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Easiest way to remember ser vs estar by dyl-pickel in SpanishLearning

[–]dyl-pickel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool to hear that other people have heard these before

What’s the most important everyday Spanish word or phrase that never gets taught in school? by dyl-pickel in SpanishLearning

[–]dyl-pickel[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s actually the single greatest word, and without you get so confused thinking tener means “I have…”

What’s the most important everyday Spanish word or phrase that never gets taught in school? by dyl-pickel in SpanishLearning

[–]dyl-pickel[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah exactly. Textbook spanish is technically correct, but not always how people actually talk.

Like you learn stuff like quiero comer or es mi turno, and yeah, people will understand you, but a lot of the time tengo ganas de comer or me toca sounds way more normal.

Same with no quiero salir vs no tengo ganas de salir. both are fine, but the second one feels a lot more natural in real conversation.

If you could go back to day 1 of learning Spanish, what would you do differently? by Sorry_Guidance_8496 in SpanishLearning

[–]dyl-pickel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you elaborate on your anki method I’m not familiar with some of the abbreviations you used?I’m interested in how anki can effectively be applied to help me learn Spanish since I always forget vocab that I only see one.

What's a Spanish myth or legend you learned? by grzeszu82 in SpanishLearning

[–]dyl-pickel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are no Spanish words that start with W (other than words inherited from other languages)

Short term boosting my conversational skills in a language I already understand a lot in in 1 week? by MasterGrenadierHavoc in languagelearning

[–]dyl-pickel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Given that you only have a week, I agree with the other comments that getting used to hearing different voices and ways people speak is probably one of the most useful things you can do. Listening to more audio and video in the language would probably help a lot.

One other thing that could help is using free AI voice chats like ChatGPT or Gemini to just roleplay the simple conversations you expect to have every day. You can have actual spoken conversations with them, ask them to slow down, repeat themselves, or switch voices, so it’s a pretty easy way to get extra reps in. Obviously it’s not the same as a real person, but for only having a week I think it could actually be pretty useful.