Note: Begin lesson 6
IMPORTANT NOTE!!! Do lessons 3 again to practice es and donde since i cant say them off the top of my head
IMPORTANT NOTE!!! Go through each lesson twice. The first time I can pause to translate. However, the second time around NO PAUSING.
IMPORTANT NOTE!!! Don’t Google Spanish words to try and translate them. From here on out, I will not translate individual words into their English counterpart.
IMPORTANT NOTE!!! In order to use Pimsleur effectively, I need to be able to speak whatever they’re asking without pausing. Therefore, I need to spend 2-3 days per lesson. Repeat the lesson until I find it effortless to speak the contents. Since I focus on pausing + memorizing what they’re saying, I need to start at Lesson 5 and move onward.
The point is to access the language learning part of my brain. Writing anything down interrupts that process. Source here: https://www.pimsleurmethod.com/how-do-i-use-the-pimsleur-language-program.html
Spanish Level 1 – Lesson 1:
You understand = entiende
I understand = entiendo
Es usted = are you
Usted = you (formal)
Tu = you (informal)
Spanish Level 1 – Lesson 2:
de = of, from or about
como estas = how are you?
bien = fine or good
Note:
- IMPORTANT!! Spanish has two words for “are”, like “you are”. “Es” is most often used for something permanent (e.g. nationality, race, etc), while “esta” is for temporary situations (e.g. health, how you’re doing, etc).
Spanish Level 1 – Lesson 3:
no soy = I’m not
de donde = from where (practice)
buenas tardes = good afternoon
buenas noches = good evening
la tarde = the afternoon
el dia = the day
noche = night
Spanish Level 1 – Lesson 4:
nos vemos = see you (practice)
mucho gusto = nice to meet you (note: don’t use encantado since it means “charmed”, but no one uses it)
donde esta = where are you? (temporary, as in location)
aquí = here
esta aqui = it’s here
restaurante = restaurant
donde esta el hotel = where is the hotel? (practice)
alli = there (pronounced ah-gee) (practice)
esta hotel aqui = is the hotel here?
esta = it is, you are
Spanish Level 1 – Lesson 5:
de nada = it’s nothing
sabes = do you know (informal) (practice)
no se = i don’t know (practice)
Tienes = do you have (practice) (extra practice – i keep forgetting this one)
Tiene = do you have (more informal) (practice)
tu = you (informal)
tengo = I have (practice)
dolares = dollars
solo = only (practice)
un = a
Spanish Level 1 – Lesson 6:
yo soy = I am
no tienes = you don’t have
entiendes = you understand
muy poco = very little
no mucho = not much
muchos = a lot
en = in
es = it
quantos = how many
trescientos = three hundred
doscientos = two hundred
cien = one hundred
no es muchos = it’s not much
queiro = I want
tu queires = you want
esta bien = it’s okay
donde estas = where are you
como = how
Spanish Level 1 – Lesson 7:
cuesta = cost
trienta = thirty (30)
trienta y tres = thirty-three (33)
que = what
comer = eat
vamos = let’s go
a = to (“vamos a comer” = let’s go to eat)
me = I
algo = something
Spanish Level 1 – Lesson 8:
cuesta = cost
al = to
o = or
refresco = soda (or just say soda)
tomar = drink (literally means “take”, though) (practice)
Spanish Level 1 – Lesson 9:
tambien = also
voy = I’m going
al donde = to where
vas = are you going
pay = pagar
Yes, also I’m going to drink = si, y tambien voy al tomar
No, you’re not going to pay = no, tu vas al pagar
nueve = nine
tiempo = time
minutos = minutes