣 Lo que está pasando en Vokally
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Alejandro, Founder and Director @ Vokally
