learning the Spanish language

[kaisha]

hi everyone!!!
i so wanted to learn this language....
can you help me out? how about e start with the basics?
can you translate some of these sentences for me?

good morning!
good evening!
how are you?
what's your name?
let's eat.
thank you!
you're welcome.
i love you
good bye
hello!
my name is...
take care!




thank you!!!

[lastborngirl]

good morning!
good evening!
how are you?
what's your name?
let's eat.
thank you!
you're welcome.
i love you
good bye
hello!
my name is...
take care!

buenos dias
buenas tardes (buenas noches)
como estas
¿Cuál es tu nombre
Vamos a comer
gracias
¡de nada!
te amo
adiós
hola
me llamo
ten cuidado

(courtesy of google translator hehe)

[sleepyhead08]

What's your name is also Como te llamas?

[lastborngirl]

depende ata how you use it di ba?

[gorgeouschef]

depende rin sa Latin country yung usage.. Kasi may mga Latin Countries, lets say from South America na ibang terms yung common sa kanila compare to that of Spain. For example, Como te llama and Cual es su nombre. Pareho meaning nila, "what's your name" pareho ng thought. Cual es su nombre, if I'm not mistaken, is commonly used in Spain.

[LOVEmyLIFE]

Ako din like ko matuto nito. My husband knows how to speak in Portuguese and a part time na din as translator. Ang dami clients naghahanap sa kanya (he works abroad) and somehow, nanghihinayang ako sa pwede sana kinita namin dun. hehe! Somehow, kapag marunong ka ng Portuguese you'll understand other language na very near na din (like Spanish) kasi nagttranslate din siya kahit Spanish e. Halos ganun din daw naiiba lang sa pronunciation.

[aquacharly]

Instituto de Cervantes.
You will learn faster, and get to belong to a group you can practice speaking the language with.

[kaisha]

thanks lastborngirl...

i'm not from manila kasi sis aquacharly kaya yun...i have no idea if there is a language school here in baguio that teaches spanish....haysh!!!

if i have other words,phrases and sentences that i would want to know and learn...hopefully, someone who knows spanish can translate them for me...thanks...

[gorgeouschef]

thanks lastborngirl...

i'm not from manila kasi sis aquacharly kaya yun...i have no idea if there is a language school here in baguio that teaches spanish....haysh!!!

if i have other words,phrases and sentences that i would want to know and learn...hopefully, someone who knows spanish can translate them for me...thanks...

Hi Sis. Ano yung mga gusto mo itranslate. Baka makatulong ako, i have previous training sa Instituto Cervantes.

[lastborngirl]

^^ no problem search ka lang ng articles o how-to's sa internet. meron naman sigurong mga articles.

[pomegranate]

Be careful - ten(gan) cuidado/cuidado

Take care - cuidate

[kaisha]

GRACIAS everyone!!!:)


beautiful
handsome
sister
brother
mother
father
school
hospital


i'm sorry
what do you like to eat?
what are you doing?
what are you eating?
what are you watching?
what time?
where are you?
who's with you?

[pomegranate]

beautiful - guapa (person); preciosa/o (place)
handsome - guapo

sister - la hermana
brother - el hermano
mother - la madre
father - el padre
school - la escuela
hospital - el hospital

I'm sorry - Lo siento
What do you like to eat? - Que te gusta comer? (informal) Que le gusta comer? (formal)
What are you doing? - Que estas haciendo? Que esta haciendo?
What are you eating? - Que estas comiendo? Que esta comiendo?
What are you watching? - Que estas viendo? Que esta viendo?
What time? - Que hora es?
Where are you? - Donde estas/esta?
Who's with you? - Con quien estas?

It would help if you invest in a good english-spanish dictionary because it seems that you are studying the language though for a short term, you'll be using it a lot. Barron's is great, especially the edition with sample sentences.

I just answered the ones above because they are already complicated since verb conjugation is already in the present progressive tense.

[ilovezach]

Sis search mo Little Pim sa youtube, meron silang foreign language instructions nakakatuwa. For kids nga lang kaya start ka sa basic. I let my son watch this para matuto sya mag spanish.  They have other languages too.

[twinkletown]

thanks lastborngirl...

i'm not from manila kasi sis aquacharly kaya yun...i have no idea if there is a language school here in baguio that teaches spanish....haysh!!!

if i have other words,phrases and sentences that i would want to know and learn...hopefully, someone who knows spanish can translate them for me...thanks...

sis check with UP kung may elective na spanish

or what you can do is to buy a spanish dictionary and/or and instructional audio/video for spanish, sa mga bookstore meron nito

[commish]

i took up spanish in instituto cervantes just for personal growth.. ganda ng training and mabilis. though napabayaan ko na, ill take my next level if i have vacant time again.. upto 21 levels, last parts include proficiency in writing as well. recommend it sis if you really want to learn. meron din silang film showings for free, you could borrow dvd's from their library etc.. sabi nga nila constant exposure is the key.
versatile din yung oras nila just incase you're working. as far as i remembered, my 4days session (2hours each session) cost 1.7k di ko na lang sure kung magkano ngayon and pano na ba rates nila. hopefully malapit lang sa'yo yung lugar nila.

[twinkletown]

^ naging prof mo ba si señor roda? hehe

took up spanish 1 and 2 eh...pero sa school ko yun, part ng curriculum namin eh

[commish]

^ ive seen her around.. pero di ko siya naging prof. spanish yung naging instructor namin nun eh. hanggang level 2 din lang ako hehe. saka ko na muna balikan yun pag maluwang na uli sched ko. tsaka mukang kukuha din ako ng french sa kanila.

dami nga ng mga taga UP na nageenroll dun, para makabawi sa subjects nila. tapos yung mga immigrants din kalimitan naging classmates ko. sarap manood ng mga vids.. kakatawa pakinggan yung ENCANTADO, ENCANTADA.. parang weird hehe

[quolet]

sis twinkle sa AB din my spanish kayo? sa college of science kasi my spanish din eh.part ng curriculum.

meron elective sa UP na spanish.hindi lang spanish marami pa.

[twinkletown]

^^ bro lalaki si roda...mukhang bangkay kasi ang payat!

yup meron din sa AB. part ng curriculum 2sems of spanish...kakaloka...tanda ko lang ata eh "que ora es?" or "mi no habla español, poqueto esñanol."