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How can I learn Spanish over night?

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i want to learn spanish

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updated Dec 14, 2009
edited by 00494d19
posted by chris_2

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Go to Alaska where winter nights lasts for 6 months...

If you are serious about learning quickly, immerse yourself as much as you can, practice your vocabulary, and challenge yourself with harder and harder reading.

updated Sep 4, 2010
posted by kattya
^^ Win - TheSilentHero, Dec 11, 2009
This is the best idea yet. - ocbizlaw, Dec 11, 2009
I can't stop laughing -a brilliant answer - pintor, Dec 11, 2009
I love this answer. I am moving to Alaska. - nizhoni1, Dec 14, 2009
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You did not learn your first language overnight, and certainly not going to learn a second language over night. It takes time especially with vocabulary.

updated Dec 14, 2009
posted by BellaMargarita
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how can i learn spanish over night

Well, this has a really easy asnwer!!

You can't!!!wink

updated Dec 14, 2009
posted by 00494d19
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Unless you can download it in your brain like Neo in Matrix, it's going to take you longer. This site is a very good place to do it.

updated Dec 17, 2009
posted by 00e657d4
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Learning Spanish is not something you do overnight - it's a lifetimes work!

Although if you do find a way, I'd love to hear about it smile

updated Dec 14, 2009
edited by sheila-foster
posted by sheila-foster
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Can he be referring to listening to audio while sleeping. It was once considered a way of learning vocabulary. etc. I can only asume that it has fallen out of use because it proved ineffective or because the body needs so many hours of "uninterrupted" sleep.

updated Dec 14, 2009
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
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Practice, practice, practice. It takes many years. Even a native 5 year old does not speak their native tongue perfectly.

updated Dec 14, 2009
posted by Kerri
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Well a good start is learn and remember how to say these words in spanish: who= quién.... what= qué.... when= cuándo.... where= dónde.... why=por qué.... how= cómo.... hello=hola.... goodbye= adiós.... left/right=izquierdo/derecho.... in front of=delante de.... behind of=detrás de.... me=me.... you=tú.... we/us=nosotros.... him= él.... her=ella.... the=el,la,los,las

Spanishdict is the best ever but you should learn these phrases as well: http://www.learn-spanish-help.com/spanish-phrase.html

updated Dec 11, 2009
posted by icanrideawave
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Instead of watching TV for 35 mins at night, you can watch the Bueno, entonces show and learn Spanish. The classes are so fun to watch that you won't even notice you're learning! But I agree that learning a language requires commitment and it won't happen magically just laying on bed. You can also try to listen to Spanish music so you get used to the pronunciation. Check out their Facebook fan page... they have tips and videos to help you learn and it's free.

updated Dec 14, 2009
posted by claireclai
btw this is their website: http://www.generallinguistics.com/learn-spanish - claireclai, Dec 14, 2009
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Can he be referring to listening to audio while sleeping. It was once considered a way of learning vocabulary. etc. I can only assume that it has fallen out of use because it proved ineffective or because the body needs so many hours of "uninterrupted" sleep.....qfreed

Hmmm......the title of this thread, 'How can I learn Spanish over night?', does suggest that he means actually during the period of night before the day (whilst sleeping). I thought that audio was actually effective for learning Spanish, but as I'm actually writing this post, I've come across an article on a website that says sleep learning depends on the individual and is actually a good method of learning for a beginner- people can learn phrases.

updated Dec 12, 2009
posted by Seb79
Yeah, but just look what sleep learning did to Algernon!! - Izanoni1, Dec 11, 2009
Are you referring to Algernon Charles Swinburne- the poet? - Seb79, Dec 12, 2009
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This site is a good place to start. Novelas also have helped me a lot. It's not going to happen overnight though...sorry. I'm actually studying to be a bilingual education teacher and the research shows to become fully fluent (reading, writing, speaking closed to that of a native) it takes about 7 years. You can become cenversationally fluent much quicker if you immerse yourself though.

updated Dec 11, 2009
posted by songstress78861
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Not possible, but I did find a method that worked for me where other methods failed. Pimsleur's. I loaded it onto my IPod and listen and repeat while I'm doig a myriad of other things. I can't believe that I've finally got it!

updated Dec 11, 2009
posted by Renee-Ryder
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Consider this:

How long does it take to learn absolutely any language

I would argue less than an hour.

Here’s the reasoning…

Before you invest (or waste) hundreds and thousands of hours on a language, you should deconstruct it. So far, I’ve deconstructed quite a few languages.

How is it possible to become conversationally fluent in one of these languages in 2-12 months? It starts with deconstructing them, choosing wisely, and abandoning all but a few of them.

Consider a new language like a new sport. There are certain physical prerequisites (height is an advantage in basketball), rules (a runner must touch the bases in baseball), and so on that determine if you can become proficient at all, and—if so—how long it will take.

Languages are no different. What are your tools, and how do they fit with the rules of your target?

Remember the six golden rules-

Here are a few questions that I apply from the outset of a language:

1. Are there new grammatical structures that will postpone fluency?

2. Are there new sounds that will double or quadruple time to fluency?

3. How similar is it to languages I already understand? What will help and what will interfere?

4. All of which answer: How difficult will it be, and how long would it take to become functionally fluent?

In all cases, treat language as sport.

Deconstruction of Arabic

Deconstruction of Arabic

updated Dec 11, 2009
edited by Seb79
posted by Seb79
I agree about the sport part. Did you decide to study Arabic? - kattya, Dec 11, 2009
Yes - Seb79, Dec 11, 2009
Fascinating. Yet, I must say that I have Spanish grammar down cold and have developed a good vocabulary so that I can read ane write in Spanish as well as assemble a spoken thought. Yet understanding native speakers continues to give me grief. - ocbizlaw, Dec 11, 2009
Native speakers have a tendency to speak at a rather fast paced rate because they are often passionate about speech.....at least, this is the experience I've had. - Seb79, Dec 11, 2009
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i want to learn spanish

Good luck smile

updated Dec 11, 2009
posted by Issabela