Hola Amigos--
This blog is my attempt to help myself learn Spanish before my upcoming trip to BA, Buenos Aires. Where I'll continue learning Spanish and also learn Tango dancing. Lots of learning going on!
I just started a spanish class that meets on Thursday nights with Dr. P at the local community college. We learned the first day that Spanish has many of words in common with English. Which should make things a bit easier. And that Spanish is one of 5 Romance languages all derived from Latin. Lots of people in the class seem motivated to learn and many with a multi-language background.
We learned that 85% of the Spanish verbs are regular, or have regular endings. The other verbs are semi irregular and the rest are irregular translated as you better memorize them!
Today I just got a package from Amazon with the 3 spanish books I ordered. Easy Spanish Phrase Book, See it & say it in Spanish and Easy Spanish Step-by-Step. They all look good. I just ordered the books on Thursday and got the books on Saturday. How do they deliver them so fast?
I also bought Benny's Fluent in 3 Months Plus online mishmash of language hacking. I really like Benny's take on learning languages. Just jump right in and don't be intimidated.
I also found some Learn Spanish youtube videos. Pro Spanish, it's nice and slow and I can speak. "No Tengo un animal."
So far so good.
Way to go Eric. Hope you do better than I. When trying to utter the Spanish phrase I had tried to memorize for hotel check in, the desk clerk asked me "Do you speak English?"
ReplyDeleteGreat story. I've gotten some funny looks already.
DeleteOr you could just watch Univision. Or telenovelas. And make sure to memorize the most common mistakes that English speakers make in Spanish. Hint: "Estoy embarazado" does NOT mean embarrassed, and it's not even possible correct, since it's impossible for a man.
ReplyDeleteI've been using google translate on my phone and it's great. I hope I don't make that mistake!
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