Spanish needs about 600 hours of learning to get to fluent if you’re an English speaker. It’s about 2x easier than Russian and 4x easier than Chinese.
I want to learn
Pero no quierria usar libros de texto
(But I don’t want to use textbooks)
Here’s my notes for your first 40 minutes learning Spanish:
Step 1: – Check out Youtube Videos.
Step 2: Check 1000 Spanish Words That are English Aswell – (Cognates)
About 90% of Spanish cognates have the same meaning in English.
Here are 1001 words in Spanish that are the same in English
https://www.realfastspanish.com/vocabulary/spanish-cognates
Words ending in
-ic become -ico
basic – basico
artistic – artistico
comic – comico
medic
plastic
organic
romantic
-ct becomes -cto
act – acto
insect – insectico
plastic – plastico
-ious becomes -iso
precious – precioso
religious – religioso
-tion becomes – cion
application – applicacion
celebration – celebracion
motivation – motivacion
information – informacion
False Cognates
Embarazada – pregnant
decepcion – disappointment
Get the spanish vowels right
a
e
i
o
u
Watch Some Conversational Spanish
Learn Some Beginner Vocab
De nada – it’s nothing
Milagro – miracle
aunque – since
salimos – we came out
preguntarle – to ask
el gente – the people
Que es lo que mas te gusta de barcelona – what do you like the most about barcelona?
tiena mucha oferta – it has a lot to offer
pues – well
pluricultural – multicultural
probara – to try
alli – here
edificios – buildings
atardecer – sunset
lindo – beautiful
aprovechar – to take advantage of
rincones – corners
insolitos – unusual
caoticas – chaotic
vale le pena – worth it
la limpieza – cleanliness
para mi gusto – for my liking
ser mas limpios – to be cleaner
