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Information on how to learn speaking Spanish (Espanol)

Learn to Speak Spanish
  Spanish is a Romance language, and the third or fourth most spoken language in the entire world, spoken as a first language by over 350 million people.

  The majority of Spanish speakers live in Latin America; secondary populations inhabit the United States of America and Spain itself.

Some basic English words, with their Spanish word, and a pronunciation guide:

English Spanish Pronunciation
Spanish español (es-pahn-YOL)
Spanish (Castilian) castellano (kah-steh-YAH-no)
hello, hi hola (OH-la)
goodbye adiós (ah-THYOSE)
please por favor (pore faah-VORE)
thank you gracias (GRAH-thyahs)
sorry perdón (pare-THON)
because porque (PORE-keh)
hurry up! ¡date prisa! (DAH-teh PREE-sah)
that (thing) eso (esso)
how much? cuánto (KWAHN-to)
English inglés (ing-GLESS)
yes (see)
no no (no)
I don't understand no entiendo (no en-tYEN-do)
where's the bathroom? ¿dónde está el baño? (DON-day es-TAH el BA-nyo)
cheers! (toast) ¡salud! (sah-LOOTHE)
do you speak English? ¿habla usted inglés? (AH-blah oos-TED ing-GLESS)

There are many software programs and study courses available to those who want to learn the language.




The Berlitz company is arguably one of the more popular language education programs in the United States.  Their office, in Washington D.C., can direct you to Berlitz programs in almost any state.  Phone: (202) 331-1160

Also popular are programs where you travel to Spain or another Spanish-speaking country to learn the language in an immersion program.  AllSpanish offers such a program, and can be reached in Spain at: ++34 923 277 200

The Transparent Language company offers software for many languages, including Spanish.  Phone: (800) 567-9619




  






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