Let’s face it. Some Spanish language patterns are tricky to use.
Unfortunately, those tricky ones are usually the first ones in the textbooks.
Textbooks start with the hardest sentences. And they have done it for so long that nobody thinks to question it.
That’s a disaster, because it leaves most people feeling lost, confused and frustrated with trying to learn the language.
Afortunadamente (Fortunately), there are patterns in Spanish that make it easy to speak immediately.
Here is an example:
In Spanish, to say you just did something you say “acabo de” plus a verb. For example:
Acabo de comer.
I just ate.
Acabo de hablar con mi amiga María.
I just spoke with my friend Maria.
Acabo de visitar Madrid en mayo.
I just visited Madrid in May.
Once you know the pattern, you can use it with any verb you know. See if you can work these out.
1) Acabo de visitar España.
2) Acabo de preparar un café.
3) Acabo de celebrar el día de la independencia.
By the way, Shortcut to Spanish level 2 gets you speaking authentic Spanish sentences immediately with 14 Spanish Booster Patterns similar to the ones above.
Here are the answers to the quiz above.
1) I just visited Spain.
2) I just prepared a coffee.
3) I just celebrated Independence Day.
By starting with easily acquired speaking patterns like these, anyone can become conversational in Spanish.
Saludos,
Marcus Santamaria
P.S. Acabo de dar una clase de español.
I just gave a Spanish class.
Acabo de ofrecer una oportunidad maravillosa.
I just offered a marvelous opportunity.
Acabo de terminar este articulo.
I just finished this article.
Click here to find out how to use these ideas to speak flowing Spanish sentences.
i am combining SCTS with spanish lessons, i have had 4 lessons and already i am being tought things that i won’t be using, well not in the near future, with SCTS i can already go to a store, restuarant and make myself understood, which makes the process of learning spanish much more enjoyable, thank you marcus.