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JaneFairfax

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Registered: 2007-02-23

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I understand Spanish!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rewFyxebNB8&v3

Por favor, señor. Es la primera vez que vengo. ¿Es esta la clase para aprender inglés?

See also my YouTube comment.

Last edited by JaneFairfax (2008-07-04 04:09:09)

Ricky

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Re: I understand Spanish!

¿Qué sucedió al resto del vídeo?

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JaneFairfax

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Registered: 2007-02-23

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Re: I understand Spanish!

The clip is from the very first episode of Mind Your Language, a British sitcom of the late 70s. Here is a fuller version of where that clip comes from, uploaded to YouTube by another user:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-xYRS_91gL8

To see even more of the episode, do a search on the videos uploaded by Tharidu.

Last edited by JaneFairfax (2007-06-25 02:26:31)

Zach

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Registered: 2005-03-23

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Re: I understand Spanish!

Por Favor?

(Mind Your Language is awesome)

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justlookingforthemoment

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Re: I understand Spanish!

I can't stop watching Mind Your Language now ...

U7109

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Registered: 2007-03-19

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Re: I understand Spanish!

OK, I can only understand a few words/scentences in Spanish. A list:

Hello
Goodbye
Bye, thanks for nothing.
What's the matter?
Red
Blue
Yellow
Yes, yes, hello

^ I can understand those. Nothing else. But, I'm still learning, hopefully I can learn the full language by the time I'm thirteen, which is in two years.

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Devantè

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Registered: 2006-07-14

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Re: I understand Spanish!

That's near to impossible, unless you can learn a large amount in one day.

If so, I suggest you start now, because you can never really know a whole language until you can recite every word, slang word(s) and pieces of phrases. Even so, that's only the beginning.

Identity

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Registered: 2007-04-18

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Re: I understand Spanish!

If only they had V1 E3 Part 4... the ending to Part 3 was hilarious!

JaneFairfax

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Registered: 2007-02-23

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Re: I understand Spanish!

Yesterday, I was waiting for a bus at a bus stop when a Spanish woman using a mobile phone walked past me. I caught only the following words:

¿Solamente ida o ida y vuelta?

From this I deduced that she was asking the person at the other end if they had bought a single ticket or a return one.

She walked past too quickly for me to hear what else she said. But this shows that I understand Spanish all right.

Last edited by JaneFairfax (2008-07-04 06:57:11)

luca-deltodesco

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Registered: 2006-05-05

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Re: I understand Spanish!

I can understand quite a bit of spanish, but only because i can speak alot of italian

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MathsIsFun

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Registered: 2005-01-21

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Re: I understand Spanish!

My Spanish has improved over the last few months as I have MathsIsFun translated to Disfruta Las Matemáticas (by the remarkable David Sevilla) ... only about a 100 pages left!

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aeris_tifa

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Registered: 2008-05-20

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Re: I understand Spanish!

I actually am a mexican but i was born in the united states so I know spanish. Here's a line of my favorite song in spanish by tono y freddy title: desde el dia que te fuiste
I know this song by heart
lyric: No se viver si no es contigo no se no tengo valor

It's a really beautiful song

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