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Language Transfer is fantastic.See if your local library provides access to the Mango App. I found it to be much more conversational than DuoLingo. I also like https://www.languagetransfer.org/
Language Transfer is fantastic.
Another vote for SayHi. You can (almost) have a conversation using this as it can translate the spoken word.You can download the app "SayHi" on your phone, then you can have (simple) spoken phrases translated into Spanish.
Is it important to do this practice run in French, or could it perhaps be done in Spanish for the first time?I always recommend that you should have some previous travel experience in Europe for before the Camino... For starters, read this:
In contrast, as hospitalero, I checked in a pilgrim who in response to a "preferred language" vociferously informed me (in Spanish) that he was Basque, neither Spanish nor French. But when I gave him a booklet in Basque, he stared at it for a few seconds, handed it back, and said "French."Throw in a few greetings in Euskadi/Basque. My friendly greetings in Spanish didn't do any magic.
Is it important to do this practice run in French, or could it perhaps be done in Spanish for the first time?
Just bought it! What a great resource...Forum member @sillydoll published a book called Camino Lingo, that is described in this thread. It is from 10 years ago, but the basic language hasn't changed much since then. It is available as a Kindle book from Amazon.
Who can afford a practice run? And why, if it were a practice run, would you do it in some place that doesn't speak the language you would be using on the 'real thing'?Is it important to do this practice run in French, or could it perhaps be done in Spanish for the first time?
My view remains unchanged. I don't think doing a practice run is a realistic prospect for many members.No doubt you will learn things on your first travel experience, but I suspect that for many here, their Camino will be their first travel to Spain or Portugal, and they will have been saving for years to afford just that. They won't have time or the resources to do a preliminary trip just for practice.
Interesting analogy with the joke. Practice is one way - for a very few people. For the vast majority of us, practice will never get us there.How do you get to Carnegie Hall (Santiago)?
Practice!
So much more adventure in learning as you go.Some people travel with the motto, "I'll just ask somebody when I get there!" This is much harder to do when traveling to a country in your non-native language. In this case, you must come prepared with information that you have already researched prior to your trip. For example, you should not need to ask a local about the Paris Metro, you should have already studied the routes before traveling.
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