Is there anyone I can practice written Spanish with?

Question

Hola a todos!

I have only just started learning Spanish (about 8 weeks) and I had never done any Spanish prior to that. I think it could be helpful if I was possibly able to write some emails to a native Spanish speaker to help me practice (Yo no hablo Española muy bien y mi escrbiendo es terrible!).

¿Es cualquiera contento con el intercambio de mensajes de correo electrónico? Yo puedo escribir en española y usted puede escribir en ingles. Podemos corregir los errores para cada otro. Es una buena manera de practicar, ¿no?

I also have skype, so would be happy to instant message people on there too.

Hope that makes sense, I have written some of it myself and used the translation tool for the rest

Muchos Gracias Grace

Welcome to the forum, :) - 00494d19, Jun 2, 2011

Are you just saying hello to the girls? :( - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

I've edited it now Tom, that was a mistake :) - Lachicafeliz, Jun 3, 2011

Answer 1

You should write: 'Yo no hablo Español muy bien y escribo terrible' 'Español' is a noun, (the name of the languaje, not you). I'm sorry by the explication, I don't write very well english, I studing it here..

Also, :' Muchos Gracias' is wrong, you have to say: 'Muchas Gracias', because 'Gracias' is a feminine word.

Regards.

Thank you Antonio. I meant to write muchas but put muchos for some reason :) - Lachicafeliz, Jun 2, 2011

La palabra "español" solamente se escribe con mayúscula cuando se traduce al inglés. - Agora, Jun 5, 2011

Answer 2

Welcome to the forum! Estamos para aprender y ayudarnos

Answer 3

Thanks Nikki, I will look into both of those.

I am trying to immerse myself in loads of different things to help me learn. I feel that writing has got to be one of the hardest parts of learning a language and it is probably the most daunting part too (after speaking of course!).

Thanks again

Speaking is harder. Listening is the hardest. :) - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

Ah, don't even get me started on the listening! Everything sounds like it is 100mph at the moment. - Lachicafeliz, Jun 2, 2011

From easy to hard for me: Reading, writing, speaking, listening. - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

Answer 4

Did you ever try out the chat here?

Just click on "More" and go down to "Chat".

Also -- You might want to try espanglishchat.

No need to sign up... just pick a nickname and then you are ready to chat. I have found a few pen pals from the chat that I still keep in contact with through e-mail or instant messaging.

Answer 5

I'm pretty sure that if you use a word as a noun, you do not use el gerundio (escribiendo). You would use the infinitive instead (escribir).

Mi escribir es terrible. Not, mi escribiendo es terrible.

If you were to write "Dancing is fun"... then "dancing" is the noun.

Bailar es divertido. Not, bailando es divertido.

"Escribiendo" and "bailando" are equivalent to the present progressive in English, meaning that something is actually happening at that moment. You aren't actually "writing" in that statement that you made, you are talking about your writing.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks Tosh. I've only been learning 8 weeks so keep muddling things up at the moment. I knew gerund was .....ing so just stuck it on and hoped for the best!! - Lachicafeliz, Jun 2, 2011

Answer 6

HI grace, if you are interested, I can introduce you to a lot of people on skippi

Send me your nick by PM.

Answer 7

No problem!

Actually for me it is the complete opposite... hehe. I used to write a lot and I never spoke. Now I cannot hold a good conversation.

If you ever want to study some grammar you should check out the reference pages on this site (listed under "More") and also spanish.about.com.

I'm sure those will help you out a lot.

Good luck!