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| plaidchuck Diglot Groupie United States facebook.com/plaidchRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5100 days ago 71 posts - 93 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 9 of 10 15 October 2010 at 4:30am | IP Logged |
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Yep Cainntear hit the nail on the head. Basically with few exceptions, Spanish uses changes in word order and rhythm to stress ideas and concepts.
That's why for example under most circumstances you won't hear a native speaker say an emphatic "Síííííííííí!" and draw it out verbally as I have written it, on an average occasion you would most likely hear "que sí!" or "que no!" In my opinion probably the hardest thing to master in the language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Andrew~ Groupie United States howlearnspanish.com Joined 5063 days ago 42 posts - 67 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese | Message 10 of 10 18 October 2010 at 10:35pm | IP Logged |
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"There are the kinds of things that give me most problems so far. Because from an English perspective they seem somewhat illogical. Also there is no real individual analysis of these phrases in FSI."
That's a problem with FSI that was addressed in Platiquemos--this is what I used to go from a beginner to an advanced intermediate level of Spanish and I highly recommend it. Platiquemos is a significantly improved version of the original FSI Spanish course and includes explanations and grammar lessons galore. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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