Spanish needs about 600 hours of learning to get to fluent if youโre an English speaker. Itโs about 2x easier than Russian and 4x easier than Chinese.
I want to learn
Pero no quierria usar libros de texto
(But I donโt want to use textbooks)
Hereโs my notes for your first 40 minutes learning Spanish:
Step 1:ย โ Check out Youtube Videos.
Step 2: Check 1000 Spanish Words That are English Aswell โ (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 โ basico
artistic โ artistico
comic โ comico
medic
plastic
organic
romantic
-ct becomes -cto
act โ acto
insect โ insectico
plastic โ plastico
-ious becomes -iso
precious โ precioso
religious โ religioso
-tion becomes โ cion
application โ applicacion
celebration โ celebracion
motivation โ motivacion
information โ informacion
False Cognates
Embarazada โ pregnant
decepcion โ disappointment
Get the spanish vowels right
a
e
i
o
u
Watch Some Conversational Spanish
Learn Some Beginner Vocab
De nada โ itโs nothing
Milagro โ miracle
aunque โ since
salimos โ we came out
preguntarle โ to ask
el gente โ the people
Que es lo que mas te gusta de barcelona โ what do you like the most about barcelona?
tiena mucha oferta โ it has a lot to offer
pues โ well
pluricultural โ multicultural
probara โ to try
alli โ here
edificios โ buildings
atardecer โ sunset
lindo โ beautiful
aprovechar โ to take advantage of
rincones โ corners
insolitos โ unusual
caoticas โ chaotic
vale le pena โ worth it
la limpieza โ cleanliness
para mi gusto โ for my liking
ser mas limpios โ to be cleaner