Often the weirdest things start with a challenge, like the time I challenged
my cousin to build a lat machine out of old iron and he really did.
But that's another story.
You know, since we have been speaking Italian for a long time,
I thought it would be a great idea for you to learn Spanish.
So we can speak both in Italian and in Spanish, what do you think?
He is Miguel.
I still haven't figured out if he's a human being or an alien with super powers,
as he learned to speak Italian perfectly in just six months,
watching a lot of YouTube videos and working hard.
Would you like to learn Spanish?
You know that in reality I have always had the desire to learn a few phrases, a
few words, even just to understand the songs.
Yes, yes, I like songs in Spanish.
Here, however, we are already on the fifth day.
How long do you give me Miguel?
So ... I challenge you to learn Spanish for seven days.
And then, at the end of this week, we will see the result.
Is it possible to learn Spanish in seven days?
Of course not, but the important thing is to give your best to get the best possible result.
Important premise: my Spanish is zero level.
I have never had the right opportunity to confront myself
with this language, even though I have always liked it.
Perfect, good luck!
You die the wolf! Thanks Miguel!
O good luck!
When you have limited time to reach an important
goal, one thing is very important: planning.
First of all, I decided to get the daily time for this challenge: three hours a day.
Then I left!
I am trying to learn Spanish in seven days, see where I practically arrive.
When did you start? I started on Wednesday.
To study a language, one can only start from the alphabet.
It is important to better understand the correct pronunciation of letters,
especially those that differ greatly from your native language.
For this reason I have printed a grammar found online that is
very concise but precise and accurate.
I watched and re-watched some YouTube videos about the alphabet.
Get the bricks ready, it's time to build the house.
Here the letters are mixed together and welded to form articles,
nouns, verbs, adjectives.
I am passionate about seeing how out of nowhere, little by little and almost by magic,
words begin to make sense, acquire a familiar spelling and sound.
Good morning!
The first two days I only studied grammar.
It helped me to get an idea of ​​the names, masculine, feminine.
Then I studied the present indicative: I love, you love, he loves.
However, I realized that continuing to study
grammar alone would not help me much.
Fortunately dear Nathaniel came to my aid with one of his famous videos.
This is a very important thing, it makes much more sense to study the words that are part of those
three thousand, rather than learning words like "phone booth" or "recliner".
I will start in the next few days by learning the thousand most used Italian words.
Think about it, there is a huge difference ...
So I downloaded a list of the thousand most used Spanish words,
with the intention of transcribing and memorizing as many as possible.
Wanting, wanting.
Air, air.
Play, play.
Small small.
Today I'm going to the beach.
Initially the intention was good.
Spanish cannot be missing.
I have decided that I want to learn Spanish in a week, what do you think?
Best wishes!
Then the sea and holiday air took over.
What a day! Too bad that I haven't really studied Spanish today!
All in all, I also learned something on vacation.
The beach, the sea, the sun, the castle, the sand.
Interesting that the name of the sand in Spanish is "arena"
A few months ago, while visiting Verona,
I discovered that the name of the arena derives from the sand itself.
The name arena derives from the word rena which is the sand
that was placed in the center, in the place where the shows took place.
On the fifth day you have already seen it.
Obviously I have not only sung,
but I have continued with the study of grammar and vocabulary.
Some words that may confuse you are:
"go out" which in Italian would mean "go out", then "go up" which in Italian would mean "go up".
"to suffer" which in Spanish means "to suffer",
also "broth", in Spanish it means "broth" and our word for "hot" is "hot".
Then there is another very funny one: "donkey", which here means "donkey".
Our word for "butter" is "butter".
Thanks Miguel.
Oh, I almost forgot, a little trick I discovered to
learn faster is to change the language of the phone.
The bird!
Where are you from? Where are you from?
Today is Tuesday. Today is Tuesday.
I also downloaded an app to reinforce everything I had studied.
The writer is at the theater.
The jacket is on the market.
What's your name?
My name is Roberto.
Pre-exam crisis.
Very close to the test with Miguel.
I don't feel ready at all.
I forgot how difficult it was to start learning a language from scratch.
I will use the last three hours of this day picking up the basics of grammar,
studying new words, going on to use the app ...