#spanish learning

[er-cryptid]

Emotions (Spanish)

love = amor

worried = preocupado

angry = enojado

sad = triste

embarassed = avergonzada

afraid = asustado

kind = tipo

happy = feliz

amazed = asombrado

delighted = encantado

bored = perforado

tired = cansado

sensitive = doloroso

hate = odio

[ros3ybabe]

Spanish Media/Input Recommendations?

Can you guys comment me some good media/input recommendations for someone learning Mexican/Spain Spanish? I' talking about any and all that you guys find interesting, whether you learned Spanish on your own or it's your native language!

Books

Podcasts

Tv Shows

Movies

Youtube channels

Songs/Musical Artists

Favorite Spanish teachers/tutors on Italki

Literally anything!

Thank you guys <3

[deadwhispering]

Dreaming Spanish has been one of the best resources for immersion and I’m so thankful for whoever showed it to me!! I just can’t remember who did :( but thank you

[local-lover-boy]

Sry I'm so quiet, I get nervous, anyways I'm practicing for a Spanish quiz tmr, feedback is very welcome, I'm rly bad at pronunciation but this is prolly the best I've ever done :) btw I'm (attempting) to talk about my goal of learning sheet music

[full-of-frogs]

Me: *spends hours studying languages, reading classic literature, and contemplating the complexities of the human condition*

Also me: *forgets to eat, sleep, or socialize, survives solely on caffeine and existential dread*

Dark Academia Aesthetic: Achieved.

Sanity: Pending.

[connectkyrtz]

some notes 🌱

i came across this video and i think it would (and is) really working for me

find motivation and make a plan

my motivation is to open myself up to my culture and new people, and my goal is to be able to speak like a native

listen to and read in target language. write down the sentences, learn them, and repeat them over and over. (use google translate for pronunciation)

learn common or useful words. ex; alone, together, to be, to have, etc. when you see your words in a sentence, write it down and read it once a day.

write stories or journal in target language. use google translate to write 5 sentences about your day, fact check if able, and read it out loud. when you advance, start writing your own sentences and then fact check them by translating them in english

get books in target language even if you can't understand them. flip to random pages and see if you recognize any words. make it a goal to read this book.

watch movies and shows in target langiage. actively listen and try to understand. copy down sentences that seem useful and take advantage of subtitles.

make stories out of vocab. begin with english then translate to target language (friends or google translate, must have access to audio for pronunciation). read and listen until you know it by heart.

speak to yourself in target language from the beginning. pretend you are already a native speaker.

additional ;

a 2016 study showed a 17% improvement in English language comprehension when ESL speakers watched a TV episode in English using English subtitles.

[bexybat456]

Language A-levels are mental. Within the space of a year, you go from learning about being a good citizen and the structure of family in your country/countries of study, to learning about THE OIL CRISIS OF '73 and THE VARIOUS ATROCITIES AND WAR CRIMES committed over a hundred year period.

[ego-sum-ex-altiora]

me, a spanish student, reading the spanish translation of tma in the hopes of learning new words to help with my spanish exams

also me; los mutilaciones post-mortem del cuerpo

[dumplingprincessextraordinaire]

Okay but I loved the Latin dub so much lol.

Especially Loona and Moxxie, they sounded so on POINT and Stolas sounded zesty like hes supposed to LMAO

(Give me more Spanish dubs or things to watch, I’m trying to familiarize myself with the language more)

[justeunmetamorphe]

Hello! ¡Hola! привет! 안녕하세요!

I go by Static or Métamorphe (they/them), I’m 22 years old, and this is the little langblr I started as an aspiring polyglot.

For right now this is just a WIP introduction post, but I am studying more right now so I found it fitting to make one that goes over the languages I’m learning!

My native language is English and I’ve been learning Canadian French as a second language casually for about 10 years (and yet I’m still at about A2!!) - it's become the hardest language for me because my education was so bad, so I've decided to pick up some others instead.

My target languages (including, but not limited to):

American Sign Language (ASL)

Mexican Spanish

Russian

Korean

I want to get more familiar with ASL specifically. Hopefully someday son I can say that I’m above A2/Level 1 in some of these languages!!

Some other languages I’m not currently focused on, but am extremely interested in learning are:

Arabic

Hindi or Punjabi

Mandarin Chinese

Irish (Gaielge)

Welsh (Cymraeg)

My big interests right now include languages (especially conlangs and slang/cants like Polari and Toki Pona!!), science (especially life sciences!), philosophy, and video games.

I think that’s all for now… stick around for more I guess!

(btw this is a side blog so I will be following from a different account)

[er-cryptid]

Astronomy (Spanish)

estrella = star

sol = sun

luna = moon

constelación = constellation

galaxia = galaxy

satélite = satellite

astrónomo = astronomer

telescopio = telescope

cometa = comet

cinturón de asteroides = asteroid belt

planeta = planet

espacio = space

globo celeste = celestial globe

Vía Láctea = Milky Way

planetario = planetarium

nebuloso = nebula

asteroide = asteroid

nova = nova

año luz = light year

supernova = supernova

agujero negro = black hole

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Patreon

[ros3ybabe]

Daily Check-in: April 14, 2024 🎀

Hello lovelies! Life is looking better again, but omg was Wednesday thru Saturday morning rough for me. Even last night I was crying my eyes out, but things got better today so I am happy. I want to make a small announcement about the future of my blog: I am changing the theme!! I will still be keeping the pinterest-image, pink, girly aesthetic for my more general posts (lists, routines, etc) but for my daily check ins, I will be using photos I take myself (anonymous surroundings, notes, food/drinks, etc) and colors and emojis that compliment the photos! I have been wanting to change the vibe a bit lately to make it more me, more personal, and I think now is the time to do so! I'm excited to start taking my own photos now, that'll be so fun!!

🩷 What I Accomplished:

washed my sheets, towels, blankets, and comforter

washed and put away all laundry

cleaned the bathroom

packed shoes to ship from my depop shop

cooked chicken fettuccine alfredo from scratch (I made the sauce myself too! it was heavy on the parm and some pieces of chicken were salty, but it was so yummy and rich in flavor!)

planned out some of my week

packed my gym bag for tomorrow (I'm gonna start working out again, I'm nervous)

did my guided journal and morning journal

read 3 chapters of The Untethered Soul (interesting so far, going to keep reading to see how I enjoy it)

wrote out my brain dump for the week

reflected on the week + updated with my accountability buddies

bought groceries (time to make smoothies for breaky this week) and toiletries

🩷 Good Things That Happened:

my pasta was super yummy

had a long phone call with my dad (it was a good talk!)

finally read a physical book and not on my ipad

had such a nice, long shower early this morning

confidently planned goals for the week

my psyc assignment got extended til Wednesday for the whole class

found a recipe for avocado protein smoothie (excited to try it)

🩷 Stuff For Tomorrow

make a breakfast smoothie

gym cardio workout

need to ship shoes I sold

need to complete my homework

studying Spanish (have an italki lesson on April 22nd!!)

read some more

studying chemistry in preparation for my finals

No "what needs to go better" for me today, because today was a really good day. I'm feeling better and life itself is working out the way I knew it would. I just gotta trust in the universe more.

til next time, lovelies 🩷

[avocadoart]

Nothing inspires me to do my Spanish Duolingo more than Jake lockley

[fungusqueen]

Spanish class/learning things below ~~~

you know how in English, the number zero is sometimes read with the letter "O" (pronounced "oh" not "zero")? the common uses I can immediately think of are when cashiers read you your total, like, "sir your total today is twenty oh five," meaning $20.05) or reading phone numbers, or even James Bond 007 (double "oh" seven). I'm not even sure if this is a universally informal way to read numbers in every english-speaking country. I also have wondered if this is confusing for people with english as a second language.

ALSO, in english, the way we read years is kind of informal/a little different than just reading the number. like 1,900 worms is read differently than the year 1900.

like, the year 2015, in english I would read it as "twenty fifteen" (which would translate in spanish to "veinte quince" which is NOT correct btw)

but in spanish, I would read it as "dos mil quince" (two thousand fifteen)

SO...because I think about things like this, I had to ask my spanish teacher if there are multiple ways (informal/slang ways) to read numbers in spanish and he basically said no...but that reading 2015 as "veinte quince" would be the only plausible variation in spanish but it's basically wrong but people can technically understand what you mean...but also to never say numbers like that.

we also listened to a Shakira song at the end of last class as a listening exercise to fill in the missing words of the lyrics, and I almost wanted to ask him if Shakira's "lerololelole" is like the english equivalent of "la la la" etc. or if other people say that, or if it's unique to Shakira....but I was too fucking embarrassed because it's so non serious. but I asked my coworker at work about it and she said it might be like "la la la" but also that it might be unique to Shakira. so kind of inconclusive, I need to ask more friends about that one

just constantly trying to make sense of it all. I should also note that I am mexican and my mother's first language is spanish and both my grandmothers first languages are spanish and you think this would make it easier, but it doesn't. my mom is afraid of me learning to say bad and improper things so she doesn't answer my more strange questions and she's unfamiliar with dialects outside Mexico so she can't help me with every question I have. I have tons of coworkers who speak spanish and it's really only the very nerdy ones that think about grammar that are actually willing and able to explain language rules; i've realized most people (in english and spanish) can't explain grammar rules so yeah, doesn't make it make sense, it's still a challenge despite having some foundation

[alexblue29]

Hola amigos! I see a lot of people saying how, when you're learning a new language, it's better to watch shows/movies and listen to music in that language, so!

I require help!

I'm learning Spanish and I need recommendations! (google is of no help, obviously)

I like just about anything so give me all of your Spanish music, tv shows and movies recommendations!

Oh and content creators as well! Anything really I just want more to watch/listen to more content in Spanish

[espanolpuntobo]

Vocabulary: Water Sports

VOCABULARIO DE DEPORTES ACUÁTICOS

Swimming = NADAR

Scuba Diving = SUBMARINISMO

Diving = BUCEAR

Fishing = PESCAR

Surfing = SURFEAR

Wind Surfing = SURFING A VELA

Rowing = REMAR

Canoeing = CANOTAJE

Sailing = NAVEGAR

Undereater Hockey = HOCKEY SUBACUÁTICO

Water Skinng = ESQUÍ ACUÁTICO