Why this guide?
In the last 10 years, a new approach to language learning has developed.
There is now so much amazing information out in the world to help language students achieve their goals faster than ever before. With tools such as the internet, Skype and language learning software, conversation hackers are now learning languages in a fraction of the time.
The Definitive Guide to Conversation Hacking was written to share the ideas and concepts of the conversation hacking movement. This guide will provide insights into the principles and the strategies associated with conversation hacking and explain how they can be specifically applied to Spanish.
Who is this guide for?
This guide is for Spanish students that are looking for a better way to learn Spanish. A way that is more effective and useful for achieving a conversational level of Spanish as fast as possible.
If you have never held a conversation in Spanish before then this guide will help you find a path to that level in the most effective way.
There are lots of reasons why Spanish students need a conversational level quickly. Maybe you have an upcoming holiday to a Spanish speaking country, you may want to impress a friend, maybe you are an aspiring polyglot and looking to add Spanish to your bag of tricks or maybe you have always wanted to learn and have struggled with motivation.
One of the advantages of conversation hacking is that it cuts the learning time significantly which means you won’t have to hold high levels of motivation for as long. If you have struggled with motivation in the past then this guide will help you improve faster so you can enjoy the language without having to maintain focused discipline for years.
This guide is not for Spanish students who are looking to be “fluent”. I strongly believe that most language students would be better off without using the word and I advise you to stop using it when talking about your language learning goals. What this really means is that conversational hacking isn’t about perfection.
If you are looking to be an interpreter or work professionally with Spanish, then sure, you could start here but you will eventually need to get formal training. This guide is ultimately for you if you want to experience and enjoy the language with a manageable approach.
How to use this guide?
To get the most out of this guide you should read it all the way through at least once and get an understanding of the overall principles.
Once you have an idea of the principles you can return to each chapter and read it as a stand-alone reference topic. You can refer back to each topic when you need to focus specifically on one particular area of conversation hacking.
Until you reach a comfortable conversational level I advise that you keep referring back to the guide to help maintain your focus and avoid distraction.
Introduction
I remember the agony of my first F in high school. I was fifteen and not looking forward to giving my parents the news.
My first experience with language learning was not a good one. It started in high school and at the time I was probably much more interested in the opposite sex than I was interested in spending any time committing French verb tables to memory.
Ironically, a second language is often a useful tool for attracting the opposite sex but, as a fifteen-year-old, I wasn’t to know.
I studied French for 3 years and I could barely speak a word. My grammar sucked. My vocabulary was non-existent and despite sitting through 3 classes a week for 3 years I was still a long way from ever having a conversation in French. But, I wasn’t alone. My classmates were in the same situation. Maybe I wasn’t the victim of bad genes but a victim of a bad system.
Only one student from that class went on with her French studies. In fact, that student went on to achieve dux of the school in our final year.
A miserable 1 out of 150 students was able to walk away from my high school with any significant foreign language skills.
So with such poor results in language learning – I couldn’t help but ask – did I graduate with a class full of dummies? Or were we simply not learning in an effective way.
The old way is dead. Learning languages these days is not about a long hard slog buried in boring textbooks. There is a new movement of language learners across the globe that are using the latest techniques designed to cut the time required to learn a language significantly.
Why spend 5 or 6 years learning a language when you could achieve your goals in 5 or 6 months. The old way is slow and has a low success rate, the new way is interesting, fun and far more effective.
The best news is the process can be learned. It is not restricted to those that have an abundance of time to practice or the money required to move to a Spanish speaking country.
The new process for acquiring a foreign language quicker than ever before is called conversation hacking.
In this guide I’m going to share with your the principles of conversation hacking and how you can use them to achieve a conversational level Spanish faster than any other method.
Chapter 1 – Fluency Is Not The Goal
It is rare to find a language student that doesn’t use the word “fluent” somewhere in their language learning goals. But, using the word or the idea of fluency in your goals is a problem because the word is poorly defined.
Does fluency mean you will have a perfect native accent? You probably never will.
Does fluency mean that your second language is as good as your first? This is next to impossible because in order to achieve a level in a second language that is as good as your first you need to live in a Spanish speaking country. You need to work, live and breath your second language for years, which can, as a result, reduce your abilities in your first language. This means that your skills in your first and second languages will be equal when your skills in your first language are on the decline.
Does fluency simply mean holding a conversation with perfect precision, grammar and use of vocab? This could be achieved for short conversations (eg one or two sentences in length) with only one evening’s worth of practice.
The point is that fluency is not a well-defined word, which means it is not a well-defined and hence useful goal.
But, before we completely demolish a can of haterade on an abstract word, this first chapter is not about a war of words. It’s about mindset and goal setting.
It is not my goal to rally and have Merriam-Webster update their definition of fluency or is it to pontificate about the use of one word over another.
My goal is to help you improve your language learning mindset in order to reach your goals faster.
The secret to goal setting is to make the goal specific and measurable, this makes the goal easier and faster to achieve.
The reason that fluency is not useful is that it can’t be measured and it’s not specific.
Let’s take a sports example – Michael Jordan was one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He was awesome right?
Now say you are an upcoming basketball player and you want to be as good as Jordan. You think to yourself “he was awesome, so my goal should be to be awesome.”
Straight away, there is an obvious problem, how do you become awesome? What does awesome mean?
Does awesome mean defence or offence? Does it mean shooting percentage, or rebounds or blocks or wins?
If you want to be awesome do you have to work on everything all at once and how will you know if you have achieved it all?
A good test of a useful goal is – can somebody else understand the goal? And if you ask a third person will they have a similar interpretation?
Once you decide that awesome is too arbitrary and instead focus on one aspect of Jordan’s game – say shooting percentage – then you can get to work. You can practice your shooting technique and when it comes to game time someone can measure your accuracy to determine if you have or haven’t achieved your goal.
Awesome is the equivalent of fluency; if your goal is fluency then like the young basketball player you will always struggle to find a place to start, what to do next and how to measure whether or not you have achieved what you set out to achieve.
Instead, look for a goal that will allow you to start to shape your mind around the problem.
For conversational Spanish and the conversation hacking process, the goal I encourage all of my students at Real Fast Spanish to take is:
“I can hold a conversation with a native speaker for 30 minutes with at least 10 minutes out of the thirty minutes spoken by me”
This goal does not include a level of accuracy, it does not include reference to total vocabulary size and it does not include a set level of grammar.
The power of this goal is that it is measurable and sets you up perfectly for the conversation hacking process. You will be able to position your mind to look for the vital pieces of information that will allow you to achieve it.
You will know very clearly whether you have arrived or not. And if you haven’t got there yet you can look to the other six principles of conversation hacking to help get you there faster.
Chapter 2 – Not All Words Are Created Equally
The second most important principle is that not all vocabulary words require your attention. In English, there are over 250,000 words yet only 20,000 are used in regular day-to-day communication.
In Spanish these numbers are even better – there are a total of 100,000 words in the Spanish language and the top 1000 most frequently used words will give you 87% of spoken communication.
The conversation hacker focuses his or her efforts on these top 1000 words first.
There are thousands of words in Spanish; the essence of conversation hacking is knowing that not all words are going to provide you with the same reward for effort. There are diminishing returns for every additional word you commit to memory so make the first words count.
Conversation hackers know that it is better to learn the verbs for “I want” or “I need” than words such as “rooster” or “elephant”. Why waste early valuable computing power on words you will seldom use?
In order to hack the vocabulary acquisition process and cut the time it takes to gain the vocabulary you need to have a conversation you should focus on the words that are going to give you the best return on time invested.
For Spanish the top 1000 most useful words for conversation hackers are:
| Order | English | Español |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | yo |
| 2 | to want | querer |
| 3 | this | este |
| 4 | yes | sí |
| 5 | no | no |
| 6 | to be able to | poder |
| 7 | to speak | hablar |
| 8 | to find | encontrar |
| 9 | to have | tener |
| 10 | to need | necesitar |
| 11 | where | donde |
| 12 | that | que |
| 13 | the | el / la |
| 14 | place | lugar |
| 15 | home | casa |
| 16 | something | algo |
| 17 | that | ese |
| 18 | and | y |
| 19 | to see | ver |
| 20 | but | pero |
| 21 | to go (go away/leave) | ir(se) |
| 22 | to, at | a |
| 23 | to say | decir |
| 24 | or | o |
| 25 | a | un |
| 26 | more | más |
| 27 | as, like | como |
| 28 | is, oneself | se |
| 29 | to come | venir |
| 30 | my | mi |
| 31 | to be | ser |
| 32 | to be | estar |
| 33 | to live | vivir |
| 34 | to pass | pasar |
| 35 | day | día |
| 36 | year | año |
| 37 | week | semana |
| 38 | month | mes |
| 39 | each | cada |
| 40 | time | tiempo |
| 41 | to know | saber |
| 42 | to know (be familiar with) | conocer |
| 43 | to do | hacer |
| 44 | to practice | practicar |
| 45 | to arrive | llegar |
| 46 | too, also | también |
| 47 | when | cuando |
| 48 | until | hasta |
| 49 | morning | mañana |
| 50 | he / she | él / ella |
| 51 | is pleasing to (to like) | gustar |
| 52 | me | me |
| 53 | you | te |
| 54 | you, him, her | le |
| 55 | us | nos |
| 56 | them | les |
| 57 | friend | amigo |
| 58 | food | comida |
| 59 | other | otro |
| 60 | work | trabajo |
| 61 | for, through | por |
| 62 | for, in order to | para |
| 63 | example | ejemplo |
| 64 | of | de |
| 65 | in, on | en |
| 66 | with | con |
| 67 | to give | dar |
| 68 | country | país |
| 69 | man | hombre |
| 70 | woman | mujer |
| 71 | to have | haber |
| 72 | very | muy |
| 73 | much | mucho |
| 74 | large | grande |
| 75 | less | menos |
| 76 | little | poco |
| 77 | thing | cosa |
| 78 | if | si |
| 79 | our | nuestro |
| 80 | always | siempre |
| 81 | life | vida |
| 82 | after | después |
| 83 | then | entonces |
| 84 | to put | poner |
| 85 | duty | deber |
| 86 | well | bien |
| 87 | between | entre |
| 88 | word | palabra |
| 89 | now | ahora |
| 90 | to learn | aprender |
| 91 | your | tu |
| 92 | to believe | creer |
| 93 | is seeming to (to seem) | parecer |
| 94 | nothing | nada |
| 95 | all | todo |
| 96 | because | porque |
| 97 | to help | ayudar |
| 98 | to ask | pedir |
| 99 | to question | preguntar |
| 100 | what | qué |
| 101 | it, the, him | lo |
| 102 | his, her, their | su |
| 103 | here | aquí |
| 104 | already | ya |
| 105 | without | sin |
| 106 | time | vez |
| 107 | there is, there are | hay |
| 108 | about | sobre |
| 109 | you (informal) | tú |
| 110 | any, some | alguno |
| 111 | same | mismo |
| 112 | like that, so | así |
| 113 | how | cómo |
| 114 | two | dos |
| 115 | only | sólo |
| 116 | first | primero |
| 117 | from | desde |
| 118 | or | ni |
| 119 | thanks | gracias |
| 120 | good | bueno |
| 121 | one | uno |
| 122 | you (formal) | usted |
| 123 | so many, so much | tanto |
| 124 | Mr. | señor |
| 125 | such, as, so | tan |
| 126 | who | quién |
| 127 | part | parte |
| 128 | is remaining to (to stay) | quedar |
| 129 | favor | favor |
| 130 | where | dónde |
| 131 | never | nunca |
| 132 | to lead | llevar |
| 133 | to leave | dejar |
| 134 | truth | verdad |
| 135 | to follow | seguir |
| 136 | new | nuevo |
| 137 | well | pues |
| 138 | to call (be called/name) | llamar(se) |
| 139 | best | mejor |
| 140 | to think | pensar |
| 141 | that | aquel |
| 142 | moment | momento |
| 143 | god | dios |
| 144 | but, rather | sino |
| 145 | to leave | salir |
| 146 | to return | volver |
| 147 | form | forma |
| 148 | before | antes |
| 149 | although | aunque |
| 150 | world | mundo |
| 151 | three | tres |
| 152 | such | tal |
| 153 | there | ahí |
| 154 | to take | tomar |
| 155 | certain | cierto |
| 156 | to, towards | hacia |
| 157 | case | caso |
| 158 | night | noche |
| 159 | to feel | sentir |
| 160 | then, later | luego |
| 161 | someone | alguien |
| 162 | to try | tratar |
| 163 | person | persona |
| 164 | higher | mayor |
| 165 | last | último |
| 166 | single | solo |
| 167 | own | propio |
| 168 | no one | nadie |
| 169 | whoever | quien |
| 170 | us | nosotros |
| 171 | to look | mirar |
| 172 | father | padre |
| 173 | time, hour | hora |
| 174 | people | gente |
| 175 | none | ninguno |
| 176 | money | dinero |
| 177 | almost | casi |
| 178 | point | punto |
| 179 | done | hecho |
| 180 | during | durante |
| 181 | any | cualquier |
| 182 | hand | mano |
| 183 | way | manera |
| 184 | which | cual |
| 185 | while | mientras |
| 186 | to count | contar |
| 187 | end | fin |
| 188 | type | tipo |
| 189 | clear | claro |
| 190 | also, besides | además |
| 191 | to start | empezar |
| 192 | to wait | esperar |
| 193 | today | hoy |
| 194 | side | lado |
| 195 | son | hijo |
| 196 | there | allí |
| 197 | this | éste |
| 198 | problem | problema |
| 199 | agreement | acuerdo |
| 200 | account | cuenta |
| 201 | medium | medio |
| 202 | against | contra |
| 203 | out | fuera |
| 204 | search | buscar |
| 205 | within | dentro |
| 206 | long | largo |
| 207 | safe, secure | seguro |
| 208 | to exist | existir |
| 209 | child | niño |
| 210 | to enter | entrar |
| 211 | mother | madre |
| 212 | embargo | embargo |
| 213 | only | único |
| 214 | to work | trabajar |
| 215 | small | pequeño |
| 216 | high | alto |
| 217 | change | cambio |
| 218 | to write | escribir |
| 219 | four | cuatro |
| 220 | to lose | perder |
| 221 | history | historia |
| 222 | wait | espera |
| 223 | idea | idea |
| 224 | water | agua |
| 225 | to produce | producir |
| 226 | city | ciudad |
| 227 | state | estado |
| 228 | mode | modo |
| 229 | name | nombre |
| 230 | to occur | ocurrir |
| 231 | family | familia |
| 232 | reality | realidad |
| 233 | to understand | entender |
| 234 | to receive | recibir |
| 235 | work | obra |
| 236 | important | importante |
| 237 | with me | conmigo |
| 238 | wrong | mal |
| 239 | yet | todavía |
| 240 | reason | razón |
| 241 | that | cuanto |
| 242 | low | bajo |
| 243 | to remember | recordar |
| 244 | group | grupo |
| 245 | love | amor |
| 246 | thousand | mil |
| 247 | mine | mío |
| 248 | human | humano |
| 249 | to finish | terminar |
| 250 | to allow | permitir |
| 251 | to appear | aparecer |
| 252 | to get | conseguir |
| 253 | afternoon | tarde |
| 254 | to start | comenzar |
| 255 | several | varios |
| 256 | possible | posible |
| 257 | yet | aún |
| 258 | to serve | servir |
| 259 | general | general |
| 260 | to take | sacar |
| 261 | relationship | relación |
| 262 | five | cinco |
| 263 | body | cuerpo |
| 264 | with you | contigo |
| 265 | to maintain | mantener |
| 266 | before | ante |
| 267 | principle | principio |
| 268 | to result | resultar |
| 269 | equal | igual |
| 270 | too | demasiado |
| 271 | town | pueblo |
| 272 | second | segundo |
| 273 | to read | leer |
| 274 | to fall | caer |
| 275 | to change | cambiar |
| 276 | eye | ojo |
| 277 | goodbye | adiós |
| 278 | street | calle |
| 279 | to present | presentar |
| 280 | white | blanco |
| 281 | to create | crear |
| 282 | to open | abrir |
| 283 | book | libro |
| 284 | different | distinto |
| 285 | force | fuerza |
| 286 | light | luz |
| 287 | according to | según |
| 288 | saint | santo |
| 289 | front | frente |
| 290 | to consider | considerar |
| 291 | really | realmente |
| 292 | police | policía |
| 293 | to hear | oír |
| 294 | whose | cuyo |
| 295 | sense | sentido |
| 296 | to end | acabar |
| 297 | step | paso |
| 298 | situation | situación |
| 299 | serious | serio |
| 300 | head | cabeza |
| 301 | quite | bastante |
| 302 | brother | hermano |
| 303 | to convert | convertir |
| 304 | grace | gracia |
| 305 | century | siglo |
| 306 | last, past | pasado |
| 307 | bad | malo |
| 308 | land | tierra |
| 309 | paper | papel |
| 310 | affection | cariño |
| 311 | valid, voucher | vale |
| 312 | neither | tampoco |
| 313 | social | social |
| 314 | old | viejo |
| 315 | Mrs. | señora |
| 316 | topic | tema |
| 317 | political | político |
| 318 | Spanish | Español |
| 319 | dead | muerto |
| 320 | to win | ganar |
| 321 | to form | formar |
| 322 | class | clase |
| 323 | fast | rápido |
| 324 | to bring | traer |
| 325 | to start from, to divide | partir |
| 326 | to die | morir |
| 327 | even | incluso |
| 328 | luck | suerte |
| 329 | field, country | campo |
| 330 | care | cuidado |
| 331 | to accept | aceptar |
| 332 | perhaps | quizás |
| 333 | to perform | realizar |
| 334 | hundred | ciento |
| 335 | fear | miedo |
| 336 | order | orden |
| 337 | door | puerta |
| 338 | soon | pronto |
| 339 | to suppose | suponer |
| 340 | to understand | comprender |
| 341 | final | final |
| 342 | interest | interés |
| 343 | following | siguiente |
| 344 | view | vista |
| 345 | to achieve | lograr |
| 346 | other, the rest | demás |
| 347 | you | os |
| 348 | boy | chico |
| 349 | difficult | difícil |
| 350 | how much | cuánto |
| 351 | number | número |
| 352 | to explain | explicar |
| 353 | come | venga |
| 354 | black | negro |
| 355 | road | camino |
| 356 | background | fondo |
| 357 | voice | voz |
| 358 | study | estudio |
| 359 | necessary | necesario |
| 360 | there | allá |
| 361 | to touch | tocar |
| 362 | value | valor |
| 363 | to recognize | reconocer |
| 364 | to study | estudiar |
| 365 | to achieve | alcanzar |
| 366 | to be born | nacer |
| 367 | to direct | dirigir |
| 368 | to run | correr |
| 369 | happy | feliz |
| 370 | measure | medida |
| 371 | less | menor |
| 372 | war | guerra |
| 373 | only | solamente |
| 374 | wife | esposa |
| 375 | to use | utilizar |
| 376 | forward | adelante |
| 377 | center | centro |
| 378 | what | cuál |
| 379 | need | necesidad |
| 380 | condition | condición |
| 381 | to pay | pagar |
| 382 | it | ello |
| 383 | lack | falta |
| 384 | death | muerte |
| 385 | ten | diez |
| 386 | through | través |
| 387 | old | antiguo |
| 388 | supposed | supuesto |
| 389 | age | edad |
| 390 | to play | jugar |
| 391 | heart | corazón |
| 392 | face | cara |
| 393 | boss, chief | jefe |
| 394 | era, time | época |
| 395 | color | color |
| 396 | to listen | escuchar |
| 397 | help | ayuda |
| 398 | experience | experiencia |
| 399 | movement | movimiento |
| 400 | to fulfill | cumplir |
| 401 | special | especial |
| 402 | different | diferente |
| 403 | sorrow | pesar |
| 404 | possibility | posibilidad |
| 405 | to offer | ofrecer |
| 406 | up | arriba |
| 407 | to discover | descubrir |
| 408 | daughter | hija |
| 409 | previous | anterior |
| 410 | game | juego |
| 411 | to lift (to get up) | levantar(se) |
| 412 | poor | pobre |
| 413 | air | aire |
| 414 | six | seis |
| 415 | to try | intentar |
| 416 | together | junto |
| 417 | result | resultado |
| 418 | use | usar |
| 419 | to decide | decidir |
| 420 | to repeat | repetir |
| 421 | to forget | olvidar |
| 422 | law | ley |
| 423 | appearance | aspecto |
| 424 | foot | pie |
| 425 | worth | valer |
| 426 | species | especie |
| 427 | to eat | comer |
| 428 | service | servicio |
| 429 | close | cerca |
| 430 | to show | mostrar |
| 431 | activity | actividad |
| 432 | third | tercero |
| 433 | uncle | tío |
| 434 | to occupy | ocupar |
| 435 | question | cuestión |
| 436 | doubt | duda |
| 437 | at least | siquiera |
| 438 | difference | diferencia |
| 439 | to move | mover |
| 440 | to continue | continuar |
| 441 | amount | cantidad |
| 442 | action | acción |
| 443 | to happen | suceder |
| 444 | to set | fijar |
| 445 | society | sociedad |
| 446 | to refer | referir |
| 447 | to close | acercar |
| 448 | able | capaz |
| 449 | free | libre |
| 450 | natural | natural |
| 451 | to devote | dedicar |
| 452 | weight | peso |
| 453 | effect | efecto |
| 454 | object | objeto |
| 455 | doctor | doctor |
| 456 | true | verdadero |
| 457 | enough | suficiente |
| 458 | young | joven |
| 459 | party | partido |
| 460 | economic | económico |
| 461 | below | abajo |
| 462 | right | derecho |
| 463 | first | primer |
| 464 | importance | importancia |
| 465 | brilliant | genial |
| 466 | system | sistema |
| 467 | just | justo |
| 468 | trip | viaje |
| 469 | soil | suelo |
| 470 | respect, in regards to | respecto |
| 471 | knowledge | conocimiento |
| 472 | freedom | libertad |
| 473 | above | encima |
| 474 | to buy | comprar |
| 475 | common | común |
| 476 | open | abierto |
| 477 | next | próximo |
| 478 | strong | fuerte |
| 479 | attention | atención |
| 480 | to rise | subir |
| 481 | effort | esfuerzo |
| 482 | to avoid | evitar |
| 483 | rest | resto |
| 484 | is interesting to (to interest) | interesar |
| 485 | back | atrás |
| 486 | area | zona |
| 487 | process | proceso |
| 488 | alive | vivo |
| 489 | to close | cerrar |
| 490 | wine | vino |
| 491 | to throw, cast | echar |
| 492 | to reply | responder |
| 493 | to suffer | sufrir |
| 494 | complete | completo |
| 495 | minute | minuto |
| 496 | school | escuela |
| 497 | contrary | contrario |
| 498 | table | mesa |
| 499 | real | real |
| 500 | occasion | ocasión |
| 501 | blood | sangre |
| 502 | is important to (to matter) | importar |
| 503 | public | público |
| 504 | car | coche |
| 505 | to obtain | obtener |
| 506 | program | programa |
| 507 | away | lejos |
| 508 | seven | siete |
| 509 | huge | enorme |
| 510 | response | respuesta |
| 511 | line | línea |
| 512 | space | espacio |
| 513 | level | nivel |
| 514 | peace | paz |
| 515 | government | gobierno |
| 516 | end, cape | cabo |
| 517 | return | vuelta |
| 518 | to observe | observar |
| 519 | to indicate | indicar |
| 520 | question | pregunta |
| 521 | image | imagen |
| 522 | career | carrera |
| 523 | fault | culpa |
| 524 | to imagine | imaginar |
| 525 | to be in the habit of | soler |
| 526 | both | ambos |
| 527 | to accompany | acompañar |
| 528 | deep | profundo |
| 529 | to stop | detener |
| 530 | to develop | desarrollar |
| 531 | eight | ocho |
| 532 | easy | fácil |
| 533 | to signal | señalar |
| 534 | to choose | elegir |
| 535 | figure | figura |
| 536 | main | principal |
| 537 | to sleep | dormir |
| 538 | animal | animal |
| 539 | base | base |
| 540 | to prepare | preparar |
| 541 | to propose | proponer |
| 542 | to show | demostrar |
| 543 | party | fiesta |
| 544 | to mean | significar |
| 545 | position | posición |
| 546 | bed | cama |
| 547 | motive | motivo |
| 548 | test | prueba |
| 549 | policy | politica |
| 550 | national | nacional |
| 551 | full | lleno |
| 552 | phone | teléfono |
| 553 | to gather | reunir |
| 554 | Is missing to (to lack) | faltar |
| 555 | team | equipo |
| 556 | datum | dato |
| 557 | to wish | desear |
| 558 | company | empresa |
| 559 | issue | asunto |
| 560 | presence | presencia |
| 561 | yours | suyo |
| 562 | culture | cultura |
| 563 | series | serie |
| 564 | million | millón |
| 565 | to teach | enseñar |
| 566 | to build | construir |
| 567 | opportunity | oportunidad |
| 568 | to sell | vender |
| 569 | to kill | matar |
| 570 | to represent | representar |
| 571 | to disappear | desaparecer |
| 572 | to send | mandar |
| 573 | character | carácter |
| 574 | where | adónde |
| 575 | most | mayoría |
| 576 | red | rojo |
| 577 | after | tras |
| 578 | top | superior |
| 579 | to walk | andar |
| 580 | short | corto |
| 581 | author | autor |
| 582 | fourth | cuarto |
| 583 | sky | cielo |
| 584 | known | conocido |
| 585 | to prefer | preferir |
| 586 | memory | recuerdo |
| 587 | to ensure | asegurar |
| 588 | forgiveness | perdón |
| 589 | function | función |
| 590 | cause | causa |
| 591 | serious | grave |
| 592 | decision | decisión |
| 593 | music | música |
| 594 | strange | extraño |
| 595 | to grow | crecer |
| 596 | to emerge | surgir |
| 597 | movie | película |
| 598 | expression | expresión |
| 599 | husband | marido |
| 600 | around | alrededor |
| 601 | dog | perro |
| 602 | to deliver | entregar |
| 603 | river | río |
| 604 | exactly | exactamente |
| 605 | security | seguridad |
| 606 | king | rey |
| 607 | term | término |
| 608 | to place | colocar |
| 609 | metro | metro |
| 610 | doctor | médico |
| 611 | room | habitación |
| 612 | to establish | establecer |
| 613 | to save | guardar |
| 614 | art | arte |
| 615 | pair | par |
| 616 | to start | iniciar |
| 617 | fire | fuego |
| 618 | to lower | bajar |
| 619 | consequence | consecuencia |
| 620 | to note | notar |
| 621 | act | acto |
| 622 | to put | meter |
| 623 | absolute | absoluto |
| 624 | penalty | pena |
| 625 | to act | actuar |
| 626 | height | altura |
| 627 | desire | deseo |
| 628 | out, outside | afuera |
| 629 | precisely | precisamente |
| 630 | twenty | veinte |
| 631 | dream | sueño |
| 632 | claim | pretender |
| 633 | task | tarea |
| 634 | coffee | café |
| 635 | letter | carta |
| 636 | barely, just | apenas |
| 637 | property | propiedad |
| 638 | product | producto |
| 639 | personal | personal |
| 640 | simply | simplemente |
| 641 | impossible | imposible |
| 642 | taste | gusto |
| 643 | to agree (remember) | acordar(se) |
| 644 | site | sitio |
| 645 | language | lengua |
| 646 | to cut | cortar |
| 647 | plan | plan |
| 648 | baby | bebé |
| 649 | to correspond | corresponder |
| 650 | to break | romper |
| 651 | never | jamás |
| 652 | to acquire | adquirir |
| 653 | weapon | arma |
| 654 | project | proyecto |
| 655 | memory | memoria |
| 656 | origin | origen |
| 657 | element | elemento |
| 658 | lost | perdido |
| 659 | English | inglés |
| 660 | market | mercado |
| 661 | course | curso |
| 662 | to launch | lanzar |
| 663 | given | dado |
| 664 | to take advantage of | aprovechar |
| 665 | interior | interior |
| 666 | hard | duro |
| 667 | to support | apoyar |
| 668 | worse | peor |
| 669 | deny | negar |
| 670 | advance | avanzar |
| 671 | use | uso |
| 672 | arm | brazo |
| 673 | teacher | profesor |
| 674 | resolve | resolver |
| 675 | future | futuro |
| 676 | half | mitad |
| 677 | clothing | ropa |
| 678 | is costly to (to cost) | costar |
| 679 | rich | rico |
| 680 | total | total |
| 681 | to require | exigir |
| 682 | opinion | opinión |
| 683 | to increase | aumentar |
| 684 | to collect | recoger |
| 685 | mouth | boca |
| 686 | address | dirección |
| 687 | pure | puro |
| 688 | president | presidente |
| 689 | to abandon | abandonar |
| 690 | piece | pieza |
| 691 | last night | anoche |
| 692 | professional | profesional |
| 693 | to impose | imponer |
| 694 | about | acerca |
| 695 | to force | obligar |
| 696 | physical | físico |
| 697 | attitude | actitud |
| 698 | sea | mar |
| 699 | entry | entrada |
| 700 | contact | contacto |
| 701 | to apply | aplicar |
| 702 | correct | correcto |
| 703 | capital | capital |
| 704 | title | título |
| 705 | back | detrás |
| 706 | post | puesto |
| 707 | material | material |
| 708 | blow | golpe |
| 709 | to dispose | disponer |
| 710 | communication | comunicación |
| 711 | to express | expresar |
| 712 | sorry | disculpe |
| 713 | simple | simple |
| 714 | completely | totalmente |
| 715 | to provoke | provocar |
| 716 | normal | normal |
| 717 | to defend | defender |
| 718 | disease | enfermedad |
| 719 | matter | materia |
| 720 | remove | quitar |
| 721 | to conserve | conservar |
| 722 | modern | moderno |
| 723 | hospital | hospital |
| 724 | to depend | depender |
| 725 | nature | naturaleza |
| 726 | capacity | capacidad |
| 727 | current | actual |
| 728 | mark | marcar |
| 729 | distance | distancia |
| 730 | full | pleno |
| 731 | perfect | perfecto |
| 732 | closed | cerrado |
| 733 | to share | compartir |
| 734 | quiet | tranquilo |
| 735 | information | información |
| 736 | environment | ambiente |
| 737 | especially | especialmente |
| 738 | development | desarrollo |
| 739 | sun | sol |
| 740 | to consist | consistir |
| 741 | probably | probablemente |
| 742 | to constitute | constituir |
| 743 | yesterday | ayer |
| 744 | ready | dispuesto |
| 745 | to cover | cubrir |
| 746 | to function | funcionar |
| 747 | partner | compañero |
| 748 | nice | bonito |
| 749 | output | salida |
| 750 | to fit | caber |
| 751 | awareness | conciencia |
| 752 | to meet | atender |
| 753 | sick | enfermo |
| 754 | incredible | increíble |
| 755 | to insist | insistir |
| 756 | custom | costumbre |
| 757 | silly | tonto |
| 758 | news | noticia |
| 759 | circumstance | circunstancia |
| 760 | is painful to (to hurt) | doler |
| 761 | private | privado |
| 762 | style | estilo |
| 763 | price | precio |
| 764 | popular | popular |
| 765 | to sit | sentar |
| 766 | plant | planta |
| 767 | that | ése |
| 768 | character | personaje |
| 769 | famous | famoso |
| 770 | hunger | hambre |
| 771 | success | éxito |
| 772 | to merit | merecer |
| 773 | building | edificio |
| 774 | authority | autoridad |
| 775 | stone | piedra |
| 776 | to include | incluir |
| 777 | boat | barco |
| 778 | set | conjunto |
| 779 | hotel | hotel |
| 780 | thirty | treinta |
| 781 | immediate | inmediato |
| 782 | to cross | cruzar |
| 783 | yours | tuyo |
| 784 | to tend | tender |
| 785 | finally | finalmente |
| 786 | to advertise | anunciar |
| 787 | bath | baño |
| 788 | spirit | espíritu |
| 789 | member | miembro |
| 790 | direct | directo |
| 791 | pleasure | placer |
| 792 | to wake | despertar |
| 793 | resource | recurso |
| 794 | wall | pared |
| 795 | error | error |
| 796 | accurate | preciso |
| 797 | miscellaneous | diverso |
| 798 | difficulty | dificultad |
| 799 | to comment | comentar |
| 800 | to publish | publicar |
| 801 | family, familiar | familiar |
| 802 | will | voluntad |
| 803 | meeting | reunión |
| 804 | model | modelo |
| 805 | secret | secreto |
| 806 | to load | cargar |
| 807 | date | fecha |
| 808 | to participate | participar |
| 809 | train | tren |
| 810 | to prevent | impedir |
| 811 | purpose | propósito |
| 812 | to save | salvar |
| 813 | hurry | prisa |
| 814 | degree | grado |
| 815 | to escape | escapar |
| 816 | deal | negocio |
| 817 | fight | lucha |
| 818 | to throw | tirar |
| 819 | whole | entero |
| 820 | interesting | interesante |
| 821 | wide | amplio |
| 822 | silence | silencio |
| 823 | to answer | contestar |
| 824 | newspaper | periódico |
| 825 | is worrying to (to worry) | preocupar |
| 826 | teacher | maestro |
| 827 | provide | prestar |
| 828 | quality | calidad |
| 829 | salt | sal |
| 830 | to exhibit | exponer |
| 831 | control | control |
| 832 | civil | civil |
| 833 | rare | raro |
| 834 | science | ciencia |
| 835 | size | tamaño |
| 836 | table | cuadro |
| 837 | horse | caballo |
| 838 | responsibility | responsabilidad |
| 839 | fifty | cincuenta |
| 840 | internal | interno |
| 841 | detail | detalle |
| 842 | march | marcha |
| 843 | nine | nueve |
| 844 | meat | carne |
| 845 | plane | avión |
| 846 | hair | pelo |
| 847 | thought | pensamiento |
| 848 | to travel | viajar |
| 849 | charge | cargo |
| 850 | to separate | separar |
| 851 | construction | construcción |
| 852 | trial | juicio |
| 853 | ground | terreno |
| 854 | floor | piso |
| 855 | company | compañia |
| 856 | gold | oro |
| 857 | to return | regresar |
| 858 | text | texto |
| 859 | source | fuente |
| 860 | present | presente |
| 861 | official | oficial |
| 862 | difinitive | difinitivo |
| 863 | magazine | revista |
| 864 | damage | daño |
| 865 | hope | esperanza |
| 866 | machine | máquina |
| 867 | to contemplate | contemplar |
| 868 | to travel | recorrer |
| 869 | mind | mente |
| 870 | phrase | frase |
| 871 | exercise | ejercicio |
| 872 | room | sala |
| 873 | to last | durar |
| 874 | instrument | instrumento |
| 875 | that | aquello |
| 876 | defense | defensa |
| 877 | director | director |
| 878 | remove | retirar |
| 879 | explanation | explicación |
| 880 | article | artículo |
| 881 | below | debajo |
| 882 | to remain | permanecer |
| 883 | to attend | asistir |
| 884 | twelve | doce |
| 885 | permission | permiso |
| 886 | radio | radio |
| 887 | to organize | organizar |
| 888 | choice | elección |
| 889 | visit | visita |
| 890 | funny | divertido |
| 891 | to contain | contener |
| 892 | support | apoyo |
| 893 | tree | árbol |
| 894 | to visit | visitar |
| 895 | to report | informar |
| 896 | encounter | encuentro |
| 897 | sex | sexo |
| 898 | like | parecido |
| 899 | current | corriente |
| 900 | friendly | amable |
| 901 | reading | lectura |
| 902 | message | mensaje |
| 903 | existence | existencia |
| 904 | language | lenguaje |
| 905 | costume | traje |
| 906 | to send | enviar |
| 907 | soul | alma |
| 908 | even, yet, still | aun |
| 909 | destination | destino |
| 910 | education | educación |
| 911 | to care | cuidar |
| 912 | to intervene | intervenir |
| 913 | dinner | cena |
| 914 | operation | operación |
| 915 | perfectly | perfectamente |
| 916 | to extend | extender |
| 917 | to check | comprobar |
| 918 | note | nota |
| 919 | particular | particular |
| 920 | to delay | tardar |
| 921 | in, inside | adentro |
| 922 | military | militar |
| 923 | song | canción |
| 924 | attached | unido |
| 925 | to discuss | discutir |
| 926 | to fear | temer |
| 927 | extraordinary | extraordinario |
| 928 | theater | teatro |
| 929 | to face | enfrentar |
| 930 | newly, freshly | recién |
| 931 | average | media |
| 932 | letter | letra |
| 933 | feeling | sentimiento |
| 934 | to drive | conducir |
| 935 | completely | completamente |
| 936 | cold | frío |
| 937 | to sign | firmar |
| 938 | solution | solución |
| 939 | health | salud |
| 940 | works | funciona |
| 941 | impresión | |
| 942 | to complain | quejarse |
| 943 | intention | intención |
| 944 | rate | ritmo |
| 945 | green | verde |
| 946 | exact | exacto |
| 947 | to respect | respetar |
| 948 | terrible | terrible |
| 949 | bank | banco |
| 950 | via | vía |
| 951 | to hold | sostener |
| 952 | moon | luna |
| 953 | skin | piel |
| 954 | left | izquierda |
| 955 | before | delante |
| 956 | religious | religioso |
| 957 | to warn | advertir |
| 958 | dark | oscuro |
| 959 | research | investigación |
| 960 | heat | calor |
| 961 | shop | tienda |
| 962 | conversation | conversación |
| 963 | Christmas | navidad |
| 964 | summer | verano |
| 965 | respect | respeto |
| 966 | grandfather | abuelo |
| 967 | north | norte |
| 968 | through | mediante |
| 969 | tradition | tradición |
| 970 | is sufficient to (to be enough) | bastar |
| 971 | couple | pareja |
| 972 | population | población |
| 973 | lawyer | abogado |
| 974 | daily | diario |
| 975 | honor | honor |
| 976 | blue | azul |
| 977 | to mention | mencionar |
| 978 | generation | generación |
| 979 | vision | visión |
| 980 | concrete | concrete |
| 981 | completed | terminado |
| 982 | to propose | plantear |
| 983 | left | dejado |
| 984 | to test | probar |
| 985 | to swear, pledge | jurar |
| 986 | beautiful | hermoso |
| 987 | danger | peligro |
| 988 | confidence | confianza |
| 989 | to fill | llenar |
| 990 | simple | sencillo |
| 991 | to improve | mejorar |
| 992 | concept | concepto |
| 993 | to highlight | destacar |
| 994 | wood | madera |
| 995 | to walk | caminar |
| 996 | to employ | emplear |
| 997 | to agree | convenir |
| 998 | energy | energía |
| 999 | to admit | admitir |
| 1000 | is delightful to (to love) | encantar |
Chapter 3 – Not All Grammar Rules Are Created Equally
Similar to Spanish vocabulary, the rules of Spanish grammar should also be approached with disparate attention.
There are many grammar rules that cover verb tenses such as subjunctive, imperative commands, future perfect tense and so on…
Rather than focusing your efforts on the grammar rules that are less frequent, focus your attention on the grammar that is going to help you converse as quickly as possible.
Conversation hackers use the grammar rules that are going to help them form and convey ideas without having to memorise hundreds of grammar rules and verb conjugations.
The following 13 sentences will help you convey a range of ideas in Spanish without the heavy lifting. You can take these sentences and apply different nouns, verbs and adjectives to express almost anything.
| English | Español |
|---|---|
| The apple is red It is John’s apple I give John the apple We give him the apple |
La manzana es roja Es la manzana de John Le doy la manzana a John Le damos la manzana |
| He gives it to John She gives it to him I must give it to him I want to give it to her |
Él se la da a John Ella se la da Debo dársela a él Quiero dársela (a ella) |
| I’m going to buy it tomorrow I can’t eat the apple I have bought the apple |
Voy a comprarla mañana No puedo comer la manzana He comprado la manzana |
| Is the apple red? The apples are red |
¿Es la manzana roja? Las manzanas son rojas |
To break down the above and substitute different vocabulary to convey different ideas consider the first sentence:
La manzana es roja
You could substitute the noun “manzana” and the adjective “roja” for “comida” and “rica”:
La comida es rica
Which literally translates to “the food is rich” but more closely means “the food is tasty or good.” You could also substitute “buena” instead of “rica” for good – the possibilities are endless.
Another example, take the tenth sentence:
No puedo comer la manzana
You could substitute the noun “manzana” and verb “comer” for “decir” and “palabra”:
No puedo decir la palabra
Which means “I cannot say the word.”
Or you could substitute:
No puedo entender la idea
Which means “I cannot understand the idea”
Another example is a quick ‘hack’ for talking about the future tense. The ninth sentence:
Voy a comprarla mañana
“Voy” is the first person conjugation for “ir” which means “to go”. Similar to English, Spanish also uses the verb meaning “to go” to talk about the future. For example, you might say “I’m going to eat something,” in Spanish this would be:
Voy a comer algo
As you can see with 1000 vocabulary words and 13 sentences you can express almost anything with a little creativity.
Chapter 4 – Total Vocabulary And Grammar Is Different To Usable Vocabulary And Grammar
A good friend of mine can speak five languages and he has a very simple strategy for converting total vocabulary to useable vocabulary. He carries a notepad in his pocket. When he hears a new word he writes the word down. The next day he looks to create an opportunity to use the new word in context. It is a very simple strategy but one that he considers essential for learning any new language.
Say you have committed 1000 words to memory – can you recall and use those words on demand?
Conversation hackers know that the words they have been committing to memory do not become effective until they can be used.
For example, you may be able to read an article in your target language from the words in your total vocabulary but you will not be able to converse until you can use and recall those words when you require them.
Put in another way, there is a gap between the total number of words you understand and the total number of words you can use in the moment of a conversation.
Conversation hackers appreciate that this gap exists and seek to close it a quickly as possible.
This fourth principle is about a three-step process:
- Know – You must first know what a word means
- Recall – Next you need to be able to recall that word without a prompt
- Use – You then need to be able to use the word that you have successfully recalled in context
To start this process, look to use the top 1000 words you are committing to memory from principle two as often as possible.
You do this by creating opportunities to use the words. You have lots of options for this:
- Use the words with a Spanish native
- Use the words with a friend who is learning Spanish
- Use the words with a family member, a dog, or a tree…
- Use the words by recording them into a phone or computer
Don’t underestimate the value of having a conversation with a tree or something that is not going to laugh at you or make you feel shy or embarrassed when first trying to use the language. Each word will have to pass your lips at least once before you can be confident in using it again.
You have to close the gap between total vocabulary and useable vocabulary as quickly as possible and the only way to do this is to start using the vocabulary. There is, of course, the old axiom “use it or lose it” but here this fourth principle is really saying “use it to gain it”.
Chapter 5 – Listening Comprehension Hacking
Listen comprehension is a critical skill for conversation. If you can’t understand what is being said, you won’t be able to engage in any conversation.
If I was being honest, listening comprehension for me has been one of the hardest skills to learn. It has taken hours of practice and it is still really difficult to understand every word being said. But like all principles of conversation hacking, it is not about being perfect and understanding every word.
I have a good friend from Scotland who has an unbelievably thick Scottish accent. Despite the time I have spent speaking with him, it still regularly shocks me that he is actually speaking English – at times I might as well be speaking with someone in a foreign language. But, the point is that I didn’t need to ‘master’ the accent of Scotland to be good at English.
Just like the English-speaking world, there are lots of different Spanish accents.
I also have a friend from Barcelona who has expressed a similar sentiment. Even though Spanish is his first language and he has been speaking and listening to it since he was born, he still struggles to understand the Andalusian accent from the south of Spain.
There are three tips for conversation hackers to improve listening comprehension:
1. Pick an accent and stick to it.
Choose a Spanish region and get familiar with that region and the way the people from the region form the Spanish sounds. It is not going to be anywhere near as effective to jump from listening to the Spanish of Spain to the Spanish of Mexico than just choosing one and sticking to it.
2. Listening comprehension is most quickly improved with active listening
There are a lot of courses out there that promote passive listening alone. What these courses encourage is listening for hours on end with the idea that the sounds of your target language will eventually make sense. Passive listening does work but tends to be slower and less effective than active listening.
Active listening is where you hear something and take action based on what you have heard. It involves a higher level of engagement which means you are forcing yourself to interpret and make sense of the sounds. It will cause you to make connections to new sounds more quickly and be a much more effective use of your time.
The best form of active listening is actually having a real conversation with a native speaker. The next best form of active listening to use language tools and courses that incorporate active listening exercises.
3. Leverage context for improved listening comprehension
Context fills in the gaps when your ears miss the sounds. If you can only understand a few words it is still possible to guess what is being said given a certain situation.
If you are in a restaurant it is unlikely a waiter is going to ask you what your favourite movie is or what you do in your spare time. A waiter is more likely to ask if you would like something to eat or something to drink.
If you are at the airport, checking in to a hotel or at the bank, the person behind the counter is probably going to ask for identification.
If you are catching up with friends, they are likely to ask how you are, what you have been up to or ask you a question related to something you have told them is going on in your life.
You can start working on your skills for picking up context in English, as you go about your day see if you can start to predict what someone is likely to ask you in a certain situation.
Conversation hackers know that context is critical for listening and the best bit is once your skills are developed you can transfer them to your third or fourth language.
Chapter 6 – Pronunciation Hacking
It could take you years and years to perfect a Spanish accent. But, like the other principles of conversation hacking communicating with perfect pronunciation is not the goal – the goal is finding the most effective elements of Spanish pronunciation to communicate effectively.
To convey your thoughts and ideas in Spanish to native speakers there are only a few sounds that you should focus on to hack the process of pronouncing unfamiliar Spanish words.
These sounds are chosen because if you get them wrong you will tend to confuse native speakers. But, conversely, if you get them right then it won’t matter if your Spanish accent is inauthentic and doesn’t sound like a perfect native speaker.
For Spanish, conversation hackers focus a few sounds unique to Spanish – these are:
- The ‘g’ of ‘gente’ – This is pronounced with your throat, think of a Scottish person talking about the ‘Loch Ness Monster’ the ‘loch’ will come out with a lot of throat.
- The ‘ll’ of ‘paella’ – This sound is half way between a ‘y’ and a ‘j’ in English, think of the ‘lli’ sound in the English word ‘million’.
- The ‘y’ of ‘ayudar’ – The Spanish ‘y’ sound is similar to the sound from the previous example it’s halfway between an English ‘y’ and ‘j’.
- The ‘ñ’ of ‘mañana – This is similar to the ‘ni’ sound in the English word ‘opinion’.
- The ‘n’ sound of ‘manera’ – Similar to the English ‘n’, think of the English word ‘net’ and not to be confused with the previous sound for ‘ñ’.
Once you have a feel for the unfamiliar sounds above, you should look to pronounce the Spanish vowels as accurately as possible – these are:
- ‘a’ – This is pronounced like the ‘a’ in the English ‘far’ or ‘pass’.
- ‘e’ – This is pronounced like the ‘e’ in the English ‘bed’.
- ‘i’ – This is pronounced like the ‘e’ in the English ‘be’ but a little shorter.
- ‘o’ – This is pronounced like the ‘o’ in the English ‘hot’ but a little longer.
- ‘u’ – This is pronounced like the ‘oo’ in the English ‘too’.
If you can get close to pronouncing these sounds then your accent won’t be a big deal, your pronunciation will be good enough for natives to understand.
Chapter 7 – Conversation Skills In General Need To Be Developed
Outside of language-specific skills you need to be able to start, stop and continue a conversation. These skills can be transferred from English.
Conversation hackers know that the basics of keeping a conversation going, moving past small talk and being able to say what you want to say in a different way are extremely useful in the conversation hacking process.
This last principle is not so much a language skill as a life skill. But, conversation hackers know it is critical to their conversation hacking process.
If you want to reach a conversational level you need to be able to have a lot of conversations.
You need to develop a list of fall back questions and lines to help keep the conversation going if it is starting to die. Rather than let a conversation fall away you should prepare a set of questions that you can return to if you are starting to get nervous or can’t figure out what to say next in the moment.
People love to talk about themselves, its human nature, and not unique to one culture. Therefore I suggest the following questions will be very useful for starting a conversation and keeping it going:
Dime un poco sobre ti
Which means ‘tell me a little bit about yourself in general.’
¿A que te dedicas?
This translates literally to ‘what are you dedicated to?’ but more closely means ‘what do you do?’ as in a day job or career.
¿Que te gusta hacer en tu tiempo libre?
Which means ‘what do you like to do in your spare time?’
These are three useful questions that include asking someone about themselves in general, in their career and in their spare time. Almost everybody on the planet will have answers for these three questions. They could probably go on for a while if you prompt them – so go for it!
Start making connections and having conversations.
Conversation hackers know that without this last skill it is difficult to convert total vocabulary to usable vocabulary, it is difficult to make mistakes and it is difficult to have enough exposure to the target language in order to lift your developing skills to a conversational level.
Summary
In summary, the underlying theme to conversation hacking is that the elements of each aspect of language learning can be divided into high and low value. Conversation hackers know that the best way to reach a conversational level quickly is to hack the learning process by focusing on the high-value elements first.
Perfecting a language can take 20 or 30 years – conversation hackers do not have this much time. They know that achieving a good level is just as useful as achieving a perfect level.
There is plenty of time to improve your skills through the Spanish Mastery process but you must first achieve a conversational level and the fastest way to do that is to apply the 7 principles discussed in this guide.
Speaking Spanish is a joy and can open you up to a new world of wonder. It will allow you to make new connections and have experiences that were never possible prior to learning the language. If you apply the conversation hacking principles then these experiences and connections are far closer than you think.
Good luck and I hope to see you out there experiencing the world in a different way with a brand new set of skills.
Next Step…
Want to develop your Spanish using the 7 principles of conversation hacking?
If you want to study with materials specifically developed around these principles you can discover them in the Real Fast Spanish courses:
