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The main focus of this free online learn Spanish resources is Spanish grammar. You must learn Spanish grammar - the building blocks to reading, writing, speaking and understanding Spanish. The key is to start with one Spanish grammar lesson and feel comfortable with your understanding of it before moving on to the next Spanish grammar lesson, as each progressive lesson will incorporate the Spanish grammar you previously learned.

Speak Spanish, Don't Be Afraid!

To learn Spanish grammar alone is not enough. You have to practice speaking Spanish! You'll make errors and you may even feel stupid when you do. You simply have to get over the fear of making errors and throw yourself out there. If you allow yourself to take chances while you learn Spanish, you won't be as shy, and consequently, you'll practice speaking more Spanish, making more errors and learning from your errors. It's almost a one step back, two steps forward concept. Check out Mixxer, a free site to find native Spanish speakers to do a language exchange.

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The other key development when you learn Spanish is Spanish listening comprehension. The best way to do this is to become comfortable listening to native Spanish speakers. But Spanish grammar plays a big part in this, also. As your Spanish grammar skills improve, so will your ability to understand native Spanish speakers. Also check out Yabla Spanish (LoMás TV)! If you're looking for learn Spanish podcasts, check out SpanishPod.

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Multilingual Man's Advice: Learn New Language the Way a Child Learns

This is a guest blog post from Charlie Courtis, who works with Latinos in a Georgia prison ministry:

A short story about learning a language:

Around 1941-42 (when I was 6 years old) the Normandie, the French Line steamship, burned and capsized in Pier 88 on the Hudson River. The chef of the ship came to live with us in Greenwich Village for about a year, and I was introduced to the French language by virtue of the fact that the chef, Balistra, spoke no English. I call it table French, but the accent and the most basic words were linked in my brain. In 1950 mom and dad took me and my sister to southern France for the summer. I played with the kids in the neighborhood around the hotel where we stayed for most of that time. I can still read the newspaper and get what I need in France.

No books, no vocabulary, and voilà, I could communicate at my level.

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Multilingual Man's Advice: Learn New Language the Way a Child Learns originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 at 11:28:48.

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Word Ending Not a Sure Guide to Gender

One of the Spanish gender rules you're likely to learn early on is that nouns ending in -a are feminine while those ending in -o are masculine. That's a good rule to follow — most of the time. But as explained in our lesson on gender exceptions, not every word fits the pattern: A handful of feminine words end in -o, while dozens of words, many of them

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Word Ending Not a Sure Guide to Gender originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Thursday, May 16th, 2013 at 10:01:00.

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Poseer, Pertenecer Often Used When Talking About Ownership or Possession

If you want to say in Spanish that you have something, the verb you're most likely to use is tener. But that's not the only way you can express the concept, as explained in our newest lesson, on words of possession. Poseer and pertenecer are often used, as is de.


Where Does the Adjective Go?
If you're new to Spanish, you've probably been told that descriptive adjectives are placed after the nouns they modify. That's often true — but not always. Placing a descriptive adjective before a noun can subtly (sometimes not so subtly) change the way the adjective is understood. For example, both una noche oscura and una oscura noche refer to a dark night. But they don't mean exactly the same thing, as explained in our lesson on objective and subjective meanings.
Natalie Cole Records in Spanish

R&B singer Natalie Cole will be releasing her first Spanish-language album next month. Carlos Quintana of About.com Latin Music has the details.