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The change in pronunciation of "de" due to grammatical difference in meaning? de nada = "de" is pronounced like the english worrd "they" Estàn hartos de trabajar = de is hardly pronounced ( i have explained this beeter in audio.) So in both the cases i want to know even though their spelling is the same are they in their meaning different, so basically with the same word you can change the meaning by just pronouncing it different. So that would also mean if i miss pronounce it, i will be misunderstood or more like not understood... ?
2 octobre 2013
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Any fictional language speakers here...?

Like Klingon, Na'vi or Elvish like Quenya and Sindarin.

30 septembre 2013
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Personally, want you can do to get a good grasp of a language - Pt 2 Oral - Of course, that's half the story, the other person also needs to understand what you are saying and hence your pronunciations and speed of delivery needs to be decent. So talk with anyone as much as you can, don't be shy of making mistakes or be ashamed of being corrected. There should be absolutely no place for shyness, shame, ego or pride in learning. Just brainwash yourself into thinking that you'r an asshole if you are embarrassed of correction, instead try being genuinely humble and thankful for it. When you are studying and writing say things out aloud to yourself. When reading, read texts aloud. Never miss an opportunity to say things aloud to yourself. If you have been listening well then that itself will solve pronunciation problems for you, or at least you will have an idea of what its supposed to sound like and correct yourself. Reading - Read children's books and comics as much as you can. Comics are a boon because they have more natural everyday style dialogues with accompanied storyboard situations with basic expressions , etc. From Archie's to DC to Marvel to Scanlated awesome Japanese Mangas… Pick your drug of choice :D Mine are Mangas :P. Once you have a decent grasp incorporate children's fiction from Basic story books to teen stuff from there you can move on to novels , etc. "The Guardian" has a brilliant section of british children's fiction :) Writing - SImple thing, Whatever you can speak, read and understand you should be able to write. If you can't then it means you are doing it wrong. Whenever studying grammar and vocabulary, practice writing everything that you learn. You will retain it better and properly with its spellings. This is my one regret from the days of learning french. My writing is simply not strong enough and my spellings are terrible. Something which I wish not to repeat with my spanish now. But my biggest redeeming quality is my pronounciation and I pride myself for it. It's my way paying my respects to a language, when it comes out of my mouth it comes out as authentic as possible. But i was also lucky being brought up with phonetically three completely different languages my tongue is used to making many different type or sets of sounds. :) Shit! I have typed all this useful info guess i'll put it in my notebook so that i can share it with someone else in the future. Anyway, best of luck. :)
27 septembre 2013
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Personally, want you can do to get a good grasp of a language - Pt 1 You need to immerse yourself in the language and its culture. There is only so much you can do with just plain language devoid of the culture of people who speak it. Hence the need to immersion into their culture should be your Prime focus. Basically create or simulate an environment within which you can live the language and its culture. You basically take a significant chunk of time from your regular life and use it to live this simulated life. And there is no other way around this. This is the only way. Since you want to go to University I presume you will have to tackle all aspects of the language, which are listening,reading, writing and oral. Listening happens when you are in conversation with people and then here is News channels, radio, movies, TV series, etc. Switch over - Stop watching your regional prime time television and watch British television Or American television. Watch as much movies as possible like with channels like HBO, StarMovies, etc. Watch television dramas , etc. Background noise - This is very important. This is needed for you to pick up pronunciation and understanding accents. Whenever you are free or when you are cooking or eating just put a news channel in the background and just let it run, you should be able to hear it clearly. First it may all be one big Blah… blah blah…!!! But as your mind is constantly exposed to the sounds or phonetics, in a month you will notice you can HEAR a lot more than before. Because your brain was constantly exposed to the pronunciation sounds it will form patterns , etc., and recognize them better as you go on. THis helps immensely when speaking with native speakers and listen to what they are saying at their normal speed, thus improving the quality of your conversation immensely. When i was learning french, me and my friends used to run the french channel "TV5" from morning until night. :D We used to wake up to it, eat with it, study with it except sleep with it… !
27 septembre 2013
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Where can i watch spanish and latin american tv series or drama series online ?

I don't mind downloading them as torrents. With english subtitles it would be awesome. Any website links wouuld be awsome?

26 septembre 2013
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Why are you learning the language that you are learning ? And what keeps you motivated to learn it ?

please give separate answers to both question. 

26 septembre 2013
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