sequoyah
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Rocket Spanish
I have been using this on-line program and really like it.
Compared to programs like Rosetta, it was really inexpensive ($89).
It starts with easy conversation and moves you slowly into tenses, conjugations.
I was even able to walk into a restaurant today and make reservations, which would have terrified me just 2 weeks ago.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sequoyah
It starts with easy conversation and moves you slowly into tenses, conjugations. |
If you're short on time, just stay in the present tense. You'll be able to talk with the Spanish speaking world. Their graciousness will work out the
rest.
Suerte.
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[Edited on 11-18-2013 by DENNIS]
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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sequoyah
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by sequoyah
It starts with easy conversation and moves you slowly into tenses, conjugations. |
If you're short on time, just stay in the present tense. You'll be able to talk with the Spanish speaking world. Their graciousness will work out the
rest.
Suerte.
[Edited on 11-18-2013 by DENNIS] |
I am finding that to be true. People seem genuinely pleased that I make the effort and are very accommodating and they praise me!
Now that's some great incentive.
I am loving it here.
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chumlee57
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you will find that your attempts will be genuinly recieved and even if you murder it, you will be understood. I always try and remember to speak, a
little slower and softer, spanish seems to be a very polite language, especially for the unfamiliar. its a pretty fun language to learn, in that one
particular word may take the place of 2 or so in english, keep things simple and you will appreciated
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Kgryfon
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Thanks for this - I think this is what I am going to ask for this Christmas! Rosetta Stone is just too expensive and Rocket Spanish gets really good
reviews.
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Alan
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Rosetta Stone was a waste for me. It focused more on the nouns which for me are easier to pick up just by translating signs or looking up the object
I am seeking. I have had more success with a CD program by a guy named Michel Thomas. His focus is more on the verbs such as I... need, want, like,
etc. In the first 15 minutes I could say an entire sentence.
In Memory of E-57
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