What’s the first thing I should learn of the Spanish language?
December 17th, 2009 | 
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Mizu…you my bitchh, ehh? asked:
I want to learn Spanish… but I know little/ nothing, at the moment. Any suggestions on what to learn first? What sites is most helpful?
And this is excluding the stuff like “culture” or w/e. I do want to look into those aspects as well, but not right away. The main thing I want at this very moment is just speaking fluency/ knowledge.
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I want to learn Spanish… but I know little/ nothing, at the moment. Any suggestions on what to learn first? What sites is most helpful?
And this is excluding the stuff like “culture” or w/e. I do want to look into those aspects as well, but not right away. The main thing I want at this very moment is just speaking fluency/ knowledge.
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pronunciation, then increase vocabulary, then use what you´ve learned.
some basic grammar too.
tu muste aime tacos and buhhritos tres bien!
est very simple le language!
the spanish language has 4 letters we do not:
‘ ch ‘
‘ ll ‘
‘ ñ ‘
‘ rr ‘
essentially this is how u pronounce the alphabet
ah [a], bay [b], say [c], chey [ch], day [d], ay [e] , effay [f], hay [g], achay [h], ee [i] , hota [j], kah [k], ellay [l] , ay-yay [ll], emmay [m], enay [n] enYay [ñ] , oo [o] , pay [p] , quuu [q ], air-ray [r], airRRRay [rr], esay [s], tay [t], uuu [u], bay [v], dough blay uu [w], eekes [x], eck re egga [y], say tah [z]
good luck!
answer mine:
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Basic Spanish instruction begins with greetings, then moves into elementary vocabulary (usually classroom vocab – like book, pencil, paper, etc.)
After that we begin letters, numbers and pronunciation.
Take a tip that will make the difference in your speech in Spanish: vowels are pronounced exactly the same in all situtions, unlike in English, where the way you say them can vary. So if you just start out making sure your vowels are always right, you can sound more authentic with your very first word, which should be “Hola.”
a = ah
e= eh
i= ee
o=oh
u=oo
Notice that Spanish vowels are not dipthongs. We say our vowels with two sounds. Our “a” is ay-ee. Our “i” is eye-ee. So make your vowels short and clear, not drawn out.
After the letters and numbers, we start teaching verbs, in which conjugating them is very important ( you can look up what this means). Then we start the family, the weather, giving directions…
and on and on and on.
The first year is about vocabulary and pronunciation.
The second year is about mastering all the verb forms, many of which were covered in first year. The student should be able to read stories by now, as vocab increases.
The third year the student should converse easily (even if not fluently), and read well, as vocab continues to increase. At this point, reading literature, discussing it orally, and writing about it or other topics are the main activities.
I studied Spanish for 10 years to become fully fluent. The fluency most people desire is what is called in linguistics “communicative competence.” This means you can have easy conversations with native speakers of Spanish who do not understand English, but you won’t have the cognitive functioning of a person your age from a Spanish speaking country, nor will you be a UN translator.
If what you want is communicative competence, I suggest a Conversational Spanish class, which you may even find in your community. This would be less demanding than a regular Spanish course. If you want to read and write well, and have excellent grammar, the traditional course is the only way to find it.
Okay here’s a few things I remember from when I learned Spanish:
1. Learn the alphabet and how to pronounce the letters and words.
2. Gender of words. mesa (table) is feminine because it ends in “a” and everything else like gato (cat) is masculine because it ends in “o”
3. Grammar. Adjectives come after the words they modify.
4. Conjugation of verbs. Regular verbs are easiest. Just change the ending. There are 3 types of verbs. Ending in -ar, -er and -ir.
So for the verb cerrar (to close), you can change it to
I close – yo cerro
you [informal] close – tu cerras
you [formal, like with respect] close – usted cerra
we close – nosotros carramos
So there are endings to add to verbs that show who is doing the action.
cerr{ar} — cerr{o}
(to close) == (I close)
5. Then just memorize the words! Then put them in the right order and say them correctly.
=D