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Spanish, Español or Spanglish?

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Everybody knows some ... Everybody speaks some ... "No bueno! ... mañana ... tacos!"

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Everybody took some in school ... Everybody learned some somewhere somehow ...

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But, if you're reading this, you'e probably interested in learning to speak more than that; you're probably interested in learning to speak really well; you're probably interested in learning to speak the real thing.

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If we taught you Spanish, if nothing else, we would teach you NEVER to say, *Es bien* and we would explain really well WHY you should never say that; we would teach you NEVER to say, *Tengo divertido* and we would explain really well WHY you should never say that; we would teach you NEVER to say, *No bueno!* and we would explain really well WHY you should never say that.

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Spanglish can be cute. Sure. But it ain't Spanish. You should learn the real thing.

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The English literal word-for-word translations of English expressions into Spanish that make up “Spanglish” (*No bueno* for “No good”; *Es bien* for “It's ok, alright, fine”; and *Tengo divertido* for “I have / I'm having fun”), are similar in Spanish to the translations from Chinese that have become American expressions: “Long time no see!” for “hey, haven't seen you for awhile! and “No can-do!” for “Sorry. I can't or cannot do it!”

 

Sure. They are cute and cheeky, and I use them myself (I've even come up with my own: “Long time nothing nooooo hear!”). It's cheeky "Chinglish." But every English speaker who uses Chinglish, KNOWS what he/she's doing. This is cheeky slang for friends and family. You don't go in for a job interview and use these expressions on your would-be boss, do you? When and if you use the Spanish expressions above, do you know what you're doing and WHY that's not correct Spanish?

 

Well, if you do, you're doing great and perhaps we have little to teach you. If you don't, you've got something to learn. And we'd be very happy to explain it to you.

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Easy to learn

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Spanish is actually pretty easy to learn. Well, relatively easy. All languages have something easy and something hard. It's a trade-off.

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Spanish is one of the simplest languages phonetically. It has only five (5) vowels and no voiced consonants (no "z" and no "v" sounds) plus no "sh" sounds. Sure, it has a rolled "r", but you can fake it 'till you make it perfectly well in Spanish with your American "r's." Don't sweat it. You'll be fine.

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Spanish has one of the most phonetic writing systems, using faithfully the Roman alphabet, as it was probably intended to be used by Latin.

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This is your big break! The rest, though, is not that hard, either.

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It's just a matter of having someone explain it to you in a fun and easy way.

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And that's where we come in. See the carousel of pictures above? It'll give you an idea of some of the things we do in a very dynamic, playful way.

 

Give it a try. It's FREE to try!

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