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A really good way to learn Spanish is to use the Language Immersion extension for Google Chrome. It allows you to choose one of its supported languages (Spanish is one of them) and a level of difficulty. It then translates words and phrases on webpages you visit to the language, integrating them into the English sentences and paragraphs.
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What's your main weakness in spanish?
writeletters replied to Trellum's topic in Spanish Language | Discussion
My main issue with Spanish is the conjugation of verbs. It's hard to remember all the rules for the different modos and tenses. But I've found a very useful course on Memrise called 'Easy Spanish | Conjugation'. Its levels go through all sorts of tenses and pronouns. Very useful. -
Differences in Spanish from Country to Country?
writeletters replied to LSJ-8's topic in Spanish Language | Discussion
Argentinan people have rounder (or bigger sounds) whereas people of Spain have smaller sounds. This is actually a bit difficult to explain, but Spanish speakers of Spain often speak similarly to the French (as in way of speaking). Their Cs and Ss and Zs are pronounced 'th' rather than 's'. -
There's a Spanish television program called 'Extra' in which characters speak relatively slowly. It's also entertaining. It would help learners to get familiar with Spanish-speakers because it is completely Spanish (with some English related humour). You can watch it on Youtube.
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'Voy a comer' seems to me that all you are going to do is eat. If you say 'voy a ir a comer' it tells me that you are going to go elsewhere to eat. So if you use the first one, you're implying that you're only planning to do one thing, whereas with the latter option you are moving.
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:amazed: This has been really helpful! Thanks. The irregular verbs always annoy me though, like ir. I think the past tense of that is: fui fuimos fuisteis fueron I don't knwo the rest unfortunately.
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Gosh! That word gets me every time! It's because is means of or from, but it can be used in situations in Spanish when you wouldn't need them in English. So like the person before me mentioned; 'cerca de' translated to English - you probably wouldn't add an 'of' or a 'from', though it is still optional.
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I believe 'usted' is used when addressing someone older you as a form of respect. 'Tu' is an everyday word to converse with friends and family. This is what I learned at school.
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Be careful with your pronunication!!
writeletters replied to LinguaFranka's topic in Spanish Vocabulary
That's very true. Also, your tone of voice is insanely important! Like que has multiple meanings! It can be used a question or as a part of a regular statement sentence. Be careful of how you use words like these. -
Simply, luego means then and despues means after. They generally retain those meanings, and if in any scenarios they are used differently, you'll be able to pick up on those. But most simply they mean then and after.
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Moving to Spanish Speaking Country
writeletters replied to Lola's topic in Spanish Language | Discussion
I've never considered permanently living in a Spanish speaking country - because, OMG, that sounds awesome but I'd be a bit homesick for what I'm used to currently! I'd like to visit maybe even work there for a few months to a couple of years. That would be ideal for me. -
Why is Google Translate so bad at Spanish?
writeletters replied to A0130's topic in Spanish Language | Discussion
It's a machine which knows the definitions of words but not the actual meaning. Obviously Spanish speakers have created phrases and different ways of saying things which when literally translated are incorrect (that's what google does, it literally translates).