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Challenging and loved parts of learning Spanish?

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What has been the most 1:easy ,2:hardest ,3: confusing ,4:"your loved" part that you have gone through in learning spanish?

1:easy

2:hardest

3:confusing

4: subject that you love "your loved"

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updated Dec 15, 2012
edited by --Mariana--
posted by Cohan
I saw your avatar. How many mirrors did you use when you took your picture? :) - GuitarWarrior, Apr 26, 2012
Is this exclusively about people learning Spanish? - comunacho, Apr 26, 2012
1: the present tense and future tense for all of the verbs. 2: The past tenses. 3: Subjunctive tenses. 4: Nouns- can never get enough - AmazingR0ug31, Apr 26, 2012
Why you want to kNow how many mirrors i use.are you elergetic to mirrors? - Cohan, Apr 26, 2012
Two mirrors are enough. - inkubzz, Apr 27, 2012

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Learning to say "hola ' was easy , from then on it was all downhill.

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updated Apr 27, 2012
posted by ray76
Lol - rac1, Apr 26, 2012
:) - bandit51jd, Apr 26, 2012
I'm with you on that! - Noetol, Apr 26, 2012
Lol - Cohan, Apr 26, 2012
I am joking of course, hola was not all that easy. - ray76, Apr 27, 2012
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1:easy

2:hardest

3:confusing

4: subject that you love "your loved"

  1. I don´t know if anything was "easy" per se...I had difficulties with many lessons over the years. I guess pluscuamperfecto was easiest to learn and use, since it´s just he/has/ha/hemos/habéis/han + past participle. Not a billion conjugations of verbs, just six.

  2. The hardest has been speaking it. I speak it on a daily basis but I find that I still stumble and can't find the right words. I don't think I will ever be "perfect" but I can always try my best.

  3. The most confusing for me has always been subjunctive. The subjunctive "triggers" unit with clauses beginning with "antes de que" or "mientras" or many others were always impossible for me. Over the years this lesson came up more than a few times, and every time I guessed on about half of them!

  4. The subject I "loved" would be the topic of accent placement. It was so formulaic to figure out where accents go that it came naturally to me, being the logic-oriented person that I am. In the class when I had this unit, a couple of the girls were native speakers, and I felt this twinge of pride that I got all of these questions right when they were struggling. Natives of a language learn how to speak before writing (ask any 4-year old learning to read/write!), so when it comes to grammar they aren't always the best. Those girls could say the words correctly but for the life of them couldn't properly place the accent marks! I got 100% on all of that unit's tests...

updated Apr 27, 2012
posted by missy8888
100% agree with this. Especially your #1! - slkey, Apr 26, 2012
I hated accent placement - AmazingR0ug31, Apr 26, 2012
Very good Missy! - rac1, Apr 26, 2012
Felicitaciones, Missy. - -cae-, Apr 27, 2012
You're so right about #4, but it's not only the "acento ortográfico" but the spelling, seeing someone typed "sielo"(sky) made me get a headache - diagonx, Apr 27, 2012
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1: fácil - Aprendizaje las conjugaciones, es la memorización y la práctica.

2: más difícil - Para recordar a usar los tiempos verbales tales como subjuntivo o imperativo

3: confuso - ¿Cuándo utilizar o no las preposiciones.

4: tema que te amo "a su ser querido" - Eso es fácil, la gente aquí en Spanishdict.com que han hecho aprender Desafiante, pero, también, la diversión!

Por favor, corrija mi español.

1: easy -- Learning the conjugations; it's memorization and practice.

2: hardest -- To remember to use tenses such as subjunctive or imperative

3: confusing -- When to use or not use the prepositions.

4: subject that you love "your loved" -- That's easy; the people here on Spanishdict.com who have made learning challenging, but, also, fun!

updated Apr 27, 2012
posted by bandit51jd
You have been so close - Cohan, Apr 26, 2012
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1:easy Spelling and pronunciation.

2:hardest Subjunctive

3:confusing Ser vs. Estar

4: subject that you love Vocab differences between countries. Different pronunciations varying by cities (even within the same country).

updated Sep 2, 2012
posted by slkey
Since when have you been learning spanish? - Cohan, Apr 26, 2012
I started in July/August of 2008. - slkey, Sep 2, 2012
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1) Easiest- adjectives and gender

2) hardest- Preterit/Imperfect

3)Confusing- Preterit/impreftect

4) One that you love: Subjunctive! grin

updated Apr 27, 2012
posted by BradyLabuda
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Hi, this is my first post around here; I just wanna say that, as a native, I've had quite the hard time understanding some Spanish and Chilean speakers, to the point of asking them to slow down, and I think any non-native who's able to command any of the dialects of Spain and/or Chile will pretty much think it's a breeze to understand the rest of us, even Argentinians with their sometimes difficult verb conjugation.

updated Apr 27, 2012
posted by diagonx
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Do any one face the problem when hearing a native spanish spearker talking and it very hard to understand?

updated Apr 27, 2012
posted by Cohan
I do at times. It really depends on their accent... I am used to the accents here in Mexico, and if I hear someone from Puerto Rico for example, I have a very hard time understanding... >. - NikkiLR, Apr 26, 2012
What I find hard to understand is the literal tranlation of English phrases into Spanish Boricuas tend to use, eg: "call back"->"llamar pa' atrás", and many othes - diagonx, Apr 27, 2012
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  1. Easy - Conjugations.

  2. Hardest - Speaking. I can read Spanish decently but when I have to formulate the sentences in my mind, it becomes a slow process.

  3. Confusing - Subjunctive.

  4. Subject that you loved - Vocabulary. It's all about learning new words. Now, being able to put them in the correct order is another thing!

updated Apr 26, 2012
posted by shawnbrad
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La genta gracias para tu todo participacion.

How many spanish speak countries are the around the world?and how many diffrent spanish speaking countries people did you meet luckly?

How many spanish accent are there around the world? And how did you hear?

updated Apr 27, 2012
posted by Cohan
There are as many are in the US in English, if not more. - katzens, Apr 27, 2012
Well, Colombia alone has some 5-7 different dialects/accents(costeño, paisa, rolo, pastuso, valluno, llanero) I also know for certain Spain has at least 4 (gallego, andaluz, madrileño, canario), so I'm guessing it has more than English has - diagonx, Apr 27, 2012
What is costeño, paisa, rolo, pastuso, valluno, llanero costeño, paisa, rolo, pastuso, valluno, llanero - Cohan, Apr 27, 2012
Those are different dialects of Colombian Spanish - diagonx, Apr 27, 2012
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1) Learning proper pronunciation, use of accents and spelling. 2) Remembering irregular forms of conjugated verbs. 3) Remembering what each tense is used for, especially subjunctive, and putting them in use. I still have trouble using tenses beyond present, preterite and imperfect. 4) The most fun thing is being able to actually have conversations and have Spanish speakers understand and complement me on my pronunciation, accent and understanding.

updated Apr 27, 2012
posted by MeEncantaLaPlaya
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Nice post

updated Apr 27, 2012
posted by Rey_Mysterio