Jalila
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Reged: 02/01/2009
Posts: 7
Loc: Belgium
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Hi or should I say buenos dias..... taken up learning Spanish and at the young age of 47 I cannot keep the verb endings in mind - anyone got any useful suggestions? Exam coming up in a few days time and panic setting in..... my excellent memory of the past is letting me down. Buenos noches mis amigos.
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rosettastone
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Reged: 11/03/2008
Posts: 794
Loc: Kent/Surrey borders
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hi
welcome ,but can only help you in French I'm afraid ,never learnt Spanish 
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carpe diem - seize the day!
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RunGirl
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Reged: 11/01/2008
Posts: 1336
Loc: South East London
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I can speak Spanish, but unfortunately can't think of any tricks to help you on the verb endings.
Buena suerte. I'm sure you will be fine.
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amelica2
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Reged: 21/07/2008
Posts: 6074
Loc: Never Never Land
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Im planning to learn spanish this year, so you aint alone!
Have some dvds to start with, so adios mis amigos!
amelica2
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cinderella
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Reged: 08/08/2008
Posts: 2188
Loc: Fantasyland
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Buenas noches Jalila. I'm afraid there is no easy way to learn verb endings. You just have to learn them by rote.
But learning the words of a song in Spanish might help.
Mucha suerte!
Cinderella.
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annamezzo
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Reged: 28/12/2008
Posts: 11
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Have you tried the Michel Thomas Spanish course on CD? I've used the Italian version and thought it was fantastic.You should be able to borrow it from a library if you don't want to buy it.He's fab..took me to another level with speaking which I was really anxious about.Good luck with the exam. 
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Aprile
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Reged: 28/07/2008
Posts: 523
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I'm trying to learn Italian. Ciao 
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annamezzo
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Reged: 28/12/2008
Posts: 11
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Ciao Aprile,( and everyone else!)
Va bene?Grazie per il tuo messaggio.E una lingua bella,e vero? How long have you been learning italian? Do you go to a class? I have learnt with a friend who lived in Italy for 20 odd years so we read novels etc,a bit unorthodox but it works.I tried the A level but it was mainly reading political articles and environmental stuff..whatever happened to beautiful literature???
Would love to chat to anyone who is learning Italian.Perhaps we can help each other.
A presto.
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Psyche
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Reged: 23/01/2007
Posts: 2877
Loc: Bicester OXON
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Buenas dias jalila, I started learning spanish in September at the age of 65! My son has moved to Seville to be with his girl friend so I need to be able to speak to her.
can't help with the verb endings Tomas (tutor) epects us to remember them - I try!
I'm not doing GCSE just conversation, hope to eventually though. We're using the BBC book Pasos.
feliz Ano Nuevo
saludos
P x
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Psyche.
So many books...so little time!.
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Shiraz
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Reged: 26/03/2008
Posts: 157
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Hi Jalila
I'm also learning Spanish & struggling with verbs. You would think that at the age of 46 I would sit & do my homework, but I don't, so it's my own fault. A good book to try is Spanish Verb Tenses by Dorothy Devney Richmond. It's very repetitive & when I spend time looking at it, it does actually help.
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Aprile
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Reged: 28/07/2008
Posts: 523
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Ciao Annamezzo
I really panicked after reading your post!
I learnt (some) Italian a few years ago and haven't looked at it for a long time but want to take it up again so have just bought a cassette player off Ebay so I can rerun all my tapes and hopefully get up to speed again. But I can't write it or hold a conversation about real life!!!! But I would love to. I do have some books of short stories which I used to struggle through so will try them again.
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