Eco Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Yes, I know we have a thread for learning languages and some of the apps we use, however, I wanted a Spanish specific one. My goal in life is to speak Spanish, Arabic, French, Russian, and Chinese. Two of those I'm good one, another one I'm not bad at, but Spanish is my worst. So here we go. Does anyone have any good books they used to learn Spanish? I plan to sign up for iTalki and get a Spanish tutor, but just wanted to have a place where I can ask some questions and have those who know the language. ¡Vamos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Following. As I am adding Spanish to my list of languages this year. One of my life plans is to spend a few months going through the America's and would love some basic Spanish. Which brings me to point two; how different are latin Spanish and Spanish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 6 minutes ago, Anton said: how different are latin Spanish and Spanish? There are differences in colloquial words from Castillian Spanish (that's the Spanish in Spain) and Latin American Spanish. But I wouldn't bother searching to learn a Latin American based version of Spanish as from each Latin American country to another, their colloquial words change dramatically and what you'd be searching for is to simply be able to communicate cleanly which means Castillian Spanish will be understood perfectly all over the Latin American continent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserker Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Ask away girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 Well I will be heading to the bookstore later to pick up some materials to go through. I'm sure once I'm able to get a firm handle on it that my accent will be similar to that of Mexico's as we have so many Mexicans here in Atlanta. It's one reason why I think Spanish would be an easy new language, as finding language partners is as easy as stepping out of my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserker Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 6 minutes ago, Eco said: Well I will be heading to the bookstore later to pick up some materials to go through. I'm sure once I'm able to get a firm handle on it that my accent will be similar to that of Mexico's as we have so many Mexicans here in Atlanta. It's one reason why I think Spanish would be an easy new language, as finding language partners is as easy as stepping out of my house. Pinche calvo wey! There, i have given you your first lesson on Mexican Spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Berserker said: Pinche calvo wey! There, i have given you your first lesson on Mexican Spanish. I'll translate that for him mate... "Which way to the nearest hairdressers if you please sir" Which is rather cruel on our hairless friend!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Berserker said: Pinche calvo wey! There, i have given you your first lesson on Mexican Spanish. No seas weon pe, el español peruano es el mas neutro y mas facil para entender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserker Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 2 minutes ago, SirBalon said: I'll translate that for him mate... "Which way to the nearest hairdressers if you please sir" Which is rather cruel on our hairless friend!!! Don't do the homework for him, we want him to learn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 4 minutes ago, Teso Dos Bichos said: Weon pe? What the fuck... fujimori fucked that country up big time Ha, to be fair to you, you know something. Shame that you don't realize that we've actually grown as a nation since the Velasco era where we really were a mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I spoke Spanish/English to a woman from Sevilla a few days ago. Managed to tell her that I'm from Australia and I'm slowly learning Spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 22 hours ago, Eco said: Yes, I know we have a thread for learning languages and some of the apps we use, however, I wanted a Spanish specific one. My goal in life is to speak Spanish, Arabic, French, Russian, and Chinese. Two of those I'm good one, another one I'm not bad at, but Spanish is my worst. So here we go. Does anyone have any good books they used to learn Spanish? I plan to sign up for iTalki and get a Spanish tutor, but just wanted to have a place where I can ask some questions and have those who know the language. ¡Vamos! Michel Tomas is a great linguist. You could always read Don Quixote alongside the English translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 On 21/06/2017 at 1:05 AM, Eco said: Yes, I know we have a thread for learning languages and some of the apps we use, however, I wanted a Spanish specific one. My goal in life is to speak Spanish, Arabic, French, Russian, and Chinese. Two of those I'm good one, another one I'm not bad at, but Spanish is my worst. So here we go. Does anyone have any good books they used to learn Spanish? I plan to sign up for iTalki and get a Spanish tutor, but just wanted to have a place where I can ask some questions and have those who know the language. ¡Vamos! https://www.thespanishblog.com/ This is a great site and she provides a lot of different courses, which helped me big time when I first started studying Spanish about 7 years ago(it's been a while now though, so it's getting rusty!). I think she charges a small fee for her full courses now . They were free when I downloaded them all(I'm guessing there are even more now), although It won't cost much and will most likely just require a small donation, which she will use to keep running her site, as opposed to making money off it. As for books, there is a brilliant one called "Palabra por palabra", which A level students use at Uni. It has tons of useful stuff in there. Even things such as "to sniff cocaine" or "to inject heroin". Obviously you won't be venturing around trying to score heroin anytime soon, but it's nice to know everything if you want to truly learn a language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Profesor Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 On 2017-6-20 at 9:05 PM, Eco said: Yes, I know we have a thread for learning languages and some of the apps we use, however, I wanted a Spanish specific one. My goal in life is to speak Spanish, Arabic, French, Russian, and Chinese. Two of those I'm good one, another one I'm not bad at, but Spanish is my worst. So here we go. Does anyone have any good books they used to learn Spanish? I plan to sign up for iTalki and get a Spanish tutor, but just wanted to have a place where I can ask some questions and have those who know the language. ¡Vamos! I think it depends on your goal. If you want a spanish certificate, I´d suggest you enroll in a language school to learn castellano and not the latin american spanish variations you´ll find if you try to learn on yourself in the United States. That will not help you in those tests. As for good spanish grammar books, "Suenã", published by the Universidad de Alcalá and Editorial Anaya, is the best I´ve used when I was studying spanish. Bit off-topic, but I find many mexican-americans a bit over the top and obnoxious. Everything from Mexico is better in their eyes, it´s quite annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 1 hour ago, The Rebel CRS said: https://www.thespanishblog.com/ This is a great site and she provides a lot of different courses, which helped me big time when I first started studying Spanish about 7 years ago(it's been a while now though, so it's getting rusty!). I think she charges a small fee for her full courses now . They were free when I downloaded them all(I'm guessing there are even more now), although It won't cost much and will most likely just require a small donation, which she will use to keep running her site, as opposed to making money off it. As for books, there is a brilliant one called "Palabra por palabra", which A level students use at Uni. It has tons of useful stuff in there. Even things such as "to sniff cocaine" or "to inject heroin". Obviously you won't be venturing around trying to score heroin anytime soon, but it's nice to know everything if you want to truly learn a language. Nice! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I'm using duolingo to learn Spanish...good to pick simple stuff up but also difficult to remember without being visually prompted. Yo soy el nino Yo soy la nina Como bebe leche La nino come pan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 5 minutes ago, Teso dos Bichos said: La niña come El niño come el bebe toma leche The girl eat?? The boy eat?? the drink ??? milk??? Como = I Come = Him/her Comes = you/they?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted September 25, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted September 25, 2017 Yo como Tu comes Él/ella come Nosotros comemos Vosotros coméis Ellos/ellas comen El bebe toma leche = Baby drinks milk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 6 minutes ago, nudge said: Yo como Tu comes Él/ella come Nosotros comemos Vosotros coméis Ellos/ellas comen El bebe toma leche = Baby drinks milk. Toma = baby? The first three I understand, the second three I'm yet to learn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted September 25, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted September 25, 2017 Just now, Danny said: Toma = baby? The first three I understand, the second three I'm yet to learn El bebe = baby Toma is a conjugation of the verb "tomar" which means "take" (or in this case, "drink") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserker Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 12 minutes ago, Danny said: Toma = baby? The first three I understand, the second three I'm yet to learn Second three: We eat You eat They eat I'm surprised you know this much about Spanish, Nudge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted September 25, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted September 25, 2017 8 minutes ago, Berserker said: Second three: We eat You eat They eat I'm surprised you know this much about Spanish, Nudge. Haha, I studied it for two years at uni and was actually fluent back then. Still understand 90% of the things I read, but my speaking skills are sadly gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 @Danny I know you're just learning but I couldn't help but laugh at some of your guesses Toma = baby over Bebe. Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Duolingo said bebe meant drink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted September 25, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted September 25, 2017 Beber = drink (bebe is a conjugated form, e.g. él bebe agua = he drinks water) El bebe = baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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