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Old October 16, 2008, 12:51 PM
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New to Spanish

I've just begun a Spanish class, and am trying to get as much exposure to the language as possible.

My primary language is English but I live in Texas and we have a lot of people here who speak Spanish, so I think it would be very handy.

I have a lot of trouble with pronunciation, but then, a lot of people say that we Texans have that trouble with English! Hopefully, it'll get better.
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Old October 16, 2008, 01:03 PM
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The nice thing about Spanish is the pronunciation. Once you learn how, you can pronoun ANY Spanish word correctly.
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Old October 16, 2008, 01:27 PM
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Old October 16, 2008, 02:16 PM
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Hi

I live in Sun City in Georgetown, and a bunch of us old geezers are taking a Spanish class so we can try to communicate with a lot of people that work in the area. Wish me luck!

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Old October 16, 2008, 02:17 PM
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Thanks for the encouragement!
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Old October 16, 2008, 02:33 PM
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hey, I was just like you, doing Spanish for the first time (but I actually know some Spanish already )
and though I am kinda struggling, it isn't that bad.
You will find out that a lot of words look like the translation of English. Like, fantastic, fabulous, intellegent, and many more.
Good luck learning Spanish. It is hard for me but I still enjoy it.
Good luck with your class!!

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Old October 16, 2008, 02:34 PM
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The nice thing about Spanish is the pronunciation. Once you learn how, you can pronoun ANY Spanish word correctly.
That is not true for me. Some words I cannot pronounce very well.
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Old October 16, 2008, 02:43 PM
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I'm sure you can pronounce English much better than I could pronounce Chinese! Just look at the bright side - if both of us mispronounce our Spanish in the same way, at least we could understand each other - Verdad?
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Old October 16, 2008, 03:49 PM
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I'm sure you can pronounce English much better than I could pronounce Chinese! Just look at the bright side - if both of us mispronounce our Spanish in the same way, at least we could understand each other - Verdad?
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