TIPS FOR LEARNING SPANISH IN FLORIDA:

• Agree to speak 'Spanish-only' with Spanish-speaking friends
• Speak 'Spanish-only' with Spanish-speakers in stores and restaurants
• Read 1 article from a Spanish newspaper every day
• Use your dictionary
• Watch soap operas or ‘telenovelas’ in Spanish
• Write out the lyrics of Spanish songs
• Feeling adventurous....use the ATM in Spanish
• Take a private Spanish Class with us!

MOST COMMON VERBS IN SPANISH

ask - preguntar
bring - traer
buy - comprar
can/be able - poder
change - cambiar
clean - limpiar
cut - cortar
dance - bailar
drink - beber
eat - comer
find - encontrar
give - dar
go - ir
have - tener
know - conocer
learn - aprender
listen - escuchar
live - vivir
make/do - hacer
need - necesitar
play - jugar
put - poner
say - decir
see - ver
sing - cantar
sleep - dormir
study - estudiar
take - tomar
talk - hablar
think - pensar
travel - viajar
wait - esperar
want - querer
work - trabajar
write - escribir

EXPRESSIONS IN SPANISH

You’ve heard how difficult English can be to learn. For example, we 'park in a driveway' and 'drive on a parkway'. And is it ‘fill in’ or ‘fill out’ the form? Spanish can also be tricky.

For one thing, many Latin countries have different translations of the same English word. For example, the English word ‘cool’ is ‘barbaro’ in Argentina, ‘chevre’ in Venezuela and ‘pura vida’ in Costa Rica. So make sure to tell your Spanish tutor if you will be traveling to specific region in Latin America or Spain. Then your tutor can help you practice that dialect. Chevre?