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We fly to Phoenix tomorrow for our youngest son's White Coat Ceremony afterwhich we are taking the grandmas to Vegas for a few days. My wife and I have reservations at Bazaar Meat for The Ultimate Tasting menu. We have been to Jaleo several times and enjoyed the experience.
¡Que aproveche!
That is a tell that you are starting to be able to think in the language. It is a huge accomplishment. I get glimpses, but primarily dream in English. Thinking in the target language eliminates the translation layer (listening to Spanish, translating to English, translating to Spanish, speaking...
Netflix audio and subtitle options ...
When I am not tired and motivated, I set my audio options to Spanish and subtitles to English. Listening to Spanish helps train my ear. The subtitles are not perfect, but they do help identify words and the general sentence structure.
When I am tired and...
Ojalá el subjuntivo no fuera tan difícil.:eek:
Aquí hay un enlace a mi portal de estudio. Puede leer el capítulo (Text menu option), ver el tutorial (Tutorial menu option) o hacer algunos ejercicios con el presente subjuntivo.
http://www.intentalo.net/chapter_12/12.3.1.1_Intentalo.html
12.3...
On the topic of keyboards ... do you use multiple keyboard layouts? I use a Windows PC and have the English and English International keyboards installed. They work pretty well, but do seem to have a mind of their own sometimes ... switching without noitce. Maybe it is just my typing skills. I...
No sé "disciverdí ". ~Fat fingers and an international keyboard playing tricks? I should proofread a little better before posting...that was not even close.
Revisé el subjuntivo un poco hoy en mi clase, y descubrí un nuevo recurso en Spotify.
Aquí hay un par de recursos gratuitos para libros y audiolibros.
https://www.lectulandia.co/
https://www.ellibrototal.com/ltotal/
https://youglish.com/ (busca palabras o frases en videos de youtube)
Aquí hay una lista de palabras en español que cambian en España y América Latina. ¡Suerte!
https://baselang.com/blog/vocabulary/spanish-words-that-change/
Aquí hay una lista de palabras para halloween. Buenas noches, no dejéis que los vampiros, zombis o chinches muerdan. 🎃
https://mydailyspanish.com/53-spanish-words-spooky-halloween/
The thing I like about spanishdict pronunciation is that you can see one of the women say the word in addition to hearing it. It also has Latin American and Spain Spanish.
Por ejemplo: https://www.spanishdict.com/pronunciation/decir
Or something a bit more complicated...
+1 for Spanglish hacks. A couple of hacks for the past.
1) The present perfect indicative can simplify the conjugation a bit and accomplishes a lot. You just have to learn how to form the past participle of the verb. Ar verbs end in ado, er and ir verbs end in ido. There are a few irregular...
FYI, I just posted a resource to add a SpanishDict menu item to the Chrome Context Menu (right click) . It just takes the selected text and opens a new tab in spanishdict.com. I find it a quick way to look up verb conjugations and pronunciations...
@Doughnut NZ my dad use to have ongoing arguments with Alexa ... calling her names etc, but her mood never seemed to change. That would irritate him even more. It would be interesting to switch her into Spanish, and learn some street slang.🤣
I watched a couple of her videos this morning, and I was mesmerized with her tongue while she spoke. Her tongue operates completely differently than English speakers (IMHO). I find myself getting tongue tied sometimes during class and almost need to pause, and take a sip of coffee before...
I have been using baselang for several months after I read a recommendation from @trecile. I try to do an hour a day 5 days a week. I am not fluent, but my Spanish has improved. I am not sure that I will get to be truly fluent unless I am immersed for sometime (~living in Spain). I have spoken...
@hunsta FYI, I posted the following resources: Basic Dictionary for Hospitaleros 2.0 (pdf), and Basic Dictionary for Hospitaleros - Quizlet (flashcards with audio).
¡Buena suerte!
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