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The Fastest Way to Learn Any New Language. Deconstruction of French with the Tim Ferriss Method
The Fastest Way To Learn Any New Language Example Deconstruct Spanish with the Tim Ferriss Method
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Example Spanish: Deconstruction of The Language with the Tim Ferriss Method
English Spanish
1. The apple is red. 1. La manzana es roja .
2. It is John‘s apple. 2. (Esta) es la manzana de Juan.
3. I give John the apple. 3. Le doy la manzana a Juan.
4. We give him the apple. 4. Le dimos la manzana a él.
5. He gives it to John. 5. (Él) se la da a Juan.
6. She gives it to him. 6. . (Ella) se la da a él.
7. I must give it to him. 7. (Yo) tengo que dársela a él.
8. I want to give it to her. 8. (Yo) quiero dársela a ella .
How many differences can you spot between the grammar in Spanish and English ?
What will be the number of „challenges“ as an native English speaker to form
the correct sentences in English ? Also compare to French here
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Example Spanish: Deconstruction of The Language with the Tim Ferriss Method
English Spanish
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1. The apple is red. 1. La manzana es roja .
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2. It is John‘s apple. 2. (Esta) es la manzana de Juan.
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3. I give John the apple. 3. Le doy la manzana a Juan.
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4. We give him the apple. 4. Le dimos la manzana a él.
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5. He gives it to John. 5. (Él) se la da a Juan.
6. She gives it to him. 6. (Ella) se la da a él.
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7. I must give it to him. 7. (Yo) tengo que dársela a él.
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8. I want to give it to her. 8. (Yo) quiero dársela a ella .
What do these 12 differences mean ? What do you think could be the rules behind
these differences ?
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Example Spanish: Deconstruction of The Language with the Tim Ferriss Method
Every Noun has a Gender. It can be feminine la
Spanish 1 or masculine el.
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2 Esta in the brackets can be dropped. It is not spoken
1. La manzana es roja .
2 3 First comes the object and then the person it
2. (Esta) es la manzana de Juan. 3 Belongs to. There is no John‘s or Francoise‘s..
4 4 Total different to French. No use of Je ( I ).
3. Le doy la manzana a Juan. Same here instead of we the same word as in sentence
5 6 7 8 5 3 is used.
4. Le dimos la manzana a él. Here now the verb is indicating if the apple is giving by
9 6 You as individual or we as a group.
5. (Él) se la da a Juan. 7 The object you give comes before the person you give it to
even it is undetermined. This is again different to French.
6. . (Ella) se la da a él. This is a challenge when writing Spanish. You will need to
8 Learn when to use apostrophes on letters in words.
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7. (Yo) tengo que dársela a él. Watch out: If the object is not specified then It is right after
9 who is doing something and before the action (verb).
12 Additional se is added. Diiferent to French.
8. (Yo) quiero dársela a ella .
10 To whom you give the apple is at the end. Different to
Tim Ferriss Method is great. French and the object la is added to the action (verb) at
11 The end including se. Must needs que to be added.
I personally think French is much easier
and clearer in the grammar rules compared 12 No que added to want
to Spanish. What do you think ?