So how long have you been studying your "new" language?

[chileno]

No entiendes?

And thanks for being here.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by chileno

No entiendes?

And thanks for being here.

I wanted to say (though I didn't get it ):

¿Que qué pasa?
Que estoy yo aquí para evitarlo.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I wanted to say (though I didn't get it ):

¿Que qué pasa?
Que estoy yo aquí para evitarlo.

What happens is that... = lo que pasa es que...

[bobjenkins]

Diez meses, ya estás listo para tomar una clase a la universidad El último paso, irme al España

[danny]

Originally Posted by chileno

That's good if he has the time.

However, if he can visualize the following, I think it will be of help:

I = Yo
You = Tú (Usted-Formal (respectful))
He = Él
She = Ella
It = Eso (It does not exist in Spanish as personal pronoun, it also is an neuter article)
We = Nosotros
You = Ustedes (LA), Vosotros (Spain) (not informal or otherwise)
They = Ellos

see things like the above make it kind of easier for me. it may not seem it, but compared to the last 2 times i tried to learn, i am and have learned a lot since the summer.

i have my spanish book from college but it is so confusing to me. it has tenses and plurals and so on...but it is in the shape of a boot, with all these columns and to me, it is impossible to even know where to start haha!

i copy just about everything you guys write and print it out to study.

yo querer hacer bien!!

[chileno]

Originally Posted by danny

see things like the above make it kind of easier for me. it may not seem it, but compared to the last 2 times i tried to learn, i am and have learned a lot since the summer.

i have my spanish book from college but it is so confusing to me. it has tenses and plurals and so on...but it is in the shape of a boot, with all these columns and to me, it is impossible to even know where to start haha!

i copy just about everything you guys write and print it out to study.

yo quiero hacerlo bien!!

Y lo vas a lograr.

Yo tuve que pasar por lo mismo que estás pasando tú, y me imagino que no sabes mucha gramática inglesa tampoco, al igual que yo no sabía la gramática española.

(el toro se olvida que una vez fue ternero... yo no olvido...)

[irmamar]

Maybe you should buy a good beginner's book.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Maybe you should buy a good beginner's book.

There are millions of those... as a matter of fact, I started on one. I am still at it...

[danny]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Maybe you should buy a good beginner's book.

do you think it would be easier than a spanish 1 college book?

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by danny

do you think it would be easier than a spanish 1 college book?

Well, there are many books with different learning quality. Maybe someone here is able to recommend a good book with a good methodology (well, somebody except Chileno -forgive me, Chileno - )

[CrOtALiTo]

There are encyclopedias in the internet where you can get a lot new words and an goods relates with stories truly wonderful, only it's need that you surf in the internet and well just I believe that with the search you'll find the you're finding.

[hermit]

Bién, hombre - todo progreso - how about "There are encyclopedias on the internet where you can get a lot of new words relating to wonderful stories; just surf the net and I believe you'll find what you're looking for."

¿Qué te parece? Es como, para hablar ingles hay que pensar en ingles, no? (Faltan tildes etc al 'edit')

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Well, there are many books with different learning quality. Maybe someone here is able to recommend a good book with a good methodology (well, somebody except Chileno -forgive me, Chileno - )

Nothing to forgive, but do not forget that I took about a year to accomplish what others have taken years...

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by chileno

Nothing to forgive, but do not forget that I took about a year to accomplish what others have taken years...

Eso demuestra lo inteligente que eres

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by hermit

Bién, hombre - todo progreso - how about "There are encyclopedias on the internet where you can get a lot of new words relating to wonderful stories; just surf the net and I believe you'll find what you're looking for."

¿Qué te parece? Es como, para hablar ingles hay que pensar en ingles, no? (Faltan tildes etc al 'edit')

Are you correcting me?


Only I was giving my own view point about the question.

If you have bothered with my commentary, then I'm sorry.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Eso demuestra lo inteligente que eres

Todo el mundo es inteligente. La flojera es otra cosa.

[CrOtALiTo]

The Flojera is different.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by chileno

Then, transcribe a novel in Spanish to English. Make it a point to speak aloud what you are translating.

Watch, movies, not TV, in Spanish without subtitles. Make it a point to not sleep through them :-)

And report often in this forums...

Eat, sleep and (blank) in Spanish.

DON'T DESPAIR!

I can assure you that in a couple of more months you will be even better than you are now, way better in comparison.

Estoy curiosa ... ¿debo traducir del español al inglés? ... o ¿debo traducir del inglés al español? Me parece que el posterior sería mejor, del inglés al español. ¿Qué piensas, Hernán?

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Estoy curiosa ... ¿debo traducir del español al inglés? ... o ¿debo traducir del inglés al español? Me parece que el posterior sería mejor, del inglés al español. ¿Qué piensas, Hernán?

Creo que del español al inglés (much easier )

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Creo que del español al inglés (much easier )

No quiero lo que es más fácil. Quiero lo que me haré aprender más español.