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What do you hate most about Spanish?

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I hate doing verbs. They are to difficult. raspberry

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updated Apr 30, 2011
posted by Krissy3039
"too" difficult. - pesta, Apr 29, 2011

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Nothing really. Spanish is a beautiful language.

If you find yourself hating a language, you might want to question both your methodology and motivation for learning. One or both of these might be the actual cause for such feelings (and not the language itself).

updated Apr 30, 2011
edited by Izanoni1
posted by Izanoni1
I think in this context hate means more, find difficult, than really hate. - MaryMcc, Apr 29, 2011
I dont hate spanish at all. - Rey_Mysterio, Apr 29, 2011
I don't hate spanish either, but that's why we put up with the frustrating parts that are hard to learn... because we love the language it and it's worth it. - GuitarWarrior, Apr 29, 2011
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I hate that I didn't get to learn it when I was three years old.

Everybody seems to hate the subjunctive - but I like it. Only I get distracted by so many other basic concerns of expression, vocabulary, and basic grammar, that I often forget to feel the subjunctive mood. I hope that comes easier later on.

updated Apr 5, 2013
posted by pesta
Me too. I -love- the subjunctive mood. - Goyo, Apr 29, 2011
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This thread exemplifies the opposite attitude that successful polyglot recommend in order to learn languages: to enjoy the language, using it as much as possible. Instead of doing that, let's spend a lot of time feeling self pity and reinforcing the idea that learning Spanish is an unattainable goal. A very productive activity.

Good luck!

updated Apr 30, 2011
edited by lazarus1907
posted by lazarus1907
oooh! - ian-hill, Apr 29, 2011
Great attitude, Lazarus!:) - migelis, Apr 30, 2011
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The subjunctive of course.

If only Spanish had some Modals.

Update

This is what I found for Spanish Modals

They look like normal verbs to me.

updated Apr 29, 2011
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
Spanish does have modals too. - lazarus1907, Apr 29, 2011
What are they Lazarus? - please ! - ian-hill, Apr 29, 2011
I loved this link, Ian. Thanks - sanlee, Apr 29, 2011
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I cannot think of anything I hate about the Spanish language - it is a beautiful language with many many attractive qualities - but there are some things I find frustrating about it which include

1 Grappling with use of the subjunctive - mostly imperfect subjunctive (occasionally present subjunctive: when/when not to use it!)

2 Learning formal ways of expressing the language in order to help people here with writing something for a formal document

3 Having/needing to learn specialist words eg jargon in addition to the vast everyday vocabulary that GuitarWarrior has already mentioned

4 Learning to use complex verb constructions

eg a) Habría hecho la misma (cosa) = I would have done the same (thing)

b) Debería haber recordado llamar a mi madre por teléfono para decirle, ''¡Feliz cumpleaños!''

= I should have remembered to call my mother to say, ''Happy Birthday''

Corregid mi español, por favor grin

updated Apr 29, 2011
edited by FELIZ77
posted by FELIZ77
That "corregid" threw me: Corrijan (ustedes) [this would be the Latin American equivalent of corregid] ;-) - cristalino, Apr 29, 2011
Yes I use the Spanish from Spain most of the time :) - FELIZ77, Apr 29, 2011
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There are not enough pictures of hot women on the site. Now, all the women who have posted pictures are extreemly hot, but we just need more of them.

updated Apr 29, 2011
posted by Ron_Austin
Don't they have to be Spanish women? :) - pesta, Apr 29, 2011
Amen hermano =) - DJ_Huero, Apr 29, 2011
Nope, being Spanish is not required. Solo caliente es necesito - Ron_Austin, Apr 29, 2011
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I don't really hate anything about it... I have trouble with some conjugations still, mainly future tense... but I actually love Spanish and everything (especialmente las latinas) that comes with it. grin

updated Apr 29, 2011
posted by DJ_Huero
Future tense? It is one of the most regular tenses! - lazarus1907, Apr 29, 2011
Well, the problem is I mix it up with other stuff... lol - DJ_Huero, Apr 29, 2011
lol, and you can forget about subjunctive... i'm terrible with that - DJ_Huero, Apr 29, 2011
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I hate the irregular verbs!!! in every tense!!!

Well... I guess I just have to learn them.rolleyesalt text

updated Apr 29, 2011
posted by 00b6f46c
Arabic, too, has a few of those. - lazarus1907, Apr 29, 2011
You mean ''many'' of those! - 00b6f46c, Apr 29, 2011
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I find it difficult to remember the verb conjugations when I am speaking, I am getting there slowly in written work as I have more time to think then.

updated Apr 29, 2011
posted by MaryMcc
Agreed!! - crosby_33, Apr 29, 2011
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I hate that I am not fluent in it yet smile

updated Apr 29, 2011
posted by Teegs
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What I don't like most is learning vocab. Grammar has a pretty finite set of rules to remember as compared to the numerous specific words to memorize in vocab. What's worse is... by the end of the day, I forget some of the words!

updated Apr 29, 2011
posted by GuitarWarrior
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I love the Spanish language in every way!!! The only thing I hate is the fact that I am not fluent yet!!! tongue laugh

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updated Apr 29, 2011
posted by Nicole-B
Same here Nicole :) I wish I were fluent but not only in Spanish but French and Italian and Portuguese too lol - FELIZ77, Apr 29, 2011
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I would not say "hate" in my case, but I have some troubles with pronouns. All of them sound for me like a nice spanish song "le-lo-la-les"smile so far. grin

updated Apr 29, 2011
posted by migelis
hahaha :) - FELIZ77, Apr 29, 2011
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I quite dislike using the wrong word at the wrong time. For instance, saying "tengo hombre" instead of "tengo hambre". Quite embarrasing actually!! LOL

updated Apr 29, 2011
posted by HeatherHook
Just be glad you are a woman and that if you are ever embarrassed and say estoy embarazada people will only think you're weird for pointing that out randomly. - Fredbong, Apr 29, 2011
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FELIZ77

Debería haber recordado llamar a mi madre por teléfono para decirle ¡Feliz cumpleaños!

updated Apr 29, 2011
edited by Cisneros_89
posted by Cisneros_89
Muchas gracias cisneros :) - FELIZ77, Apr 29, 2011