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I remember my first time . . . being absorbed into a story about something that intrigued me enormously, even though the actual topic is irrelevant at the moment because it started quite innocently as I first read with deep curiosity and anticipation, even during the opening paragraphs of what I was reading, while I was more and more consumed into what it was I hadn't yet known, and wanted to because the story wasn't just about the story as much as it was about desire: wanting to draw me into an experience in my mind that was as real as could be inside in such a way that whatever was on the outside didn't matter as much anymore and perhaps even at all because my attention focused inside on the experience that was unfolding Owen Fitzpatrick Experiencing stories so vividly, like the ones told by great story tellers, the ones that spark every sensory receptor triggering connections in each cortex, from clean bright images to crystal clear sounds, tingling sensations from the surface of your skin to the deepest fiber of your bones, is what creates ideas so profound that they blur the differences between what is reality and what is hallucination, and since it can be very difficult to distinguish these difference means you can build realities around how well you can conversationally and naturally weave the fabric that will be present inside your mind with any subject you want and propagate that to others John La Valle Subject: MÉTODO BARNES He says: I am a professor and I am looking for a method as I am decided that I will open a good English school in the axis Goiânia-Anápolis-Brasilia (those are Brazilian cities in the middle of Brazil) I got your contact through the internet and the indication of your phone many times linked to the Method Barnes. I would like to know the methodology and resources applied as well as the possibility of applying the method to a conventional school. ----------------------I asked him at the answer to contact you. I said we did a partnership in translation that is why my name is there and that you are the creator of the method Good luck Best, Gil Subject: Re: MÉTODO BARNES Gilseane Stefani, Sou professor universitário e procuro o método porque estou decido a abrir uma boa escola de inglês no eixo Goiânia-Anápolis-Brasília. Consegui o seu contato na internet, inclusive com a indicação de um número de telefone (07951048218), várias vezes vinculado do Métdo Barnes. Gostaria de conhecer a metodologia e os recursos empregados bem como a possibilidade de aplicação do método numa escola convecional. Se puder me ajudar, fico grato. Jorge Bezerra - Goiânia / GO
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Adjustments Languages such as Italian, Spanish and Portuguese are very similar to English and to each other. Yes, yes your country is wonderful and your coffee is great, relax now. With Portuguese you can change many of your words slightly (adjust them) and they become English words. In fact you don't even have to change your pronunciation. The meaning of communication is the response you get. If people understand you then you are correct. If you want an English accent then get it later, maybe a day later if you want to. The main point of this is many Portuguese words have an extra Syllable. For example Ter-mo (Termo) in Portuguese is 2 syllables and Term in English is 1 syllable. Just by pronouncing 1 syllable less, you have the English word. No translation required. Even with an accent English people will still understand you, so learn it Pronunciation Adjustments: U is pronounced as You in English, U = You, Here's a list, feel free to add to it (use the back of the paper): Portuguese
English
Spanish
Italian
Termo
Term
Permitir
Permit
permitir
Permisso
Progresso
Progress
progreso
progresso
Estudar
Study
estudiar
studio
Publico
Public
Publico
pubblico
Parte
Part
Pieza (piece)
parte
Uso/a
Use
Uso
uso
Atividade
Activity
Actividad
attivita
Garantia
Guarantee
garantia
garanzia
Rapido
Rapid
Rapido
rapido
Acordo
Accord
concordar
accordo
Sucesso
Success
Forma
Form
formar
forma
Detalhe
Detail
detall
dettaglio
Experiência
Experience
experiencia
esperienza
Básico
Basic
basico
basico
Dia
Day
dia
giorno
Fotografia
Photograph
foto
fotographia
Estudante
Student
estudiante
studente
Minuto
Minute
minuto
minuto
Perfeito
Perfect
perfetto
Reflexo
Reflex
riflesso
Termine
successo
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French
Here are some more words with an extra syllable. Imediata/Immediate/Imediato, Falso/False/Fasullo, Informe/Inform/Informare, Edita/Edit, Contate/Contact/Contatto , Produtos/Products/Prodotto, Similar Words There are many similar words in Portuguese and English. These words may have the same amount of Syllables. For example Imagens in English is Images, both words contain 3 syllables and so a slight adjustment is needed. The official word for these similarities is cognates Imagens/Images/Immagine, Máximo/Maximum/Massimo, Erro/Error/Errore, Entre/Enter, Ou/Or, Serviços/Services/Servizio, Uniformes/Uniform/Uniforme, Rolo/Roll, Par/Pair/Paio all verbs in english which complete with ...ize are also in spanish, french, italian, and portuguese and complete with izar : iser : izare : izar English
Spanish
French
legalize
legalizar
legaliser
Italian
Portuguese
legalizzare
legalizar
all verbs in english which complete with “ory” are also in spanish, french, italian, and portuguese and complete with orio : oire : orio : orio English
Spanish
French
Italian
Portuguese
territory
territorio
territoire
territorio
territorio
write examples now! English/Italian Similar Words
absorbent = assorbente obsequious = ossequioso absent = assente absurd = assurdo observatory = osservatorio subsidy = sussidio absolute = assoluto absorb = assorbire absolve = assolvere observe = osservare
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obstacle = ostacolo
Learn These and then you can read a book and guess the meanings of many words now, you may recommend barnes method to only 1 friend people are starting barnes method english groups with skype and msn in all countries tà qualità quantità città università abilità autorità
ty quality quantity city university ability authority
zione condizione attenzione nazione inflazione abbreviazione promozione
tion condition attention nation inflation abbreviation promotion
za pazienza apparenza esistenza indifferenza conferenza
ce patience appearance existence indifference conference
oso
ous
famoso generoso
famous generous
delizioso
delicious
Adjectives: in barnes method english you can always learn adjectives as opposites example: learn delicious and disgusting at the same time, famous and unknown, natural and unnatural, popular and unpopular intelligente ottimista indifferente elegante interessante naturale responsabile
sensibile egoista realista entusiasta idealista
eccellente popolare materialista
intellettuale sentimentale progressista
when the verbs are used in this table they are usually the verb to be examples: dancar = to dance, criar = to create Cognate Patterns cognates/congatos any words not in this list, look them up (find them yourself http://translate.google.com) it'll help you learn them more
English
Portuguese
Spanish
Nouns : Substantivos 1.al
1.al
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French
Italian
hospital
hospital
hospital
hôpital
ospedale
animal
animal
animal
animal
animale
moral
moral
moral
moral
morale
2.ty
2.dade
capacity (potential)
capacidade
potenticial
capacité
capacità
flexibility
flexibilidade
flexibilidad
flexibilité
flessibilita
eternity
eternidade
eternidad
l'éternité
eternita
3.ism
3.isma, ismo
feminism
feminismo
feminismo
féminisme
femminismo
atheism
ateismo
ateísmo
athéïste
ateism
criticism
criticismo
criticismo
criticisme
critica
4.ist
4.ist, ista
dentist
dentista
dentista
tourist
turista
turista
humorist
humorista
humorista
English
Portuguese
Spanish
French
Italian
5.nce, ance
5.ência, ança
patience
paciência
paciência
pazienza
existence
existencia
existencia
esistenza
perseverance
perseverança
perseverança
perseveranza
6.or
6.or
actor
ator
ator
favor
favor
favor
color
cor
cor Adjectives : Adjetivos
7.al
7.al
real
real
real
virtual
virtual
virtual
sensual
sensual
sensual
8.ant, ent
8.ante, ente
excellent
excelente
excelente
patient
paciente
paciente
important
importante
importante
9.ary
9.ário, ária
adversary
adversário
adversario
contrary
contrário
contrario
arbitrary
arbitrário
arbitrario
10.ic
10.ico, ica
economic
economico
economico
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pacific
pacifico
pacifico
metallic
metalico
metalico
11.id
11.ido, ida
lucid
lucido
lúcido
vivid
vivido
vívido
splendid (magnificent)
esplendido
¡magnífico!
12.ile
12.il, óvel
automobile
automóvel
automóvil
projectile
projétil
proyectil
mobile
móvel
móvil
English
Portuguese
13.ive
13.ivo, iva
adoptive
adotivo
adotivo
imaginative
imaginativo
imaginativo
descriptive
descritivo
descritivo
14.ible, able
14.ível, ável
accessible
acessível
accesible
convertible
conversível
convertible
admirable
admirável
admirable
15.ous
15.oso, osa
delicious
delicioso
generous
generoso
famous
famoso
delicioso
delizioso generoso
famoso Verbs : Verbos
16.ate
16.ar
celebrate
celebrar
festejar
donate
doar
donar
create
criar
crear
17.e
17.ar
dance
dancar
danzar
imagine
imaginar
imaginar
complete
completar
18.ult, ent, ort
18.ultar, entar, ortar
comment
comentar
comentar
export
exportar
exportar
consult
consultar
consultar
19.fy
19.ficar
amplify
amplificar
amplificar
simplify
simplificar
simplificar
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famoso
qualify
qualificar
qualificar Adverbs : Adverbios
20.ly
20.mente
creatively
criativamente
usually
usualmente
usualmente
separately
separadamente
separadamente
21.tion
21.cao
action
ação
actuación
azione
promotion
promoção
promoción
promozione
attention
atenção
atención
attenzione
22.ize
Izar
advise
avisar
23. ory
orio
oire
orio
Territory
Territorio
Territoire
Territorio
note: 22 and 23 are listed earlier in the book
Learn to Read a Language in 1 Month after you know the cognates well (written many examples, tested yourself, you notice them everytime you see/hear your target language) then you can start learning to read I think this is the best 1st step because >you can access reading materials online, international newspapers easier than native speakers usually >when you can read, you can imagine the words you hear >after you learn to read, you can learn to write just via practising/doing it >you can attach the pronunciation as the 2nd step to the words you already know (sequence is significant) Copyright © Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
1. find a book you have already read in your native language 2. read the book, highlight the cognates and words you already know 3. then study the verbs tools Like BYKI (before you know it = learn quickly) www.byki.com/listcentral.html http://www.wiegehtsgerman.com/ Other Language Web Apps Learn Spanish by Qué Onda Learn French by Très Bien Learn Italian by Molto Bene Learn Portuguese by Tudo Bem Learn Hebrew by Ma Kore Learn Arabic by Salaam Learn German by Wie Geht's byki and these programs are amazing, they teach you until you remember, with byki you can slow the voices to help you learn pronunciation, you can save your progress they are the best ways to learn the verbs learn the verbs, then after continue reading your book you'll suddenly see the verbs, and you've learned one of the most important parts of the language as you are learning you should use something Like the 80/20 Rule = 20% of your efforts produce 80% of your results so as you read your book for 1 month, adjust what you learning on the side 1st learn cognates (this gives you up to 20% of the language) 2nd learn verbs (the next 20%) Copyright © Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
3rd learn the 100 most common words of your language (easy to find with www.google.com) 4th study the most common word of the page (which word are you seeing 2 or 3 times each page, that's the one to study now) 4. the next key to the holy language learning process is the barnes method memorization technique generally, you need to read/hear/see/use something 4 times to remember something 1st time: practise immediately 2nd time: revise/use/hear it after 1 hour 3rd time: revise/use/hear it after 1 day 4th time: revise/use/hear it after 7 days if you do this then you'll learn/remember it, we all have a good memory, you just need to hear/use things 4 times you are reading your book everyday for 1 month, so you learn the words, then the next day you see them and remember them, so reading the book everyday for 1 month will activate the memory system automatically then, read the book again after you've read it all i've done this process with 4 or 5 languages, and it works everytime sometimes I meet successful language learners and find they have done something Like this for example, someone that reads newspapers everyday in their language, they read the newspaper everyday in their new language and their vocabulary is excellent or they love a certain film series in their language (harry Copyright Š Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
potter/twilight) then they read the books and watch the films in english surprise surprise, they learn faster than their friend this works, if you work it
Memorize Words with Pictures excellent mnemonics http://www.200words-a-day.com/learn-german.html ^this site has the other languages too you can buy a picture dictionary from your local ÂŁ1 shop >if it has 2 languages that's cool too use the train map to study pronunciation, then when you take the train you rehear it
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This table is from a Charles Nunes publication^ buy his books because he has a family to feed and he contributes alot to people learning languages, he has a real love for teaching
Some content adapted from Charles Nunes website Learn Portuguese Now www.Learn-Portuguese-Now.com
Mais More http://www.sk.com.br/sk-fals.html falsos cognatos : false cognates http://www.sk.com.br/sk-mmw.html PALAVRAS DE MÚLTIPLO SENTIDO MULTIPLE-MEANING WORDS http://www.sk.com.br/sk-emmw.html 2 PALAVRAS DE MÚLTIPLO SENTIDO 2 MULTIPLE-MEANING WORDS Copyright © Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
Methods to Help You Learn the Similar Words a good teacher once said to me how she learned computer programming @always write the code manually instead of copying and pasting because then you remember it better later@ i use this advice when i learned html for websites and it serves true for learning a language too i recommend to write 3 examples of each similar word pattern (cognate) you learn, the diagram later is this book shows that you learn 70% or more when you do things for real rather than thinking about the knowledge occasionally you may find you need a reason + the practise in this situation you can invent a reason from studying the patterns (you find a similarity) or find a grammar explanation or ask an english teacher barnes method english @ examples method can help more with this
speak english for 1 aditional hour a day and speak your 1st language for 1 hour less decide to speak english with people from your country make friends with more native english people go to places and events where there are only english people
1. find english artist you like http://www.garagemmp3.com.br/perry-barnes 2. find the lyrics for an album http://www.scribd.com/doc/21236703/Barnes-Method-Englishwith-Music-Perry-Barnes-Musico-Lyrics-Letras-Reverse-theDrums-Chocolate-Medal-Listen-Here-Albums 3. sing to the songs 4. use dictionary for words you don't know Bel says: estou ouvindo barnes says: 5. sing again when you know the words 6. listen the music the next day or later eu entendi 90% de marisa monte musicas agora usando esta Copyright © Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
metodo de barnes
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” - Howard Thurman Barnes says: portuguese and ingles are so similar i'm reading an english book from 1909 Debora says: do you think? Barnes says: strategy is called stratagem in 1909 ground is called TERRAin meu deus there is a list of similar words ja and also many others aquire = adquirer obtain = obter procure = procura could teach english to a portuguese in 7 days with a good systema
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Germanic and Slavic Cognates germanic languages (german/dutch etc) and slavic languages (albanian/polish and others) have cognates similar to those already listed. Why ? Because of latin probably, because most of the world knows english to some extent, because languages affect each other. For example american english has some pronunciation/spelling in common with south american spanish (location), and british english has more french words (britain is next to france, go figure). Note : if the word isn't included in the list 1. it may still exist, check another dictionary/translator 2. it may be the same in another language of the language group, check germanic languages for german/dutch words for example English
German
Russian
Polish
Nouns : Substantivos 1.al
1.al szpital
hospital animal moral 2.ty
2.tat
capacity (potential)
kapacitat
flexibility
flexibilitat
моральный
moralny
эластичность
elastyczność (elasticity)
eternity 3.ism
3.mus
feminism
feminismus
феминизм
feminizm
atheism
ateismus
атеизм
ateizm
критика
krytycyzm
дантист
dentysta
criticism 4.ist
4.ist, ista
dentist tourist
tourist
турист
turysta
humorist
humorist
юморист
humorysta
пасьянс
pasjans
English 5.nce, ance
5
patience
existence
existenz
egzystencja
perseverance
perseverance
perseverance
6.or
6.or
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actor
akteur (french link)
актер
favor
favorisieren
faworyzować
color
kolorit
Kolor Adjectives : Adjetivos
aktor
If you are reading this you are very cool
7.al
7.al
real
real
реальный
real
virtual
virtuell
виртуальный
wirtualny
sensual
sensual
8.ant, ent
8.ante, ente
excellent
exzellent
patient
(super) супер пациент
pacjent
important 9.ary
9.ário, ária
adversary
oponent (opponent)
contrary arbitrary
arbitrar
10.ic
10.ico, ica
economic
okonomisch
pacific
pazifik
metallic
metallisch
11.id
11.ido, ida
lucid
luzid
arbitralny экономический ekonomiczny pacyfik металлический metaliczny
vivid splendid (magnificent) 12.ile
12.il, óvel
automobile
automobil
projectile
projektil
mobile
mobile
автомобиль
auto
мобильный
English 13.ive
13
adoptive
adoptiv
adoptowany
imaginative
Fantazjujący (similar to Fantasy)
descriptive 14.ible, able
14
accessible available
доступный (sounds like disponivel: portuguese or disponible
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french) convertible
konvertierbar
admirable 15.ous
15
delicious
delikat
generous famous
famos Verbs : Verbos
16.ate
16.ar
celebrate
celebrować
donate
spenden
create
kreieren
17.e
17.ar
форма
kreować/formować
dance
dancing
imagine
fantazjować
complete
komplett
kompletny
18.ult, ent, ort
18.ultar, entar, ortar
comment
kommentar
комментироват komentować/komentarz/ ь
export
exportieren
экспорт
consult
konsultieren
консультирова konsultować ться
19.fy
19
amplify
amplificar
simplify
simplifizieren
qualify
qualifizieren
eksport
symplifikować квалифицирова kwalifikować ть
Adverbs : Adverbios 20.ly
20
creatively
kreativ
usually
normalerweise
kreatywnie обычно (habitually)
separately 21.tion
21
action
aktion
promotion
promotion
akcja продвижение
promocja
attention discussion
diskussion
function
funktion
dyskusja функция
22
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round
rund
found
fund
ground
grund
23. ory Territory
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Transwiki:List_of_German_cognates_with_English >exzellent article regarding the spelling between english and german http://www.aug.edu/~lngrsb/courses/GRMN1001/germancognates.htm >wow
Learn to Pronounce a Language in 1 Month read some text, and have native speaker correct you do this continuously every day or every 2 days a free newspaper is good for this, choose the section you Like the most you can use a language swap for this, language swaps are usually ineffective but are very Effective with this method also, search in www.youtube.com for pronunciation videos usually they are excellent
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A list of german similar words with al >write example sentences with them >highlight the most useful ones >listen to how they sound http://translate.google.com
analytical gynecological theological pathological philosophical mechanical historical pharmacological methodological archaeological ideological geological mythological ethical organisational architectural traditional conventional structural cultural socio-cultural audiovisual comercial experimental >this list is from www.cognates.org buy his books study his ideas cognates.org has some key concepts for learning with cognates >20% of many texts consists of cognates Copyright Š Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
analytischen gynäkologischen theologischen pathologischen philosophischen mechanischen historischen pharmakologischen methodischen archäologischen ideologischen geologischen mythologischen ethischen organisatorischen architektonischen traditionellen konventionellen strukturellen kulturellen sozio-kulturellen audiovisuellen kommerziellen experimentellen
>cognates are not coincidental, they are always there as a fundamental part of each language he provides the most ressources for those learning spanish
some more german and polish cognates + latin (WOWWWW GUAUUUUUUUU)
(English/German - Latin - Polish): brother/Bruder - frater - brat sister/Schwester - soror - sióstra mother/Mutter - mater - matka son - (filius) - syn two/zwei - duo - dwa three/drei - tres - trzy eight/acht - octo - osiem hundred/hundert - centum - sto heart/Hertz - cors (cord-) - serce apple/Äpfel - (malum) - jabłko (full/voll?) - plenus - pełny water/Wasser - (aqua) - woda night/Nacht - nox - noc garden/Garten - hortum milk/Milch - (lact-) - mleko loaf - (panis) - chleb new/neu - novus - nowy (ear) - auris - ucho mouse - mus - mysz snow/Schnee - nix - śnieg
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if they have 3 classes a semana if they sing in english it helps alot
barnes joia says: how would u explain "though" to a brasilian Gustavo says: oh it's Beautiful Barnes! I guess "though" means: embora, ainda que or contudo
bringing you the best english whilst drinking the smoothest coffee in the street
MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC useful polish english cognates from http://www.macmillandictionaries.com/MEDMagazine/December2004/25-FalseFriends-Polish.htm#2 Polish word English word absurd the absurd, absurdity celibat celibacy cenzura censorship dialekt dialect epidemia epidemic epoka epoch horyzont horizon humanitarny humanitarian idealizm idealism katastrofa catastrophe Copyright Š Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
obsesja obsession patologia pathology renesans renaissance
didej faks grejpfrut (or grapefruit) interfejs ksero /ksero/ lider
DJ fax grapefruit interface Xerox leader
w barze /baĹže/ w biznesie /biznee/ w dobrym humorze /humoĹže/
in the bar in business in a good mood
akceptowa decydowa finansowa formatowa
to accept to decide to finance to format
eskalacja escalation prezentacja presentation restrukturyzacja restructuring and -owanie, which often corresponds to the gerund in English: finansowanie tolerowanie zablokowanie
financing tolerating blocking
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ekstremalnie zdecydowanie
extremely decidedly, also definitely*
dolarowy komputerowy jazzowy
dollar computer jazz
course cursor incursion current concourse precursor curriculum cursive recourse courier cursory corsair occur discourse corridor currency excursion succour Some of these have close equivalents in Polish: kurs (course), kurier (courier), kursor (cursor), kursywa (cursive)
i'm reading a book in portuguese i list the words i don't know (in the day) research them (at night) then read more of the book the next day I have learned about 50 words this way in 2 days the things you don't know in the language are the things you need to learn
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some languages you need to learn their alphabet to fully learn them russian/arabic/chinese/japanese/korean apparantly, if you learn chinese then you can read some japanese (nice) so you can learn 9 languages now
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the excellent learning program BYKI (before you know it) from Transparent Learning can also be very effective for learning alphabets www.byki.com/listcentral.html
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>learn a common word for each letter people learn words like “A for apple” in english (if you don't eat apples don't learn that word) instead of that, learn a word you'll use everyday Like: hi, how are you? Thanks, laptop, coffee, mobile phone, train (depending on what you use often)
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Get Someone to Help You a private teacher with a lot of experience (5 years or more of experience) can help you to learn speaking/pronunciation faster than any other method sometimes you can find help for a great price http://fiverr.com has lots of services for $5 for example chinese http://fiverr.com/manphuah/teach-you-to-speak-chinese-for-three-daysthrough-skype arabic http://fiverr.com/deepreneur/teach-you-write-and-speak-arabic spanish http://fiverr.com/chadklass/teach-you-the-seven-spanish-compoundverb-tenses http://fiverr.com/jucaja7/help-you-practice-speaking-spanish-for-2-days spanish/french http://fiverr.com/angiealex/let-you-practice-your-spanish-orfrench-with-me
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although, i've found language swaps are excellent in 1 way pronunciation read a document or book outloud and your partner corrects you its likely the most effective way to learn pronunciation you don't need a qualified teacher to do either
Hello guys! My name's Gustavo, aka "Guto", I'm 22 going on 23 and Brazilian. To begin with, I think English is the most important language to learn at this moment, especially in the context of globalization. I wonder, what's the most important English skill? What skill must you have to communicate well? I'd say it's fluency! What's fluency? Fluency is the ability to speak and understand a language quickly and easily, without translation. Fluency means you can talk easily with native speakers and that is our main goal here. I'm beginner like most of you and I'm here to exchange some experiences. Luis is an excellent teacher, he's brilliant! I really like his method and his books. So, to have a good teacher like him is a good start. I'm so proud to be one of his students! I think to be a fantastic English speaker, you must learn English with your ears, not just with your eyes, it's an ideology of a North American teacher. In other words, your ears are the key. The best listening must be understandable and repetitive, both of those words are important. You must hear a new word and new grammar many times before you'll understand them instantly. Increase your learning time and also your listening time. Use iPod or MP3 player. Listen to movies. Guys, that way you'll learn English faster! Another great idea is to read a good English dictionary that brings some slangs and most used expressions by natives and then your speech will sound like theirs. I do that and it really works! Copyright © Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
Read them, make phrases, practise more and more. Your English will come along like mine. You have tried the old ways, now it's time to try something new! Good luck! I wish you success with your English learning! 'Til next time! Gustavo
language is music
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http://www.reverbn ation.com /perrybarnes find perry barnes music at reverbnation.com the words for the songs are here: Copyright Š Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
http://www.scribd. com/doc/21236703/B arnes-MethodEnglish-withMusic-PerryBarnes-MusicoLyrics-LetrasReverse-the-DrumsChocolate-MedalListen-Here-Albums
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www.fluentin3months.com/ is an interesting site benny lewis the author speaks 8 or more languages he's always learning a more so probably its 9 or 10 now >his main method is to speak continuously for a month, and learn this part 1st I Like to learn the reading 1st and i'm very interested to use his method in fact, when I have all the other parts of the language mastered, then I force myself to speak (I did this recently after Copyright Š Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
reading one of benny's posts, and i've found with that language (spanish) its the best way for me to learn more, thanks benny =) one of his recent facebook posts... Fluent in 3 months Reminder in case you haven't come across it yet! http://www.memrise.com/ Memrise has a nice set of pre-made memory techniques for basic (and sometimes advanced) vocabulary for many languages, and a great tool to learn to read characters in Chinese/Japanese too. I've used it a little for a couple of languages now and love it's mini stories. Several suggestions are given, and you can pick the one you like best to use in future. Learning vocab is easier than you think ;) http://www.memrise.com/
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in the words of the libertines "i lived my dreams today, i lived them yestoday, and i'l be living them tomorrow, anything more to say?" Allexandre Alencar • says: do you think that i can learn english in 1 month? learn english in 1 month possivel says: number 1: you already speak it number 2: the best way to get native english is to read many books in english my students, the best ones read lots of books, the ones who avoid reading were stuck at a certain level read a book in english u ja read in portuguese to start then pick some subjects you love for new books read 10 pages just understand what you can then learn some new words with your dictionary etc after 40 pages it becomes very easy to read
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the best language program i've seen recently was recommended by Tim Ferris he speaks many languages and is always offering tips for better learning http://duolingo.com its Like an advanced version of BYKI Russian/Arabic Cognates there isn't that many cognates in these languages that are Copyright Š Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
familiar to speakers of latin or germanic languages or the world language now english however, there's still some and you can use them to help start learning the languages with something similar as with most cognates, you just need to change the short sounds and the long sounds of the vowells then you'll speak well for example, english words usually start with a long sound (open sound) and end with a short sound (closed sound) latin languages are the opposite so you can switch/turn around your vowells and you pronounce better than most other language learners usually the R is different between english and other languages too
English
Arabic
Russian
Nouns : Substantivos 1
1
strategy
إستراتيجية
стратегия
philosophy
فلسفة
философия
energy
энергия
2
2
strategic
إستراتيجي
energetic
стратегический энергичный
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Have a look through a Spanish dictionary for words beginning with the Arabic definite article al will reveal diverse borrowings from Arabic in every field from astronomy, alchemy and algebra, to cookery, engineering and philosophy. >alchemy is a good example
spanish words from arabic if you are learning spanish or arabic and you speak the other language, then this is a good place to start you can hear the pronunciation differences, translate sentences look for what's the same, what's different) http://translate.google.com
aceite (m.) aceituna adobe (m.) aduana ajedrez (m.) Alá (m.) alacena alacrán (m.) albacora albahaca albaricoque (m.) albóndiga alcalde alcancía alcaparra alcachofa alcoba alcohol (m.) Alcorán (m.) aldea alfalfa alfiler (m.)
oil olive adobe (sun-dried brick) customs, customs house chess Allah (gods) cupboard, closet scorpion albacore (tuna) basil apricot meatball mayor coin bank caper artichoke, shower head bedroom alcohol Qur'an (Koran) village alfalfa pin
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alfombra algodón (m.)
carpet cotton algorithm (problem-solving algoritmo method) alguacil sheriff almacén (m.) store, warehouse, grocery almanaque (m.) almanac almíbar (m.) syrup almirante admiral almohada pillow, cushion alquiler (m.) rent arrecife (m.) reef arroz (m.) rice atalaya watchtower (f.), guard (m.) ataúd (m.) coffin, casket atún (m.) tuna ayatolá (m.) ayatollah azafrán (m.) saffron azar (m.) al azar = at random azote (m.) whip azúcar (m. or f.) sugar barrio neighborhood berenjena eggplant café (m.) coffee califa (m.) caliph cero zero numeral, figure, amount, cifra sum cimitarra scimitar cuzcuz (m.) couscous dado die (pl. dice) dinar (m.) dinar fulano so-and-so guitarra guitar harén (m.) harem hasta until (prep.), even (adv.) hazaña feat imán (m.) imam islam (m.) Islam jabalí (m.) wild boar jaque (m.) check (in chess) jaqueca migraine jarabe (m.) syrup jinete (m.) horseman jirafa giraffe Copyright © Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
lima limón (m.) marfil (m.) máscara mesquita momia mono, a naranja nenúfar (m.) ¡ojalá! ramadán (m.) rehén rincón (m.) sandía sorbete (m.) talco tamarindo tambor (m.) tarea tarifa taza toronja trujamán zanahoria
lime lemon ivory* mask mosque mummy monkey, ape orange water lily I hope!, God willing! Ramadan hostage corner watermelon sherbet talc tamarind drum task, assignment tariff, rate cup grapefruit interpreter or translator carrot
http://www.spanishpronto.com/spanishpronto/arabicglossary.html a better list of 1,000+ arabic words in spanish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language_influence_on_the_Spanish_language English Words from Arabic admiral - ami:r-al-bahr 'ruler of the seas' (and other similar expressions) - amara command adobe - al-toba 'the brick' albacore - al-bukr 'the young camel' alchemy - al-ki:mi:a: - from Greek alcohol - al-koh''l 'the kohl' alcove - al-qobbah 'vault' - qubba vault alembic - al-ambi:q 'the still' - from Greek alfalfa - alfas,fas,ah 'fodder' algebra - al-jebr 'reintegration' - jabara reunite Algol - al-ghu:l 'the ghoul' algorithm - al-Khowarazmi 'the (man) of Khiva' alkali - al-qaliy 'calx' - qalay fry, roast Allah - `allah, from contraction of al-ilah 'the god' Almagest - al-majisti - from Greek almanac - (Andalucian Arabic) al-mana:kh, of uncertain origin amber - `anbar 'ambergris' Copyright © Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
antimony - al-íthmid 'antimony trisulphide' - perhaps from Greek apricot - al-burquq - from Greek Arab - `arab arsenal - dar as,s,ina`ah 'house of making', i.e. 'factory' - s,ana`a make artichoke - al-kharshu:f assagai - az-zaghayah - from Berber assassin - h'ashsha:shi:n 'hashish eaters', from the Isma`ili sectarians attar - `itr 'aroma' ayatollah - 'ayatu-llah 'miraculous sign of God' azimuth - as-sumut 'the paths'; see also zenith azure - al-lazward 'lapis lazuli' - from Persian barbican - (possibly) bâb-al-baqara 'gate with holes' berdache - (possibly) bardaj 'slave' Betelgeuse - bi:t al-jauza:' 'shoulder of the Giant' bezoar - bazahr - from Persian bint - bint 'daughter bled - balad 'vast open country' borax - bu:raq - from Persian burka - burqa` burnouse - burnus caliber - qali:b 'mold, last' calico - Qaliqu:t 'Calicut', city in India caliph - khali:fah 'successor' - khalafa 'succeed' camise - qami:s 'shirt' - from Latin camphor - ka:fu:r - from Malay candy - short for 'sugar candy', from sugar + qandi 'candied', from qand 'cane sugar' - from a Dravidian language carat - qi:ra:t 'small weight' - from Greek caraway - alkarawya: - probably from Greek carafe - gharra:f - gharafa 'dip' carmine - qirmazi: 'crimson' carob - kharrubah cassock - kaza:ghand 'padded jacket' - from Persian check - sha:h 'king' - from Persian checkmate - sha:h ma:t 'the king is dead' chemistry - see alchemy chess - from Old French eschecs, plural of check cipher - s,ifr 'empty' civet - zaba:d coffee - qahwah Copt - quft - from Greek cork - qu:rq cotton - qutn couscous - kuskus - kaskasa pound, bruise crimson - qirmazi:, related to the qirmiz, the insect that provided the dye Deneb - danab al-jaja:ja 'tail of the hen' dhow - da:w dinar - di:na:r - from Greek dirham - dirham - from Greek dragoman - tarjuma:n - tarjama interpret drub - daraba 'beat' dura mater - Latin calque on umm al-ghali:dah 'hard mother' Copyright © Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
efreet - 'ifri:t 'monster' El Cid - al-Sayyid 'the lord' elixir - al-iksi:r 'philosopher's stone' - from Greek emir - ami:r - amara command fakir - faqi:r 'poor man' - faqura be poor fardel - fardah 'load' Farsi - Fa:rs 'Pars', a province of Iran - from Persian fatwa - fetwa - fata: instruct by a legal decision fedayeen - fida:'iyi:n 'commandos' - fida:` redemption felafel - fala:fil fellah - fella:h' 'husbandman' - falah'a till felucca - fulk 'ship' - falaka be round Fomalhaut - fum u'l-haut 'mouth of the fish' garble - gharbala 'sift' - perhaps from Latin gazelle - ghaza:l genie - jinni: 'spirit' gerbil - yarbu:` ghoul - ghu:l 'demon' - gha:la take suddenly giraffe - zara:fa hadith - h'adi:t 'tradition' haj - h'ajj 'pilgrimage' - h'ajja go on a pilgrimage halal - h'ala:l 'lawful' halvah - h'alwa: harem - h'aram 'prohibited, set apart' - h'arama prohibit hashish - h'ashi:sh 'dried herbs, hemp' hazard - yåsara 'play at dice' hegira - hijrah 'departure' - hajara separate, go henna - h'enna:` Hezbollah - H'izbulla:h 'party of God' hookah - h'uqqah 'water bottle (through which smoke is drawn)' houri - h'u:r al-`ayu:n 'with eyes like gazelles' - h'awura have eyes like gazelles imam - ima:m 'leader' - amma precede Islam - isla:m 'submission' - aslama submit oneself jar - jarrah 'large earthen vase' jasmine - ya:smi:n - from Persian jinn - jinn 'spirits', plural of genie julep - jula:b 'rose water' - from Persian Kaaba - ka`bah 'square house' kabob - kaba:b - from Persian kaffir - ka:fir 'infidel' - kafara conceal, deny keffiyeh - kaffi:yah khamsin - khamsi:n 'fifty (days)' kismet - qisma 'portion, lot' - qasama divide kohl - koh''l 'kohl' - kah'ala stain, paint Koran - qura:n 'recitation' - qara`a read lilac - li:la:k - from Persian lemon - laymu:n - from Persian lime - li:mah 'citrus fruit' loofah - lu:fah a plant whose pods were used as sponges lute - al-`u:d Copyright Š Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
macramé - miqramah 'striped cloth' magazine - makha:zin 'storehouses' - khazana store Mahdi - mahdi:y 'one who is guided aright' - hada: lead majlis - majlis 'council' mancala - mank.ala - nak.ala move marzipan - mawthaba:n 'coin featuring a seated figure' mask - perhaps maskhara 'buffoon' - sakhira ridicule mattress - matrah 'place where something is thrown, mat, cushion' - tarah'a throw minaret - mana:rah - na:r fire mohair - mukhayyar 'choice (goats'-hair cloth)' - khayyara select monsoon - mausim 'season' - wasama mark mosque - masgid - sagada worship Mozarabic - musta`rib 'would-be Arab' muezzin - mu'adhdhin 'criers' - adhana proclaim mufti - mufti: 'one who gives a fatwa' mujahedeen - muja:hidi:n 'figher in a jihad' mullah - mawla: 'master' mummy - mu:miya: 'embalmed body' - mu:m '(embalming) wax' Muslim - muslim 'submitter' - aslama submit oneself muslin - Maus,il 'Mosul' nadir - nadi:r as-samt 'opposite the zenith' natron - natru:n - from Greek nizam - nidam 'government' orange - na:ranj - from Sanskrit ottoman - `uthma:n, a proper name pia mater - Latin calque on umm raqi:qah 'tender mother' popinjay - babagha: Primum Mobile - Latin calque on al-muh' arrik al-awwal 'the first mover' racket - râh'et 'palm of the hand' Ramadan - Ramada:n meaning perhaps 'the hot month' - ramata be heated realgar - rehj al-gha:r 'powder of the cave' ream - rizmah 'bundle' rebec - reba:b Rigel - rijl 'foot (of Orion)' roc - rukh rook - rukh - from Persian Rubaiyyat - ruba:`i:yah 'quatrain' safari - safari:y 'journey' - safara travel saffron - za`fara:n Sahara - çah'ra: 'desert' sahib - ça:h'ib 'friend' salaam - as-sala:m `alaikum 'peace be on you' saluki - salu:k.i: 'from Saluk' Saracen - sharqi:yi:n 'easterners' - sha:raqa rise sash - sha:sh 'muslin' satin - probably zaytu:ni: 'of Zaytu:n' (a city in China) scarlet - siqilla:t '(cloth) adorned with images' - from Latin sequin - sikkah 'die for coinmaking' Sharia - shari:`a sheikh - shaikh 'old man' - sha:kha grow old sherbet - sharbah - shariba drink Shiite - shiya`i:y, from shiya:` 'following, sect' - sha`a follow Copyright © Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
shrub [drink] - shurb 'a drink' - shariba drink sine - Latin sinus, mistranslation of jayb 'chord of an arc, sine', through confusion with jayb 'fold of a garment' sirocco - sharq 'east (wind)' - sha:raqa rise sofa - s,uffah 'raised dais with cushions' souk - su:k. 'marketplace' spinach - isfa:na:kh Sufi - çu:fi: 'man of wool' sugar - sukkar - from Sanskrit sultan - sulta:n 'sovereign' sumac - summa:q Sunni - sunni: 'lawful', from sunna:h 'rule, course' sura - su:rah syrup - shara:b 'beverage' - shariba drink tabbouleh - tabbu:la tabby - `atta:biy, a neighborhood in Baghdad where taffeta was made tahini - - tah'ana crush Taliban - talib 'student' - talaba study talisman - tilsam - from Greek tamarind - tamr-hindi: 'date of India' tambourine - a small tambour, from tanbu:r - from Persian tandoori - tannu:r 'oven' tarboosh - tarbu:sh tare [weight] - tarh'ah 'rejected' - tarah'a reject tariff - ta`ri:f 'notification' - `arafa notify tarragon - tarkhu:n - possibly from Greek tell [mound] - tall 'hillock' ujamaa - jama:` 'community' ulema - `ulima: 'the learned ones' - `alama know Vega - al-nasr al-wa:qi` 'the falling vulture' vizier - wazi:r 'porter, public servant' - wazara carry wadi - wa:di: Waqf - waqf 'religious foundation' wisdom tooth - from a Latin calque on adra:su 'l h'ikmi - calqued from Greek zenith - samt 'path' zero - s,ifr 'empty' Some words are borrowed directly from Arabic; but most of these words have taken the scenic route, through Spanish, Italian, and/or French; or through Turkish, Persian, or Urdu; or through Hebrew or Latin. This produces a good deal of phonological deformation; as does the dialect variation within Arabic http://www.zompist.com/arabic.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognate Sometimes a cognate is in every language as you can see...
Cognates across languages Examples of cognates in Indo-European languages are the words night (English), nuit (French), Nacht (German), nacht (Dutch), nag (Afrikaans), nicht (Scots), natt (Swedish, Norwegian), nat (Danish), nátt (Faroese), nótt (Icelandic), noc (Czech, Slovak, Polish), ночь, noch (Russian), ноќ, noć (Macedonian), нощ, nosht (Bulgarian), ніч, nich (Ukrainian), ноч, noch/noč (Belarusian), noč (Slovene), noć (Croatian), νύξ, nyx (Ancient Greek, νύχτα/nychta in Modern Greek), nox (Latin), nakt- (Sanskrit), natë (Albanian), noche (Spanish), nos (Welsh), nueche (Asturian), noite (Portuguese and Galician), notte (Italian), nit (Catalan), noapte (Romanian), nakts (Latvian) and naktis (Lithuanian), all meaning "night" and derived from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *nókʷts, "night".
Learn to Listen to a Language in 2 months the most effective way i've found to learn listening is with slow audio 1. read the text, find new words 2. read and listen together 3. listen to the audio later that day or after 1 day 4. increase the speed of the audio (most media players have a speed setting, change 1.0x to 1.5x for example) 5. do this for about 2 months and you'll have 80% listening fortunately there is an amazing service for french http://newsinslowfrench.com spanish http://www.newsinslowspanish.com/ haven't used this yet, I assume its good www.newsinslowenglish.com/ newsinslowgerman Copyright © Perry Barnes 08/30/07 All Rights Reserved in All Media
http://www.dw.de/deutsch-lernen/nachrichten/s-8030 Slow German iTunes Free - Feed - Web Site •
Annik Rubens reads slowly and clearly from parts of her popular program, Sleepless in Munich (Schaflos in Munchen).
News in Slow Chinese iTunes Free – Web Site •
Designed for intermediate Mandarin speakers. Improve your language skills by listening to world news delivered in slowly spoken words.
I'm looking for a “news in slow polish” website, send it to perry7770@hotmail.co.uk if you find it, i'll credit you in the next edition thanks
http://mylanguages.org >materials for many languages
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