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Some thoughts in this thread about what I've seen, experienced and sought to understand. Other's personal milage may vary.
16 replies - Last post by Al22 - March 17, 2023
Hi AllNoticed that in lesson 1.3 “The Perfect coffee” there is a photo of Ipanema Beach in Rio. Surely this is an oversight, as they speak Portuguese there. Maxie
4 replies - Last post by Maxie - January 16, 2023
En la pared de una cantina que estaba escrito:
El que bebe se emborracha. El que se emborracha se duerme. El que se duerme no peca. El que peca no va al cielo. Si quieres ir al cielo... ¡BEBE!
3 replies - Last post by Al22 - November 24, 2022
Can anyone tell me where to find the beginners manual on the computer version of rocket Spanish? I can find it on my Kindle Fire and on my Iphone (even though they are not the same version), but I cannot find it on my computer. Any help would be apprecia...
8 replies - Last post by Scott_C - October 11, 2022
I'm confused. In Module 1, Language & Culture 2.4 (Directions) in the flashcards, there are 2 cards using the verb to understand. One says “Straight. Do you understand” and translates as “Recto. Entiendes?” but another says, “Do you understand everything?...
7 replies - Last post by Liss-Rocket-Languages-Tutor - August 22, 2022
Amy, I was recently on a Princess Cruise ship. They have videos of other cruise adventures. The narrator sound like you. Have you ever made this type of video?
7 replies - Last post by Liss-Rocket-Languages-Tutor - June 2, 2020
Chatting with my waiter from Guatemala...
It's rare that I get a chance to actually talk with people in Spanish but, back in the US for a bit, the waiter in the restaurant I was in at the time was from Guatemala. It was fun being able to pull facts (and phrases!) about the country directly from t...
0 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - January 16, 2020
We are flying in and out of Madrid on our vacation and taking high speed trains to Seville, Cordoba, Barcelona, then back to Madrid for our last day before flying back. Any advice on using buses, taxis, metro trains, or any other means of transporta...
13 replies - Last post by Alice101 - November 20, 2019
Antes de empezar una conversación en español (por Skype), siempre trato de pasar algunos minutos a expresarme por escrito sobre cualquier tema. Dado que vamos a hablar con alguien en un ratito, pensaba compartir mi tema de hoy con ustedes al mismo tiempo....
2 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - July 4, 2018
A little over a week ago, my wife and I went to La Paz, Bolivia for the weekend. When I went in 2015 they had completed 3 tram lines in the city. Now there are 2 and half more lines completed with several others in the works. It's part of the public tr...
12 replies - Last post by the-hefay - May 21, 2018
Are there any visual aids or is the whole course audio?
6 replies - Last post by Matthew-H68 - October 30, 2017
Nota a mis amigos: Esteben me preguntó para escribir de mi viaje a Costa Rica. He escribiendo sin ayuda, así que correciónes va a ser agredacido. Yo pasaba un mes en Costa Rica recentamente. El primero tres semanas quedaba en Orosi, un pueblo de trece mi...
23 replies - Last post by yademas - May 29, 2017
World's Best Country to Retire Is ... Ecuador???
Something to think about... http://www.nbcnews.com/business/retirement/worlds-best-country-retire-ecuador-n278431
4 replies - Last post by Phédre nó Delaunay de Montréve - May 25, 2017
Dan-H24, ¿Cómo puedo ayudarte?
Dan, you mentioned that you were interested in my experiences in Peru. I was looking for a way to just message with you but that doesn't seem to be an option here at RS. Anyways, I'm here in Peru as a missionary. I was here from June 2015 to January 20...
6 replies - Last post by yademas - May 21, 2017
excessive English audio inspanish travelogues
Why is there so much English audio in Spanish travelogues?
2 replies - Last post by Matthew-B - December 28, 2016
Anyone been to Galicia, Spain?
I'm thinking of spending a week in Galicia and I was wondering if any of you have been there and have any recommendations.
4 replies - Last post by KelllaurBailar - September 28, 2016
Estoy en Arequipa, Perú y espero que sea algunos años antes de volver a E.E.U.U. Voy a tomar dos semanas de clases (gramática y fonética) para reforzar mi español y para refrescar mi memoria. La verdad es que he olvidé mucho de español desde que salí de...
7 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - September 22, 2016
Alternate Spanish Immersion Idea
I just returned from a week in Barcelona (not the best place to learn Spanish btw). My primary objective was to push my Spanish up to a higher level. Here is what I did: 1.) I spent one hour a day every weekday with a professor one-on-one. I found her on...
2 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - July 11, 2016
Exit: Sortie (French) + Salida (Spanish) = Sortida (Catalan)
¡Que mezcla!
4 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - July 8, 2016
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha
2016 es el año en que se cumplen 400 años desde la muerte de Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). This is the latest article in veintemundos that I came across this morning. My goal in Spanish as always been to read (and be able to appreciate) this book whic...
2 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - April 21, 2016
Castilian v Latin American Spanish
I presume Rocket uses Latin American rather than Castilian? I know a number of forums say that there is little difference, but a number of Spaniards I have known say otherwise. I'd be interested in user's views. Thanks.
21 replies - Last post by the-hefay - March 1, 2016
In this online magazine "veintemundos", there is an interesting article in Spanish on doing language studies abroad: - http://www.veintemundos.com/magazines/86-fr/ At the bottom of the page, there is a video in English about a company specializing in thi...
8 replies - Last post by KelllaurBailar - November 12, 2015
Here is a link to a You Tube video of Linda Ronstadt singing Blue Bayou in Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TnR4IsoC_0 Sorry for the scratchy sounds-like-it-was-ripped-from-vinyl beginning, but they all seem to start that way. In my opinion Li...
11 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - October 18, 2015
¡Histórico: Chile se consagró campeón de la Copa América 2015!
Chile es el campeón de la Copa América por primera vez en su historia. ¡Felicitaciones à Mauricio!
6 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - July 13, 2015
Algunos trucos para sobrevivir quand viajes en un país español.
Una lección bien hecha - la recomiendo: - http://www.veintemundos.com/magazines/108-fr/
3 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - June 14, 2015
So recently I spent a few weeks at Escuela Monalban in Granada, Spain. I booked through GoLearnTo so that I could do rock climbing as well as a week of language lessons (I think I might have heard about that on this forum). It was fantastic and I probably...
4 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - June 13, 2015
My instinct was to translate this as: Día de la Comemorativa But both Bing and Google like Día de los Caídos. Which, now that I think about it, is more to the point. We remember our fallen service people on this day.
2 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - May 25, 2015
Hola a todos, Aquí están algunas películas cortas en español con subtítulos en inglés http://freespanishshortfilms.com/ Saludos, Ricardo
6 replies - Last post by Cristian-Montes-de-Oca - May 13, 2015
Amigos: Tengo comencé escribir sobre mi viaje a Cuba en mi sitio web a www.danhenderson.photo/blog También, hay fotografias de Cuba en www.danhenderson.photo/cuba Se invito a todos a mirar. Saludos, Dan
9 replies - Last post by diranu - March 28, 2015
Conan taped a show in Cuba soon after President Obama announced the changes. It aired this week. If you didn't see it I recommend looking it up on Conan's web site. You will especially appreciate the Spanish "lesson" he took while there, along with his at...
5 replies - Last post by Robert-C7 - March 9, 2015
I keep looking at the map of Spain and realized I have been to a few of them in recent years. Has anybody been to San Sebastian and Navarre in the Basque Country. I have been to Madrid. Aragon, Castille, Asturias, Burgos, Salamanca and Santiago de Campost...
7 replies - Last post by Ava Dawn - February 24, 2015
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152014305805950&set=vb.33282040949&type=2&theater Justo Lamas a musician who tours the US, helping high school Spanish students to learn Spanish through music.
15 replies - Last post by Cristian-Montes-de-Oca - February 12, 2015
Forum search function not working?
¡Hola! When trying to use the forum search funtion, I continue to get the following error: [quo]*Quote:* Could not delete old search id sessions DEBUG MODE SQL Error : 1054 Unknown column 'search_time' in 'where clause' DELETE FROM rs_search_res...
17 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - January 6, 2015
Historic Thaw: Obama Scraps 'Outdated Approach' on Cuba
I have always wanted to see Cuba integrated back into the mainstream (out of isolation). Well, regardless of how this pans out, our friend and colleague Dan is certainly there at a pivotal time in Latin history!
3 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - December 22, 2014
¡Hola! where I live is not easy to find spanish native speakers, I need to improve my spanish by increase my vocabulary and adjust my hearing to spanish so I thought of watching movies and shows. but sadly, in our local TV there are no much spanish shows ...
21 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - December 1, 2014
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2014/08/why_is_jon_favreau_s_chef_the_indie_hit_of_the_summer.html I watched this movie on the plane from Taipei, Taiwan to Los Angeles. I thought about DanH24 because it showed little Havana in Miami. Also the ve...
11 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - November 23, 2014
Spanish Conversation Groups in your area
I discovered this link for meeting with people in your area to converse in Spanish: __http://spanish.meetup.com/__ I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like a good way to make local contacts with Spanish-speaking individuals. Tony
20 replies - Last post by misssolruiz - November 5, 2014
I recently had a two week trip to Bolivia. I had some great experiences and language practice there. I even had an opportunity to present a 5 minute address to a small church without a translator. That one made my brain hurt. I highly recommend a tri...
11 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - November 2, 2014
It has taken me 40 years to commit to spanish lessions stumbling around trying to figure it out on my own and learning just enough to get me in trouble. In one week I am more at ease with the language than I have ever been Thank you so much Rocket Spanis...
10 replies - Last post by ricardo-rich - November 2, 2014
How well should you know Premium before going on to Premium Plus? Do you need to have mastered Premium?
12 replies - Last post by Ava Dawn - November 2, 2014
Title-Spanish speaking friends
I am now on lesson 12.3 Premium Plus and its getting more challenging but it is also getting more exciting. Just looking at the future being able to us, lo que, es que and la cual, that is where I want to be. I actually increase my learning by attending a...
6 replies - Last post by Ava Dawn - November 2, 2014
http://www.sampere.com/learn-spanish/spanish-courses-cuba.html
3 replies - Last post by maha266 - November 1, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeSVMG4GkeQ A Ted talk about subjunctives and indicatives in a language
4 replies - Last post by Cristian-Montes-de-Oca - October 9, 2014
Several times lately I have encountered the term mestizo, which I believe is a description for someone of mixed European and indigenous ancestry. Also I have seen mulato, criollo, and probably one or two others that I cannot think of right now. Since I a...
4 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - September 26, 2014
I'm an old softy when it comes to Disney movies. Here are a few clips of the theme songs from the original artists in Spanish: - Tangled (Enredados). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGnKHn4tc4Q - Frozen (Una Aventura Congelada). https://www.youtube.com/w...
5 replies - Last post by maha266 - September 26, 2014
Video Spanish in Spain & Mexico
Hola a todos, Here is a video comparing Spanish in Spain vs Spanish in Mexico. This is part 1, there is a part 2 as well. Edit: I made a mistake with the link and it is corrected in my reply to Cristian. Lo siento amigos. Saludos, Ricardo
13 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - September 18, 2014
"Vivo por ella" / Italiano
Once again thanks to Cristian for putting us on this gorgeous song from Andrea Bocelli y Marta Sanchez. I remember it somehow being in Italian when I had first heard it awhile ago – and, sure enough after an Internet search, the original is: “Vivo Per Lei...
15 replies - Last post by Cristian-Montes-de-Oca - August 27, 2014
One delightful discovery in learning Spanish is that I love latin music. "Sobre gustos no hay nada escrito" but I thought I'd pass along a few titles in the hopes that others might enjoy listening to them. For easier ones: "Eres Tu", "La Bamba" and "Guant...
34 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - August 25, 2014
Cielito linda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjJDv1IeF8I I recognized this song the instant I heard it but for the life of me I can't remember why. From Speedy Gonzales cartoons when I was a kid? [From that I remember "La Cucaracha"!] From the old Zorr...
5 replies - Last post by Ava Dawn - August 20, 2014
So where you live is called what?
Where and why do these places get these names? “I live in the City of Angels.” [Los Ángeles, CA] Sounds nice but, hey, I’ve been there… “I live in Saint Pancho.” [San Francisco, CA] Sounds better than living in Saint Poncho, I suppose. “I live in the M...
2 replies - Last post by Cristian-Montes-de-Oca - August 15, 2014