Another newbie here
Hello all. The last of my Spanish learning was in high school, many decades ago.
I am starting to practice again , using Duolingo on my home PC, which is going well. While driving the other day I realized that I have two daily blocks of time, about 35 minutes coming and going, that I could be putting to use practicing Spanish. I have looked at iPhone apps for Spanish but am finding that they are interactive, ie. you need to look at the phone, type on it, etc which is impracticable when in a car. So what I am looking for is an app (podcast?), because I don't have CD capability, that would speak to me in Spanish followed with the English translation. Gracias! |
I'm using Duolingo too.
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Good morning.
I hope your staying here in the forums it can be wonderful. |
My friend has over 365 day streak on Duolingo. :banghead: I am at 1 day.
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Hello
I've just decided to learn Spanish too. I'm quiet excited and need advice and help. I'll say as much of this opening statement as i can in Spanish Hola Tengo que JUST DECIDED aprendo espaniol TOO. I'M QUIET EXCITED AND necisito ADVICE AND HELP. I'LL SAY AS mucho OF THIS abren...ING STATEMENT AS puedo en espaniol :) caps are the words i don't know spanish for. Feel free to correct my mistakes. Any advice what first thing i should learn is? Hello again everyone |
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Start by using simple constructions, mastering a concept here and then a concept there. Learning the role that an English word plays is very important. You can't translate the helping verb 'can' by selecting the noun 'lata' from the dictionary, for instance. You need to understand first and foremost that it is a conjugated form of 'to be able' and that it is followed the infinitive. Let's use the infinitive 'to see' (ver). The infinitive form of the helping verb 'can' is 'poder'. This gets conjugated and will always be followed by an infinitive, just like in English. Look at the difference between 'I see' (veo) and 'I can see' (puedo ver). In like manner, the auxiliary verb 'have' (infinitive: haber) is conjugated and followed by the past participle form of the verb when translating the present perfect form of the verb. For example, 'I have seen' (he visto). The verb 'have', which takes a direct object, is the infinitive 'tener'. "I have an arm" is "Tengo un brazo". Idiomatic expressions, where the entire group of words considered as a whole has a particular meaning, CANNOT be translated directly into Spanish. You either need to memorize the Spanish equivalent of the idiomatic expression or you need to convert the idea into non-idiomatic language. For example, Instead of learning the equivalent of "He kicked the bucket," simplify the idea to "He died" (Él murió) or "He has died" (Ha muerto él) (infinitive: morir). In that last example, the English word 'died' had two different Spanish translations. That's because the first was a preterit form of the verb and the other was a past participle form of the verb, which is used when conjugating a verb into the present perfect form (making use of the conjugated form of the auxiliary verb 'haber'). You most likely saw that I put the subject pronoun after the verb in the second case. Spanish allows that, but English doesn't. I hope I haven't discouraged you in any way. Learning how to use any foreign language first requires you knowing how your mother tongue works and then learning how the same concept works in the foreign language. |
Wow thanks guys.
Yes i've noticed word for word goes out the window. Something that blew my mind. I've now booked in a home tutor. I'm going to take lessons as i realise my brain has nearly exploded. Its hard |
Quedarse con eso.
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