Spanish Class

¡Bienvenido a clase, todos! Soy Candy Cain, su profesora. Esto es donde usted puede aprender a cómo decir frases diferentes en español. ¿Qué quiere usted aprender a decir?

Adoro cruceros. - I love cruises.

Con amistad,
Candy

Buenos días Profesor Candy. Me encanton los cruceros, y cuanto más mejor.

Hi Candy, My grade school spanish is pretty laughable, but welcome to the boards. I will enjoy learning some spanish phrases from you concerning travel.
Have a good morning,
Kelcie

Hola, Kelcie! Mucho gusto.

I'm still trying to figure out exactly what Tina wants for the Spanish board... Any suggestions?

Candy

¡ hola ! okay i'm out of everything i know in spanish

I never took Spanish in school, but my children did. I helped them to study.
they taught me to say "how do you say ________ in spanish?" <--in Spanish
I can still say it, but lord knows I have no clue how to spell it!

Maybe I'll pick up some more here.
I do like going to the translator sites online that talk to you.
I did that for the Italy clues...that was fun.
And something Gaelic that was posted somewhere on the boards here so I knew what it meant.

Mostly I should just stick to English - I have enough trouble with that! LOL

Anyway - Welcome & have fun, Candy! Your twins are adorable!

Hi Candy,
I think it would be helpful to all of us who travel to any spanish speaking countries to know how to greet people, local customs, and useful phrases in spanish such as "How much does that cost? Where is the restroom? Where is the nearest restaurant? . I think it is really helpful to try and read sentences and menu items in other languages. It also helps people to see how something is pronounced phonetically. I think people always appreciate it if you try and attempt their country's language. I'm sure there are plenty of people on the boards who will have great suggestions for this site. Have a nice evening. Tener una buena noche.

Hi Candy & bienveniedo! Hope I spelled that right! My HS & college Spanish is really rusty at best. Had a few reminders when older kids took it in HS, but they didn't stick with it. Younger ds is now taking French in middle school, so no refreshers from him. One child left...maybe she'll take Spanish in middle school!

Buenos noches

Towanda

Thanks for the suggestions! Okay, I will translate your suggestions, KK, and write them out phonetically:


How does that cost? - ¿Cuánto cuesto? (KWAN-toh KWAY-stoh)
* Or you can jsut say "¿Cuánto? "

Where is the bathroom? - ¿Dónde está el baño? (DOHN-day ess-TAH el BAHN-yo)

Where is the nearest restaurant? - ¿Dónde está el más cercano restaurante? (DOHN-day ess-TAH el mahs sir-CAN-oh rest-oh-rahn-tay)

If you noticed, "Dónde está..." is how you ask "where is..." You can use Dónde está for places, people and things. Let's have a quiz. Write down the location that you think I am asking for. I will give the answers tomorrow evening:

1. ¿Dónde está el aeropuerto?
2. ¿Dónde está un hotel bueno?
3. ¿Dónde está la estación?
4. ¿Dónde está la playa?
5. ¿Dónde está una iglesia?

And, for extra credit....

¿Dónde está mi esposo? (Because, ladies, we all lose them every now and again...)

Have a good night!

Candy

1. Where is the airport
2. Where is a good hotel
3. Where is the station
4. Where is the Beach
5. Where is the church
6 Where is my husband.. heck i never lose mine darn it... would like to when i go shopping...

Very good, Frannie. Those are all of the correct answers.

I have never taken Spanish anywhere so those phrases are great especially the phonetic spelling. I have just started taking Argentine Tango lessons and all the figures are known by Spanish names, so I have I have picked up some unusual spanish words that mishe be difficult to put into converation like Gancho ( Hook ) .

In a recent message Tina said ...

Additionally, our new travel agent and board host, Candice Cain is offering prize incentives to help you learn Spanish!

What is that about ?

Candice is going to let everyone know later today... It's pretty cool and we're going to use it as a prelude to our South America cruise for 2011 - yes you do smell a contest brewing to win a cabin

Oh I thought the incentive might be a bottle of Spanish wine or something

¿Hola Candace, Qué es los detalles del concurso de aprender español? Hi Candy, Thanks for all of the tips about grammar and basic pronunciations. it would be great if I can brush up on some basics. I'd love to see some phrases about shopping tips.
Have a great afternoon,
Kelcie

a contest? i'm about to learn a lot of spanish me thinks

I am up for learning some Spanish.
(almost guarantee the contest is safe from me!)

I fit relates to how much one learns then the Spanish Speakers have got it sewn up

Hey, all!

I'm really, really busy right now.... I'm stuck in CT in the storm!! I will post something a little later about the contest. The prize for March is a DVD set called "Kids Love Spanish"... It's a beginner's Spanish DVD set worth $60. I'll post more soon!

Hasta luego,
Candy