sharxx101 Posted January 27, 2012 Hi everyone, I am going to Peru soon and need to learn Spanish. I would like a tutor that is from Peru if possible as I wish to learn some Quichua as well. If you can help please let me know, need to be in Melbourne and Northern or Western suburbs prefered. I can pay cash or cactus for the tutoring. Not long now not even two months to go Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted January 27, 2012 LOOK NO FURTHER! cmon now! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted January 27, 2012 thanks for posting that i really need to learn Spanish as my girlfriend and her whole family speak it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CβL Posted January 27, 2012 Just realized that if I plan on going to Peru (which I do), I also need to know Spanish. :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted January 27, 2012 thanks for that insight blunt, just realised the same thing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qualia Posted January 27, 2012 La puerta, esta abierta! La puerta! Esta ABIERTA!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted January 27, 2012 im pretty sure my door is closed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amanito Posted January 27, 2012 Youtube seems to be a good medium ... There's this beautiful girl that gives Arabic classes btw, Forget about Quechua, first of all, one language is enough, second of all, it's hard to find material, third, it's not related to our languages. A lil' bit too much ... Spanish is more than enough. Beautiful language Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted January 27, 2012 Spanish isn't that beautiful when you hear a whole family speaking it they almost sounds crazy hehehe but maybe that's just me and because I cant understand them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qualia Posted January 27, 2012 heh, they speak fast as hey. but, i started learning japanese a while ago, and i'll say again the pimsleur language packs are quite great. i had a learning book with it too with romaji translations which helped, but if you can get a copy of that you could learn at least basic spanish, enough to get you by. i think, for me, the greatest difficulty in learning a language is not being immersed in it. take at least half an hour a day to learn, but without being in an environment where it's being used all the time it's difficult to keep up. i'm sure you'll be ok though you have the motivation to keep learning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted January 27, 2012 heh, they speak fast as hey. but, i started learning japanese a while ago, and i'll say again the pimsleur language packs are quite great. i had a learning book with it too with romaji translations which helped, but if you can get a copy of that you could learn at least basic spanish, enough to get you by. i think, for me, the greatest difficulty in learning a language is not being immersed in it. take at least half an hour a day to learn, but without being in an environment where it's being used all the time it's difficult to keep up. i'm sure you'll be ok though you have the motivation to keep learning. awesome ill have to look into that thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted January 27, 2012 Worse thing I found with spanish is that they speak different levels of complexity for want of a better term in different countries. I had no idea about that before arriving and in one country their spanish was far more complicated than the simple 'muchos carne' crap... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted January 27, 2012 hmm thanks Zen... I need to learn Chilean Spanish then arghh why is every thing so complicated Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted January 27, 2012 I learnt to say cerveza con limon y sal. I ordered those a lot. funnily enough the dodgy pedophile-looking guys could always say marijuana and mushrooms in englihs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qualia Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) spanishpod101.com - it's a paid site, but if it's anything like the japanese site it'll be quite good. you can get free trial memberships and download the material, but if you know how to exploit trials you can get everything you need for free. NB: make sure to do a search though on these sites (the language 101 sites). there's wide and valid criticism about the marketing practices but if you don't give them your credit card details you're right. Edited March 13, 2012 by qualia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
