spanish for beginners !

spanish for beginners !
 

Hola buenos tardes

I realise I am a little slower than my partner when it comes to learning - and quite shy when it comes to practicing speaking spanish but I still try. So I thought I would share with you some of my classic mistakes. I hope you find them as funny as my Spanish friends.

I introduced my friends daughter (hija) as her leaf (hoja)
I asked at at the bar for a tubo de claro (clear) instead of clara (shandy)
I asked in the village if anyone had seen my naughty pero (but) not perro (dog) - but can mean bottom in english.
I asked in the restaurant for campeones (champions) on my pizza not championes (mushrooms) and asked if i could have a side order of salida (exit) instead of ensalada (salad).

still 'if at first you don't suceed' :thinking:

love Ruby

The fact that you remember your errors shows to me that you are learning. This it not as futile as it seems.

Thank you Poli (muchas gracias Poli)

So all is not lost on me yet then !

Persevere. You can only get better from here. :) I've made my share of mistakes as well and I think we all have. Another good one is preservatives = conservadores, not preservativos, which means condoms. By the way mushrooms is champiñones.

Siempre he dicho setas. :)

Los champiñones de México (del francés champignon) son las setas de España y Centroamérica. Los dos son sinónimos. También se dice hongos o trufas (para 'países', los colores :)).

Hongo Portobello = Champiñón Portobello = Trufa Portobello = Seta Portobello
Trufa Blanca = Hongo Blanco = Champiñón Blanco = Seta Blanca

Shiitake = Chiitake = Chitake = Chitaque

Setas in Spain are what we call oyster mushrooms in USA
Champiñones are button mushooms in Spain.

No había oído la palabra seta antes. Gracias :)

Condom is the English word for condón or preservativo, Crotalito. That is what David said.

¿En Mexico se come una variedad de hongos? Aquí, antes la única gente que yo conocía que preparaba una variedad de hongos eran los chinos, pero ahora se vende una variedad. Sé que en Mexico se come huitlacoche y aquí (Nueva York por lo menos) huitlacoche se vende en latas nada más.

I think i need to practice much much more spanish per day to get as good as all of you. !!
¡Todo lo que puedo esperar es que un dia puede ser tan fluido como usted !

You know, my Spanish is far from perfect, and it has taken me years to get to the level where I am. I do not wish to discourage you by telling you this, because, after the initial drudgery of memorization and relearning
grammar (I never saw much practical use for it until I had to learn another language), the learning process became and remains pleasurable. I recommend sticking to it. Living in Spain is a great way to reinforce what
you learn in study, because you will be persuaded to put it to practical use right away.

You'll get there if you keep practicing. :)

Just so you're aware, ser fluido doesn't mean to be fluent. You would use that phrase to describe the property of a liquid.
A closer translation would be:
¡Todo lo que puedo esperar es que un día pueda hablar tan bien como ustedes!
Spain rendition:
¡Todo lo que puedo esperar es que un día pueda hablar tan bien como vosotros!

I agree that someone can say que quiere ser fluido en algún idioma, but it doesn't sound right. Suena calcado del inglés. I've been taught to use other words instead, and was only passing that information along. If I think someone speaks well, I say they speak well.

By definition, to be fluent means having the ability to express oneself readily and effortlessly. This means that someone's speech is suelto and fácil. So, even if someone knows all the words they need to express themselves, until they can use them without effort they are not fluent.
The second meaning applied to fluent is flowing or moving slowly; graceful.
The third meaning is flowing or capable of flowing; fluid.

Fluido se dice de las sustancias en estado líquido o gaseoso. This is the same as the third English definition above - fluid.
When applied to a language, fluido significa que el estilo del lenguaje es corriente (suelto) y fácil. This is the same as the first definition above.

The word fluent, as you used it in My mind is very fluent today is understandable, but is not something a native English speaker would normally say. If I were trying to describe a fluent mind, I would say flowing thoughts instead.

Claro que no. Todo el mundo comete errores, y así se aprende. Me han parecido muy graciosos tus ejemplos, pero nada del otro mundo, yo digo un montón de cosas raras tanto en inglés como en español. Pero siempre hay tiempo de mejorar.
Lo más importante es que estás motivado y quieres aprender.
Congrats!:):):applause: