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| Ashiro Groupie United Kingdom learnxlanguage.com/ Joined 5737 days ago 89 posts - 101 votes  Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 25 25 May 2009 at 12:29am | IP Logged |
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I've seen lots of inspiring vids of polyglots online but none of complete beginners so I thought I'd post one of meeeee devastating the beautiful Spanish language. :)
[Warning: I've been learning Spanish for 4months and I'm rubbish! So please forgive the quality] You can see the vid here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k81CI09rbJ4 I've done it for three reasons: 1. Learning a language well seems to be about taking risks and just going for it in the language you're learning. I don't want to be a private polyglot to shy and scared of speaking the language. So regardless of how good or bad I am - I'm gonna show the world. :) 2. I want to inspire people in a different way. Its great to see the polyglots online but although they're inspiring it can be a bit disheartening. Like: 'Ill never get that good'. So I thought it'd be nice for people to see that not everyone just BANG speaks fluently. To show someone right at the beginning. 3. I'd love feedback. So if you had any questions, comments, etc then I'd be very grateful. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Ashiro Groupie United Kingdom learnxlanguage.com/ Joined 5737 days ago 89 posts - 101 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 25 25 May 2009 at 12:35am | IP Logged |
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Third reason:
I wanted to practice my speaking in some way other than repeating what Pimsleur tells me to say. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Eimii Groupie United States Joined 5767 days ago 44 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Polish | Message 3 of 25 25 May 2009 at 1:17am | IP Logged |
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You speak Spanish like I speak Spanish, except I studied it for 5 years in school and it's only been 4 months for you. :P
I admire your courage, keep it up. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Ashiro Groupie United Kingdom learnxlanguage.com/ Joined 5737 days ago 89 posts - 101 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 25 25 May 2009 at 2:07am | IP Logged |
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Thank you so much!!
I really appreciate your comments! :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6844 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 25 25 May 2009 at 2:36am | IP Logged |
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First of all, I understand you perfectly. There are some pronunciation issues, especially the /r/ which sometimes is mute and sometimes more like an English /r/. I also think there was an audible /h/ in "hace" (the /h/ should always be mute).
But, hey, you've been at it for just a couple of months! I've heard worse than that from classmates after three years of studies! Edited by jeff_lindqvist on 25 May 2009 at 2:38am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| hypersport Senior Member United States Joined 5816 days ago 216 posts - 307 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 6 of 25 25 May 2009 at 3:33am | IP Logged |
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Kudos for the effort man, just keep after it.
Hopefully you can find some native speakers to hook up with in your town, that will really accelerate everything. Which course are you using? When I first started I got a lot out of Learning Spanish Like Crazy. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sprachefin Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5681 days ago 300 posts - 317 votes Speaks: German*, English, Spanish Studies: French, Turkish, Mandarin, Bulgarian, Persian, Dutch | Message 7 of 25 25 May 2009 at 4:02am | IP Logged |
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I thought that you did very well for a learner of four months. You said you wanted criticism so I am going to correct you on the things that made me automatically correct it when I heard them. When you said "viaje Barcelona en febrero", I could not determine whether or not you were saying you went or you are going. I assumed since you used an "e" ending that you were using the past tense of viajar. Put more emphasis on the "e", it is accented so you would say viajé. I also noticed that you said "es muy bonito ciudad". You want to say, "es una ciudad muy bonita". Ciudad is feminine so you would say bonita. You also don't put noun modifiers before the noun. When you said no creo nada más, I assumed you wanted to say no sé nada más. Creer means to beleive or to think. Also, when you said graciás escuchar, you probably meant graciás para escuchar. These aren't all the mistakes you made, but these were the ones that stood out to me the most. I am only trying to be helpful, and over all, I think you are quite good for only a four month learner. You sound very good and I hope that you advance with good time. Good effort, and I admire your bravery to take a chance and use your skills.
By the way: Your accent (for English) is really cool. I speak English with a German accent so I am looking for something new to pick up. Edited by sprachefin on 25 May 2009 at 4:04am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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