![]() ![]() Mi tercer propósito de año nuevo (My third New Year’s resolution) is enrolling in the Spring Languages German course. What about you? ¿Tienes amistades que hablen español? (Do you have Spanish-speaking friends?) If you don’t, would you be interested in finding a tandem partner? ¡Cuéntame en los comentarios! (Let me know in the comments!) Third Resolution Perhaps, if you guys leave a good amount of comments asking him to be my tandem partner, he might agree to it. Or, maybe Spring Spanish co-founder Gabriel will also be willing to speak a bit German with me? He is from Germany after all. So, I think my resolution would rather be armarme de valor (to find the courage) to ask my German friend to be my tandem partner. I actually have German-speaking friends and one of them is learning Spanish, pero me ha dado pena (but I’ve felt embarrassed) to ask her to be my tandem partner. Hay aplicaciones y páginas de Internet (there are apps and websites) where you may find a tandem partner with whom to practice and from whom to learn, pero también puede ser una amistad (but it could also be a friend). Therefore, both parties help and teach each other. What’s a tandem partner? Es una persona (it’s a person) whose mother tongue is el idioma que tú estás aprendiendo (the language you are learning) and who is, in turn, learning your mother tongue. ![]() Mi segundo propósito de año nuevo (My second New Year’s resolution) is finding a tandem partner. ¡Eso puede parecer ser difícil! (That might seem hard!), pero el interés tiene pies -that’s an expression in Spanish that literally translates into “interest has feet” and is used to say that your interest and love for something should be enough for you to get things done! Second Resolution Now, listening to a podcast might seem pan comido (a piece of cake), pero implica encontrar un momento en el día para escucharlo sin interrupciones (but it entails finding a moment during the day to listen to it without being interrupted). Ya tengo mi lista de podcasts en alemán (I already have a list of German podcasts). IELTS tips & advice from a band 8.Mi primer propósito de año nuevo (my first New Year’s resolution) to improve my German skills is listening to a podcast episode in German por lo menos tres veces a la semana (at least three times a week). Write your answers in the comments at the bottom of this page. What activities or hobbies are you going to take up? I want to quit my job and start my own business. New Year’s resolutions related to work and money = stop feeling sad about someone from the past. I’m going to get over my ex girlfriend (or ex boyfriend). I’d like to spend more time with my wife (or husband.) I’d like to find a girlfriend (or boyfriend). The new year is a good opportunity to make efforts to find love. “outgoing” is the opposite of “shy.”) New Year’s resolutions related to love An outgoing person is a very confident person who likes to talk with lots of people. (“ outgoing” is also an adjective to describe a person. He/she enjoys the company of other people and enjoys talking to other people and doing fun things with them.) (“ sociable” is an adjective to describe a person. Your “social life” is everything related to going out, having fun and making friends. New Year’s resolutions related to social life In English, there is a very good structure to describe starting a new activity or hobby. New Year’s resolutions to start new activities and hobbies This year, I’m going to start getting up early. New Year’s resolutions to start good habits Stopping procrastination is therefore a very popular New Year’s resolution. Procrastinating is a very bad habit because the consequence is that we never do what is important. ![]() If I say “I’ll do it tomorrow”, but then never do it, I am procrastinating. To procrastinate = to delay doing important things. New Year’s resolutions to stop bad habits ![]() People are of course free to choose their own resolutions. The objective of New Year’s resolutions is to improve our lives. We promise ourselves to make some important changes during the new year. New Year’s resolutions are promises that we make to ourselves at the start of a new year. The word “resolution” is a noun that means “promise.” We say that we are going to “make a fresh start.” The new year is an opportunity to make changes in our lives. A new year is the opportunity for a new beginning in our lives. The beginning of a new year is the time to make some New Year’s resolutions. ![]()
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