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16. Don Q In the Origin Spanish Is VERY Difficult

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 12:43 AM

Dec 2011

I am a Latino and gave up trying to read it - Castellano (the correct word for the Spanish language) at that time was more difficult to read than Shakesperean English. You will have n choice but to keep a large dictionary of ancient words in order to translate them. Otherwise, the story won't make any sense. And that was my problem - many of those words are not used anymore and I was not familiar with them. After a while, going to the dictionary got very tiring!

I don't usually have that problem with modern Spanish.

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I have a Spanish final in six days [View all] lazarus Dec 2011 OP

Immersion is the key. That's how you learned your first language. Starboard Tack Dec 2011 #1

I definitely have a Spanish speaking community here lazarus Dec 2011 #2

Children's shows are excellent Starboard Tack Dec 2011 #3

Don Q In the Origin Spanish Is VERY Difficult USA_1 Dec 2011 #16

I love going to the dictionary lazarus Jan 2012 #18

Terrific! USA_1 Jan 2012 #19

I will look for it, then, when i'm ready to tackle this admittedly steep mountain of a read lazarus Jan 2012 #20

The only class I ever failed n/t doc03 Dec 2011 #4

Some pointers. Igel Dec 2011 #5

thank you lazarus Dec 2011 #6

Here are some tips TuxedoKat Dec 2011 #7

just bought the Ronstadt CDs lazarus Dec 2011 #10

I study Italian- a close relative of Spanish. I do fine with speaking, but writing is always a beac Dec 2011 #8

I've started watching children's shows lazarus Dec 2011 #11

As another poster stated, listen to Spanish-language music. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #9

it's lost in California lazarus Dec 2011 #12

Geez! Odin2005 Dec 2011 #13

update lazarus Dec 2011 #14

My hints as a former language teacher Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2011 #15

Something that helped me was watching shows I was familiar with dubbed in Spanish Capitalocracy Jan 2012 #17