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| Hoy
es el día ocho de las lecciones de español. |
| Today
- is- the day eight - of the lessons - of Spanish. |
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| Hay
mucha información en el día ocho. |
| There
is - much information - in/on the day eight. |
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| Hay
vocabulario nuevo. |
| There
is - vocabulary new. |
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| That
English up there looks/sounds weird, ... doesn't it? |
| THAT
should give you the idea that a native Spanish speaker THINKS
differently from a native English speaker. |
| Hmmm,
... even the WORD ORDER is different. |
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| Early
on in your language learning process PICK UP ON THE FACT
that everything IS different. |
| Some
of the letters look the same: |
|
R
- T- D
- B - V
- G - J
, etc. |
| ...
but now they have different names and DO sound different. |
| A
good practice from the outset is to pick up on patterns. |
| I'm
just telling you that now, because you're going to have
to PRACTICE them on your own, and as you develop one pattern
after another, parts and pieces will fill in on their own
- even begin to "make sense." |
| And
just like at the Thanksgiving table, you can take as many
parts and pieces as you can hold. |
| But
you're only going to speak as well as YOU SPEAK. |
| Are
you speaking now? |
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| Was
I side-tracked there? |
| Nothing
like a little subtlety to inspire and encourage the most
diligent student. |
| Here: |
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Learn
some new words: |
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| And
put those new words to good use !!! |
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Es la una. |
Son las dos. |
Son las tres. |
Son las cuatro. |
Son las cinco. |
Son las seis. |
Son las siete. |
Son las ocho. |
Son las nueve. |
Son las diez. |
Son las once. |
Son las doce. |
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Starting Points in Language
Study:
Not as many nouns get capitalized in
Spanish as in English. Names of days of the week and of
the months are not capitalized. Names of languages and
nationalities are also not capitalized. As you study,
keep an eye on this kind of difference that occurs from
language to language.
You'll notice a mark
(´) over certain vowels in words sometimes. This
mark is called an accent. When you see this mark over
a vowel, that specific syllable sounds loudest in the
pronunciation of the word. There is a rule for accents,
which you can find here.
Some words in Spanish
look a lot like their counterparts in English. Much of
the time, these words are cognates - and sound almost
the same in both languages. Check out the cognate pages
[ nouns &
adjectives
] to pick up new vocabulary really fast! |
| If
you get THESE down, you've done a good lesson today. |
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If
not, --- ¡mañana! |
| el
profe |
