Comments on: Learning Spanish http://blog.lifepattern.org/2008/08/17/learning-spanish/ There must be a better way... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:09:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: zImage http://blog.lifepattern.org/2008/08/17/learning-spanish/comment-page-1/#comment-181 zImage Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:54:48 +0000 http://blog.lifepattern.org/?p=49#comment-181 @Hristo: are you learning Spanish too? I think I'm advancing pretty well with my Spanish. Or at least well for someone who spends just 2-3 hours weekly learning it at home. Free beginner's resources I found useful: <a href="http://www.spanishdict.com/learn/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spanishdict.com/learn/</a>. @Hristo: are you learning Spanish too?

I think I’m advancing pretty well with my Spanish. Or at least well for someone who spends just 2-3 hours weekly learning it at home.

Free beginner’s resources I found useful: http://www.spanishdict.com/learn/.

]]> By: Hristo Erinin http://blog.lifepattern.org/2008/08/17/learning-spanish/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Hristo Erinin Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:04:53 +0000 http://blog.lifepattern.org/?p=49#comment-180 Godspeed studying Spanish :). I'm pretty much in the same quest as you. My observations of English speaking locals is the same as Vanina's - there are almost none of them. :) I've spent a week in Barcelona and although it's a big tourist city I've had a hard time finding any English speaking locals so I guess that the situation in smaller rural cities in Spain is even worse. One more thing to note about Barcelona - their primary language is Catalan which is a language of it's own and bears little resemblance with Spanish (fortunately they speak Spanish as well). Godspeed studying Spanish :) . I’m pretty much in the same quest as you. My observations of English speaking locals is the same as Vanina’s – there are almost none of them. :) I’ve spent a week in Barcelona and although it’s a big tourist city I’ve had a hard time finding any English speaking locals so I guess that the situation in smaller rural cities in Spain is even worse. One more thing to note about Barcelona – their primary language is Catalan which is a language of it’s own and bears little resemblance with Spanish (fortunately they speak Spanish as well).

]]> By: zImage http://blog.lifepattern.org/2008/08/17/learning-spanish/comment-page-1/#comment-125 zImage Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:56:50 +0000 http://blog.lifepattern.org/?p=49#comment-125 Hm, looks like a copyrighted work. While I'm so much against these old "all rights reserved" licenses I do my best to not infringe them. Anyway, thank you very much for your willingness to help :-) OTOH, there are many free Spanish learning materials on the Interweb. For example I decided to learn (and already learned) the top 100 most common Spanish words from <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists/Spanish1000" rel="nofollow">this list</a>. I also find it very entertaining to watch "spanish lessons" on Youtube. Hm, looks like a copyrighted work. While I’m so much against these old “all rights reserved” licenses I do my best to not infringe them. Anyway, thank you very much for your willingness to help :-)

OTOH, there are many free Spanish learning materials on the Interweb. For example I decided to learn (and already learned) the top 100 most common Spanish words from this list. I also find it very entertaining to watch “spanish lessons” on Youtube.

]]> By: Vanina http://blog.lifepattern.org/2008/08/17/learning-spanish/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Vanina Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:17:28 +0000 http://blog.lifepattern.org/?p=49#comment-124 Look what I found, might be useful: http://store1.data.bg/buridan/Books/Manual_de_Espanol.pdf Look what I found, might be useful: http://store1.data.bg/buridan/Books/Manual_de_Espanol.pdf

]]> By: Vanina http://blog.lifepattern.org/2008/08/17/learning-spanish/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Vanina Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:52:30 +0000 http://blog.lifepattern.org/?p=49#comment-114 "some time first" to be read "some time to pass", sorry abt spamming. “some time first” to be read “some time to pass”, sorry abt spamming.

]]> By: Vanina http://blog.lifepattern.org/2008/08/17/learning-spanish/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Vanina Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:51:16 +0000 http://blog.lifepattern.org/?p=49#comment-113 I'll wait for some time first - still feel quite negative about the whole Spain thing and don't want to publish an all-whining entry. There will be an update for sure, though :) I’ll wait for some time first – still feel quite negative about the whole Spain thing and don’t want to publish an all-whining entry. There will be an update for sure, though :)

]]> By: zImage http://blog.lifepattern.org/2008/08/17/learning-spanish/comment-page-1/#comment-112 zImage Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:14:57 +0000 http://blog.lifepattern.org/?p=49#comment-112 Ouch, I've already read about that. I didn't know it's that bad though. Gotta study harder I guess... I'm eagerly waiting for more updates about Spain on your blog :-) Ouch, I’ve already read about that. I didn’t know it’s that bad though. Gotta study harder I guess… I’m eagerly waiting for more updates about Spain on your blog :-)

]]> By: Vanina http://blog.lifepattern.org/2008/08/17/learning-spanish/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Vanina Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:46:12 +0000 http://blog.lifepattern.org/?p=49#comment-106 I just came back home from a nightmare vacation in Spain; You can't imagine how frustrated I was when I realized that NO ONE in this country speaks English or any other lingo different from Spanish; in fact, they get offended if you ask them anything in English - a waiter in La Linea de la Concepcion actually turned his back on me simply because I tried to order a drink in English! Had to find another bar where I could sink my frustration in alcohol... So keep up with the Spanish lessons. You'll need these. I just came back home from a nightmare vacation in Spain; You can’t imagine how frustrated I was when I realized that NO ONE in this country speaks English or any other lingo different from Spanish; in fact, they get offended if you ask them anything in English – a waiter in La Linea de la Concepcion actually turned his back on me simply because I tried to order a drink in English! Had to find another bar where I could sink my frustration in alcohol…

So keep up with the Spanish lessons. You’ll need these.

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