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| BOLIO Senior Member United States Joined 4659 days ago 253 posts - 366 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 33 of 344 06 March 2014 at 4:32pm | IP Logged |
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Question for those who know.
Yesterday I went by this carnicería and was trying to speak to one of the employees and I attempted to say to her that I try to speak Spanish whenever I can. But, what came out of my mouth was "Yo trato hablar español a todos los tiempos". I felt like I was understood. What should I have said to her? thanks in advance for the help. 48 hours and I will be on the beaches of Puerto Vallarta. I cannot wait. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Crush Tetraglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5866 days ago 1622 posts - 2299 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto Studies: Basque | Message 34 of 344 07 March 2014 at 1:52am | IP Logged |
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You could try:
"Intento (or trato de) hablar español siempre que puedo (or siempre que tengo la oportunidad)" 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| BOLIO Senior Member United States Joined 4659 days ago 253 posts - 366 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 35 of 344 07 March 2014 at 2:53pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks Crush.
See everyone in a week. Have fun working on whatever language(s) you love. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| BOLIO Senior Member United States Joined 4659 days ago 253 posts - 366 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 36 of 344 11 March 2014 at 12:09am | IP Logged |
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I wanted to drop a quick post while I am in Mexico. The resort is awesome! The staff is very patient and two
waiters have adopted me for my Spanish learning. They help me with corrections and I have had my head in Madrigals majic key for Spanish. The food and weather as awesome and I am avoiding almost All English with staff and my wife is helping me where I make mistakes too. An awesome experience so far! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| BOLIO Senior Member United States Joined 4659 days ago 253 posts - 366 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 37 of 344 17 March 2014 at 2:55pm | IP Logged |
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Well, the trip was wonderful. If you ever want excellent service, the Gran Velas resort in Nayarit is the place to go.
I spent most of the trip talking with the wait staff and people at the local markets. It really made me realize how far I have to go! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| BOLIO Senior Member United States Joined 4659 days ago 253 posts - 366 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 38 of 344 18 March 2014 at 2:45pm | IP Logged |
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Now that my vacation is over, I am back at the salt mine for my learning.
Vocab words chosen from a native Spanish book; Work the Iversen list method; Listen to the audio of the book; Duolingo; Listen to native speakers via my wife and friends and also news/movies; madrigal's magic key to Spanish; Talk when and where I can. I will start counting the hours I am studying. I will not count passive listening as study time even though I think it is important and will be doing it. If I could complete 450 hours of Active study by years end, my guess is that I would be conversational to the point that it is not painful to the person speaking with me. Regardless, no matter what level I am at after 450 hours of study, I will be much further along than I am now. 03/17/2014 1hr/449 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| BOLIO Senior Member United States Joined 4659 days ago 253 posts - 366 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 39 of 344 21 March 2014 at 3:13pm | IP Logged |
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03/20/2014 5hr/445
Still trucking along. Wordlist, Duolingo,reading,listening,speaking when I can. In addition to the activities mentioned, I continue to watch Destinos almost every day. I am on Episode 36. I don't know how much I am learning, but I do like it. Again, I only count the hours working on Wordlist, Reading, Translating, or listening with text (ie. Assimil). All passive listening, Destinos and small conversations with my wife/ others are not counted. Adelante! Edited by BOLIO on 21 March 2014 at 3:14pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ElComadreja Senior Member Philippines bibletranslatio Joined 7239 days ago 683 posts - 757 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Cebuano, French, Tagalog | Message 40 of 344 22 March 2014 at 3:49am | IP Logged |
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I saw someone else try this idea. Find a newspaper article that you don't understand, put it in a dated envelope, and in 6 months take it out and see if it's any easier.
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