How long do you think it would take to learn spanish?
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I worked in a factory for a couple months with a bunch of Mexicans. I learned how to speak and understand a lot of Spanish.
Although in writing I really have no idea what's going on, but I can put together enough wrds to get what I'm trying to say across.
So in retrospect, it's one of the easier languages.
Although in writing I really have no idea what's going on, but I can put together enough wrds to get what I'm trying to say across.
So in retrospect, it's one of the easier languages.
I really don't know which way is the best, to be honest. I took four years of Spanish in high school and became really pretty good at it (or so everyone told me
), but now (two years later) I feel it slipping it away...whatever you do, you just have to use it and use it often. you live in the US and you don't think you can immerse yourself in spanish? Haven't you noticed a bunch of short people moving into your town that look like south american indians from a history textbook?
moving to california or texas may help
If I remember there's a website that will teach you for free. But, you can do what I did except use tapes.
Get the word in your head and it's meaning, etc. and repeat it, do that with 3-4 words a day, each day reviewing all the previous words you learned and then learning 3-4 new ones.
Do this at work and you will be all set, in my experience.
Get the word in your head and it's meaning, etc. and repeat it, do that with 3-4 words a day, each day reviewing all the previous words you learned and then learning 3-4 new ones.
Do this at work and you will be all set, in my experience.
45+ years,
i can speak/understand about 7 words,
Agua.=water
si=yes
no=no
habla=understand/speak
no habla espanola,=lazy American,=me.
oh and I know a couple nasty words,LOL.
i can speak/understand about 7 words,
Agua.=water
si=yes
no=no
habla=understand/speak
no habla espanola,=lazy American,=me.
oh and I know a couple nasty words,LOL.
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Time to resurrect this thread. I want to learn Spanish. There are lots of courses on cd out there. Has anyone had experience with these. Can you reccomend one?
Pimsleur language tapes are really good. I used them to learn basic German, and they are a 3 month program. It certainly helps to immerse yourself in it though, and tapes will only get you so far. It takes years to build up a large vocabulary as well, if you need to talk at a significant level of sophistication.
I've been using this company and they are very good. They have the video, audio, etc..
Check them out.
This site looks interesting. It's the word association principal... Like monkey is mono so imagine a monkey with a monocle... etc... nice voice sample on the site..
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imo it's best to take a class. you need to be able to practice speaking to another person, not just rote memorization of words and phrases like you'd get from a book or tape.
Yes Pimsleur Tapes/CD's are IMO the best self learning lang materials money can buy. And a price to match unfortunately (retail price is well over $200 for a 15 cd set, and there are three sets- level 1, 2, and 3). But they may be had at your local library- that's how I discovered them when I was living in northern Alabama. You might try several libraries if need be. If not, the cheapese place I know that sells them is www.bigredgarage.com (I can vouch for them having bought from them once). If you're concerned about dropping alot of money on something you're not sure about, pimsleur also offers starter sets for cheap (I think $20 to $50), and last I remember, you can get a rebate if you later decide to get a full set.
After those 3 sets, I recommend the "Side by Side Bilingual Books" series (also discovered at the 'brary). For example:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de...844208124/104-6497724-4891159?v=glance
which is the book I own, but there are others.
Also, a really good way for lang learning is closed-caption television (i.e. Spanish lang tv programs with spanish subtitles). If you're living in America it may be difficult to set that up, so maybe you can cut a deal with someone overseas to record programs for you for compensation. DVD's may be another option. For example, Apollo 13 has Eng/SP dubs and subs, but the subs don't match the dub unfortunately. But I think if you order "native" overseas DVD's, the subs will match. Worried you can't play them? Don't! Use this freeware (formerly payware!) for windows:
http://www.remoteselector.com/
Even if you're drive isn't region free it works- I can vouch for it.
After those 3 sets, I recommend the "Side by Side Bilingual Books" series (also discovered at the 'brary). For example:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de...844208124/104-6497724-4891159?v=glance
which is the book I own, but there are others.
Also, a really good way for lang learning is closed-caption television (i.e. Spanish lang tv programs with spanish subtitles). If you're living in America it may be difficult to set that up, so maybe you can cut a deal with someone overseas to record programs for you for compensation. DVD's may be another option. For example, Apollo 13 has Eng/SP dubs and subs, but the subs don't match the dub unfortunately. But I think if you order "native" overseas DVD's, the subs will match. Worried you can't play them? Don't! Use this freeware (formerly payware!) for windows:
http://www.remoteselector.com/
Even if you're drive isn't region free it works- I can vouch for it.
Forgot to mention- the pimsleur series have a pretty high resale value, so after finishing a set you can sell it on ebay if you wind up having to buy them all. Probably most people will have backed up the cd's or mp3'd 'em before doing so, but I have no comment on that.
Try watching Dora the explorer. Which also airs in spanish on saturday morning!
Or you could try dating a Latin girl!
Spanish is a very simple language. And the best part is that you read and write works just as they sound, no tricky pronunciation.
Or you could try dating a Latin girl!
Spanish is a very simple language. And the best part is that you read and write works just as they sound, no tricky pronunciation.
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