How to self study Spanish?

How to self study Spanish?

Spanish needs about 600 hours of learning to get to fluent if youโ€™re an English speaker. Itโ€™s about 2x easier than Russian and 4x easier than Chinese.

I want to learn
Pero no quierria usar libros de texto
(But I donโ€™t want to use textbooks)

Hereโ€™s 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€“ itโ€™s 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

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