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HOW TO LEARN SPANISH IN 30 DAYS 2021

1. PREFACE

2. 1st DAY – HOW TO PRONOUNCE WORDS CORRECTLY (WITH SOME SPECIAL TRICKS!)

1.1. Neither fish nor fowl: B and V

1.2. How to pronounce C imitating a snake

1.3. How to pronounce G imitating a moka pot

1.3.1. GUE-GUI: watch out!

1.3.2. GÜE-GÜI: watch out for the diaeresis!

1.4. H is mute

1.5. Second coffee of the day to learn how to pronounce J

1.6. You write it double, but LL is not actually double

1.7. An ingredient for lasagna? Ñ!

1.8. QUE-QUI: watch out again!

1.9.X: many but little problems

1.10. Y: a bit like LL

1.11. How to pronounce Z imitating a snake

1.12. How to best pronounce the other letters, like true Spaniards!

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18. 2nd DAY – HOW TO DISTINGUISH CASTILIAN FROM SPANISH (YES, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE!)

2.1. How to distinguish a Madrilenian from an Andalusian

2.2. How to distinguish a Spaniard from the rest of the world

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22. 3rd DAY – HOW TO BEST START WITH GRAMMAR: ARTICLES, PERSONAL PRONOUNS AND THE PLURAL FORM OF WORDS

3.1. Definite and indefinite articles and more!

3.2. How to memorize personal pronouns with no stress

3.3. How to form the plural of words

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27. 4th DAY – WAIT, ARE ACCENTS REALLY THAT IMPORTANT IN SPANISH? I DID NOT KNOW THAT!

4.1. Approaching accents is a bit like flirting, especially with proparoxytone words

4.2. Oxytones and paroxytones: do not worry, they are not medicines!

4.3. Monosyllables, those little pests

4.4. Encounters between vowels: better not to fight!

4.5. One final brief comment (actually, two!)

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34. 5th DAY – HOW TO AVOID UNPLEASANT SITUATIONS, GAFFES AND EMBARRASSMENT: FALSE FRIENDS (AND THEY ARE REALLY COMMONPLACE!)

5.1. Outward friends, every day

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37. 6th DAY – HOW TO START SAYING THE FIRST SENTENCES IN SPANISH AFTER LESS THAN A WEEK: THE PRESENT INDICATIVE

6.1. How to learn auxiliary verbs fast (and with some necessary clarifications)

6.2. How to learn regular verbs in the present indicative in few minutes

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41. 7th DAY – THE IRREGULARITIES OF THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT INDICATIVE. NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT IT IF YOU FOLLOW MY LEAD

7.1. Regular irregularities: an oxymoron? Not at all!

7.1.1. A little caveat: the pronunciation remains the same, the consonants will adjust!

7.2. How to memorize the other irregularities without worries

7.2.1. -cer/-cir→-zco

7.2.2. With -uir remember the “Y”

7.2.3. Out of nowhere a “G” pops up

7.2.4. Out of nowhere a “Y” pops up as well!

7.2.5. Any other business

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51. 8th DAY – OK, ALL RIGHT, LET’S TAKE A BREAK. LET’S GO TO SPAIN!

8.1. In Spain there is everything and more, for every taste

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54. 9th DAY – CROSS AND DELIGHT OF SPANISH: “SER”, “ESTAR” AND “HABER”

9.1. A “ser” is like a diamond: it is forever

9.1.1. How to use “ser” in a se(r)lf-confident way

9.1.2. How to use “estar” in a self-confident way

9.2. How to best use the verbs “haber” and “estar”

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60. 10th DAY – ANOTHER CROSS AND DELIGHT: “POR” AND “PARA”. TWO DIFFERENT PREPOSITIONS TO SAY “FOR”?!

10.1. How to clearly understand the uses of “por” and “para” without racking your brains too much

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63. 11th DAY – AN EASY LESSON FOR TODAY, LET’S LEARN NUMBERS

11.1. How to memorize cardinal numbers

11.2. A quick look at ordinal numbers

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67. 12th DAY – THE PAST IS THE PAST, BUT THE LESSON ON THE SIMPLE PAST IS NOW!

12.1. How to learn the simple past of the regular verbs in a few minutes

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70. 13th DAY – HOW TO FACE THE IRREGULARITIES OF THE SIMPLE PAST WITHOUT PANICKING

13.1. How to memorize a list of irregular verbs easily

13.2. A “J” in the simple past

13.3. Some strange irregularities, but so strange that there hardly any

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75. 14th DAY – HOW TO FORM THE PAST PARTICIPLE

14.1. How to learn all the past participles in no time

14.2. How to use the past participle

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79. 15th DAY – HOW TO ENJOY AN EXCELLENT SPANISH DINNER. TODAY IT’S ON ME, FROM THE APPETIZER TO THE DESSERT, DRINKS INCLUDED!

15.1. How to best choose an aperitif: there is something for every taste!

15.2. First course, second course and so on up to the dessert!

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83. 16th DAY – ON A FULL STOMACH LET’S FACE THE IMPERFECT

16.1. How to learn the imperfect in less than ten minutes

16.2. Three simple little irregularities

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87. 17th DAY – HOW TO GET THROUGH A CONVERSATION EASILY MAKING THE MOST OF PAST TENSES

17.1. Past and past perfect: how to find your way in the Black Forest

17.2. How to remember the main functions of the gerund

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91. 18th DAY – AN EASY LESSON FOR TODAY: THE PARTS OF THE YEAR AND THE HOURS

18.1. Days of the week, seasons and months: the whole year in few lines!

18.2. How to be able to tell the time to a Spaniard… sounding like a Spaniard!

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95. 19th DAY- 50 SHADES AND MORE IN SENTENCES: PRONOUNS, ADVERBS, ADJECTIVES AND PREPOSITIONS

19.1. Me, I like learning Spanish

19.1.1. Articles and personal pronouns sometimes quarrel

19.2. The underworld of adverbs

19.3. Some main and important details about adjectives

19.4. Many, many prepositions… but fortunately few difficulties!

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102. 20th DAY – WHICH IS THE FAIREST LESSON OF THEM ALL? MAYBE THE ONE ON THE COMPARATIVE AND THE SUPERLATIVE?

20.1. How to avoid terrible gaffes with comparatives: “better”, not “more good”!

20.1.1. The irregularities of comparatives

20.2. Double effort = double satisfaction. Actually, facing superlatives I would say the greatest satisfaction!

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107. 21st DAY – TIME WILL TELL. LET’S FACE THE FUTURE, THEN WE’LL SEE

21.1. How to learn to know the future without using magic

21.2. How to deepen the knowledge of (our) future

21.3. Poor future perfect, so ill-treated…

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112. 22nd DAY – IT IS NOT JUST BULLFIGHTING: SPANISH FOLKLORE IS UNIQUE!

22.2. Religiosity as an element of unifying celebration

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115. 23rd DAY – LET’S HURRY UP AND LEARN THE IMPERATIVE!

23.1. Stand at attention: here comes the imperative!

23.2. The imperative and the pronouns joined together at the hip

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119. 24th DAY – AND IF WE LEARNED THE SUBJUNCTIVE TENSES TODAY? I THINK IT’S HIGH TIME!

24.1. Simple tenses: present and imperfect

24.2. Compound tenses: perfect and past perfect

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123. 25th DAY – LET’S KEEP GOING AND LEARN HOW TO USE THE NEGATIVE IMPERATIVE! AFTER THE SUBJUNCTIVE?! WELL YES, THERE’S A REASON!

25.1. Don’t waste time: let’s face the negative imperative (with all the etceteras)!

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126. 26th DAY – TODAY WE SHOULD FACE THE CONDITIONAL. ACTUALLY, LET’S JUST DO IT!

26.1. How to learn the conditional in no time

26.2. How to best use the conditional without being “subjunct-gated”

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130. 27th DAY – IF YOU HAD NEVER STARTED, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE GOT TO THIS POINT. BY THE WAY, HOW DO YOU FORM CONDITIONAL SENTENCES?

27.1. English first, then Spanish: the three conditional sentences

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133. 28th DAY – HOW DO YOU USE THE SUBJUNCTIVE? I’M WARNING YOU, IT WON’T BE EASY, BUT TRUST ME AND FOLLOW MY LEAD

28.1. The subjunctive is quite “tempor…amental”!

28.2. I think that the subjunctive is very difficult

28.3. The subjunctive likes to be in charge

28.4. The light at the end of the tunnel

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139. 29th DAY – HOW IS IT GOING WITH THIS MANUAL? I HOPE YOU WILL HAVE A GREAT TIME EVEN TODAY, LEARNING HOW TO USE SOME IDIOMS AND SET PHRASES

29.1. Many idioms for every occasion

29.2. How to sound like a true Spaniard with a few more words

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143. 30th DAY – CONCLUSIONS: FOR THE LAST DAY, LET’S GET DRESSED UP (AND FOR THE LADIES A BIT OF MAKE-UP, TOO!)

30.1. How to look like a true gentleman

30.2. How to let female charm conquer you

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147. GRAMMAR OVERVIEW TABLES

148. CONCLUSIONS