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I need to learn Spanish

#22
Hey BB, there were some obvious grammer mistakes there but its no biggie Im probably gonna make quite a few. My spanish sucks despite the fact Im half Cuban and grew up in Miami.

One big thing is that in most cases the adjective goes after the noun.

Pretty Lady = Mujer Bonita

Oh, and Pause is right. Ive lived in Miami, Fl for 18 years and Ive visted San Fransisco a few times and Miami is more hispanic.

Here are some important phrases:

Hola, me llamo -------.

Donde esta las ninas bonitas?

Lamma la policia!

Su madre es un mono.

Me duele los juevos.

Pantalones son el diablo.

Me gusta los pendejos.

Peace
Nick
 
#29
Papersen said:
You´re on the right path KB.
BTW, the phrase you´ve written is one of the few ones properly done.

Most of the other ones are horrendous !

Si necesitas ayuda, solo avisame.

Papersen
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I don't speak spanish, so I used Alta Vista's BableFish translator, notorious for being less than accurate. By less than accurate, I mean it may or may not be running your requested phrase through Klingon before it gets to the destination language.
 
#32
Basstriaxis, one of the best ways to learn Spanish is to watch the Spanish language telenovelas. Honest. At first you won't understand a thing, but if you are persistant and watch the show every day, you will begin to learn what is going on and begin to hear phrases.

The beauty is that telenovelas are PURE conversational Spanish. They use the real language and not artificial sentences you see in beinner Spanish books or Spanish for travelers.
Also, the telenovelas are in Mexican and Latin American Spanish, not the classical Spanish of Spain. As you will be in California, you will be far less likely to hear Spanish from Spain. Be aware that it has a substantially different pronunciation.

Telenovelas are super dramatic--lots of exaggerated and excessive crying, extreme romanticism and horrible villains. Too, a typical telenovela lasts only six months or so, whereas American soap operas last generations. But the hyper-dramaticism makes hearing and understanding the language better, because the facila expressions are exagerated and the speaking is so intense, so that helps you figure out what is going on.

Believe me, this is the real everyday conversational Spanish spoken by men, women and children, so you hear it as it is spoken and not the way a text book CD would read a word or phrase for you to repeat aloud, often with no feeling or expression.

When I lived in Brazil, Brazilian telenovelas helped me learn Portuguese and when I lived in Venezuela, Spanish telenovelas were a tremendous help in learning to hear and speak Spanish.

You can watch telenovelas on Telemondo and Univision.
 
#35
Nick man said:
One of those Telenovelas (cant remember the name, one of the main charachters was a nun) was filmed in my highschool.

They used my school as the convent. :D

Peace
Nick
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Was it the convento in "Carita de Angel" about a nun who leaves the convent to marry the father of one of her students--a marriage that resulted largely from Carita's own efforts to unite the couple in matrimony so she would have a simpatica mother to replace the one who died.
 
#36
Boplicity said:
Basstriaxis, one of the best ways to learn Spanish is to watch the Spanish language telenovelas. Honest. At first you won't understand a thing, but if you are persistant and watch the show every day, you will begin to learn what is going on and begin to hear phrases.


You can watch telenovelas on Telemondo and Univision.
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I wish... but I don't have a TV. Nor do I want one. :ninja:
 
#38
Brendan said:
I've always wanted to learn Japanese, though. Call it fanboy, but I'd really like to be able to watch Japanese movies (like "Shall We Dance?" "Battle Royale" "Audition", et al) and anime without having to deal with the subtitles, or worse, dubbing. You lose so much of the story and so many nuances witht the language barrier, I figure it'd be worth it to learn Japanese.
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we're learning japanese instead of french next year :smug:

we love our progressive education
 
#39
Move to a Spanish speaking nation for a year. My uncle did that when learning German, he went to Switzerland with no knowledge of the language. He stayed for two years and is now totally fluent. You have to learn the language to eat. ;)

I know a little bit of Spanish, but only what I learned in two High School Spanish classes. I got a D the first time, and only a C after I took it again. :D
 
#40
Even though you may do well in a language in school, it takes alot of practice to match a native speaker.

My old Spanish teacher once told me that no one really understands a second language until they can argue in it.

La mejor razon de aprender hablar Espanol: Mujeres Espanolas!
Las mujeres mas hermosas del mundo. ;)

Miremos su cara de nuevo. Ustedes saben de quien estoy hablando.

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Yamila is so gorgeous. But she will never be mine. :(

Mike :D
 

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