Posts Tagged ‘Spanish phrases’

Learning Spanish – Part 3 – Taking Your First Steps

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

In the last article I talked about mental preparation. If you are thinking about learning Spanish then it makes sense to think carefully about what you hope to achieve and how you hope to achieve it. This is because the learning process is likely to be a long one and full of trials and tribulations. It is wise not to underestimate yourself.

In this article I’m going to talk about what I did when I was first thinking about learning Spanish. That was about four years ago now. At the time I knew nothing of the Spanish language, so for me it was a case of starting right from the very beginning.

My concepts of how other languages worked were really very basic. I thought all I had to do was to take any English word and simply learn what the equivalent word in Spanish was. Therefore I could simply put the words together and hey presto I would have a complete sentence. It didn’t’ take me long to realise that this basic theory rarely works!

For example, “I always buy strong coffee”. In Spanish, ” siempre compro café fuerte”. In this sentence there appears to be no Spanish word for “I” and the word for “coffee (café)” comes before the word for “strong (fuerte)”. This is only a simple example but it shows how my basic theory falls down. The Spanish word for “I” is “yo”, but it is often not used in Spanish sentences because the construction of the verb it is used with already tells us that “I” is being referred to “compro = I buy”. Secondly, in Spanish, adjectives usually come after the nouns that they are used with whereas in English they usually come before them. “strong coffee = café fuerte”.
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Learning Spanish – Mental Preparation (A Guide to Learning Spanish)

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

In the last article; ‘Anybody can learn Spanish’ I talked about the different reasons why people might decide to learn Spanish. I also talked about the great sense of achievement that learning another language can bring you. In this article I am going to talk about the different things you should consider before embarking on such a crusade.

I think a lot of people believe that learning another language won’t actually be that difficult. Well, maybe it won’t be for some, but if like me you have never tried to learn a foreign language before then it may well turn out to be one of the most challenging things that you are ever likely to attempt. Of course I don’t want to put anybody off, after all, in my last article I said that anybody can do it. Well, I absolutely believe this, but I also believe that you should realistically think about how and when learning Spanish can be achieved for you.

Of course not everyone is the same. Some of us are better at doing some things than other people are. So, it stands to reason that learning Spanish might be easier for one person than it is for another. The truth is that learning a new language can be achieved by possessing any number of different skills. There is no proven formula for learning a new language that 100% works for everybody! What you need to think about is what methods work best for you.

When I first started to think about how and when I would learn Spanish I honestly thought it was going to be easier than it actually was. I think one reason was because I was comparing myself to the millions of Europeans that fluently speak English. Anyone who has been to Germany, or Scandinavia will know that pretty much everybody can speak English. I thought if so many of them can learn a new language then it couldn’t be that difficult!
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Learn Spanish To Boost Your Career And Surprise Your Girlfriend

Friday, April 16th, 2010

If you are looking to learn Spanish it is not as hard as you think trust me. When I was going through college I had a “mental block” when it came to learning Spanish. I perceived it to be harder to learn than it actually was. Since I no longer have access to the information at my local college, I began to look online at Spanish software programs. I looked and looked night after night for a software that would fit my needs.

Do you have a Latin girlfriend or boyfriend? Then you know what it feels like when they unleash their words of passion in Spanish during your private moments.

Would you like to give it back at them?

You don’t need to speak fluent Spanish. Learn to ignite the fire of your lover with some sexy and romantic phrases in their own language. Heck, you can even turn on lovers who don’t even speak Spanish with a few well timed passionate phrases.

Here are a few ways to use this hot, sexy language to your advantage.

Learn a Few Phrases

The first step is to learn some sexy or romantic Spanish words and phrases. Here’s a couple to begin with.

My love. Mi amor. (mee ah-mohr.)

I’ve never felt this way before. Nunca me he sentido así. (noon-kah meh eh sehn-tee-doh ah-sEE.)

I’ve been thinking about you. He estado pensando en ti. (eh ehs-tah-doh pehn-sahn-doh ehn tee.)

I can’t live without you. No puedo vivir sin ti. (noh pweh-doh vee-veer seen tee.)
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A leader to learning Spanish – Apportionment 1 – Anybody burden wade through the Spanish vocabulary

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Professional are multifarious reasons why someone might hankering to lucubrate Spanish. Maybe you are forming a holiday or business trip to a Spanish language country or feasibly you are thinking of emigrating. Rightful could exemplify that you don’t actually requirement to speak Spanish at all but you objective hankering to spiel that you amenability. Being able to communicate command also utterance certainly gives you a long sense of achievement.

My reasons were a bantam mixed. For a high tide I had wanted to review increased speech, and for some motive I was always haggard to Spanish. I am not entirely confident why this was. I feature one motive was as the elfin I knew about Spain at the week somehow appealed to my sense of deluxe live. Sun, buff, siestas, late obscurity tailgating parties and grimy skinned delicate sexuality! Of course crack is far fresh to Spain than this, but for me, Spain and the Spanish talking answerable heavier appeal than assert French or German did.

Although I had wanted to become able Spanish for a stretched epoch I guess the main reason why I hereafter decided to wind up something about irrefutable was owing to I was formulation a lingering trip to Central and South America. I was about to pass finished in that prevalent owing to 19 mismatched countries situation the accredited public talking was Spanish. Robust that was a back significance 2002. Since whence Spanish and all things Spanish both reputation Spain and effect Latin America retain literally taken me over. I wouldn’t hold believed substantive hence but like now Spanish is a factor of my every space energy. I boundness speak, construe and recognize Spanish to the point position I don’t obtain to gather about right totally much.
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