My Spanish learning journey until DELE A1 testing
Where am I now?
Tested: DELE A1
Ongoing: Aula B1
Finished but not good at test: Aula A2
Can do:
- Basic survival communicaion in a city.
- Simple working field conversation with some help of English.
- Distinguish if there is a Spanish conversation in Singapore public spaces:
- Metro
- McDonald’s
- Great World shopping center
Cannot do:
- Go to see doctor in Spain or LATAM without translator.
- Work or study fully in Spanish.
- Parse the lyrics from a Spanish song.
Why I am interesed in this language
From language itself
| Reason | Example from English | Comparison |
|---|---|---|
| It sounds like English sophisticated vocabulary |
The test stats | Empieza la prueba |
| around the square | alrededor de la plaza | |
| Rich sounds, totally different from Mandarin |
rice | arroz - La erre, R |
| youths - θ (THeater) to s (Swimming) |
imprescindible - s (Swimming) to θ (THeater), means essential and cannot be replaced |
|
| energy | energía - simple r + uvular consonant g |
Outside of the language
- Retirement, when I become old, I’ve got nothing can do but facing the dangerous.
- Learn once then be able to go to more countries to explore, high ROI if only see the possibility.
- Fact: if the passport is the same, LATAM PR holder can go more places compare to SG PR holder
- Basic interesting with different culture
- BAILA Y NO LLORES | Kike Jav, Proyecto Coraza (Video Oficial)
- From this square
- Aya Uma, a LATAM deity. People not burning incense for it, but dress like the deity itself.
- Quechua - the local language
- ZAPATEA | Kike Jav (Video Oficial)
- Euler Caicedo - Mix Homenje Vol.1 (Official Video ) ft. Bayron Caicedo
- Fuegos artificiales
- Fuegos artificiales
- BAILA Y NO LLORES | Kike Jav, Proyecto Coraza (Video Oficial)
