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GENERAL STUFF => GENERAL DISCUSSIONS => Random Chit Chat => Topic started by: neptune on July 14, 2022, 07:45:47

Title: Spanish Language
Post by: neptune on July 14, 2022, 07:45:47

I'm about to go to Chile and the language is Spanish........ is there a way of learning the language in a short time ?

Title: Re: Spanish Language
Post by: CraigB on July 14, 2022, 08:24:31

@The Gonz  might be able to offer some advice on that :goodjob2:

John you could go into lockdown with Gonz for a crash course :D

Title: Re: Spanish Language
Post by: Greyhound on July 14, 2022, 14:57:57

Just a note. If you plan to do a Spanish language course for Chile, try and find one geared to Latin American Spanish. Whilst not a big problem, there are differences between Spanish (Spain) and Spanish (Latin America). I visited Chile with a Spaniard on Business some years back and he was quite surprised and confused by the language differences.

Title: Re: Spanish Language
Post by: Shambles on July 14, 2022, 15:59:34

^ good point.

It's like me travelling north into Scotland and being met with “Whit dae ye cry thon yin?” then “Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye? Lang may yer lum reek” :snigger:

Title: Re: Spanish Language
Post by: The Gonz on July 15, 2022, 04:14:59

Did I mention I scored a translating sideline from the last Spanish winetasting I hosted?
One of the paying guests is a wine tour operator providing personalised tours for all sorts including overseas visitors.
I now have 3 dates on which I'll ride along and translate. There are tougher ways to earn a crust.

Neppy, start with FunEasyLearn, a free app that teaches you as gameplay. Anything more you want to know, pregunta!

Title: Re: Spanish Language
Post by: Greyhound on July 15, 2022, 09:14:44

First thing to learn in any second language is "2 beers please. My friend will pay"  :drinks: