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Spanish In Two Weeks Without Spending A Dime - 5 Simple Steps [print this page] 5 simple to follow steps on how to make Spanish learning easy. Describes clear-cut method one must know to learn beginner level Spanish. Shows the most common grammar and pronunciation mistakes English speakers make while learning Spanish. Specific advice on easy every day actions to speed up Spanish learning.
To easy learn beginner Spanish in just few weeks and mostly use free resources, here is a simple 5 step method:
Step 1.
Learn Basic Spanish nouns and verbs
Find a free internet site to learn 50-100 basic Spanish nouns and verbs like I, we, hotel, road, car, airport. Don't forget to learn whether the noun is feminine and masculine. Choose the website where you can hear the pronunciation.
Most likely you will be not able to avoid learning the conjugation of these verbs at least at the present tense. In fact, it is not as demaning as you may think.
To conjugate the Spanish verb, the ending of the verb at its infinitive form is removed and replaced by different ending depending on WHO is performing an action.
For example, Hablar (means to speak in English)
If you say, I speak, then you leave a stem of the word or habl- and add ending - o and it becomes hablo.
For you speak, add the ending -ar at the word stem and it becomes hablas.
The endings are slightly different for verbs that end in -er and -ir, but the principle is the same. Remove the infinitive ending, and then add the appropriate ending to the remaining stem.
Tip: For nouns in most cases a ending is for feminine, like la mesa (table) and o ending is masculine, like el caballo (horse).
Step 2.
Get idea about the correct word order
The common mistake for English speakers is to put adjective before the noun. In Spanish the right way is NOUN first, followed by ADJECTIVE:
For example,
Cold water in Spanish is: agua fria where agua means water and fria means cold.
In English it would translate as water cold. Don't forget to place the noun first and think water cold before translating into Spanish.
Remember also, that adjectives must reflect the gender of a noun.
For example, white is blanco.
But it's incorrect in Spanish to say la mesa blanco.
You have to say: la mesa blanca
Step 3.
Start building your own sentences right away
Great idea is to describe yourself your actions in Spanish or things you see around. You could say:
I am going to shop or Voy a la tienda
Children play in the park or Los nios juegan en el parque
This will give you great chance to remember words better, practice speaking in sentences and shorten the mental translation time from English to Spanish. Make an effort to remember the appropriate gender for noun and conjugation for verb.
Tip. Avoid these most common Spanish pronunciation mistakes
*Pronouncing the letter h.
In Spanish, the h is always silent.
hamburguesa sounds like am-burr-guess-ah
*Mispronouncing the letter j.
In Spanish, the letter j sounds like the English h.
jugo (juice) is pronounced like hugo
*Don't pronounce rr too softly.
The Spanish r is stronger than the English r. So when you pronounce words like Tren (train) or rojo (red), make the r sound strong.
Step 4.
Continue learning new words EVERY DAY and put them in immediate use by forming your own sentences to describe your actions.
This is by far the most effective way to recall Spanish words from your memory and concentrate in learning just the most useful every day words. You do not need to know many words to speak Spanish. In fact, many linguists note that in everyday life we use less than 2000 words. To start speaking Spanish, your vocabulary can be only 400-500 words. If you learn just 15 new words a day, in two weeks you will know more than 200 essential Spanish words.
Step 5.
For maximum results, try to immerse yourself in Spanish language as much as you can
Listen to Spanish songs, watch Spanish movies with Spanish subtitles (preferred instead of English subtitles), listen to Spanish podcasts and so on.
Another tip is whenever you see a Spanish and English description of the product or services, try to read a Spanish version first.
If you are persistent and use this simple method, you will be able to easy learn Spanish in a few short weeks. To go further and study more comprehensive Spanish, you might consider getting a Spanish language course to speed up your learning.
If you are persistent and use this simple method, then learning Spanish easy in a few short weeks is really possible. To go further and study more comprehensive Spanish, you might consider getting a Spanish language course to speed up your learning.
