Hola Comrades.

[RedStarOverChina]

Hola companeros.
Soy estudio espanol en mi universidad. (Yep. You guesed it. I'm failing miserablly already.)

Yo quiero mejore mi gramatica.
Please, by all means, correct my grammatical errors. As much as I love the language, my Spanish class is a nightmare. I just had a test 10 mins ago and my ego is totally crushed.

Save me! I will try to speak espanol as much as I can.

[Don't Change Your Name]

Spanish is difficult for other people to learn. You said "Soy estudio espanol en mi universidad", which means either "I study spanish in my university" or "I'm studying spanish in my university (if it is this last case you better say "estoy estudiando" instead of "estudio"), but "soy" means "I am", not in the "I'm doing X thing" but in the "I am tall" or "I am a lawyer" sense: to say what you're like. So you should say "Yo estudio español en mi universidad" (or "Yo estoy estudiando"). When you are following the "I" with an action or a verb, you just say "Yo" first (="I") then. If it is to describe yourself, you can either say "Yo soy abogado" ("I'm a lawyer") or just "soy abogado", depending on the situation (but if you just say "Soy un abogado", people will understand you anyway).

Concerning "Yo quiero mejore mi gramatica", I guess you would say that in english as "I want to improve my grammar" (or "I want my grammar to improve"). See the difference? You have to options to say this, whose version in english I mentioned alrready: on one you would have use "to", whose "version" in spanish would be "que", so it should be "Yo quiero que mejore mi gramatica" ("I want my grammar to improve") OR you use the verb with "-ar" at the end (or "-er" or "-ir", depending on the verb) to say that YOU want to improve your grammar not that you want your grammar to improve: "Yo quiero mejorar mi gramatica" (I want to improve my grammar"). In this case there's not need for "que" at all (which also can be used as "what", or as "who"/"which" when it has "el" or "la" before it. Keep that in mind). Of course, in both cases, as I said above, you don't need to say "Yo" since if you say "quiero" (and "mi"), the other person(s) will understand immediately that you're talking about yourself.

I hope this helps. Spanish is really hard for gringos to understand. After all, its a language in which doors are females and "sofa" is male :P

If you need any help, ask me.

[Don't Change Your Name]

By the way, I noticed you said "companeros" instead of "compañeros". I must remind you that "ñ" is used here, so even if you can't use it in your keyboard (well, actually you can, by doing alt+whatever number), try remembering where you should use it. For example, if you write "ano" instead of "año" (="year"), people will think you're talking about your (or someome's) anus (="ano").

[RedStarOverChina]

WOW.

Now that was extremely helpful--more helpful than the University textbook with cartoons on it. I read and analyzed it carefully. Thanx amigo!


For example, if you write "ano" instead of "año" (="year"), people will think you're talking about your (or someome's) anus (="ano").

funny u should say that...I did say "ano" instead of A(ni)o to some spaniard a few days ago and now I'm seriously embarrassed... I tried to type the n-ish letter following ur instruction but maybe its cause of the school computer, it doesnt work.

Pienso que espan(/)ol es bastante fa(/)cil. Soy mejore mi espan(/)ol diariamente. Puedo leer (pronounce) español, even though I'm such a newbie. Believe it or not, yo lo adoro ya.

The only problem I have with Spanish is it's gender thing...Somehow I have problem relating gender with objects...

But anywayz thanx for the GI-NORMOUS favor!

[Don't Change Your Name]

Originally posted by [email protected] 27 2005, 04:24 PM
WOW.

Now that was extremely helpful--more helpful than the University textbook with cartoons on it. I read and analyzed it carefully. Thanx amigo!
No problem :)


funny u should say that...I did say "ano" instead of A(ni)o to some spaniard a few days ago and now I'm seriously embarrassed... I tried to type the n-ish letter following ur instruction but maybe its cause of the school computer, it doesnt work.

I found them:

alt+164 = ñ
alt+165 = Ñ
alt+0209 = Ñ
alt+0241 = n


Pienso que espan(/)ol es bastante fa(/)cil.

Actually, it's "el español", when you're talking like this. I don't get what that thing in "fácil". Don't worry too much about accents btw, unless it's some kind of professional thing you're writing. If you wrote some spanish friend or whatever, he'll usually understand you :)


Soy mejore mi espan(/)ol diariamente.

You mean "I improve my spanish daily"? If that&#39;s the case, it is "Yo mejoro mi español diariamente". As I said, "soy" means "I am" but when you use it as "I am tall" or "I am an engineer". Instead, use "yo" (which means "I"). And "mejore" doesnt fit there, it&#39;s "mejoro": when you say "Yo <verbo>" ("I <verb in simple present>"), you usually end it with "-o" (so if you say, for example, "I walk everyday" (="Yo camino todos los días"), you can&#39;t say "camine", or "caminar")-


The only problem I have with Spanish is it&#39;s gentle thing...Somehow I have problem relating gentle with objects...

But anywayz thanx for the GI-NORMOUS favor&#33;

Well, if the thing ends with "-a" it&#39;s usually "female" and if it ends with "-o" or "-el" it&#39;s usually "male" and if it ends with another letter it depends, and if it has two versions. People is different, of course. I hope I&#39;m not forgetting any exception.

And yeah, no problem. Just ask me if you need some more help.

[RedStarOverChina]

God...I cant even spell the word "gender"... LOL. Maybe Ièm under too much stress.

Obviously Im still having problems with the basics of Spanish...but I will overcome that, I promise :)

Thanx for your help. Our next Spanish conversation will definately be less tiresome for the both of us :D