What is considered to be the best or at least decent aid to learning spanish, like software, audiobooks etc.
I have got a cd by michel thomas but there are some cons to his teaching, he has no accent and doesnt go through some basic stuff like colours, time etc
If youve learnt the language yourself from one of your suggestions that would be better to hear cause then i know its at least proven to be decent.
Thankyou

I'm not trying to brag, but I speak spanish really well, accent and all. I roll my r's as good as the best of them, but we took an AP spanish test yesterday in my Spanish 4 Honors class, and it was really challenging.
I'm just looking for any good ideas as far as study guides or books with tapes or something to help me prepare for whats ahead, and also keep in mind I need help with an AP course, I don't need to lear madre is mother and gato is cat.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Reading? Listening to Spanish? Talking more? I asked my Spanish friend and he said that reading out loud won't help as much as listening to Spanish. What do you guys think?
I understand Spanish. I am talking more directly about learning the accent, not so much the language itself.

I would like to study abroad next spring in a Spanish-speaking country to help me become more fluent. In the fall I will be starting in the 300-level university Spanish classes, which puts me at an intermediate to advanced level. I want to make sure I choose a country that doesn't have too strong of an accent so they will be able to understand me and vice-versa. I have been thinking about Spain, Argentina or Chile so far. Any suggestions? Thanks!

I dont have time to take formal classes. so what software is the best? which one will allow me to speak spanish like a native speaker ( i have a pretty good accent by the way). Thanks.

From what I understand, each country and region has its own accent in Spanish. Which accent sounds the best, among the opinion of Spanish speakers?

Okay.. So, I love learning new languages. Thing is, I wanna be trilingual. I wanted to be bilingual, but I grew an interest for German once I found out I had a good amount of German ancestry, and yes my nationality is American. Anyways, everyone I speak Spanish to says I don't or I barely have an accent in it. I love speaking German too because it's, lack of a better word, a "harsh" language. If that makes sense. I like the sound of the German language and same with Spanish and I wanted to learn another Germanic language along with one Romance language, Spanish. But I'm not sure how I should learn them both. I've thought about taking them both in school at the same time.. if that's possible. But I think that it'd be confusing learning two completely different languages at once. So, how should I learn them? I'm better at Spanish and just finally got the German ch down pretty good. So I have no problem with that. I do practice what little Spanish and German I know everyday. I love it.

Bands like Papa Roach (Jacoby Shaddix speaks fluent Spanish and is NOT Hispanic!) and Rammstein sorta influence me to learn Spanish and German because I listen to Papa Roach's Spanish version of Scars and listen to a lot of Rammstein.. and I know how to count only up to ten in German because of the song Sonne. So yeah.

I hope someone out there could help. Sorry I'm not too detailed...

1. El Dia de San Valentin es el trece de enero?
2. La Navidad es el 25 de noviembre?
3. Cual es la fecha del Dia de San Patricio?
4. Cual es la fecha Dia de la Independencia?

* Some have an accent or something on top of them, but I couldn't do them.*
Thank you! Whoever gives the best!

My first language is french, and I have been living in Texas for almost 2 years now. I have family in Mexico however, and speak, read, and write in spanish better than many "Mexican Americans" (or Tejanos, as many in Texas identify themselves, particularly those whose families have lived here for several generations)

It is insulting to me when they often refuse to respond to my spanish in kind, even though they speak it amongst themselves, and even more so when after I leave the room, I overhear them say 'Those gringos come here and can't speak spanish.'

If it's a tejano(a) who doesn't speak much (or any) spanish I don't mind speaking english with them. I do live in America after all. But when it's someone who can speak spanish, but they seem to think that one has to be of Mexican descent to be 'allowed' to speak it .. to me that's reverse discrimination.

!Ideas por favor?
Move where Rainbow .. i'm closer to Mexico City than Dallas, so proximity to Mexico isn't the problem. I'm here for school, at the best one so close to the border. I'm just frustrated at how people can be so close-minded. When was the last time an American told a 'foreigner' something along the lines of 'I don't understand your accent, so don't speak english with me.' Seems contradictory eh?
I wish I were in your shoes Casey .. me it seems the more I improve, the more suspicious they're becoming of me. =(
Good point Lovely .. and I can speak spanglish pretty well. But since I grew up speaking french, and not franglais, to me mixing two languages in the same sentence is frowned upon and a sign of lazyness.
lol Ducks .. maybe I should wear a doorag that says "Hablame espanol cabrones" .. lol
eh Jasmine .. that is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard. If I didn't speak english how could I have written all that I have?

Subjunctive is like: Hacer - Haga
Future of Hacer in El/Ella/Ud. form is Hacera (accent on the a)

I thought subjunctive could be used for the future so... what is the difference!?

I've got 2 open elective subjects to do next year in each semester. I have no idea what to choose, my major is Design but I don't want to choose a design subject because I will be doing 3 compulsory design units ! And if I do an extra design subject that's mean I need to bother (deal with) another English subject again! (Hope you understand what I'm saying...)

So I've decided to take Spanish BEGINNER (prefer Italian but we don't have it).

My biggest problem in English is 'grammar / tense' (as you can see). My accent is good I've been living in Oz for many years and people understand me when I speak.

Now I worry if Spanish has many different tenses like English has...

So by the end of this year, I will have been done AP French, which is the highest level of French that my school offers.
I'm also going to take AP Mandarin, which wouldn't be so hard for me, since I'm Chinese and alreay know some.
Also, I can understand spoken Thai and speak a little (with an accent) because I lived there for some years as a kid.

I'm wondering if I should take Spanish or not next year. I live in Canada, where there is almost no Spanish speakers around. I'm also afraid that if I start learning it, I might just end up learning for 1~2 years then forget everything. In that case, it would be a total waste of time. And please don't tell me to take Spanish courses after high school. I'm going to learn Mandarin until a very high level for sure, and my French is pretty good (5 years of learning, with the first 2 years in a very intensive program) so if I were to continue an additional language it will probably be French. Also, I'm not planning to major in languages, so its not like I'd be learning languages all day.

On the other hand, I heard that Spanish is pretty easy to learn, so it would be great if I can pick up another language without putting in too much effort.

So...should I learn Spanish or not?

Hi! So I want to learn the accent of a specific Spanish country (Chile) but I can't go to Chile since it's so far away. I can either go to Costa Rica or Puerto Rico; I know a Chilean who could teach me spanish 20 hours a week in Santa Fe, New Mexico so I'd get that accent, but Costa Rica is more exotic and farther away, therefore more of an experience. What do you think? Where should I go, if I really want to learn the accent?

Please dont give me the dialect excuse. When a british person speaks to me, I can understand them, that is a dialect. A dialect is an accent, nothing more. Spaniards in SPAIN cannot understand most mexicans when they speak. I know this from personal experience having been to Madrid every summer since 2000 and that is what they have said, spaniards say not to call it spanish because its not spanish, its mexican. But even when you watch Mexican tv here, it looks more like a circus than it does programs. People wearing odd clothes and everything. Spanish is a beautiful language and Spain is a beautiful country with awesome culture, so why is it when mexicans talk it sounds like a bunch of chickens fighting?

this question is not very advanced spanish. It is around maybe 7th or 8th grade spanish level. My guess is that you have to put an accent on the third vowel of a word when you use Fui/Fuiste, but i am not sure. Please Help!! Thanks!!

My first language is Spanish, but I learned English at age 4 living in the US. I want to learn a language online over the course of this year, but I want to consider which is easier, which accent I can achieve, which is more practical, etc.

So please, pros and cons of learning Italian or French, and while you're at it, any free sites to study either language that you might recommend?

He could pretend he is from South of the Border, shave off his beard and grow a moustache, and maybe study Spanish for a bit then go live in a Spanish speaking country until he masters the accent. If he gets caught at the border, he could claim to be Mexican, then they would just dump him off in Tijuana until he finally crossed. Then, he gets to a sanctuary city where he can do whatever he wants because you can't check immigration status.

Would it work?

I am looking to study abroad during the fall semester.. I am looking for advises on Spanish speaking countries..
I am looking for

A country that have alot of friendly people.. Good enviroment to learn in not too dirty, or expose to wild animal such as SNAKES please.
Awesome and beautiful ACCENT instead of the boring one.
And beautiful and good value woman are bonus

And I am Asian so I am not exited for descrimination or anything lol

Thank you for your helps
Also Please explain why if you can.

Which country's accent is the best to have if you are studying Spanish?
From what I understand, each country and region has its own accent in Spanish. Which accent sounds the best, among the opinion of Spanish speakers? Does the accent from Spain sound nice? What about Puerto Rico?

I'd just rather use the Spanish words but just used normally, I don't wanna develop the accent unless it comes to me can i just pronounce the words correctly?

Just started learning spanish and I'm confused on a few small things? Hoping within the next two years I can take a college course and do a foreign exchange student program.
How is the pronounciation change when there is an accent on 'a'? Example: would be tree or arbol?
Is should/ "deba" pronouced as it looks?
How do you say "would" in spanish. What form do they use?
And can anyone give me different lists of the basic words that you find you use the most?

i was just wondering since spanish is his 2nd language. like when u first learn a new language u have an accent. does he have a portuguese accent while speaking spanish or does he sound like a native? just wonder lol its been on my mind. only answer if ur a spanish speaker please.

i was just wondering since spanish is his 2nd language. like when u first learn a new language u have an accent. does he have a portuguese accent while speaking spanish or does he sound like a native? just wonder lol its been on my mind. only answer if ur a spanish speaker please.

Hey so I don't really like the sound of Spanish, I think it is too "working class" or something
but I consider it as one of the most important language now! and It is C"O.O"L!

I speak 3 languages fluently (2 native and 1 Advanced)
I'm a young linguist I'm still 17 y.o
I'm now learning:
a. French (at a local Alliances Français in my town, Intermediate level and with various e/Books + Rosetta Stone and other Softwares )
b. other Germanic languages (Swedish, Norwegian and Dutch) = e/books/softwares

I have a lot of time to learn any languages I want........
I think Spanish is easier than French (especially in term of Pronunciation)
but I'm more attracted to Catalan :S

Should I learn Spanish or not? cuz I don't live in the Americas..... and I don't have any plan moving there either... I'm going to study in France so basically I'm going to spend all my live in Europe...
so is learning Spanish worth for me? cuz My head is already full of Dutch, French, Swedish and Norwegian vocabularies! ::::

German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian ?
@Don Verto

Linguist, umm I mean like mmm I'm learning about the languages' structures, not learning how to speak to the native speakers....
@Leanada sorry I didn't mean to offend anyone, Spanish sounds really fast and ummm probably like Cockney accent in London I like Spanish song, but don't really like when someone starts to talk in this language hehe

I don't have a book yet because of my busy schedule but can someone please help me that KNOWS spanish? The translators help but not good enough.

These are the phrases:
el montanismo(the n has an accent)
la escalada deportiva
el esqui
el esqui acuatico
el monopatin
el patinaje en linea
la equitacion

i really like this one guy who is latino and he cannot really speak english. i can speak spanish fluently but i have an accent b/c i have lived in US for my whole life.how do i talk to him? he is very shy, he sits at the same lunch table( its a big table, the latino table) but im afraid he might not like me b/c i hav an accent.also he doesnt hav a g/f and he hasnt had one yet. hes really nice but really shy, im pretty shy myself. he likes soccer and he is super hot and everyone says hes really nice.how do i start talking to him? how do i get him to like me? will he not like me b/c i have an accent when i speak spanish? (i am kinda latino and i can speak good, my accent is not that big b/c i speak with my dad)? help i really like him, like alot!!! i really want to get to know him better b/c i know we have some of the same interests like soccer! helllppp meeeee!!!!

What causes British people to talk with British accents, or Spanish people to talk with Spanish accents?
How come American people can speak with an accent if they want, such as British. (I do this sometimes with my friends. xD)

I already know the endings of the -ir/-er/-ar verbs but I have no idea how to use the verbs and when D: Help? Finals are next week so I need to know this(:
So it's like, "Yo estaba caminando cuando yo me cai (I can't accent the "i") y me rompi la pierna?

Castilian? Latin American Spanish? Caribbean Spanish? What accent is best for an American to learn?