The most important tool you can use to learn Spanish – or any language for that matter – are mnemonics.

A Mnemonic is a memory “trick” that is a lot of fun…and very easy to learn.

But you rarely – if ever – see it taught in traditional Spanish textbooks, classrooms or courses. They’d rather focus on relative clauses, noun/adjective agreement and past participles.

You know, the stuff that won’t get you any closer to actually speaking REAL Spanish.

Here’s an example of how I use mnemonics in my Synergy Spanish course.

1.The Spanish word for “I want” is QUIERO (KEY AIR OH).
Imagine a friend says “I want to help I CARE OH so much.

Really imagine it. A specific friend. See his face. See him crying tears and saying I CARE OH so much!

2. The Spanish word for “to eat” is COMER (COM AIR).
Imagine your mother holding a rolling pin and saying “COME ERE to eat!”

3. The Spanish word for “to go” is IR (EAR).
Imagine that you have to go to the doctor because you have a sore EAR.

4. The Spanish word for “to see” is VER (VAIR).
Take a pen or pencil off you desk and hold it up to your eye. SEE it VERy VERy closely.

5. The Spanish word for “to speak” is HABLAR (A BLAHRR).
Imagine a kid trying to speak but he just says A BLAH A BLAH A BLAH.

Did you imagine all of these things vividly? Did you see a clear, detailed picture in your mind? Did you actually pick up the pencil? If not, go back and do it.

I’ll wait…

Ok…

Now…

Without looking up or down…

What do these sentences mean?

Quiero hablar español.
Quiero ir a Madrid.
Quiero comer en un restaurante.
Quiero ver al doctor por favor.

Bet you got them all right, didn’t you?

Wanna check?

OK…

Here are the answers…

I want to speak Spanish.
I want to go to Madrid.
I want to eat in a restaurant.
I want to see the doctor, please.

If you did the exercise, which takes all of 2 minutes, you probably got all of them right. And now you can say four sentences that you would use EVERY day in REAL Spanish conversations. In fact, if you gave it a little thought, you could turn those four sentences into HUNDREDS of similar sentences.

Quiero comer un burrito.
Quiero ir a Chicago.

The list is endless. Learn a few more Spanish words and you could literally ask for the world…in Spanish.

This idea is the very foundation of Synergy Spanish.

If you learn them the right way, all you need is a handful of words (138) to get by in Spanish in less than 30 days.

If you would like to start speaking Spanish as soon as possible, I strongly recommend you take a peak at my complete Synergy Spanish Course.

What we have for you there can definitely help you make fast progress, no matter what experiences you’ve had with Spanish before.