From where to begin learning Spanish

Question

I joined Spanishdict.com yesterday only. Should i begin with the lessons straightaway or do i need to have some knowledge before also( I don't know anything about Spanish) ??

Welcome to the forum! =) - NikkiLR, Aug 16, 2013

Thanks:) - param_singh, Aug 16, 2013

Answer 1

First of all, welcome to the most helpful Spanish forum, and I'm not exaggerating because everyone here does his best and helps to the most. I would recommend that you start with repeating and memorizing some Spanish sentences listening to podcasts. After that, you will have a little idea of how things go in Spanish and you will learn how to pronounce. I would avoid starting off with grammar as it is a SHOCK compared to English. I'm not saying that to put you off, but it is different from what we use. The more you are involved, the more questions will be raised, and there is no better place than here to ask. Doing exercises here and going through lessons, will help you also. When you become a little comfortable, and I repeat "a little," start memorizing verbs and their conjugations. I used to study 2 verbs of each endings, IR, ER and AR. I take four tenses a day, for example, I learn how to conjugate the verb, Romper, in four tenses, present, past perfect, imperfect and future. Conjugation of verbs is not as complicated as in English, of course there are irregulars, but you can survive with more regulars verbs. Generally speaking, you will almost always find a link to conjugations of verbs, I mean their endings will somehow match another verb's endings.

One thing, don't use google translator. Instead, use this website's dictionary and/or wordreference dictionary.

Good luck and keep it up!

Answer 2

Welcome to the forum, Param! I would say begin at the beginning - go to the lessons here first. Start with Lesson 1.1, and so on. Each lesson has a video lesson, quizzes and vocabulary flash cards to help you learn.

Then, you can join in the Q&A (questions & answers) and speak to others who are learning both English and Spanish, as well as play games to reinforce your learning. Good luck, and we'll see you around, I'm sure. Have fun!

That was realllly helpful.... Thanku Findy :) - param_singh, Aug 17, 2013

Answer 3

I started learning with what I thought I would actually use. Then used it for practice. Later I found more things I needed to learn. And so on. Do the lessons, but you will forget the learning if you don't use it. Buena suerte, amigo! (Good luck, friend!)

Straight away with lessons or should i read adjectives etc or something else first?? - param_singh, Aug 16, 2013

Lessons first. Suerte. - ian-hill, Aug 16, 2013

Think about what you are likely to say, and what others will say in reply. Put those English sentences in the Translate function above. You need some experience to choose one of the three answers you get. - Raja-jani, Aug 16, 2013

Answer 4

Read my blog

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I have, several times, but I'm just not getting it. Can you explain this methodology a little more please? - 0095ca4c, Aug 16, 2013

"Instead, translate from the other language to yours, using a bilingual dictionary, and you will instantly know if it makes sense or not," How do I know it makes sense? Thank you chileno. - 0095ca4c, Aug 16, 2013

I'm not quite sure if I should comment on that, but I will give my opinion. I believe he means that over the time, you will start to develop the rhythm -- like the rhythm we have in English. Sometimes, it JUST sounds right! - spuny, Aug 16, 2013

Of course, this is how I interpret his words, as I read his blog before, but that doesn't mean I'm right. - spuny, Aug 16, 2013