I thought I would kick off with some of my favourite internet sites
https://www.duolingo.com/
https://www.spanishpodcast.net/listado-episodios/ - good clear Spanish and well explained albeit all in Spanish
https://www.brainscape.com/packs
https://www.spanishdict.com/translation - great dictionary and grammar sections
https://www.linguee.com/ - put in a word or sentence and up come many examples of how to use the word or phrase
Please add your own favourites in this thread.
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My new phrase of the week. "Ni papa" - nothing to do with potatoes. Example: No entiendo español, ni papa" - I don't understand Spanish, nothing at all!. / not a dicky bird/ not a word........
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similar one for me, 'para nada' = 'at all'
example:
no nos hablamos para nada = we do not speak at all
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26-03-2019, 06:55 PM
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(22-03-2019, 07:06 PM)Emmi Smith Wrote: My new phrase of the week. "Ni papa" - nothing to do with potatoes. Example: No entiendo español, ni papa" - I don't understand Spanish, nothing at all!. / not a dicky bird/ not a word........
I do not understand Spanish, nor dad
or
I do not understand Spanish, dad neither
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Found a useful reference page today to help with typing Spanish - the accents on letters etc.
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Another way to type Spanish letters and punctuation marks is to use character codes. Each character in your computer has a code made up of the Alt key and a three-digit number, all of which are listed below.
Accented letter - Alt code
á Alt + 0225
é Alt + 0233
í Alt + 0237
ó Alt + 0243
ú Alt + 0250
ñ Alt + 0241
ü Alt + 0252
¡ Alt + 0161
¿ Alt + 0191
To type the numbers, you must use the numeric keypad on the right side of your keyboard, not the number keys on the top row.
(Sorry, not sure where all the extra [b]s have come from, when I try to edit they don't show, perhaps Sam can work his magic on them!)
EDIT: extra tags removed. Sam
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My Mac does it all for me! Just have to press firmly on a letter on which I need an accent and a little window comes up with the options.
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(30-03-2019, 10:01 AM)Emmi Smith Wrote: My Mac does it all for me! Just have to press firmly on a letter on which I need an accent and a little window comes up with the options.
My iPad and iPhone do the same 😃
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Thanks to this thread Mr GSD and me are starting Duolingo today. We have tried various other methods of learning Spanish but never kept it up for one reason or another. Mainly, we think, as we haven't had anyone to practice with. So here goes and fingers crossed, we will stick with it this time.
No doubt I'll be back for advice.
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Hi GSD,
Good luck. Next to Rosetta Stone I have found it one of the best. As you say, I think one of the biggest issues is not actually using it in life. At least once you can speak a bit you can set aside an evening & try only speaking Spanish at home, that’s got to help 😁😁
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Buena suerte. I have found it is well worth the effort. I am far from being fluent, but I get by in most situations somehow or other. Better speaking face to face than on the telephone which I hate! But it does need practice and a bit every day even just for 15 minutes will pay dividends.
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