I'm thinking about learning Spanish. Anyone tried Rosetta Stone method?

Bob Luken

.....I'm thinking about learning Spanish. Also Italian. But I feel like I would get more mileage from Spanish. I'd love to learn both but I wouldn't want to get them mixed up. (LOL) Any words of advice on the best ways to learn new languages?

thedjfish@comcast.net

no abla!

webmost

Best way? Go spend a year in Mexico. Shop in the mercado. Go to the movies. Make friends on the street. Insist people speak to you in spanish. Don't worry if you are baffled at first. Not going there for a year? Watch Telemundo. Especially dubbed American movies and shows. Get the same books in both languages and read them simultaneously. Spanish is a snap. There are just a handful of words compared to English, and both conjugation and spelling are very predictable. Spanish is spoken in more countries than any other language... including here.

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JGKAMIN

Good points, one thing I remember from my Spanish classes was that in order to learn a different language I first had to understand proper English. We speak it every day, but like you said there are slang words and sentence structure issues with trying to convert that and process our thoughts to another language to be spoken.

Thanatos0320

Exactly, you have to understand proper english. One good thing about learning a language is that it improves your english. Youll also quickly learn that grammatically speaking english is one of the easiest languages to learn, but phonetically speaking it's one of the most difficult languages.

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danielzreyes

Te gustaria mantequilla en tu pan tostado?

jgibv

danielzreyes:

Te gustaria mantequilla en tu pan tostado?

Si; y mermelada de fresa tambien, por favor.

danielzreyes

jgibv:

danielzreyes:

Te gustaria mantequilla en tu pan tostado?

Si; y mermelada de fresa tambien, por favor.

Excelente. Que queres de beber?

danielzreyes

danielzreyes:

jgibv:

danielzreyes:

Te gustaria mantequilla en tu pan tostado?

Si; y mermelada de fresa tambien, por favor.

Excelente. Que queres de beber?

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danielzreyes

I edited John! Callate Put0!

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Lee.mcglynn

I've worked in a ton of kitchens as a cook/chef...I know enough Greek and Spanish too get by and figure I'll be good

danielzreyes

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blutattoo

I managed to get the first 6 chapters of rosetta stone Italian down pretty quickly before my trip to Italy last year. I wasn't fluent by any stretch, but I understood a lot more than I thought I would given the little effort I put into it. If $250 bucks is no big deal then I say what the heck, it won't hurt. If you are so inclined I'm sure you could find a bit torrent for free. I won't do it, but I know guys at work that have gotten it free.

Thanatos0320

I forgot to mention that livemocha works with rosetta stone and every 1-2 weeks then send out a deal anywhere from 10%-50% off on rosetta stone.

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danielzreyes

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