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How do I learn Spanish grammar and stop trying to form my sentences using English grammar? I have been learning Spanish for 6 months now, and while I have developed a decent vocab, I really struggle with grammar. Complex sentences are completely nonsensical to me and while I know enough to understand Spanish news articles, I can't read them without my mind translating everything to English for me. This is is especially annoying when I try to write a speak because my mind tries to translate things to Spanish by using English grammar. Has anyone else experienced this problem, and if so, how did you combat it?
2018年3月1日 02:59
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It happens to me sometimes too with english! (I'm native spanish speaker) I think what helped me a lot is to hear conversations, and remember phrases, specially from series, movies and songs. They stuck in your mind and make them feel more natural to use, reading books has helped me too. If you want to, we can talk and practise, that helps a lot, specially if you have specific doubts about how to say sentences in an specific context, I have struggles sometimes with that too, because translators hardly do that.
I Hope this helps you, Saludos!
2018年3月6日
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In my opinion, there are no shortcuts and no magic solutions. I have the same issue when I write in English. The only way is practice and pay a close attention to corrections from native speakers. And read books in Spanish. Look for those intended for your level or a bit lower. I am an adult, but I am reading all Harry Potter's books. Read as much as you can, and try to avoid the use of the dictionary, except for words that the text uses frequently or blocks your understanding of the whole sentence. This way, you don't interrupt the natural flow of reading and you set the structures in your brain.
2018年3月1日
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I also had problems to communicate in inglish all that I wanted to say. Now I'm studying translation and interpreting in the university. I'm supposed to be a really good level of English but I still have some complications with the language. During the first year at university I could notice that if you want to be fluent in the language you're studying, you have to speak it everyday and focus on the difficulties, that most of the cases is the grammar. Practice frases as much as you can. Spanish could be easy if you are constantly writing and reading. 
That's all my opinion from my short experience.
2018年3月1日
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A good method to try and break yourself of that is the direct translation  method. For example:

1. Find a sentence in Spanish that you understand. Let's take one at random from a Spanish news story...

DSG dejará de vender rifles parecidos a los de asalto

2: Translate WORD FOR WORD

DSG will stop to sell rifles similar to those of assault.   

3.  translate it into normal English

DSG is going to stop selling rifles that look like assault rifles. 

The task now is noticing how Spanish phrases things. Instead of thinking in English "ones that look like, or ones like ", think the literal Spanish phrasing "similar to those of" : parecidos a los de/ parecidas a las de

Now, try it yourself. Gatos parecidos a los de mi tía. (Cats similar to those of my aunt= Cats like my aunt's.)  Las casas parecidas a las de que puedes ver en mi barrio. (Houses similar to those of that you can see in my neighborhood = Houses like the ones that you can see in my neighborhood)    

Same thing with "dejar de". Dejará de vender....will stop to sell. Dejaró de fumar. (I will stop to smoke)  Dejaró de bebir tanto café. (I will stop to drink so much coffee) You know that should be 'stop smoking' and 'stop drinking' but that's not how it is said in Spanish. 

This also works for sentence structure. literal translation, then idiomatic translation, then convert your thinking into the literal translation.  

This is, of course, a crutch. But it will help you learn how things are phrased in Spanish, so that with enough practice, it will simply become automatic to say things in the Spanish way.   

2018年3月1日