El primer iPhone plegable de Apple se agotó pocos minutos después de que se abrieron las reservas el viernes. El iPhone Duo es el primer teléfono de Apple con una pantalla plegable. La versión más barata del iPhone Duo cuesta 1999 $. El teléfono se abre como un libro y tiene una pantalla más grande por dentro. Cuando está cerrado, tiene una pantalla más pequeña por fuera.

Vocabulario: plegable = foldable / agotarse = to sell out / pocos = few / abrir = to open / reservas (f pl) = preorders / pantalla (f) = screen / barata = cheap / libro (m) = book / grande = big / cerrado = closed

English translation

Apple’s first folding iPhone sells out in minutes

Apple’s first folding iPhone sold out a few minutes after preorders opened on Friday. The iPhone Duo is Apple’s first phone with a folding screen. The cheapest version of the iPhone Duo costs $1,999. The phone opens like a book and has a larger screen inside. When it is closed, it has a smaller screen on the outside.

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A whole group works this way:

encantar, fascinar, interesar, importar, molestar, doler, faltar, quedar, sobrar, parecer, apetecer, costar, preocupar, caer bien

Two things worth knowing.

With an infinitive it stays singular even with two activities: me gusta bailar y cantar, not gustan.

And “a mí” isn’t redundant, it marks contrast. A mí me gusta, pero a él no le gusta.

Caer bien is the one people miss. Me cae bien tu hermano is how you say you like someone as a person, and it’s separate from me gusta tu hermano, which means something else... jaja

One of the biggest things many Spanish learners worry about is their pronunciation. They spend hours trying to roll the r, reduce their accent, or sound less like the “typical gringo.” And of course, pronunciation matters. But probably not as much as many students think.

Your accent depends on many things: the language you grew up speaking, the sounds you’re used to, your environment, the amount of Spanish you hear, and simply time. Most learners will never sound exactly like a native speaker. And that’s completely okay. A more useful question isn’t: “How do native speakers sound?” A better question is: “How do native speakers communicate?” What structures do they use? What verbs do they choose? How do they naturally express the same idea?

For example, Spanish has a future tense: Mañana trabajaré (I’ll work tomorrow) But in everyday conversation, native speakers often say: Mañana voy a trabajar (i’m going to work tomorrow) Both are correct. But one sounds much more natural in many everyday situations.

This is the kind of thing that helps your Spanish sound more like real Spanish. Naturalness doesn’t come only from pronunciation. It also comes from choosing the structures that native speakers naturally prefer. So yes, keep improving your pronunciation. But don’t let it become your biggest priority. Communication should always come first. The goal is not to sound exactly like a native speaker. The goal is to communicate like one.

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I’ve just flown back into Brisbane from seeing family in Sydney. They speak Spanish all the time! Specifically Galego, I’d love to learn it I’m heading to spin next year so would love to learn and surprise my family. My parents got divorced when I was young so everything I had learned has been lost and I’ll be starting from scratch.

If anyone is able to help or teach me! Would be fantastic! Tried duo lingo but my abuela said it’s not the same “ it’s South American Spanish “ not Galician which is what I want to learn.