Learning Spanish|Español Que aprende

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Learning Spanish|Español Que aprende

This is a place where fellow CAA'ers can help each other become better at speaking in Spanish! hehe. English and Spanish can be spoken here.

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Moved to Tutorials.

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Hmm... I've started to learn Spanish, but it's progressing very slowly since I'm also continuing with my French (I've been learning French for several years and am still learning it; I've only recently started trying to learn Spanish).
Ciao, ma chica! (Feel free to correct grammar and everything. )

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No hablo español.

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No hablo español.

e.e... Es no Cierto...

There are two ways of saying the word "You" in spanish. the polite, or formal way to say it is: "Usted" By the by D's in spanish, that are within a word are pronounced almost like a th in the word "THE" so it would sound something like "Oo-Stehth"

-EDIT: D's at the beginning of words like: DIVERTIDO... the d at the beginning is pronounced normally, while the second one is pronounced like "th" [Dee-ver-Tee-Tho.]

The other way of saying "you" is the informal, or familiar form wich is: "tú." You pronounce it axactly as you would the number "two" in english: "Too"


You would use "usted" in situations where you are talking to
- an older person
- An older sibling, or member of your famliy
- People to whom you wish to show respect
- And strangers (people you don't know on a first name basis)

You would use "Tú" in situations where you are talking to
-friends
-People younger than you
- Younger sibling, family members


Anywho... Let's introduce the 3 types of spanish verbs.

Verbs in spanish can have 3 different endings. They are:

-AR
-ER
-IR

When congugating them, different endings are added to each individual one.

Let's start simple, with the present tense of the -AR verb

the endings of a typical AR verb in the present tense are the following:

the Yo (I) form typically ends with -o
The tú (You informal) form typically ends with -as
The él, ella, usted (He, She, You Formal, and it) form typically ends with -a
The Nosotros(we) form typically ends with -amos
The Vosotros(you all informal) form typically ends with-áis
The ellos, ellas, ustedes (They masculine, they feminine, You All Formal) typically ends with -an

[Photosoph]

Thanks for all the info! I know some of that, but definitely not all. As you can see, my spanish is very, very basic. Though did you put 'D' instead of 'S'? Isn't it the 'S' that sounds more like the English 'th'?

The more Spanish I learn, the more I find that it's similar to French. That's really helpful for me while I'm learning it, as I've something to liken it to to help me remember different words, rules, etc.

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Thanks for all the info! I know some of that, but definitely not all. As you can see, my spanish is very, very basic. Though did you put 'D' instead of 'S'? Isn't it the 'S' that sounds more like the English 'th'?

The more Spanish I learn, the more I find that it's similar to French. That's really helpful for me while I'm learning it, as I've something to liken it to to help me remember different words, rules, etc.

Well... both spanish and french are romance languages... and are based on latin... ^^.

I think you may mean the "Z" that sounds like "th" as well. The "S" sounds like an "S"...

[Photosoph]

*Shrugs.* I'm not sure. I'll have to check up on that. Anyway, I'm not so advanced in Spanish, so I may have got that mixed up.

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*Shrugs.* I'm not sure. I'll have to check up on that. Anyway, I'm not so advanced in Spanish, so I may have got that mixed up.

lol. The Spanish of Spain has the "Z" sound like "th". The Spanish of other Spanish Speaking countries has the "Z" sound like "s". @.@

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What's also interesting is its similarity to Greek. (I took both Greek and Spanish at the same time for a while.)

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What's also interesting is its similarity to Greek. (I took both Greek and Spanish at the same time for a while.)

o.O! How so? That's interesting... soem examples if you could! ^^

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Basically, much of what Latin takes from Greek, it passes along to Spanish.

One similarity is the present indicative verb forms
luo = I loose, I untie, I destroy (Greek)

luo/lues/lue (1st/2nd/3rd person singular present active indicative)

hablar (hablo) = to speak (I speak)

hablo/hables/hable (1st/2nd/3rd person singular present active indicative)