Spanish Made Simple by Angela Lansbury

 Some Spanish words are easy, but other Spanish words are a struggle to remember. But here are some magical memory aids.

Here are words you are likely to need on your travels.

Spanish - English (memory aids, common letters)

alto/alta - high (altitude)

apartamento (flat, apartment)

arte - art

ayuda - help (aid)

barco - boat (we shall embark on the boat)

carro - car (in South America, driving a Corvette car from North to South America)

coche - car (in Spain, we leave the car and take a coach in the Channel to England) 

de nada - not at all (it's nothing, no trouble, replying to thank you, don't mention it)

donde - where (we will don our clothes and go there today)

dormitorio - bedroom (dormitory)

ensalada - salad

especial - special (that is special, I especially like it)

familia - family

gracias - thanks (how gracious of you, I'm grateful)

lampara - light

mano - hand (manual labour)

museo - museum (a museum - oh!)

musica - music

no - no (at the start of a sentence or before the verb it is a negative, think of no I don't, not the case that)

o - or

opera - opera

policia - police

por favor (please, I'm poor, do me a favour)

roto/rota - broken (it's broken, that's rotten)

sal - salt

si - yes

sol - sun

solo - only

tazon - mug (tankard)

tren - train

y - and (Yes, and that one)

Useful Spanish Phrases & Verbs

es - is (yes it is)

quiero - I want

soy - I am (permanently, eg my name is, Soy Angela)

estoy (I am standing temporarily eg I am on a train)

Useful Websites For Learning Spanish

duolingo.com

 Useful Websites on accents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_accent

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacritic

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