Eat my words

Sink your teeth into some restaurant-related language with Katie Jacoby As you can see from our recent gastronomy feature, Bogotá has a...

Giving thanks

Katie Jacoby takes a look at all the ways to say thanks in Spanish, wherever we’re from American and Canadian expats in Bogotá were...

The language of elections

[caption id="attachment_8484" align="aligncenter" width="960"] When elections care oming up, be sure you’re prepared with all the...

From dawn till dusk

[caption id="attachment_7991" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The amanacer, as some of you may know, can be as spetacular as this.[/caption] Katie...

Language bank

[caption id="attachment_7660" align="alignnone" width="610"] Time to take the big step forward and put away the piggy bank?[/caption] Katie Jacoby...

Safe word

[caption id="attachment_7291" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Scary and dark. Photo: GeorgePauwels CC BY 2.0[/caption] Katie Jacoby looks at crime...

On the run: running vocabulary in Spanish

[caption id="attachment_7225" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Go on, get out there and get some exercise![/caption] Katie Jacoby runs through all...

Come dance with me

[caption id="attachment_6975" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Estás siguiendo el ritmo? Photo: Edil Villa[/caption] Katie Jacoby spins you around...

Taxi-ing times

With Katie Jacoby’s taxi basics, you’ll never be lost for words in a cab again Taxi? Bike? Car? TransMilenio? Buseta? SITP? Walk? Or give it...

Spanish flu

[caption id="attachment_4866" align="alignright" width="610"] I caught a cold: tengo gripa, or estoy agripado, or me dio gripa. Photo: William...