Nov 14, 2019
Fluent in procrastination. I couldn’t relate harder 😂😂
It’s the one language I pay the most attention to smh
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Fluent in procrastination. I couldn’t relate harder 😂😂
It’s the one language I pay the most attention to smh
How to learn verb conjugations
I thought I would make a post with some tips since this is something that I really struggeled with when I first started learning French. But this of course would work for every language out there that has conjugated verbs.
Things to do before you learn verb conjugations:
- learn the verb as a vocabulary: Basically learn the infinitve form & it’s meaning/translation. I would suggest you also look at common uses. Maybe even idomatic expressions at this point. With its proper propostion if there is one. I know these a’s and de’s (or whatever they are in your target language) are pesky but you really help yourself just learning them with the verb from the beginning on.
- be secure in terms of personal pronouns. Know what they mean, how they are used, and their equivalents in your base language. If you are saddle-fast here that will prevent you from having to focus on 2 things at the same time later on.
1. pick out (a) regular verb(s). When learning verb conjugations you always, ALWAYS want to start with learning regular verbs. Even if they aren’t the most common verbs (spoiler alert: the more common the verb the more likely it is to be irregular). But think about it this way: you wouldn’t learn the exception before you learnt the rule, right? Well, this is the exact same situation here.
2. Then start by looking up the conjugation of the regular verb(s). There’s many ways you can do this. Online dictionaries, grammar books, websites..whatever.
3. copy the conjugated forms of the regular verb(s) & pay attention to the pattern. For example in Spanish regular verbs ending in -ar have the endings -o,-as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an in the present simple.
Additional tips for this step: - make sure to accentuate the pattern that makes the verb regular in some way for example by underlining it.
- especially in the beginning I would recommend copying the verb conjugation with it’s respective personal pronoun.
- find one pattern of writing down verb conjuagtions that works for you. This sounds super silly but it might just help. For example I personally always write them down in a colon under each other. I’ve seen other people write them out as lists or in 2 colons. Whatever floats your boat.
4. Repeat this with several regular verbs to make the conjugation stick. Yawn, I know but i promise you that after the 4th verb you’ll feel like you are starting to remember it.
5.You can now start adding irregular verbs to the mix. Start out with some verbs that are super common & often irregular (at least in romance languages) like to be, to have, to be able to, etc. Basically repeat step zero to four except with your irregular verb.
6. Even irregular verbs are sometimes (actually often) not completely random. This is something you’ll start to notice as you learn/see more and more irregular verbs. Even irregular verbs can be put into groups of sorts. This is super helpful because you can just apply what you have learnt instead of having to start at zero. The trick here is to remember, which irregular verbs are similar to each other. Personaly, I get out coloured pens for this and I start colour coding the verbs that have the same conjugation pattern. Once you have done that. You will find that sometimes there are verbs where only one conjugation is irregular. I group these words together as well by colour coding. (You’ll be surprised how many verbs you can categorise by doing this!)
7. If you’ve made it this far, congrats because that was the most boring and tedious part! Now we want to practise all that in a more practical way, so it’s easier to keep in our heads.
So here are several ways to practice conjugated verb forms:
- write a short story or even just a few sentences about your day.
- watch videos, listen to music and pay special attention to the personal pronoun and it’s accordingly conjugated verb. The more often you hear a verb conjugation the more natural it’ll sound and become to you.
- use an online tool that let’s you practice verb conjugations
- make your own memory cards with verb conjugations or how about domino?
- read & just pay attention to verb conjugations
- when speaking make simple sentences so you can focus on getting the verb conjugation right. If you have no one to speak to just talk to yourself and make sure to note down when you don’t feel sure about something so you can look it up afterwards.
Remember: verb conjugations are something that you might struggle a little to remember in the beginning but it will get easier. Don’t be scared to expose yourself to them even if you don’t know them yet & don’t be scared to mess up.Chances are if you mess it up once you’ll get it right every time afterwards.
Introducing #LangblrMusicFridays
Immersion is key to learning a language, and hey, who said you cannot have fun while doing it?
I want to help people out there learning Spanish, as it is my native language, to discover new songs they could use to improve their skills and maybe even find a new favorite song. Starting today, I will share one song every Friday, so please spread the word!
Also, if you want to join, please do it! You could either do it with your native or your target language. And don’t forget to use the tag #langblrmusicfridays.
- Lera
Once you get this you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publicly, then send this on to 10 of your favorite followers/ mutuals (non-negotiable, positivity is super cool!)
thank u :’)
1. i like my sense of humor
2. i like my hair
3. i like the color of my eyes
4. i like my personality in general
5. i like how im p good at doing different things
Politics & News Vocabulary in French
l’actualité - current events
crise économique - economic crisis
paix - peace
la guerre - war
cessez-le-feu - ceasefire
attentat - attack
territoire - territory
ressortissants - citizens, nationals
la mort - death
espoir - hope, prospect
étrangères - foreign
interdiction - ban, prohibition
resultat, issue - outcome
répercussions - implications, effects
meurtrier - deadly
témoignages - testimonies
décéder - to pass away
viser - to target
blesser - to injure, wound
combattre - to combat, fight
mourir de - to die of
faire le deuil - to grive, mourn
négocier - to negotiate
terminer - to complete, end, fihish
compromettre - to compromise, jeopardize
fragiliser - to weaken
you‘ve probably answered that a hundred times over but from where exactly are you? just wondering because I am curious which Spanish you speak. I love your blog btw.
I was born in Peru (all my family is peruvian) and moved to Spain when I was 6, at home I speak with a kind of peruvian accent and outside I speak with a spaniard accent 😊 and thank you so much!
hey guys! I’ve been studying spanish for 6 months on my own and I have collected a number of resources! Here I;m sharing them with you! :)
Sites
memrise: my favourite site. you practice and learn new words and also it has mini gifs where you listen to native speakers saying some phrases!
the spanish experiment: a very cute site where you can learn grammar very easy cause it has so nice graphics and it is very organised. also you can listen to audio stories and read them! (3 little pigs, goldilocks and the 3 bear, red riding hood)
hellolingo: here you can talk in public chat rooms spanish! you can find laguage partner as well! i can say that are very willing to help you!
duolingo: the classic duolingo we all know to practise vocabulary
lang8: write your essay and have it corrected by native speakers
italki: AWESOME site! you set the languages you want to learn, you can find a language partner very very easy. people will send you messages right away! you can write something and native speakers correct you as well!
verbix: your verb conjugator! put a verb and you it will show you how iit becomes in all tenses!
babel
busuu
mondlylanguages
Youtubers
Mariomelo: a crazy spanish girl, vlogging!
Azul mistico: spanish girl, she has gone to disneyland and work as a flight attedant she is so interesting
Jim reno: aesthetic videos!! when she speaks english she has spanish subtitles!
Yuya: latin spanish! this girl is so very cute and her videos very colourful! you will love her!
Heyitspriscila:latin girl vlogging about style she is very cute!
Maria cadepe: friend of mariomelo!
Yanes vlogs: spanish girl vlogging!
Familia carameluchi: a spanish family share their life on youtube!
Learn spanish with youtube
Maria espanol: spanish teacher where she posts videos of her lessons on skype with students.
Culture alley: with these series of videos i first started learning grammar!
Tu escuela de espanol. learn spanish words with fun with drawing videos!
Butterfly spanish. latin spanish! spanish teacher learns spanish on a whiteboard!
Spanish is your amigo: a girl teach spanish!
Easy spanish with milena: a woman teaches spanish grammar!
Spanish made easy
Spanish with 2 year old: 2-3 videos with a 2 year old girl learning spanish from her father!
Movies
Abre los ojos (open your eyes): A man finds the love of his life but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surger.
El orfanato (the orphanage):Thriller. A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children.Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
Lo imposible (the impossible): The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Mar adentro (The sea inside): The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a thirty-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
Biutiful: A thief tries to clean up his life upon learning that he has a terminal illness, all the while caring for his children and making sure their futures are as secure as possible.
La lengua de las mariposas (butterfly):Spanish civil war.The sweet relationship between a young Spanish boy and his teacher
Series
Extra español: Series in spanish with slow spanish and spanish subtitles!very helpful for begginers!
Gran hotel: 1905. a waiter falls in love with the daughter of the owner and goes in so many adventures.
El tiempo entre costuras (the time in between): a poor dressmaker becomes a spy and rich dressmaker and goes into some several situations.
Seis hermanas: 6 sisters lose her father and try hard to keep their factory and prevent themselves from bankruptcy.
Velvet:1950. a love story of Alberto heir of Galerías Velvet one of the most prestigious fashion stores in the Spain and Ana who works as a seamstress there.
El Ministerio del Tiempo: fantasy. time travel!
Cartoons
charlie y lola
peppa pig
caillou
Singers, songs
Enrique Iglesias (duele el corazon, súbeme la radio, bailando, el perdón)
Alvaro Soler (el mismo sol, sofia, volar, agosto)
Nicky Jam (hasta el manecer, el amante, ya me enteré)
Shakira ( la bicicleta, loca)
Maluma ( carnaval, la temperatura, sin contrato)
J Balvin ( tranquila, sigo extrañándote, ay vamos, bobo)
La gente de Zona ( la gozadera, algo contigo )
Prince Royce (la carretera)
Online dictionary
Spanish dict
Games
Rockalingua: these games has so beatiful graphics!
Spanish games net:
Language gym: its so interesting and it has plenty of exercises and beautiful graphics!
Clozemaster: fun games with graphics like super mario!
Online textbooks
grammar book
spanish-english dictionary with pictures
phrases and pronunciation
student book
Online books
Harry potter y la piedra filosofal
El alquimista (“The Alchemist”)
El principito (“The Little Prince”)
audio & podcasts
Online newspapers
el mundo
el país
el periódico
20minutos
Magazines
cosmopolitan (celebrities, lifestyle etc)
national geographic
tú (teen magazine)
artishockrevista (a corner about art and museums)
revistagadgets (gadgets and technology)
cocinafacil (recipes)
Tumblrs!
ourspanishblog
spanishahora
premedspanblr
spanishland
puroespanol
spanishskulduggery
Other masterposts
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Articles
how to learn spanish on your own in less than 12 months
how to learn spanish fast
I hope i helped a bit :) ~chrysi
Adjectives who change their meaning based on positioning
I keep tripping up on these so I am learning it now because it’s getting on my nerves
adjevtive - before the noun - after the noun
alto - top/high-class - tall
Es un alto coche. - It is a high-class car. Ella es alta. - She is tall
antiguo - old/former/ancient - antique
Es un museo antiguo. - It is an old museum. Es un antiguo vaso. - It’s an antique glass.
bajo - of low quality - short
Es un bajo coche. - It is a low quality car. El es bajo. - He is short.
bueno - simple/good - good/gentle/generous
El es un buen profesor. - He is a good professor. El es un profesor bueno. - He is a generous professor.
cierto - certain - true/right
Es una cierta situation. - It is a certain situation. Es una respuesta cierta. - It is a right answer.
cualquier - any (of those available) - qny (type doesn’t matter)
El quiere cualquier reloj. - He wants any of those watches. El quiere reloj cualquier. - He wants any watch, at all.
diferente - various - different distinto - various - different
Ella tiene diferentes aficiones. - She has various hobbies Ella tiene un gusto differente. - She has another/ a different taste.
dulce - good/nice - sweet
Es una dulce chica. - She is a nice girl. Es una comida dulce. - It is a sweet food.
mismo - same - him/herself
El tiene la misma corbata. - He has the same tie. El tiene la tarea mismo. - He has the homwork himself.
nuevo - another/newly acquired - new/newly made
Ella tiene nuevos zapatos. - She has newly acquired shoes. Ella tiene los zapatos nuevos. - She has the new shoes.
pobre - unfortunate - poor
La pobre chica. - The unfortunate girl. El hombre que viva en la calle es pobre. - the man who lives in the street is poor.
propio - his/her own - especially for someone
Es su propio perro. - It is his own dog. Es el regalo propio de María. - It is the present for Maria.
puro - sheer/nothing but - pure
Es chantaje puro. - It is sheer blackmailing. La virgen es puro. - The virgin is pure.
raro - rare - strange
Que rara casualidad. - What a rare coincidence! La mujer es muy rara. - The woman is very strange.
simple - mere - simple/modest
Es un simple hombre, no un magico. - He is a mere man, not a magician. Vivo un vida simple. - I live a modest life
solo - one - lonely
Es un solo hombre. - He is one man. Es un hombre solo. - He is a lonely man.
triste - dreadful - sad
Que triste tarea! - What a dreadful task! El muerte de su madre es triste. - Her mother’s death is sad.
único - only - unique
Soy la única chica que toca la guitarra. - I am the only girl who plays guitar. Es un cuadro muy único. - It is a very unique painting.
varios - several - different
Tengo varias amigas. - I have serveral friends. Mi hermano tiene amigos varios. - My brother has different friends.
viejo - former/long-time - old/aged
Es una vieja amiga. - She is a long time friend. Es una mujer vieja. - She is an old woman.
Corrections would be appreciated