Easy Spanish Signs

 

Contenido - content

Spanish - English

A bordo - on board

Danza - dance

De - of (the same as French)

estudio - studio (the letter e goes in front of S at the start of Spanish words)

Garaje - garage

Isla - island

Nacional - national (the adjective follows the noun in Spanish, like French)

Parque - park

Policia - police

Servicios - services / toilets

Bilingual videos on Fred Olsen ferries:

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Spanish Words - Fifty Handy Words For Welcoming, Chatting And Saying Goodbye

Spanish - English (memory aids in brackets) 

Español - Spanish

Inglaterra - England

Inglés - English

Británico - British

Accents simply tell you which syllable to emphasize.

1 ahora - now

2 bar - bar

3 clase - class

4 /5/6 cómo le va / 7/8 qué tal - how's it going 

9 ¿Cómo estás? how are you (upside down question mark starts sentences as well as ending them in Spanish)

19 dedo - finger

20 documentos - documents

21 /22/23 en la escuela - in school (add e before S like the word 

24 España for Spain and

Español  for Spanish 

25 26 27 en un momento - in a moment

28 29 espera aqui - wait here

espera un momento - wait a moment

30 la fiesta - the party

31 32 los insectos - insects

33 (la) invitación - (the) invitation

34 juguete - toy (juggling your toys)

35 36 ese libro - that book (like library)

37 28 39 mediodia - noon (media - middle, dia - day)

40 el oso - bear (Not el orso)

41 momento - moment

42 perdido - lost (perdition)

43 Siéntate - sit down

44 Siéntate aquí - sit here 

45 ven - come (as in the English words venture and adventure)

ven aqui - come here

46 47 48 ven conmigo - come with me (con - with, like Latin cum, mi - me)

You have learned, or already know, 48 words. Add

49 es - is / it is 

50 51 ¿Dónde está? Where is it?

52 Dónde están?- Where are they? (add n, like the m on the English word them for the plural)

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Set 6 of handy Albanian words

 English - Albanian

Checkin / security - Regjistrimi / siguria

here is - ketu eshte

where is -  ku është

I need - kam nevoje

Events

what time is it now

what time does it start

What time must I be there

I need a toilet/hotel

I want to buy

.....

Albanian - English  

Regjistrimi / siguria - checkin / Security

ketu eshte - here is

ku është - where is

kam nevoje - I want to buy

Ngjarjet

sa është ora

Ne cfare ore fillon

Në çfarë ore duhet të jem atje

Kam nevoj per nje tualet/hotel - I need a toilet/hotel

Unë dua të blej

....

ku eshte pija ime?

I

ju

të

hengra

dhe

ose

 jo po

me fal

eshte ne rregull

.......................

left

straight on

mountain

sandwich

sea

shop

stop

street

supermarket

toilet

water

I bet you didn't know you could read the Dutch language! Polyglots pages!

Flag of the Netherlands 

I didn't know I could read Dutch. Until I logged onto a Dutch newspaper article from a link in Wikipedia. I was asked to sign up to read more and recognized these words:

Dutch - English

account - account

automatisch - automatically

digitale - digital

e-mailadres - e-mail address

gratis - free

hier - here

inloggen - login

registreer - register

stopt - stopped

vergeten - forgotten

English - Dutch

account - account

automatically - automatisch

digital - digitale

email address - e-mailadres

forgotten - vergeten

free - gratis

here - hier

login -inloggen

register - registreer

stopped - stopt

Should I check some more words, one by one in Google translate? It would be quicker to grab several off a wikipedia page.

I went to the wikipedia page and found these similar sounding words:

Dutch - English

bakken - to bake

breken - to break

geven - to give 

klimmen - to climb

niet - not

u - you

wegen - to weigh

werken - works

zenden - to send

zitten - to sit

It's like easy German, or English with simplified spelling. This year I am learning Spanish. Next year I could learn Dutch. Not a very common language. But probably a reinforcement for my beginner's German. 

Also it will impress other people to say that I can speak English, French, German, Spanish and Dutch. If I count English as one of my languages, in two years time I could speak six languages, and genuinely call myself a polyglot. 

How about you? Isn't Dutch easy! https://www.facebook.com/Hyperglots/olyglot page

I just logged into Facebook to find the link to my favourite polyglot page, where people ask questions, so handy for me and for you, dear readers. I found another polyglot page, geared to learning languages. 

Why would you want to learn Dutch? Where can you use it? In the Netherlands of course. But why would you go there? To see Anne Frank's house, and the Jewish museum, Rembrandt's house, and the Rijsmuseum with more Rembrandts. Delft pottery, windmills. Tulips. The Wikivoyage page has updates on the Covid situation.

Useful Websites

https://translate.google.com/

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

https://www.knack.be/nieuws/belgie/twee-schepen-op-drift-in-windmolenparken/article-news-1836453.html?cookie_check=1645375421

https://www.facebook.com/polyglotclub.world/

https://www.facebook.com/Hyperglots/

How To Learn Portuguese From Earworms

Problem
How to learn Portuguese fast - when your time is spent driving.

Answer
Use Earworms, a short, quick audio derivative of the full Berlitz programme, no stress because it's set to soothing music.

I bought volume 2 on Ebay and was worried it might not be useful without volume 1, or that the booklet might be missing, which happened once before. However, this time I had the booklet. Even without the disc, the booklet was very good. I am delighted.

The booklet print is small. But I knew that. (I also have the German and Japanese.)

When I put the disc into a laptop, the laptop asks if I want to copy the disc. I do. Saves me carrying ten discs around for all my languages.

I'll tell you more about the words and how I remember then in a later post tomorrow.

I am also learning vocabulary from Duolingo tinycards, but earworms is giving me whole phrases so I can recognize them when I hear them.

Let's learn a few words:
Portuguese - English (Ten words)
adeus - goodbye (( like the Spanish adios - but add u for PortUgUese!)
amigos - friends
aqui - here
bom / bem - good / ok
centro - centre
espero - I hope
horas - time (hours)
onde - where
semana - week
vivo - I live

English - Portuguese (Ten words - Dez palavras, according to Google translate.)
centre - centro
cheers - saúde (to get the accent, hold down the letter u on your laptop and tap the number 4)
friends - amigos
good - bom
here - aqui
I hope - espero
I live - vivo (like the English word vivacious, meaning lively)
time (hours) - horas
week - semana

you - você (for e with the hat, hold down the letter e and tap the number three and you'll get ê)


Useful websites
https://itunes.apple.com/us/author/earworms-learning/id116220206

visitportugal.com

visitbrasil.com

http://www.visitmadeira.pt/en-gb/homepage

duolingo.com

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

More Welsh Words: When? Going? Drink? Beer?

Problem
How do I recognize everyday Welsh words, vocabulary and verbs? Look for letters in common and make up phrases and sentences.

Answers
Pryd - when (My memory trigger - You PRoD him and ask when; PRYD Please, Richard, are You Drinking - When?)
m y n d - going (do you mynd, MiND out, move yourself, look where you are GOING and weNDing your way)
aros - waiting (AROund so long ROSes would grow)
yma - here - You are HERE in My Arms
rosari - rosary
yfed - drink (Why are you fed up with eating? Drink!)
cwrw - beer (look for the double letters CoR - OO, the crew are drinking BeeR)

WELSH - ENGLISH
aros - waiting
cwrw - beer
mynd - going
pryd - when
rosari - rosary
yfed - drink
yma - here

ENGLISH - WELSH
beer - cwrw
drink - yfed
going - mynd
here - yma
rosary - rosari
waiting - ros
when - pryd

Angela Lansbury
Travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, teacher of English and other languages.
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Sherlock Holmes Statue near Madame Tussauds, and Sherlock Holmes tiles

Outside Baker Street station is a statue to Sherlock Holmes. If you are on your way to Madame Tussauds, or if you have already visited it, or don't have the time, you can get a free look at the statue of Sherlock Holmes.

The fictional character, based on a real doctor, is associated with his fictional address of Baker street, the other side of the station around the corner, the other exit.

Recently installed behind the statue is a sign telling you that you can do a walking tour of London and pick up the story of Sherlock Holmes on your phone.

On Baker street station underground line wall you will see tiles showing Sherlock Holmes in profile with his distinctive deerstalker hat and pipe.

I could easily find the right exit because of the handy sign.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author, speaker.
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