How to learn Spanish in 5 days

Learning a language at a conversational level in less than a week is a difficult task even for a polyglot. But there are situations when you need to get to know at least the basics of the language as quickly as possible. For example, if in the near future you are going on a trip to Spain.

You will need

• - patience;

• - a lot of free time;

• - motivation;

• - a pen;

• - notebook;

• - phrasebook.

Instruction manual

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To study the basic colloquial phrases, you can not do without a phrasebook. Therefore, purchase it in a store or search the Internet. The second option is not only cheaper, but also more effective. You can find phrases on any topic that matters to you and write some of them in a notebook. When copying words, you better remember them.

2

The disadvantage of using a phrase book without basic knowledge of the language is that you can say a phrase using it, but it is unlikely to understand what they answered. Therefore, it is worthwhile to prepare to perceive certain words by ear. An online translator can help you with this. For example, Google Translator. Choose Spanish, write the word you need and click on the speaker icon in the same window.

3

Learn basic words and phrases that may come in handy for you to understand the answers to your questions. Daily phrases for polite communication and an indication of directions, as well as ways to move around the city, in the first place.

4

Two phrases will help facilitate your communication with foreigners: "Do you speak Russian / in English?" - “¿Habla usted ruso / inglés?” and “Please speak more slowly. I do not understand Spanish well” - “Hable más despacio, por favor. No entiendo muy bien el español. ”

5

Knowledge of several grammar rules will make it easier to understand simple phrases and even operate on them when communicating. You can easily learn to make small sentences that are relevant to the present. The main verbs in Spanish, estar and ser, are analogous to English is, with many forms. In Spanish, when building a sentence, personal pronouns are not used, they are transmitted through the forms of verbs. So Estar in the first person singular will be in the form of estoy. For example, estoy en Rusia - I am in Russia. Ser in the first person - soy. Soy alto - I (am) tall. An important verb is ir - go. "I'm coming" in Spanish will sound like a voy.

6

When indicating the direction of motion, the prepositions "a" - "in" and "de" - "from" are used.

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Adjectives in Spanish are written after the noun to which they refer. The plural is indicated by the letter "s" at the end and is attached to both the noun and the adjective, if any.

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Feminine and masculine in Spanish differ in the endings of nouns and adjectives. If the word ends with "o" - it refers to the masculine gender, if the word "a" - to the female.

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