twobears Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Mr Two Bears has been and gone and got headhunted for a job in Madrid so I need to learn Spanish pronto. See I've learnt my first word already Really it's Mr Two Bears who needs to become fluent as he will be there full time and I will just be visiting whenever I fancy topping up my tan We've signed up for evening classes which start next month but just wondered if anyone had successfully taught themselves by using a language course and, if so, which one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Just add o on the end of the words. Or is that Italian? Tbh you can learn some here but when you go there you will pick it up faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Hola guapa, and uno pepito por favor. Got me through everything when I lived in GC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 I agree that you pick up a language faster when you live in a country for a while. When I lived in France for a few months I quickly started to dream in French for some reason The thing is he will be in charge of a lot of people and it seems only polite to speak the language as well as he can before he gets there. I don't really need to learn but I want to help him as much as I can. If I learn too we can have conversations so that he can practise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Maybe try the classes, Rossetta stone and kids program's in other languages are a good way to learn too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I learnt subconsciously in my 5hrs a day whilst commuting to London from Birmingham. But my subconscious decided to forget a load of it. But I did learn this...... Eres una hermosa mujer con grandes pechos, ¿vendrás a la cama conmigo? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddcboyle Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 If someone says something bad to you, just reply "tu madre es socia perra en mi dormitorio" Its roughly correct, and the only sentance I can remember from 2years learning spanish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 kids program's in other languages are a good way to learn too. Y'know thats actually a really good idea been covincing myself to learn Italian for years, will try to find some evening classes and maybe some tv shows hah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) Oh, and congrats to Mr.Bears on the new job Edited August 1, 2013 by mattross1313 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Oh, and congrats to Mr.Bears on the new job Thank you. He's really excited about it I daren't even try translating all those phrases - I just know they will be rude I suppose it would be good to know some unsavoury words just in case but I think we'd better learn the basics first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Just looked at the Rosetta Stone course. Expensive Wonder if they do it at the local library? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddcboyle Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Why not use youtube? Theres bound to be spanish speaking people on there who want to get their hits up. Just check the ratings and if you can cope with their teaching method, winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The good thing about Madrid is that English will get you by. Picking up the formalities in Spanish should be pretty easy. As long as you can meet and greet and say thanks etc. you will be fine. The problem I had was that when I got more fluent in Spanish I stopped concentrating and somehow kept drifting into French which I am pretty fluent in. Very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The good thing about Madrid is that English will get you by. Picking up the formalities in Spanish should be pretty easy. As long as you can meet and greet and say thanks etc. you will be fine. The problem I had was that when I got more fluent in Spanish I stopped concentrating and somehow kept drifting into French which I am pretty fluent in. Very strange. Bonjour, uno Cerveza, thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) Martin, I am the same! Thought it was just me I have started a few Spanish sentences (very basic at the moment) and ended up completing them in French I have a degree in French and, although I don't get to speak it very often, it is obviously still there in my head. I know that Mr Two Bears will be ok without a lot of Spanish but he will, I think ( if I have understood correctly) have a large number of Spanish staff and he doesn't want to come across as your typical Englishman who thinks that speaking louder is all there is to mastering a foreign language Wasso, you are doing it too!! Let's all forget about French and concentrate on Spanish for the purposes of this post please Edited August 1, 2013 by twobears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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