He decidido aprender español

[Marquis de Sodaq]

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[Marquis de Sodaq]

Originally posted by Makeo
All i have is a dictionary. I will have to get some books from the library. Grammar ect.

Good idea - understanding the grammar will unfold the structure of a sentence. Key to this is verb conjugations! In spanish, prepositions (I, he, we, etc) are generally not spoken because the verb conjugation contains this identifier.

For example, english "I go" is spanish "voy." English "we go" is spanish "vamos."

If you can identify the who, what, and whom of the sentense, deciphering the meaning is much faster.

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[Shaka Naldur]

good luck makeo

don´t worry if you don´t understand us or if you make a lot of mistakes, none of us spoke english when we were born.

you just need to practice a lot

[Jay Bee]

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Yeah, this is getting really annoying, isn't it?

[Makeo]

Jay Bee, ¿jugais generalmente pbem o i.p. juegos?

Gracias Jasev por su ayuda.

I'm pretty sure i have the form of 'your help' incorrect.

[Jay Bee]

Originally posted by Makeo
Jay Bee, ¿jugais generalmente pbem o i.p. juegos?

Both

[jasev]

Originally posted by Makeo
Gracias Jasev por su ayuda.
I'm pretty sure i have the form of 'your help' incorrect.

Well, in fact it's correct. When you're formally speaking, you say:
"Gracias por su ayuda"
"Usted tiene razón"
"You", when formally speaking, is used as a 3rd person in spanish. So the verbal form is "tiene", that belongs to "el tiene" instead of "tú tienes".
It's the same as german, when you can say "du" or "Sie".

But you don't have to speak formally to me, so you can say:
"Gracias por tu ayuda"
"Tú tienes razón"

And thus ends the second jasev&berlizt spanish lesson. Come back tomorrow. Courage, Makeo, you're making progress.