Comments on: Spanish Immersion http://learningspanishblog.com/spanish-immersion/ My Journey Learning the Spanish Language Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:24:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott Thomas http://learningspanishblog.com/spanish-immersion/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Scott Thomas Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:33:35 +0000 http://learningspanishblog.com/spanish-immersion#comment-197 I agree with your comments on immersion--at the beginning level a phrase sounds like a an endless stream of unintelligible syllables like this line from The Absent-Minded Professor: estoyintentandoresolverlosmisteriosdeluniversoseñorachatsworthy fallé. But if you know ahead of time: estoy: I am intentando: trying :: intentar: to try resolve: to solve los: the (pl) misterios: mysteries :: misterio: mystery del: of the universo: universe señora: Mrs. y: and fallé: I failed. ...it will sound like: Estoy intentando resolver los misterios del universo, Señora Chatsworth, y fallé. And you will understand this: I'm trying to solve the mysteries of the universe, Mrs. Chatsworth, and I failed. We help people learn Spanish vocabulary from TV shows, novels, YouTube videos, etc. using this approach. About 20% of the site is free. I hope this helps. I agree with your comments on immersion–at the beginning level a phrase sounds like a an endless stream of unintelligible syllables like this line from The Absent-Minded Professor: estoyintentandoresolverlosmisteriosdeluniversoseñorachatsworthy fallé.

But if you know ahead of time:

estoy: I am
intentando: trying :: intentar: to try
resolve: to solve
los: the (pl)
misterios: mysteries :: misterio: mystery
del: of the
universo: universe
señora: Mrs.
y: and
fallé: I failed.

…it will sound like:

Estoy intentando resolver los misterios del universo, Señora Chatsworth, y fallé.

And you will understand this:

I’m trying to solve the mysteries of the universe, Mrs. Chatsworth, and I failed.

We help people learn Spanish vocabulary from TV shows, novels, YouTube videos, etc. using this approach. About 20% of the site is free.

I hope this helps.

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