Need help learning spanish
 

Is there any online sites that help teach you spanish?

i just started a new job at a doctor's office in family practice (funny how i just started and i'll be leaving shortly to have my baby lol).. and the majority of her patients are spanish speaking and i have NO idea how to ask basic questions that'll get me by..

plus i think it would be beneficial for me to learn spanish :)

any recommendations?! :p

try studyspanish.com i always use it when i need something for school

that thing is very nifty, i was checking it out! very nice... but for some things it won't translate, like medical terms..

That is a great site!!!

There is Rosetta Stone, but it is pretty pricey.

For medical stuff you can try this:


http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/medical-spanish

Can't help you with finding anything but good luck on learning Spanish........I wish I knew it!! :rolleyes:

I checked out that site and for some reason it cracked up with laughter. Pretty impressive thought. I have never seen such a great site.

ohh if you just want translations than you can use freetranslation.com it's usually pretty good

By the way I was not cracking up because the words sounded funny or anything. I actually know Spanish fluent actually my mother does not know English she is hard headed and never wanted to learn.(Then she wonders where I learned to be hard headed.lol) Until recently I had not notice how much I have been taking my reading and writing in Spanish for granted. An old friend even joked about me not knowing Spanish anymore which if it was not for my mother it probably would be true. I need to start practicing my writing. Even though I hate Spanish. I has in a bilingual school until midyear of 8th grade when I finally moved back here and never again had to take another Spanish class it was heaven on earth for me.lol Good luck with your Spanish I know it can be hard to learn and whatnot. I'm talking from experience here I mean it was the first language I learned and then when I first moved here I started learning English and would only practice my Spanish with my mother. I never learned how to read or write Spanish until I was in first grade back home and it was very hard for me. Ugh I could not pronounce my r's.-_- Now that was hell my brother used to pick on me because of that. But now I can pronounce them perfectly.=) If you are having any trouble please feel free to pm me and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

I use that to double check some French and German words. It really does not work properly when you are translating full sentences thought.

If you really want to learn I would not mind helping you God knows I need the practice.lol Just pm me if your interested.

thanks everyone, so far i've picked up a few words, phrases and sentences that have been able to help me so far my 1st week lol.. but towards the end of the week, the patietns thought i was fluent in spanish and would go on and on and on.. and i'm like AHH! lol one of them got mad at me because they said it was a shame i don't speak spanish.. i told them i was born here, and i don't even speak my own language (tagalog) i understand it, just can't speak it (i sound like a fool lol).. and they thought i was hispanic hence the reason why they said it was a shame lol.. i don't know.. oh well :)

i bought a book in hopes i'll learn.. so we'll see :)

I can't help - I only know the cuss words :D :D

what about rosetta Stone that I see on tv ??

Haha thats the first thing everyone wants to learn when trying out a new language. I want to buy Rosetta Stone to help me with my German but I don't know how much it costs.=/

I was looking at Rosetta Stone, but it costs about 300+ :eek:

I just bought a book on amazon.com so hopefully it'll help me out during patient visits so i can catch up :)

I speak Spanish, if you need help with anything you can PM me:)

Where at in California are you? There are some adult schools that offer the spanish classes and free too. I think its great because its extremely bias to teach free english to spanish speakers only yet we have to pay to learn their language. I know little spanish as I 've lived around it all my life. Its not of preference and i have no real intentions of completely learning their language. But my oldest son is learning it and I'll be damned if he says something to me in spanish and i'm stooped because I can't figure out what he is saying. I understand more then I speak. No offence to spanish speakers here. I was watched and sitted by a spanish speaking family that knew little english and relied on their children to translate. Great thing is is that we are all still close 20 years later.

i went to vieques puerto rico this past summer and vowed to learn conversational spanish..i am considering ordering "behind the wheel spanish"..its a cd you listen to while you drive and you say the phrases back.. it is fairly inexpensive too at less than $50 i dont care if i spell everything correctly i just want to be able to speak it - everyone in Puerto Rico speaks eng/spanish fluently and i was jealous and wished i knew spanish and i made a promise to a local woman to try to learn a bit if i ever came back

I din't know you speak spanish, cool:D :thumbup:

I speak spanish my bien, so if you need any help feel free to contact me:p :thumbup:

THanks everyone ;)

i just needed a few things, translated.. like when i'm taking their blood pressure and temperature.. and i'm trying to tel them to put it under their tongue, how do i say that? i know abra la boca means open your mouth..

and that lengua (sp sorry lol) is toungue.. just don't know how to say put it under your tongue so i most of the time have to show them what i mean lol..

MEEEE TOOOOO :p , I learned those like in 4 th grade and never have forgotten them. Isn't it funny the things our brains retain,verses things they don't?

Okay then I can forget about Rosetta Stone then.lol At least for now its suppose to be really good though.=/