Strombo hable el espanol se necesita

[Steve Stromboli]

yo estudie.....muestre me el espanol to ingles
i am taking spanish in college and am having hard time learning. can anyone help or give tips on easier way to pick up? sorry for english....

[Bird]

what are you having trouble with ?

[Steve Stromboli]

what are you having trouble with ?
well, i am just learning basic stuff, but all through high school i had a hard time studying/retaining information. and i already have a big test lined up for next week. i look over the same info about 4-5 times and can't remember a later on. i took spanish in high school and was failing so i dropped it, but i need to do good/pass in college because it's required. if spanish is a secondary language, what helped you learn?

[Dewey's Diva]

fvsocal habla espanol. Mi espanol es muy mal.

Buenos tardes. Feliz fin de semana.

[Steve Stromboli]

i got fvsocal speak spanish. your spanish is very ......guessing poor. good afternoon.....merry who knows

[Steve Stromboli]

i wish i knew some spanish speaking people.....unfortunately i don't

[Bird]

fvsocal habla espanol. Mi espanol es muy mal.

Buenos tardes. Feliz fin de semana.


you have a good weekend too, Rachel .

[Steve Stromboli]

buenos noches until tomorrow........help, advice will be appreciated.

[Bird]

well, i am just learning basic stuff, but all through high school i had a hard time studying/retaining information. and i already have a big test lined up for next week. i look over the same info about 4-5 times and can't remember a later on. i took spanish in high school and was failing so i dropped it, but i need to do good/pass in college because it's required. if spanish is a secondary language, what helped you learn?


dont overwhelm yourself. say them phonetically. you can work on pronouciation later.

[kneespiper]

yo estudie.....muestre me el espanol to ingles
i am taking spanish in college and am having hard time learning. can anyone help or give tips on easier way to pick up? sorry for english....

it's always good to hook up with a native speaker... learned russian in a year... immersion within the language will always help

[k594]

allí alot de mexicanos aquí en el desierto donde vivo, aunque todos hablen inglés de todos modos

[Steve Stromboli]

i would love to submerge myself with a spanish speaker, but i don't know any, and it's a 3 1/2 month class. (semester) i think i might be ok, it just sucks when you look over part of the test for an hour and remember next to none of it.

[Falero]

Hola gente...

Steve, I have studied spanish and some other stuff so I got a little experience on learning stuff like that.

What you want to do is to write down the three regular verbforms (-ar,-er,-ir verbs) and the rules on how to apply them.
At the same time, learn the common nonlinear verbs like "ir", "ver", "estar", "ser" etc. When you have all of these down, it becomes monumentally easier to learn new spanish, you can learn a lot of new words and place them in sentences at once, and learn a lot faster by doing it.

The first glossary you wanna learn is basic adjectives (nice, bad, tall, fat, old etc), quantities/numbers, time/dates and location/orientation (left, right, far, here, that, those etc)

The best formula I´ve used. It works!

[Dewey's Diva]

Hola gente...

Steve, I have studied spanish and some other stuff so I got a little experience on learning stuff like that.

What you want to do is to write down the three regular verbforms (-ar,-er,-ir verbs) and the rules on how to apply them.
At the same time, learn the common nonlinear verbs like "ir", "ver", "estar", "ser" etc. When you have all of these down, it becomes monumentally easier to learn new spanish, you can learn a lot of new words and place them in sentences at once, and learn a lot faster by doing it.

The first glossary you wanna learn is basic adjectives (nice, bad, tall, fat, old etc), quantities/numbers, time/dates and location/orientation (left, right, far, here, that, those etc)

The best formula I?ve used. It works!

Take what Falero says about language as Gospel. The kid speaks like five languages!!!!

[VMA]

Same applies to portuguese, what falero said.

[Steve Stromboli]

muy bien....this threads needs to be famoso with help. i will def use your advice falero. currently looking at the test material now.

[Steve Stromboli]

cero, uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez, once, doce, trece, catorce, quince, dieciseis, diecisiete, dieciocho, diecinueve, veinte, veintiuno, veintidos, veintitres, etc.....treinta, treinta y uno, treinta y dos, etc.
red-rojo, pink-rosado, black -negro, brown-color cafe, yellow-amarillo, white-blanco, gray-gris, orange-anaranjado, purple-morado, blue-azul, green-verde. tall-alto, short-bajo, dark skinned-moreno, pleased to meet you-mucho gusto, ?como se llamo?....me llamo steve ...........so far that is what i have learned since yesterday. that's one part of the test, now i need to learn greetings, and common words (blonde, short, tall, fat, etc.) i still need to get mi, me and that stuff down. i have the test thursday. progressing fairly well.

[Johnny Baboontags]

Falero teaches Steve Stromboli spanish, but he can teach him how to love....

[Dewey's Diva]

Falero teaches Steve Stromboli spanish, but he can teach him how to love....

You used to be muy bien in espanol. Got nothing to offer today, Delta? ;)

[Johnny Baboontags]

que es eso Raquel??? te quieras mis cajones grande, senora? Claro que si, los quieras


pero tengo un....come se dice.....condición médica


cuando usted dijo eso, tenia un accidente muy horrible en mis pantelones!!!! aye de mi! necessito mas pantelones rapidamente!!!

[Johnny Baboontags]

falero es muy guapa, y el tiene una zapateria....

[Johnny Baboontags]

:)

[Steve Stromboli]

can i get spanish to enlgish or english to spanish interp......also i have about half of the test down......studied for about an hour and a half today. now i got the other half to learn. hopefully i don't forget any.

[Steve Stromboli]

?como esta usted? can someone post general greetings.......buenos noches, buenas tardes etc. i can't remember when o and a are used etc. i mean it's in my book, but it might be easier to do it on here and learn.

[Falero]

falero es muy guapa, y el tiene una zapateria....

*guapo

[Steve Stromboli]

*guapo
i'm handsome

[Falero]

cero, uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez, once, doce, trece, catorce, quince, dieciseis, diecisiete, dieciocho, diecinueve, veinte, veintiuno, veintidos, veintitres, etc.....treinta, treinta y uno, treinta y dos, etc.
red-rojo, pink-rosado, black -negro, brown-color cafe, yellow-amarillo, white-blanco, gray-gris, orange-anaranjado, purple-morado, blue-azul, green-verde. tall-alto, short-bajo, dark skinned-moreno, pleased to meet you-mucho gusto, ?como se llamo?....me llamo steve ...........so far that is what i have learned since yesterday. that's one part of the test, now i need to learn greetings, and common words (blonde, short, tall, fat, etc.) i still need to get mi, me and that stuff down. i have the test thursday. progressing fairly well.

Sounds good.
Remember that "llamo" etc means I [do something], ie the o is I-form.
So como se llama is the correct form for what is your(third persons) form.
Polite approach to questions: you call the person "usted" and not "you".
You only use "you" in tu-form when talking to friends and such.
You would say como se llama when meeting a new adult person or a senior.
You would use como te llamas when you forget your friend´s name when drunk on an airport in Costa Rca.

It´s basically like this for ar verbs...

me ..-o
te ..-as
se ..-a
nos ..-os
vos ais ..-
eles ..-an

Learning how to distuingish between esto esta(this,masculine and feminine forms) ese esa(that, m & f) is crucial.
As the location/orientation/room words

isquierda - left
derecha - right
aqui - here
alli -there
bajo -under
al lado de - next to
en frente de - in front of
detras - behind

etc.

Remember the greetings. An alternative to mucho gusto is "encantado", very common.

When asking a friend of yours how they´re doing, you can ask que tal?
(what´s up, basically)
You can respond "que tal lo bien" (it´s cool), the lo means "it", you will encounter that later though. You can also just say "lo bien" or even "bien".
Remember that when counterasking "y tu"(and you), you will ask "y usted" if it´s a senior or similar adult andor unknown person.

[Falero]

?como esta usted? can someone post general greetings.......buenos noches, buenas tardes etc. i can't remember when o and a are used etc. i mean it's in my book, but it might be easier to do it on here and learn.

I listed some

Basically there are feminine and masculine words which will have different endings. They come naturally after a while.

A male foreigner would be a gring-o while a female would be gring-a.

Dia(day) is el dia(masculine) and prompts a buenos(the "s" at the end comes from there being a plural of days) while noche(night) is la noche and prompts buenas.

Most words that end in -a or -as(when more than one in Quantity, plural) are feminine and those that end in -o or -os are masculine, but some words are nonlinear like "dia" mentioned above, and being asculine when having an -a at the end. And vice versa. You´ll just have to learn those by hand.

a good translator for text:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Don´t use this for translating work for you, only phrases and help. It gives messed up translations to sentences.

[Falero]

i'm handsome

Great.

[Steve Stromboli]

I listed some

Basically there are feminine and masculine words which will have different endings. They come naturally after a while.

A male foreigner would be a gring-o while a female would be gring-a.

Dia(day) is el dia(masculine) and prompts a buenos(the "s" at the end comes from there being a plural of days) while noche(night) is la noche and prompts buenas.

Most words that end in -a or -as(when more than one in Quantity, plural) are feminine and those that end in -o or -os are masculine, but some words are nonlinear like "dia" mentioned above, and being asculine when having an -a at the end. And vice versa. You?ll just have to learn those by hand.

a good translator for text:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Don?t use this for translating work for you, only phrases and help. It gives messed up translations to sentences.
thank you very much for all the help and advice, adn that translator aswell.

[Falero]

You only have a few days, get about 9 hours a sleep every night. This will help you memorize so much more. Sleep is for the time for recovery of the brain. Would you get as big lifting weights if you slept 6 hrs instead of 9? Hell no. Same goes for learning. The brain needs to analyze and memorize what it learns and sort out unnecessary information. It´s really smart like that.
If you sleep a lot and go to bed before or at 12 pm you´ll be great. After that, every hour lost is an hour less of REM sleep where the brain sleeps deeply, and reconnects the nervethreads. Since you have a short time before the test, you need to maximize the memory. This makes all the difference for what those hard hours learning it. You don´t wanna forget necessary stuff when you don´t have to.
I´m going to bed, ask if you have more need for help.
Good luck!

[Steve Stromboli]

learning is coming along well
yo-I nosotros-we
tu-you (singular informal) vosotros-you (plural inform)
el-he ellos- they (he)
ella-she ellas- they (she)
usted-you (singular formal) ustedes-you (plural formal)
alto-tall bonita-pretty
bajo-short gordo-fat
guapo-handsome
rubio-blonde / light skinned
moreno-dark skinned
es-(he/she is) then i got good morning, afternoon, and evening down
buenos noches-pleased to meet you igualamente-me aswell
como esta usted-how are you? muy bien, gracias- very well thanks
hasta luego-see ya later adios - bye
i'm just translating to help me more.
still have about 10-15 more words to learn before the test thursday.

[Falero]

learning is coming along well
yo-I nosotros-we
tu-you (singular informal) vosotros-you (plural inform)
el-he ellos- they (he)
ella-she ellas- they (she)
usted-you (singular formal) ustedes-you (plural formal)
alto-tall bonita-pretty
bajo-short gordo-fat
guapo-handsome
rubio-blonde / light skinned
moreno-dark skinned
es-(he/she is) then i got good morning, afternoon, and evening down
buenos noches-pleased to meet you igualamente-me aswell
como esta usted-how are you? muy bien, gracias- very well thanks
hasta luego-see ya later adios - bye
i'm just translating to help me more.
still have about 10-15 more words to learn before the test thursday.

Looks great.

Some things:

*ello is the term for he that you should use.
El means "the", like la.

*buenas noches, remember - la noche -

*lluego, more importantly double ll?s are pronounced j. So the ll?s go "hasta juego" in prononunciation.

[Bird]

man Falero knows his shit. im impressed.

i guess his LATIN PASS was well earned.

[pants]

paella rice

[Falero]

Results?

[Steve Stromboli]

Results?
about 4-5 more words to learn, then test at 6 tonight....

[Falero]

Get going then! remember the core verbs and basic rules of wordsendings etc and the words will come with.
Suerte.

[Steve Stromboli]

well it didn't go nearly as well as i though/hoped it would. i mixed up shit, forgot accents. all in all i'm very pissed and upset. i studied more for this test, than maybe any.....ever. and this was just a first time quiz/test, no midterm, no final. total, i probably studied for 5+ hours and was still shaky on certain stuff. i had this same problem in high school, but high school i didn't nearly devote my time to spanish as i did these past 7 days. now the shit she gave is twice as complex adn i don't know wtf i'm gonna do

[Falero]

Dude, great going with studying the hardest yet.
But I´ll say right away, 5 hours is not nearly enough for college.
For your next exam you will start studying earlier and study more.
That will enable you to pass, nothing else.

[Shooto Panama]

This thread is a mess.....BTw I speak spanish.

[Falero]

Why a mess!?

[Shooto Panama]

Why a mess!?

Most of you guys make no sense.

[Falero]

Most of you guys make no sense.

Why?

[Steve Stromboli]

well help away shooto

[Shooto Panama]

como se llamo?

- Como se llama?
- Cual es su nombre? (What`s your name?)

buenos noches

- Buenas Noches (Good Night)

isquierda - left

Izquierda

When asking a friend of yours how they?re doing, you can ask que tal?
(what?s up, basically)
You can respond "que tal lo bien" (it?s cool), the lo means "it", you will encounter that later though. You can also just say "lo bien" or even "bien".

- Que tal could translate to What`s up but when you answer it`s better to keep it simple like Bien.

"Que tal lo bien" o "Lo bien" doesn`t make sense.

vosotros

Vosotros is only used in certain region of Latin America like Argentina, Uruguay or Chile.

Also in Spain is part of the regular vocabulary but the rest of the countries doesn`t use the expression in that way but instead "Tu, Ellos, Ustedes".

[Falero]

- Como se llama?
- Cual es su nombre? (What`s your name?)



- Buenas Noches (Good Night)



Izquierda



- Que tal could translate to What`s up but when you answer it`s better to keep it simple like Bien.

"Que tal lo bien" o "Lo bien" doesn`t make sense.



Vosotros is only used in certain region of Latin America like Argentina, Uruguay or Chile.

Also in Spain is part of the regular vocabulary but the rest of the countries doesn`t use the expression in that way but instead "Tu, Ellos, Ustedes".

Some of those was already adressed as wrong, as for the "lo bien" it has worked great in Europe and with my chilean part of the family. It?s what I learned in school, maybe it?s like english and american english, not quite the same in some aspects.

I thought it was gonna be more disagreement than a few words.

[Shooto Panama]

Lo bien is incorrect by all accounts regarless of what Latin America region you`re talking about.

[Betro]

I've always wanted to talk in the vosotros form, just because it sounds bad ass. Isn't it like vosotros caminais.

[Falero]

Lo bien is incorrect by all accounts regarless of what Latin America region you`re talking about.

European spanish then, I guess.

[Steve Stromboli]

currently i'm learning yo soy, tu eres, el, ella, usted-es.....etc. then i gotta learn about 40 words (coat, blouse, jacket, shirt, tie, skirt, family, student, man, mr/mrs, friend, man/woman rainbow, earrings, house, cat, glasses, orange, dog, door, just to name a few) it's gonna be a long next couple of days.

[Shooto Panama]

currently i'm learning yo soy, tu eres, el, ella, usted-es.....etc. then i gotta learn about 40 words (coat, blouse, jacket, shirt, tie, skirt, family, student, man, mr/mrs, friend, man/woman rainbow, earrings, house, cat, glasses, orange, dog, door, just to name a few) it's gonna be a long next couple of days.

Coat: chaqueta
Blouse: Blusa
Jacket: chaqueta (Some countries use "Jacket" as the same english word)
Shirt: camisa
Tie: corbata
skirt: falda
family: familia
student: estudiante
man: hombre
Mr/Mrs: Senor/Senora
Friend: amigo
man/woman: hombre/mujer
rainbow: arcoiris
earrings: aretes
House: casa
cat: gato
glasses: anteojos
orange: naranja
dog: perro
door: puerta

[Steve Stromboli]

Coat: chaqueta
Blouse: Blusa
Jacket: chaqueta (Some countries use "Jacket" as the same english word)
Shirt: camisa
Tie: corbata
skirt: falda
family: familia
student: estudiante
man: hombre
Mr/Mrs: Senor/Senora
Friend: amigo
man/woman: hombre/mujer
rainbow: arcoiris
earrings: aretes
House: casa
cat: gato
glasses: anteojos
orange: naranja
dog: perro
door: puerta
yo soy rubio y alto...right now i'm trying to learn those 40-45 words and make proper sentences with the words i know

[Falero]

The only phrase my father knows in spanish is "el perro esta baja la mesa".
Now it will stick in your head for eternity. Congrats!!!!!

[Steve Stromboli]

The only phrase my father knows in spanish is "el perro esta baja la mesa".
Now it will stick in your head for eternity. Congrats!!!!!
already forgot it, i have a very difficult time retaining stuff.

[Steve Stromboli]

ella profesora es pantalones

[Steve Stromboli]

i really wish i knew someone in my spanish class, or had a friend that could help teach me. sucks having class once a week and learning by yourself.

[Shooto Panama]

ella profesora es pantalones

Doesn`t make sense.

[Steve Stromboli]

Doesn`t make sense.
lol, i figured, i have a long way to go, uhhhh

[Shooto Panama]

literally in english: She Professor is pants.


For example: Profesora is used with females because its end with the vowel "a". However when you want to use the same word with males, then you substract the vowel "a" and let only "Profesor".

Other thing is, when you want to talk about a female character, in this case, your teacher (Profesora) you don`t use "ella" because the listener automatically assume you`re talking about a female character when you use the word "Profesora".

In this case, you might use "La Profesora" to speak in third person. In case you are talking about male characters, then you might use "El Profesor".

[Steve Stromboli]

literally in english: She Professor is pants.


For example: Profesora is used with females because its end with the vowel "a". However when you want to use the same word with males, then you substract the vowel "a" and let only "Profesor".

Other thing is, when you want to talk about a female character, in this case, your teacher (Profesora) you don`t use "ella" because the listener automatically assume you`re talking about a female character when you use the word "Profesora".

In this case, you might use "La Profesora" to speak in third person. In case you are talking about male characters, then you might use "El Profesor".
gotcha, so if i were to wanna say the professor (woman) wears pants and a jacket) what would i say. la profesora (........) pantalones y chaqueta??

[Shooto Panama]

"La Profesora usa pantalones y chaqueta"

"Usa" literally translate to "use" or wear".

[Steve Stromboli]

"La Profesora usa pantalones y chaqueta"

"Usa" literally translate to "use" or wear".
indeed. i tried submerging myself in a spanish dubbed movie (didn't work) then tried english with spanish subtitles also didn't work since both the words come and go so quickly.

[Shooto Panama]

Hard to tell.

The best should be to befriend someone that speak spanish. Otherwise, start with very basic things like greetings, colors, numbers, etc.

[derubermensch]

Shooto, are you spanish?

[Shooto Panama]

Shooto, are you spanish?

No...I`m half Burkinab?, half Liechtenstein.

[derubermensch]

No...I`m half Burkinab?, half Liechtenstein.

I'll take your sarcasm for a yes.

[Falero]

"He puts the Panama in Shooto Panama!"

[LozanoJ1985]

yo estudie.....muestre me el espanol to ingles
i am taking spanish in college and am having hard time learning. can anyone help or give tips on easier way to pick up? sorry for english....socialize with hispanics in your community. dont pick up "spanish" from someone who is an illegal. the majority of them did not recieve an education