When I was a child and when I was single I admired people who spoke other languages. Now I am putting effort into learning. Any time I have a spare minute, I practise.
Notebook - cuaderno
Today's revelation is the word for notebook. Cuaderno. I struggled with this. Then I looked at the letters and noticed the letters NO at the end of cuaderNO. NOtebook.
Now I was half way there. When I saw the word cuaderno I could remember it was notebook. But how could I remember that notebook was cuaderno? I split the word into syllables. I tried cu-ad-er-no.
Starting at the end of the word, I knew it ended with NO. working backwards, it was Er - no. If you prefer, infERNO. In the middle you have ad, like add. It starts with cu, like queue, in British English. Cut. customise. By this time, I did not need any extra reminders. I now know the word cuaderno.
However, when I searched for the pronunciation, I found the word split like kwa-derno. kwa - dare - know. I only had to hear it once to remember how to say it.
I shall now add in my notebook the word cuaderno.
That is a lot of time to spend learning one word. However, if I learn only one word a day, that is 365 words a year. If I write a blog post on one word a day, I shall have learned 365 words effortlessly. If you read a blog post by me every day for a year you will have learned one word effortlessly. Let's more that up to ten words a day. 3,650 words a year!
The word is masculine, with an o ending, like the names Mario, Romeo. Plural cuadernos, like los in the name of the American city Los Angeles.
So, here are nine more words.
bailerin - dancer
(Starting ba like ballet, with an l. Try ballet dancer. BAiL daN -cER). In a dancing class. ballerina BA Ll ER IN a. Now I can look at the word bailerin and see a ballet dancer.She is doing a spin, a pirouette.
Spanish - English translation and memory aid
bailerin - dancer
cuaderno - notebook
ensalada - salad
sal - salt
salada/salado - salty . savoury
sin duda - definitely
sol, el sol - sun, the sun (masculine)
solo - only
soleada/o, but dia soleado - sunny, sunny day
La España - Spain, note the word starts with e, and the accent on the n in the Spanish word, n pronounced like ny in canyon
English - Spanish translation and memory aid
dancer - bailerin
definitely - sin duda
only - solo
notebook - cuaderno
salad - ensalada
salt - sal
salty / savoury - salada/o
Spain - La España
sun, the sun - sol, el sol
sunny - soleada/o
Useful websites on other languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language_in_South_America
https://www.spanishdict.com/lists/4924632/es-words
https://spanishvip.com/vocabulary/spanish-words-with-s/
https://www.wikihow.com/Say-Happy-Birthday-in-Spanish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde
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