“Christopher Howard’s Guide to Costa Rican Spanish”
By Steve Silver
Special for Costa Rica Today
Christopher Howard first became fascinated by the Spanish language and culture while studying in Puebla, Mexico over thirty years. Mr. Howard’s latest 160-page guidebook reflects his
Daily Archives: March 6, 2008
Out of Sight Out of Mind
Fuera, the first and third person singular of the imperfect subjunctive form of the verbs “ir” ( to go) or “ser” (to be), is often used in many idiomatic expressions.
Here are a few of them:
¡Fuera! – Get out (leave)!
¡Fuera abajo! – Timber! (when a tree is cut).
¡Fuera bombas!
