Learning Spanish language

[Música101]

Learn Spanish
I. The Basics

Yo- I
Tu- You
el, ella, - he, her
nosotros- we
vosotros- you( formal Only used in Spain)
ellos, ustedes- they

II. Basic vocab

Colors

azul- blue
rojo- red
anaranjado - orange
amarilla- yellow
verde- green
gris- gray
blanca- white
rosado- pink
gold- dorado


Numbers

uno- one
dos- two
tres- tree
cuartro- four
cinco- five
seis- six
siete- seven
ocho- eight
nueve- nine
diez- ten
once- eleven
doce- twelve

Countries

Spain- España
Brasil- Brazil
Inglaterra- England
Finlandia- Finland
Alemania- Germany
Italia- Italy
Rusia-Russia
México- Mexico

Question Words

Qué- What
Dónde/ A Dónde/ De Dónde- Where/ To where/ Of where
Quién- Who
Cuál- which
Cuánto- How many
Cómo- How
A Qué hora- At what time
Cuándo- When
Por Qué- Why

[Música101]

No one wants to learn Spanish?

[dmoney101]

i think most people here know the basics

thanks for the effort though

[rydizzle]

yeah, i got the basics, but if you want to sponsor a trip to spain to learn in a spanish environment, i will be more than willing to leave and go.

[san]

Yup...know the basics also...it's the 'non-basics' that are difficult lol

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by san

Yup...know the basics also...it's the 'non-basics' that are difficult lol

slang is what gets most people. damn dominicans come up with new stuff every day and that's the main music i listen to, so i'm confused through half of every song lol

[san]

Lol dmoney....who do you listen to? Can you give me some suggestions as to who is good? I know...it won't help with my Spanish! hehe

[istanbulgal]

Originally Posted by dmoney101

slang is what gets most people. damn dominicans come up with new stuff every day and that's the main music i listen to, so i'm confused through half of every song lol

You are right. I am fluent, yet find it difficult to translate songs on this forum that contains a lot of slang...when i was visiting Colombia and Cuba, i had such difficult time understanding songs on the radio.

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by san

Lol dmoney....who do you listen to? Can you give me some suggestions as to who is good? I know...it won't help with my Spanish! hehe

i'll give you some websites to check out. as for rap local (dominican rap) Toxic Crow, Cromo, and the rest of Complot Records are all good. Vakero is pretty good (gotta show love to another Blood- Soo Woo), Sheng, Shelow Shaq. I pretty much can find at least one good song from every one on any of the sites i listed. I just hate Lapiz Conciente (even though he has really good beats).

www.banicrazy.net
www.flowhot.net
www.flowexclusivo.com
www.losbandoleros.com

[san]

Thanks dmoney. I'll have a listen!

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by san

Thanks dmoney. I'll have a listen!

yea, i like it more than English rap cuz they're more influenced by old school. Toxic Crow has a straight up old school flow, i love it!

[La_Morena_Mami]

damn I'm Panamanian y Jamaican I know more puerto tican slang than anything anyone panamanian that wanna help me with my roots LOL

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by La_Morena_Mami

damn I'm Panamanian y Jamaican I know more puerto tican slang than anything anyone panamanian that wanna help me with my roots LOL

if you're part Jamaican, you might as well start with dominican stuff because they sound like jamainicans speaking spanish whenever they talk (i wish i had an accent like that )

[La_Morena_Mami]

oh wow I never really knew that I only really be around puerto ricans alot wow I need dominicans friends LOL I really dont know patua that's Jamaican language when my dad talks its just crazy but **** I thought Dominicans could sound like hatians cuz they do share the same island but damn I do need dominican friends

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by La_Morena_Mami

oh wow I never really knew that I only really be around puerto ricans alot wow I need dominicans friends LOL I really dont know patua that's Jamaican language when my dad talks its just crazy but **** I thought Dominicans could sound like hatians cuz they do share the same island but damn I do need dominican friends

yea, there's this one song i listen to se llama Color Cristal and the guy sounds 100% jamaican it's crazy. i wish i had the same accent

[pitbull_toma]

-S@R@- first, I want to know the alphabet and the pronunciation, the numbers, the conjugation of the verbs (the regular аnd the irregular verbs), the degrees of comparison ( I mean more ... , the most ... , ... -er, the ... -est, as ... as, ... then ... and ect.) .Then the syntax (The Tenses,The formation of the active and negative sentences,The Passive and The Active voice,The reported speach and so on).Or for short - everything but I think that It's impossible for you to explain everyting to me.So tell me some phrases which are in general currency and which I can use everywhere (I mean "Qe pasa?", "Caliente", "Loco" and so on).Please -S@R@- if you can - do it. If you want, I will teach you of some bulgarian in return.

[maria_gr]

@pitbull_toma: I moved your post here cause "learning bulgarian" thread wasn't appropriate for your request. I'm not spanish but i know quite well and I can help you a little bit with simple things like the pronunciation, conjugation of the verbs etc.

[xiurell]

The following chart shows the capital letters along with name of each letter.

A: a (like a man
B: be (like bit, bus
C: ce (like theme before -e and -i, k before the other vowels
CH: che (chees)
D: de (like doubt)
E: e (like elephant)
F: efe (fance)
G: ge (geese before -a, -o, -u and like hook in the other cases
H: hache (has no sound)
I: i (english)
J: jota (house but more strong
K: ka (kilo
L: ele (lamb
LL: elle (yatch
M: eme (mom
N: ene (nothing
Ñ: eñe (champagne)
O: o (port)
P: pe (park)
Q: cu ( the same as k)
R: ere (has 2 sound on is strong and the other weak)
S: ese (sun) always is silent
T: te (similar too)
U: u (zoo)
V: ve (like b
W: uve doble (just for foreign words) wisky, wagon
X: equis (texas)
Y: i griega ( like i and ll
Z: zeta (like thema)

the letters of the alphabet are feminine: la a, "the 'a'"; la b, "the 'b.'"

In south Spain and Latin America c is pronounced la s before -e and -i

[Sochko]

I'm not Spaniard, but I study Spanish lang. at university. I speak it fluently as well, but I still find the Spanish spoken in Spain more specific than the one spoken in Mexico, let's say. My former teacher is a Mexican and I was quite used to the Mexican sound and pronounciation of the Spanish, but now at university there are professors from Spain strictly, so I somehow had to get used to the more difficult (but according to me more melodic) castellano. Oh, yeah, and I completely removed the seseo from usage. xP But I like the castellano a lot. (catalán as well, but there is no one to teach me catalán here =) At first, I found it complicated to pronounce the /z/ and /c/ in rapid speech. But now, as our professor is from Madrid and we communicate every day, it's no big deal anymore. He even "imposed" his madrid /j/,/g/ to us, so now my friend from Asturias tells me I was talking posh, since people from Madrid were considered pijos. (Is 'posh' the correct translation of 'pijo'? :S never mind xP)
I quite like the argentinian accent as well. It has a unique touch somehow
I like that you guys discuss many different spanish dialects here. It's interesting to compare and learn sth new than what you're already studying.
Greetings to all!

[xiurell]

Originally Posted by Sochko

I'm not Spaniard, but I study Spanish lang. at university. I speak it fluently as well, but I still find the Spanish spoken in Spain more specific than the one spoken in Mexico, let's say. My former teacher is a Mexican and I was quite used to the Mexican sound and pronounciation of the Spanish, but now at university there are professors from Spain strictly, so I somehow had to get used to the more difficult (but according to me more melodic) castellano. Oh, yeah, and I completely removed the seseo from usage. xP But I like the castellano a lot. (catalán as well, but there is no one to teach me catalán here =) At first, I found it complicated to pronounce the /z/ and /c/ in rapid speech. But now, as our professor is from Madrid and we communicate every day, it's no big deal anymore. He even "imposed" his madrid /j/,/g/ to us, so now my friend from Asturias tells me I was talking posh, since people from Madrid were considered pijos. (Is 'posh' the correct translation of 'pijo'? :S never mind xP)
I quite like the argentinian accent as well. It has a unique touch somehow
I like that you guys discuss many different spanish dialects here. It's interesting to compare and learn sth new than what you're already studying.
Greetings to all!

I'm Spaniard and I speak Catalan too, so if you have any doubt I'll be glad to help you. Και μαθαίνω τα Ελληνικά πριν λίγους μήνες

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by maria_gr

@pitbull_toma: I moved your post here cause "learning bulgarian" thread wasn't appropriate for your request. I'm not spanish but i know quite well and I can help you a little bit with simple things like the pronunciation, conjugation of the verbs etc.

i can help you with some greetings

Que onda-Mexico/chicano
Que transa-Mexico(i think)/Chicano
Que la que hay-Puerto Rico
Que lo que (my favorite)-Dominican Republic*
Que bola-pretty sure this one is Cuban
Que pasa isn't used normally, but is still ok to say
Que pasó means what happened. That was is important to know


*note: que lo que is abbreviated as k lo k, or more commonly just klk.

[Kian]

Oh god, my fav.. lang.. is spanish. wanna learn to speak it badly..

[maria_gr]

I totally forgot that there was a similar thread about spanish grammar. So this thread might be useful to you as well.

and xiurell teach us some catalan. Ok you know that I can understand, but i want to speak (vull parlar català )

Gràcies

[xiurell]

Originally Posted by maria_gr

I totally forgot that there was a similar thread about spanish grammar. So this thread might be useful to you as well.

and xiurell teach us some catalan. Ok you know that I can understand, but i want to speak (vull parlar català )

Gràcies

Γεια σου Μαρία

Segur que si t´ho proposes ho acabaràs xerrant
Bon cap de setmana, amiga meva

[xiurell]

let's star with the verb SER TO BE

Although it is an extremely common verb, ser can be confusing for many Spanish students because it is usually translated as "to be," same as the verb estar. Although they can often be translated the same way, ser and estar are distinct verbs with distinct meanings and are seldom synonymous.

It is probably most helpful to learn the two verbs separately

Here are the main uses of ser:

- To indicate existence: Ser o no ser (to be or not to be)
- With adjectives to indicate inherent, innate or essential characteristics
La casa es grande. (The house is big.)
Soy feliz. (I am happy)
- To indicate origin, nature or identity: Soy de Argentina. (I am from Argentina.)
- To indicate possession or ownership : El coche es mío ((The car is mine.)
- To tell the time: Es la una. (It is 1:00.) Son las dos. (It is 2:00.)
- To indicate where an event takes place: El concierto es en la playa. (The concert is on the beach.) La fiesta será en mi casa. (The party will be at my house.)

- In impersonal statements: Es importante. (It is important.) Fue difícil. (It was difficult.)

Present
yo soy ...................................(I am)
tú eres ..................................(you are)
él, ella, usted es.................... (he is, she is, you are
nosotros, nosotras somos.... (we are)
vosotros, vosotras sois......... (you are)
ellos, ellas, ustedes son........ (they are, you are) were)

As you see is an irregular verb

Notice how in Spanish the verb ending identifies the subject, except when using a third person, in which case we have several possibilities. In those cases you will find that either the subject is identified through the use of the personal pronoun or name, or it has been identified in a previous sentence

To make the negative form of the verb you must add no before the verb

Yo no soy (I am not)
tú no eres (you are not)
etc.

[xiurell]

María, you can apply the same rules por the Catalan

The verb SER or ÉSSER

PRESENT

Jo sóc (here on the islands we say som
tu ets
Ell/ella/vostè és
Nosaltres som (we say noltros(masculine)/noltres(femenine)
Vosaltres sou (we say voltros/voltres)
Ell/elles/vostès són

And the negative form you must and no before the verb

Jo no sóc
tu no ets
etc

When addressing a friend, child or relative in Catalan the second person singular and plural forms are used. When addressing someone who does not fall into these categories a polite form is used: vostè and the plural vostès. These take the third person singular and plural forms of a verb.

It will be a bilingual lesson as I am

[maria_gr]

Originally Posted by xiurell

Γεια σου Μαρία

Segur que si t´ho proposes ho acabaràs xerrant
Bon cap de setmana, amiga meva

Jaja no sé, potser, però vull parlar molt ben aviat!

Que tinguis tu també un bon cap de setmana amigo.

Edit: Gràcies per la lliçó!

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by maria_gr

Jaja no sé, potser, però vull parlar molt ben aviat!

Que tinguis tu també un bon cap de setmana amigo.

Edit: Gràcies per la lliçó!

what language is that? Portuguese?

[maria_gr]

Originally Posted by dmoney101

what language is that? Portuguese?

It's Catalan!

[deeray]

can anyone translate this ? "Ya es tarde pero palante uno sufre un dia pero el otro yora pero mientras pasan los dias uno se resigna poko a poko"

i know it syas sumthing aobout its almost afternooon, but it goes on or sumthing then lttle of little or sumthing?
lol im just learning spanish so itdll b a big help thnx =)