Verbs like gustar operate in a group of their own. In this episode of the podcast, I discuss ‘gustar’, other similar verbs and how they are used.

This theoretical Thursday builds on last week’s tip including more useful vocabulary that can be used for conversational Spanish. The verbs discussed fit in well with the conversation hacking framework as they are included in the top 1000 most useful Spanish words.

Spanish verbs, in general, can be categorised into two groups of three.

Group 1:

Group 2:

Verbs discussed in the episode:

Indirect object pronouns explained in the episode:

Examples from the episode:

Quote from the podcast episode:

Other verbs that behave in this way are highlighted by using similar definitions as the ones described in this episode in the conversation hacking guide.

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What has worked really well for me to improve my Spanish has been getting into the right mindset. If you want to learn Spanish quickly there are far more things that you need to learn than just verb conjugations and vocabulary.

In this tip I share my story and give you some insights into the drivers that have helped me push my Spanish forward.

Quote from the podcast episode:

“Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life.” – Steven Wright

In this tip, you will learn about:

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In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast I introduce the first 10 words of the conversation hacking high frequency vocabulary.

These first ten words are chosen based on the a combination of frequency, utility and my own personal experience with using the language during my Spanish adventures.

Quote from the podcast episode:

“Pero no hablar contigo es como tener el mismo mal día, una y otra vez.” – Carolina Pineda

In this tip, you will learn about:

Examples from the episode:

– First person conjugation of “Querer”: Quiero (I want)

– Yo quiero este (I want this)

– Yo quiero esto (I want this unknown gender for this)

– Quiero este (drop the pronoun “yo”)

– No quiero este (I don’t want this)

– Hablo Español (I speak Spanish)

– No hablo Español (I don’t speak Spanish)

– No puedo hablar Español (I can’t speak Spanish)

– No necesito este (I don’t need this)

– Quiero encontrar este (I want to find this)

– No puedo encontrar este (I can’t find this)

If you want to learn more check out the conversation hacking guide here.

The guide includes:

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In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast I introduce the 7 principles of conversation hacking.

Conversation hacking is one of the best techniques I know to get to a conversational level in Spanish as fast as possible. If you are learning Spanish and haven’t reached a conversational level yet then it is worth reviewing the principles of the conversation hacking method.

Quote from the podcast episode:

“Love without conversation is impossible.” – Mortimer Adler (1902 – 2001)

In This Tip, You Will Hear About:

Conversation exchange websites:

http://www.italki.com/

https://www.verbling.com/

http://www.conversationexchange.com/

If you want to learn more check out the conversation hacking guide here.

The guide includes:

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In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast, I discuss the last and final D of language learning.

When you are struggling to execute, when you are trying to propel your Spanish forward and not seeing results it could be that you haven’t applied the third D of language learning.

Quote from the podcast episode:

“God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails.” – St. Augustine (354 – 430 AD)

In This Tip, You Will Hear About:

4 tips to implement if you are having trouble executing the third D:

My doing challenge to you is to have a look at my recent post on the English-Spanish cognates.

Find 5 words that haven’t used before and use them on another Spanish student, a friend or record it on a computer. Leverage this small action to grow into bigger things.

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How do I know this tip is so critical to learning a second language, because it’s what help me back more than anything else. And when I was able to hack it I was able to accelerate my Spanish forward.

Quote from the podcast episode:

“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.” – Earl Nightingale (1921 – 1989)

In This Tip, You Will Hear About:

5 tips for hacking motivation:

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This is the first episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast. In this episode I discuss the first D of language learning and why it is important to help you reach your spanish goals faster.

I’m going to give an example how using this first D will help you to use your mind to find the most relevant and important information to help solve language problems faster.

Quote from the podcast episode:

“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.” – Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)

In This Tip, You Will Hear About:

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