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Studied spanish in McDonalds during my break
Decided to stay home to study and take care of myself instead of going to a party :/
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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
Day 1/100 days of productivity
Learning Spanish
And how to exist properly
:D
Streets of Barcelona
Los calles de Barcelona <3
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.
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!
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
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
vocabulario del medio ambiente | vocabulary about the environment
el árbol tree
el bosque forest
la colina hill
el desierto desert
el espacio outer space
la Luna the moon
la mar the ocean
el medio ambiente environment
la naturaleza nature
la planta plant
el pueblo town
la selva tropical rainforest
la Tierra Earth
el valle valley
ahorrar to save
eficiente efficient
la electricidad electricity
la energía energy
solar solar
conservar to conserve
la contaminación pollution
contaminado, contaminada polluted
contra against
la destrucción destruction
ecológio, ecológica ecological
eliminar to eliminate
en peligro de extinción endangered, in danger of extinction
la fuente source
funcionar to function, to work
grave serious, grave
la guerra war
juntarse to join
luchar to fight
mejorar to improve
la paz peace
proteger to protect
pura pure
reducir to reduce
resolver to solve
Vintage outdoor bookshop spotted in Madrid, Spain.
The Barcelona Aquarium is Europe’s most important recreational marine center, but also the richest in the world for Mediterranean fish species.
Walking around the Gothic Quarter, Barcelona