Well here I am trying to learn Spanish again.
I'm surrounding myself with it as much as possible. Anyone else have any tips or tricks? I know there will be no "quickfixes" but I'm open to help.
I've got both conversational and LE Spanish tapes in the POV, and two different manuals for LE Spanish.
I have a hard enough time learning to speak it, but the order of the words throws me off, as well as the "tense" of verbs.
A good shortcut I've learned with victims and witnesses is "Escriba, por favor" as the written answer (on birth dates, names, addresses, SSNs, etc, is the same usually) and "Mas despacio, por favor" ("speak slower, please.")
My BIGGEST trouble is UNDERSTANDING it, even when I can speak it. Also, in tense situations I go blank, even if I know something in Spanish, it just wont come to me. A year or so ago, I couldn't even think of "Arriba sus manos" (Raise your hands) when I needed it, although it was one of the very first Spanish phrases I'd learned.
Help!
[ 04-07-2002: Message edited by: SGT Dave ]
I'm surrounding myself with it as much as possible. Anyone else have any tips or tricks? I know there will be no "quickfixes" but I'm open to help.
I've got both conversational and LE Spanish tapes in the POV, and two different manuals for LE Spanish.
I have a hard enough time learning to speak it, but the order of the words throws me off, as well as the "tense" of verbs.
A good shortcut I've learned with victims and witnesses is "Escriba, por favor" as the written answer (on birth dates, names, addresses, SSNs, etc, is the same usually) and "Mas despacio, por favor" ("speak slower, please.")
My BIGGEST trouble is UNDERSTANDING it, even when I can speak it. Also, in tense situations I go blank, even if I know something in Spanish, it just wont come to me. A year or so ago, I couldn't even think of "Arriba sus manos" (Raise your hands) when I needed it, although it was one of the very first Spanish phrases I'd learned.
Help!
[ 04-07-2002: Message edited by: SGT Dave ]
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