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| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5339 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 1 of 9 21 April 2010 at 1:04am | IP Logged | ||
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By the end of the month I hope to know basic greetings, basic entry conversation and
sentence structure. I will then progress to learn more words on my own and construct more sentences, I would also like to know elementary grammar by the end of the month and all necessary grammar by the end of next month. Just a first goal for me in Italian. Any help is appreciated. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5342 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 2 of 9 21 April 2010 at 2:12am | IP Logged | ||
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No offense, but you are changing your mind so quickly, what happened to your other languages you were studying?
Good luck with Italian. I recommend Assimil Italian With Ease. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5339 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 3 of 9 21 April 2010 at 2:49am | IP Logged | ||
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Italian is the one I am actually "studying", I would just say keeping refreshed with my
other languages until I am content with my main one. I progress in large steps for each language, then switch back to them and do exercises for my other languages. It has worked well so far. This is actually what I got done in Spanish, so that is what I would like to do in Italian as well. "Basic Conversation" being able to have a conversation like the following in English: Hey, what's up? Nothing much, you? Quite bored. There is not much to do. Oh that sucks, want to go to the movies? That should cheer you up. Really basic things like that that you would see everyday. I would just create scenarios for myself and try them repeatedly, of course I still make many mistakes with verbs. I would also make sure I knew all the words necessary for the conversation to function. Normally when I talk to a native Spanish speaker online it doesn't go past 5 exchanges of sentences before I need to ask them something. Hola, ¿Qué tal estás? Bien, tú? Bien, habla usted inglés? (I don't know if you could say habla tú inglés here, but I like to be formal) etc. Edited by Akao on 21 April 2010 at 2:54am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5342 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 4 of 9 21 April 2010 at 4:09am | IP Logged | ||
Wrong order on the Spanish. It is Hola, Como estas? (informal) or Como estas usted? (formal) Bien, y tu? (and you not just you) Bien, tu habla ingles? (literally, you speak English?) edit - I didn't use the proper accents but you understand what I mean :) Edited by Smart on 21 April 2010 at 4:11am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5339 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 5 of 9 21 April 2010 at 4:17am | IP Logged | ||
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Yeah, been a while, I should take a few days to touch up on my Spanish.
I hear a lot of people say "¿Qué tal estás?" to me though, so I assume that is a type of slang. Along with ¿Qué tal? I have heard people say Being, habla usted inglés? I assume they were just incorrect though D: 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5342 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 6 of 9 21 April 2010 at 4:31am | IP Logged | ||
You can say it that way, mostly in Spain or Latin America they will use Que Tal, but my preference is the generic 'Como estas senor?" etc. depends on your preference, just like in English: How are you? What's up? How is it going? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5339 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 7 of 9 21 April 2010 at 4:41am | IP Logged | ||
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Ah okay, I hear people from Spain say Qué tal quite often, my Chilean friend as well. I
should stick to standard Spanish though and spend a day before I go to a country learning the dialect so I don't sound foolish. Not to mention my AWFUL accent. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5342 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 8 of 9 21 April 2010 at 5:02am | IP Logged | ||
I grew up with the common Spanish of Baja California (and broader the rest of the United States and Mexico). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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