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3/100 days of productivity

Studied spanish in McDonalds during my break

Decided to stay home to study and take care of myself instead of going to a party :/

we will see how that goes

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Day 1/100 days of productivity

Learning Spanish

And how to exist properly

#100DoP #100daysofproductivity #productive #spanish #lanuage #100days

thecornercoffeeshop

Streets of Barcelona

cantwait4-blog

Los calles de Barcelona <3

#barcelona #spain #study

polemicandcontent

10 unusual language learning tips !

i see a lot of the same (sometimes unhelpful) tips being thrown around, so here’s my two cents:

1. write shopping lists/to do lists in your target language - often you don’t learn this vocab but it’s conversational & v useful! also writing yourself notes (lil pep talks on the bathroom mirror, for example) can work.

2. buy a small whiteboard and practice verb conjugation (esp. romantic languages) or script writing

3. talk to pets in target language if possible!

4. look for quotes in your target language - often the turns of phrase are more colloquial, and is a good opportunity to see how things are translated from your native language

5. find a fairly easy news headline (in target lang) and try to re-write it w/ vocab you already have. you’ll quickly find gaps - this is a good thing! (if you’re feeling extra spicy, try writing a small subheading or description about the article).

6. create an imaginary friend who you speak with on the shower, or on the train, doing the laundry etc. talk w/ them in your target lang (in your head, obvs) about your day, future plans, etc etc.

~for more advanced learners~

7. when you’re more advanced, and have some grasp of past/future tenses, buy a children’s/tween’s/YA book that you’ve already read. highlight and annotate the shit out of it. you’ll know the general gist already, which makes context clues easier to find.

8. change wikipedia settings into target language - same goes for any social media site. this can be a mega challenge, but is so good for vocab, plus you’re more likely to remember the info since you worked so hard for it.

9. write a review for a book/film/record/whatever you’ve most recently consumed. maybe start a diary of them, or just have an ongoing word doc.

10. find a bilingual edition of poetry/literature if possible. you might find you can spot translation differences, but you’re sure to find some new vocab.

#study #spanish #lanuage

jaymestudy

Expressing your opinions (Spanish)

for: @91silk

Sentence starters:

It seems to me that …- A mí me parece que …

In my opinion, …- En mi opinión, …

I am of the opinion that …- Soy de la opinión de que …

I take the view that …- Soy de la opinión de que …

My personal view is that …- Mi opinión personal es que …

In my experience …- En mi experiencia …

As far as I understand…- Por lo que yo entiendo …

As far as I can see…- Por lo que yo puedo ver …

As I see it, …- Como yo lo veo, …

From my point of view…- Desde mi punto de vista …

As far as I know…- Por lo que yo sé …

From what I know …- Por lo que sé …

I might be wrong but …- Puedo estar equivocado, pero …

If I am not mistaken …- Si no me equivoco …

I believe one can safely say …- Creo que se puede decir con seguridad …

It is claimed that …- Se dice que …

I must admit that …- Tengo que admitir que …

I cannot deny that …- No puedo negar que …

I can imagine that …- Me imagino que …

I think/believe/suppose …- Creo / creo / supongo …

Personally, I think …- Personalmente, creo que …

That is why I think …- Es por eso que creo que …

I am sure/certain/convinced that …- Estoy seguro / seguro / convencido de que …

I am not sure/certain, but …- No estoy seguro / seguro, pero …

I am not sure, because I don’t know the situation exactly.- No estoy seguro, porque no conozco la situación exacta.

I am not convinced that …- No estoy convencido de que …

I have read that …- He leído que …

I am of mixed opinions about …- Tengo una opinión mixta sobre …

I am of mixed opinions about on this.- Tengo opiniones variadas sobre esto…

I have no opinion in this matter.- No tengo ninguna opinión al respecto.

I believe that…- creo que…

I think that…- pienso que…

I think that…- opino que…

I think that…- me parece que…

Questions:

what do you think about…?/ what’s your opinion about…?- ¿Qué opinas de…?

what do you believe about…?- ¿Qué crees de…?

what do you think about…?- ¿Qué piensas de…?

what do you think about…?- ¿Qué te parece…?

Useful Phrases:

I like- me gusta

I prefer- prefiero

I love- me encanta

I don’t like- no me gusta

odio- I hate

detesto- I hate

de acuerdo- alright

vale- okay, fine

estoy de acuerdo- I agree

no estoy de acuerdo- I do not agree

de ninguna manera- no way

Adjectives that can be useful when giving your opinion:

Aburrido/a-Boring

Afortunado/a-Lucky

Antiguo/a-Old

Barato/a-Cheap

Bueno/a-Good

Caro/a-Expensive

Decepcionante-Disappointing

Desagradable-Unpleasant

Difícil-Difficult

Distincto-Different/distinct

Duro/a-Hard/difficult

Emocionante-Exciting

Entretenido/a-Entertaining

Espléndido/a-Splendid

Estúpido/a-Stupid

Extraordinario/a-Extraordinary

Famoso/a-Famous

Fascinante-Fascinating

Favorable-Favourable

Fenomenal-Great

Genial-Brilliant/great

Horroroso/a-Terrible/awful

Importante-Important

Impresionante-Amazing/incredible

Inseguro/a-Insecure

Inútil-Useless

Malo/a-Bad

Moderno/a-Modern

Nuevo/a-New

Posible-Possible

Precioso/a-Lovely/beautiful

Profundo/a-Deep/profound

Regular-Regular/average

Seguro/a-Sure/secure

Sorprendido/a-Surprised

Tonto/a-Silly/stupid

Único/a-Unique/only

Aceptable-Acceptable

Agradable-Pleasant

Apropiado/a-Suitable

Bonito/a-Pretty

Decepcionado/a-Disappointed

Desafortunadamente-Unfortunately

Diferente-Different

Divertido/a-Fun/entertaining/funny

Económico/a-Economical

Encantador-Charming/delightful

Especial-Special

Estupendo/a-Great

Excelente-Excellent

Fácil-Easy

Fantástico/a-Fantastic

Fatal-Awful

Favorito/a-Favourite

Feo/a-Ugly

Hermoso/a-Beautiful/lovely

Ideal-Ideal

Imposible-Impossible

Increíble-Incredible

Interesante-Interesting

Malo/a-Bad

Maravilloso/a-Marvelous/wonderful

Negativo/a-Negative

Perfecto/a-Perfect

Positivo/a-Positive

Preferido/a-Preferred/favourite

Raro/a-Strange

Ridículo/a-Ridiculous

Sencillo/a-Simple/modest

Típico/a-Typical

Tranquilo/a-Quiet/calm

Útil-Useful

Viejo/a-Old

Agreeing politely

¡Totalmente! — Totally!

Estoy (completamente/totalmente) de acuerdo — I (completely/totally) agree

Estoy contigo — I’m with you on that

Por supuesto — Of course!

Tienes razón — You’re right

Disagreeing politely

No estamos de acuerdo — I don’t agree with you

No lo veo (tan) así — I don’t (really) see it like that

No creo — I don’t think so

Saying you’re unsure or showing partial agreement

Estoy de acuerdo hasta un cierto punto — I agree with you up to a point

Tal vez, pero… — Maybe, but…

No estoy muy segura/o — I’m not really sure

Nunca lo pensé — I’ve never thought about it

No tengo la menor idea — I have no idea

If there’s any questions about any of this, let me know!

#study #spanish #lanuage

blacklangblr

10 minutes of spanish vocab

i’ll be posting vocab lists that i can manage to create in 10 minutes [usually at work lol]. here’s the first !

agacharse | to bend down / to duck

replicar | to answer back

debatirse | to struggle with

infeliz | unhappy

inapelable | not subject to appeal

el sudor | sweat

aguijonear | to torment

exangüe | bloodless

la obela | wafer

jadear | to pant / to gasp

el rufián | ruffian

atrasado | back [issue of a newspaper / magazine]

la tropelía | act of violence

flamante | new

burdo | makeshift

el sayo | tunic

la muchedumbre | crowd / horde

#lanuage #spanish #vocab #study

ipablo6-blog

language learning made easy

I’ve summarized professor Alexander Arguelles’ video, because I think this is crucial for language learning.

There is no magic trick that will help you become fluent in 1 month, but there are very effective approaches to learning a new language and if you combine them, you will surely become fluent.

If you’re learning a new language, the most important thing you need to consider is – what type of language learner are you?

1. If you:

have a more deductive approach, which means that you’re better at listening to and observing the language first and learning through that, rather than starting with plain grammar points from a textbook

have a fair degree of intuition

like to observe a phenomenon

feel somewhat comfortable with ambiguity for a while, until things become clear

are someone who can feel comfortable being corrected when they realize they were wrong, rather than getting confused and frustrated because they went down an initial path that turned out not to be correct (so you actually learn from being corrected and you don’t get confused by it)

then, these manuals are best suited for you: the Assimil Language Series, the Linguaphone Series, the Cortina Methods.

2. If you:

have a desire to have things explained to you beforehand in a nice and clear way

have a logical and analytical mind (which is usually the product of education in general)

have a need for a systematic approach (basically if you’re most comfortable with a book which is going to introduce the grammar according to an agreed set of methods or an organized plan)

then, you should try out some of these manuals: the Hugo Series, the Made Simple Series, the Teach Yourself Series, the Buske Series.

3. PAY ATTENTION TO PATTERNS!!!

the most important part are the patterns of a language

no matter what type of language learner you are, I think it’s really clever to incorporate this method into you learning.

a language is actually made up of patterns which constantly repeat themselves and that is THE KEY TO FLUENCY

repeating the patterns over and over again, until they become natural, until you no longer have to conjugate the verbs in your head before speaking

when you become really good with patterns, your sentences will come out naturally, and patterns are what will get you to fluency

I’ve provided the links, where you will find a review of the books, so that you can have an idea of what they look like. You can find most of these on amazon.

There is also an amazing blog on here, which provides free books, and I think that you can find half of these series for free there. @lovelybluepanda

#study #lanuage #spanish