Spanish Basics
Basic conversational Spanish
Course Descriptions SPN101 First Year Spanish, Term 1 Introduces the Spanish language (including listening, speaking, reading and writing) and Hispanic culture (including geography, customs, daily life, heritage and literature), facilitated by the study of vocabulary, grammar, short readings and guided…
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Basic grammar rules
But those people have probably never studied it. Yes, Japanese is very different from English and other Western languages. The writing system is different, the grammar is different and the sentence structure is different. But it isn’t really that hard. Here are a few reasons why it’s actually easier to learn than other languages: There are only two main tenses: present and…
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Spanish language Basics
Politely ask ¿Cómo está usted? This question translates literally into “How are you?” Cómo means “how.” Está is the third person singular conjugation of the verb “estar, ” meaning “to be” in a temporary sense. Note that you would not use the “to be” verb “ser, ” since “ser” implies a permanent condition. Usted is a third person singular noun meaning “you.” It is considered…
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Learning basic Spanish words
In this free audio lesson, you will learn common Spanish question words. We ll give you a whole list of helpful interrogative words so you can start asking questions in Spanish. Note the upside-down question mark at the beginning of each question can you write it? Common Spanish Question Words There are many helpful words to enable you to ask questions in Spanish. The most…
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Learning Spanish Basics
1. General Consonant Issues All Spanish consonants follow strict rules for the sounds they make, and there are few exceptions. The sound a consonant makes only changes when it’s combined with certain consonants and vowels—and even this is fairly straightforward. There aren’t nearly as many combinations and irregularities as there are with English sounds. While many consonants…
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Learn basic Spanish
It’s four in the afternoon as I sit in the Gómez’s living room, up on the seventh floor of their apartment building in the eastern outskirts of Madrid. The year is 2011, and young Rodrigo is dancing around in his chair as I try to get him to focus on our English lesson. “Rodrigo, how old are you?” I ask the energetic boy. “I’m fine, and you?” he answers quickly, almost robotically…
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How to speak basic Spanish?
It’s to learn how to speak Dominican Spanish! Dominican Spanish & basic expressions are essentially a mix of Spanish and English. Over the course of the last few years we have been teaching you how to learn every different dialect of Spanish. I received a ton of feedback in regards to my statement that Chile speaks the worst Spanish. That isn’t entirely true especially…
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How to speak Spanish Basics?
For whatever reason, maybe after watching Evita or tasting your first empanada (meat-filled pastry), you’ve decided to take on Argentine Spanish. Congratulations: You’re about to adopt one of the most peculiar Spanish accents and vocabulary in the book. So why go through the trouble, you may ask yourself. Why Bother Learning Argentine Spanish Slang? For one, the sheer level…
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Basics of Spanish
Easy, but important…and often skipped. That’s how I’d put this. We all have a certain set of manners ingrained in us since birth by our society that we do automatically, things you do to be considered polite (e.g. saying “please” and “thank you” when appropriate, not cutting people off at the exit to a building, not cutting in line, etc.), and Spanish and English speaking cultures…
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