I forgot all.

[CrOtALiTo]

I've a twice of questions for you.

You're Spanish native then.
How you grasp don't forget the English when you don't write for a long time?

When I lift to pass two days, result that I tend to be confused with the words, sometimes I tend to forget them for a short time until I see them again, and it sincerely result bother for me.

Please if you can answer with sincerely, I will be grateful with you.

[Chris]

Today I was doing a lesson and confused cocina with comisa. So the sink was in the bathroom next to the shirt. lol I'm proud to say I had the grammar correct in my lesson though! In a different thread I mistook fuerte with fuentes.

Some words I don't think I will ever forget, some words I remember for a short time and some words I can't remember for the life of me. Then there are the words like I think you are talking about. The words that you know but can't think of them until you see them. Use it or lose it comes to my mind.

I for one will be glad when I can type my thoughts out in Spanish without much effort. I already think "Well if I would have studied Spanish harder in High School I'd be speaking it fluently." Or a half a year ago. Now I don't want to think back to this time 2 years from now and say "If I would have stuck with the hard stuff instead of giving up..."

[irmamar]

Practice will help you. And reading will help you to acquire new vocabulary. When I find a new word, I look it up in a dictionary, but I don't pay many attention. When I find it again, I look it up again. The third or fourth time I see the word again, I ask myself: 'What does this word mean?' But I check it again. Then, I can say I've fixed the word in my mind (looking it up a lot of times). Then I try to use it.

[CrOtALiTo]

Thank you for your answers and councils.

[irmamar]

I think that 'advices' would be better than 'councils'. But let natives to tell it to you.

[Elaina]

I think advice would be most appropriate and certainly better than councils.

[irmamar]

I've been taught that 'advices' is plural and, if you want to use it in singular (un consejo), it should be 'a piece of advice'. Am I wrong?

[Elaina]

Bueno, creo que "advice" siempre se escribe en singular. Es una de esas palabras puede significar una o muchas.

Nunca he escuchado el uso de "advices" en plural.

Advices se usaría en los siguientes ejemplos:

- El abogado aconseja que firme el contrato.
The attorney advices to sign the contract.
The attorney's advice is to sign the contract.

Pero creo que Malila o Rusty te pueden decir con certidumbre si esto es correcto.

Espero no haverte confudido mas.

[irmamar]

Tal vez sea en BrE. Tendría que mirar el libro, ahora tengo dudas también.

Gracias igualmente, Elaina.

[Tarential]

Originally Posted by Elaina

The attorney advices to sign the contract.
The attorney's advice is to sign the contract.

Actually, close but:
The attorney advises you to sign the contract.
The attorney's advice is to sign the contract.

[CrOtALiTo]

Yes I agree with you.
Irmamar.

The advice sound much better than the councils.
Thank you for the advice.

[hermit]

"Advices" as a noun, no good, use "advice" in all cases, singular and plural, BrE or anywhere else...

[CrOtALiTo]

Thank you Herbit.

I will do the word Advice.

Thank you for you advice.

[Jessica]

I have that kind of trouble too. I haven't been studying my Spanish lately and there are already some easy vocabulary I forgot -_-

if you practice more, maybe say it out loud, write it down over and over, you'll get much better.

[CrOtALiTo]

Yes, always I'm writing the words, so I can avoid forgot them.
And it tend to be bad study for me, because all the days I'm over the writing in my house and the laptop and I write much for don't forget the words and new words, always I'm studying loud with my brain for sometimes it's hard to me.

[Chris]

I for one am glad I don't have to learn English. "I caught a big bass!" he said with bass in his voice. They are spelled the same, have different meanings and sound different. Then there are words that sound the same but spelled different and have different meanings. Almost no one uses absolute correct grammar all the time. Lazy grammar. A lot of people pronounce a lot of words differently depending on what area they are from. It must be overwhelming for non native English speakers.

Spanish grammar is difficult, but I'm just a beginner. I hope I'll get better. Verbs are absolute torture. :/

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by hermit

"Advices" as a noun, no good, use "advice" in all cases, singular and plural, BrE or anywhere else...

That was the question, but I couldn't remember; advice, never advices. Thanks hermit.

[hermit]

You're quite welcome...

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Chris

I for one am glad I don't have to learn English. "I caught a big bass!" he said with bass in his voice. They are spelled the same, have different meanings and sound different. Then there are words that sound the same but spelled different and have different meanings. Almost no one uses absolute correct grammar all the time. Lazy grammar. A lot of people pronounce a lot of words differently depending on what area they are from. It must be overwhelming for non native English speakers.

Spanish grammar is difficult, but I'm just a beginner. I hope I'll get better. Verbs are absolute torture. :/

Yes I think the same that you.
The words with grammar, they become to be hard for a beginner and well, sometimes the grammar change all the time, therefore when I learnt a word with the correct grammar, the people sometime tend to change the word and I tend to confuse me with the same word for with a different meaning.

Yes Irmamar.
I would prefer use advice instead of advices

Thank you for your advice.

[Ramos]

The thing that worked with me is just repetition in order to memorize the word. When you first learn a word look up the definition, try it in a few sentences and just get used to the way it's said so you can pick it up when it's spoken. In english there's a ton of synonyms that different people use for the same basic word. It's really annoying