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tk421 June 14, 2012 05:49 AM

Buenos días
 
¡Hola!

Me llamo Juan (john)

Yo quiero aprender español, no say mucho.

Estoy usar "pimsluer", "michel thomas" y "RS", por siete semanas.

Estoy escribiendo y leyendo no muy bien.

Estoy viendo television español en mi ordenador.

Adios para ahora.

(i know the above is terrible, but help would be welcomed)

Gracias.

Rusty June 14, 2012 08:31 AM

¡Bienvenido a los foros, John!
Quote:

Originally Posted by tk421 (Post 125647)
¡Hola!

Me llamo Juan (John).

Yo quiero aprender español. No sé mucho.

Estoy usando "Pimsleur", "Michel Thomas" y "RS" por siete semanas.
Better: Llevo siete semanas usando ...
Better: Hace siete semanas que uso ...
Better: Uso ... desde hace siete semanas.

Estoy escribiendo y leyendo no muy bien.
Better: No escribo ni leo muy bien.

Estoy viendo televisión española en mi ordenador.
Better: Veo televisión ...

Adiós por ahora.

(I know the above is terrible, but help would be welcomed.)

Gracias.

Many English-speaking students of Spanish overuse the present progressive tense (estoy usando, estoy escribiendo, estoy viendo, etc.). In Spanish, this tense expresses an action that is currently in process. If you convert your sentences to the present tense instead, they'll translate back into English just fine.

uso (present indicative tense)

Meanings:
I use
I do use
I'm using
I'll use (near future)

tk421 June 14, 2012 09:02 AM

Gracias.

Ayuda mas bienvenido.

You have given me lots to think about, i dont have any formal education worth talking about. I do feel if i start trying to form my own sentances with the little i have learnt, your corrections can only be of help.

Rusty June 14, 2012 09:33 AM

You're welcome.

There's an 'Accents' drop-down menu just above where you type. You can use it to insert all the special characters needed when typing in Spanish.

I'm not quite certain what you meant by 'Ayuda mas bienvenido', but perhaps you were trying to say 'help more than welcomed'. This is said 'Ayuda más que bienvenida'.

Asma June 15, 2012 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 125649)
¡Bienvenido a los foros, John!Many English-speaking students of Spanish overuse the present progressive tense (estoy usando, estoy escribiendo, estoy viendo, etc.). In Spanish, this tense expresses an action that is currently in process. If you convert your sentences to the present tense instead, they'll translate back into English just fine.

uso (present indicative tense)

Meanings:
I use
I do use
I'm using
I'll use (near future)

eso fue muy útil ! :)

CrOtALiTo June 17, 2012 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tk421 (Post 125647)
¡Hola!

Me llamo Juan (john)

Yo quiero aprender español, no say mucho.

Estoy usar "pimsluer", "michel thomas" y "RS", por siete semanas.

Estoy escribiendo y leyendo no muy bien.

Estoy viendo television español en mi ordenador.

Adios para ahora.

(i know the above is terrible, but help would be welcomed)

Gracias.


If you're going to watch the TV at least you can get the most advantage of the you are watching, you watch the Spanish TV so you will can get a few of the both languages.

tk421 June 21, 2012 03:14 AM

Vivo en una casa con mi esposa, se llama Jessie.
Nostros no tenemos hijos.

Me gusta ciclisimo, tengo dos bicicletas.

wrholt June 21, 2012 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tk421 (Post 125650)
...
You have given me lots to think about, i dont have any formal education worth talking about. I do feel if i start trying to form my own sentances with the little i have learnt, your corrections can only be of help.:thumbsup:

Yes! I did a lot of this when I was first learning Spanish, too. Playing with anything is a great way to discover what one can do with it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tk421 (Post 125796)
Vivo en una casa con mi esposa, se llama Jessie.
(Nosotros) no tenemos hijos.

Think back on the toddlers you've met who were still learning to speak. They are always trying to communicate with what little they know, and often surprise us with how inventive they are with it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tk421 (Post 125796)
Me gusta ciclisimo, tengo dos bicicletas.


Rusty June 21, 2012 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tk421 (Post 125796)
Vivo en una casa con mi esposa que se llama Jessie.
Nosotros no tenemos hijos.

Me gusta el ciclisimo. Tengo dos bicicletas.

Some (more) corrections.

tk421 June 23, 2012 04:42 AM

Thanks all again.

After eight weeks of listening to Spanish TV, I am now starting to hear a lot of the words.
I don’t understand most but it has stopped being just one long noise.

I am trying to learn Spanish spoken in Spain (Madrid), but my Pims and Michel Thomas is Latin American, but my RS is Spanish (Spain).

Somedays I think I am progressing then I come back and feel like I am going nowhere.

Michel Thomas and RS is just starting with the “esta” "estar" and that whole can of worms :)


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