Monday, August 07, 2006

100 Spanish Words In 5 Minutes

I'd like to share a trick to the Spanish language, and make it easier for people to communicate with other people in Spanish. I think we can do it 5 minutes, too!

I also understand that a lot of people may be frustrated with the problems of illegal immigration, and the loss of traditional American values to other cultures. I personally think God has a great plan in mind, and I think it's exciting. I would appreciate your thoughts and comments about this as well, and if it's God's will I'd like to make my career to help deal with the issue so people can stay focused on the Lord.

Anyway, the most versatile lesson in the Spanish language is the "tion" rule. It's very simple: Practically every word that ends in -tion in English ends in -cion in Spanish.

There you go! Over 100 words under your belt, with one simple rule. Now that you know it, you'll just need to know how to pronounce the words so that you can communicate. I think we still have about 4 minutes left!

In Spanish the consonants are mostly the same. The main thing is that the "h" is usually silent, and the "g" makes the "h" sound. The vowels are different, but they don't change like they do in English. So here are the sounds of the vowels:

a: Like the first "o" in "honor"
e: sounds like "a" as in "Savior"
i: sounds like the "e" sound as in "peace"
o: long English o sound like in "bone" (of my bones)
u: Like the "u" in "Truth"

The vowels don't even form new sounds when they're togther. So "tion" in English is pronounced "shun," but "cion" in Spanish is pronounced "see-own."I almost forgot about accents. But we probably still have about a minute left. Most words that end in "cion" are accented on the "o." So the sound of "cion" is made "see-OWN." To make it easier, it's usually written with an accent mark on the "o."

There! How was it? Did you find SATISFACCIÓN? Now your IMITACIÓN of the Spanish language will bring ELACIÓN to your CONVERSACIÓNES in Spanish. Part of my life's work is to take out the FRUSTRACIÓN of working with others who have recently gone through an IMIGRACIÓN process. I want everyone to find SALVACIÓN in Christ the Lord, who brought about a TRANSFORMACIÓN in the crown of the CREACIÓN, which is us. By the way, as you can probably tell, practically every word is written just as it is spoken. Now was that a good use of 5 minutes? :)