Hola Yaprendices! Here's a helpful video on common sayings in Colombian Spanish. Check it out and share your favorite "Colombianismo" in the comments of this post!

Hola Yaprendices! Here's an "Españolistos" podcast episode that discusses Colombian culture! This one is best for intermediate to advanced learners. If you check it out - be sure to let us know in the comments what you learned!

¡Hola Yaprendices! This week's culture focus is el Español Colombiano! A common greeting in Colombian Spanish is "Qué hubo" - but it sounds more like "quibo"- so it's often spelled that way. This is simply a casual way to say "what's up?!" in Colombian Spanish. Today's challenge is to find an expression from this article and comment below what it means and why it stood out to you! For beginners- choose from this blog post here

Learn some new Spanish phrases and practice them here! Choose un dicho (a saying) from this list and comment on this post why you like it or how it's relevant to you! https://www.babbel.com/learn-spanish/intermediate/funny-mexican-sayings

Have you heard of this linguistic trend known as "leísmo" or "leísmo limitado"? It's basically, a technically gramatically incorrect use of the indirect object pronoun "le". It's so normalized that it's not really thought of as gramatically incorrect. It's more-so considered a linguistic trend. It's kinda like using "with" at the end of a sentence in English. If you speak English and learned grammar, you likely know that you shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition- but we tend to do it often anyway. Leísmo is when speakers use “le” instead of “lo” for a direct object (masculine, person). Gramatically correct Spanish: - Lo veo = I see him Spanish With leísmo: - Le veo = I see him Leísmo limitado is essentially a restricted/accepted version of this concept: - It's only used for masculine singular people - It's never used for things - You don't use it with feminine subjects So for example: - ✅ Le veo (him, a man) - ❌ Le veo (a book → not accepted) - ❌ Le veo (her → not accepted) If you are curious about learning more about this concept- I would check this thread out on this very topic. And definitely share what you learn about it in the community!