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How do I say "i study Spanish"


chewy December 21, 2009 02:02 AM

How do I say "i study Spanish"
 
Hi,

How do I say " I study Spanish"?

I know if I study in school, will be Estudio en una escuela, so I try to form i study Spanish.

Is it "estudio Español"
or "estudio es Español"?

Thanks in advance. :D

Perikles December 21, 2009 02:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chewy (Post 65811)
Hi,

How do I say " I study Spanish"?

I know if I study in school, will be Estudio en una escuela, so I try to form i study Spanish.

Is it "estudio Español"
or "estudio es Español"?

estudio Español

chewy December 21, 2009 02:15 AM

Thanks Perikles! :D

So do we know when to use masculine article or feminine article? For cases like languages & study computer etc.

Perikles December 21, 2009 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chewy (Post 65815)
Thanks Perikles! :D

So do we know when to use masculine article or feminine article? For cases like languages & study computer etc.

@Chewy - I'm so sorry - I was half asleep when I posted, and I have changed my post!!. With languages, you do not use the article el or la. Often, you use these articles in Spanish when you don't in English, for example:

El vino es caro
Wine is expensive

There are general rules for genders of nouns, but you will just have to learn each word with its gender. :)

irmamar December 21, 2009 04:58 AM

Estudio español (small letter). ;)

Estudio idiomas, matemáticas, informática, ciencias, etc. (without article).

:)

Perikles December 21, 2009 05:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 65821)
Estudio español (small letter). ;)

Estudio idiomas, matemáticas, informática, ciencias, etc. (without article).

:)

Maybe I would have got it right after a few more posts. :banghead:

irmamar December 21, 2009 05:07 AM

Sometimes I think that our mind is always trying to deceive us. ;)

AngelicaDeAlquezar December 21, 2009 08:44 AM

When one says "estudio (un idioma)", the article is not necessary.

Estudio español.
Estudio portugués.
etc.

But the gender of the word is a masculin: "el español", "el portugués", "el francés", because it refers to "el idioma".

chewy December 28, 2009 08:01 AM

Thanks so it's Estudio español instead of the english way Estudio Español(wrong).
Thanks again

Fazor December 28, 2009 12:39 PM

Creo que puede usar 'Aprender' también. Por ejemplo: "Aprendo español" o "I learn spanish" en ingles.

AngelicaDeAlquezar December 28, 2009 08:12 PM

Right, Fazor: "estudiar", "aprender", "hablar", "enseñar", when followed by a language ("español", "inglés", "portugués", "alemán", "swahili", etc.) or as Irma said, a subject ("matemáticas", "geografía", "historia", "química", etc.).


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