Welcome ! This is a great opportunity to practice reading and writing in Spanish with your fellow Rocket Spanish learners. So browse some of the posts, take your Spanish reading skills for a spin and when you're ready, introduce yourself and get chatting! Don't be afraid to make mistakes - these are learners just like you and they're here to help.
Communicating with contractors, gardeners, laborer
I would like to understand and my myself understood when dealing with people in this category. I notice that RS is mostly about traveling. Does anyone know where I can find information to learn beginning Spanish for speaking with service people? I live...
3 replies - Last post by Elbert-B - March 29, 2011
El Club de Espanol en Huntsville -- tal vez
Hola a todos. Soy Julio y soy de los estados unidos. Tengo 26 anos y quisiera mejorar mi espanol. Fui a Mexico hace two dos anos y aprendi mucho, pero todavia hay mucho que me falta. He estado tratando de practicar todos los dias pero es bien dificil cua...
4 replies - Last post by Adrian.W - March 3, 2011
Hello. I live in Arizona and have wanted to learn Spanish for 40 years. There are lots of people to speak and practice with. My question is, being that there are many idioms in Spanish, how will a native speaker from Mexico respond when I start speakin...
10 replies - Last post by Connery-E - January 5, 2011
Hola, Me Llamo Malene. I am only now starting the lessons though, so please bear with me as I start in English. I speak some languages already, and each language pronounce my name slightly differently. I really wish there would be a way for me to find ...
5 replies - Last post by Shannon-F - December 31, 2010
Here some fun Thanksgiving words that I thought I would share with you folks: agradecido (por) — thankful (for) el arándano rojo — cranberry el budín, el pudín — pudding la cazuela — casserole la cena — dinner comer — to eat la cucurbitácea o la c...
1 reply - Last post by nohablo - November 25, 2010
I have just started the course but have some knowledge of Spanish. I notice that the familiar rather than the formal verb form for "you" is being used. If I am traveling and speaking to strangers, such as to ask for information, is the familia...
5 replies - Last post by kless001 - November 19, 2010
I believe it is 3.2 Emotions that I found my problem. I was taught in school that men saw "nervioso" and women say "nerviosa" but in the lesson Amy says "when talking about a woman use nerviosa and when talking about a man use nervioso. As you can imagi...
3 replies - Last post by kless001 - November 17, 2010
The word "a" (to) in a sentence
The following Spanish sentence has "a" in it. Why is it used?.....¿Conoces a mi amigo, Andrés? D. Morton
3 replies - Last post by David-M - October 22, 2010
Hola, otros estudiantes! Soy artista, y me gustaria conversar con amigos y amigas, como son interesados sobre artes. Yo no hablo espanol mucho, pero quiero aprender y cambiar ideas. Que es tu pericia? Yo, me gusta trabajar con vidrio o baldosas cerami...
1 reply - Last post by corvid - July 17, 2010
Hola a todos, soy nuevo Rocket español y me gustaría ampliar mi vocabulario de golf en español como juego con un socio español. ¿Puede alguien ayudarme con expresiones específico de golf? Gracias
2 replies - Last post by sjlkh - April 4, 2010
Premium Stage 1 Certificate Test
On the question regarding Mauricio and Amy's trip to New York, it asks what time their flight leaves. I checked siete y media and was marked wrong. The correct answer is shown as seis y media. I went back and looked in the dialogue text because I was pret...
1 reply - Last post by Mauricio - March 15, 2010
Hi everybody ! I'm a new member, I just started my fresh spanish last month. Never know any Spanish before. I hv 2 question in lesson 2, they are: - in the 2.1 Amy said: Para quantas personas? I guess she used feminine ge...
4 replies - Last post by Antonio - June 11, 2009
I have a few questions about using the telephone in spanish. First, is it common to use "Hola" like we use "Hello" in the states when answering the phone? Also, what is the most common (familiar) way to ask to speak to a certain person...
4 replies - Last post by rodneyp - June 8, 2009
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR SELF TO BE FLUENT ?
I HAVE BOTH ROCKET SPANISH COURSES BUT HAVE NOT FINISH THE FIRST YET . HAVING SAID THAT I AM UP TO CHAPTHER 4.3 AND I AM RAPIDLY PICKING UP CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH FROM THIS COURSE AND ALSO LEARNING ON MY OWN ! YES ON MY OWN !!! ITS SIMPLE ! WHAT YOU DO IS...
0 replies - Last post by black-chulo - May 31, 2009
Me gusta mucho Rocket Spanish, pero tengo unas preguntas... a) Is the forum only composed of threads? Is everything asynchronous? b) Is there a chat /conversation place at Rocket Spanish? Could you recommend a place where other Rocket Spanish members ...
1 reply - Last post by nohablo - February 6, 2009
How would I say to a woman, "You are looking very beautiful today, as always" in Spanish.
7 replies - Last post by nohablo - January 13, 2009
I was just wondering since I am almost through the number 2 course is there going to be a number 3 Please say yes Kathy
6 replies - Last post by bkdamon - November 23, 2007
Can someone tell me how to say these two sentences in Spanish. Please open the door. Do you open the door. I am having trouble with the different way I should say open? Kathy
4 replies - Last post by kathy09 - June 5, 2007
Have found my pace of learning dramatically speeding up
Hi: I was wondering if others have experienced this. I am not sure why that is happening. In the past 24 hours I have covered lessson 5.1 though 5.5. The thing is, in the past rather than covering 4 lessons in one day, I might cover 1 lesson in 4 days...
5 replies - Last post by Antonio - May 9, 2007
I am 13 years old, know basic Spanish and am very enthusiastic about Spanish. Ispeak like they do in Spain although I am familiar with Latin American Spanish too.
0 replies - Last post by siempre_triste - May 7, 2007
some words like charquito , lucerito , coyote , Sopita , me gustas tu. and some phrases like Que voy a hacer , je ne sais pas Que voy a hacer Je ne sais plus Que voy a hacer Je suis perdu Que horas son, mi corazón gracius amigos [/quote]
4 replies - Last post by nohablo - January 8, 2007
sir , i think it was a good decision to buy rocket spanish . i am learning a lot but i want to practice what i have learned.. it will be great if i can make a call and converse with you guys .. or if you can suggest me anything from where i can kn...
1 reply - Last post by nohablo - January 5, 2007
When I listen to Mauricio's pronunciation and try to imitate it precisely, I am conscious of slight differences in vowels and consonants that I cannot imitate. Every syllable spoken by a native speaker differs from the same letters spoken in English. Th...
2 replies - Last post by nailteach - June 2, 2006
Was invited by a co-worker to go with him to San Salvador, El Salvador. He has family and friends there. Just got back to the states yesterday. Just wanted to share my experience with everyone. First of all and most importantly, as an American, English...
4 replies - Last post by tocayo - May 18, 2006
Why does one use the word "lo siento" rather than " estoy siento"? Why does one use the word ¿estás de vacaciones¿ rather than ¿estás en vacaciones¿
2 replies - Last post by taalibeen - May 11, 2006
Hola todos. I've been using this program for about two months now. I'm listening repeatedly to each lesson. I'm now up to 2.4 and finding that when Amy reviews previous lessons, I can't seem to remember. Anyone else have that problem? Is it just being ...
2 replies - Last post by msticker - April 22, 2006
Hola, que ámbito bonito .. hay tan posto aquí. ¿Que hace este botón? .. ai, ai ... mejor no tocarlo. Comencio yo ... soy americana y estudio español hace tres años. Hablo italiano y alemán. Me gusta mucho la idioma española. Es muy bonita, mas qu...
24 replies - Last post by femtobyte - March 6, 2006
Jugamos un juego ... yo escribiró dos palabras que para mí son dificiles aprender de memoria y por qué. Vosotros hacéis el mismo y no se puede repetir las palabras. OK .. *sin embargo*: it means 'never the less, all the same or however' but looks...
18 replies - Last post by Mark3 - February 20, 2006