Spanish Vocabulary Course (Learn Spanish with the Michel Thomas Method)

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Dr Rose Lee Hayden had a highly successful career in the US, before moving from New York to live in Italy in the wake of 9/11. At the age of 17 she started working as a volunteer for the American Red Cross travelling throughout South America and becoming fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. On graduating from university she went on to teach Spanish and Portuguese and manage international projects at Michigan State University, then moved to Washington, D.C. where she served as Deputy Director for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Peace Corps, responsible for a $20 million language and cultural programme with 2,000 volunteers in 14 countries. She subsequently moved to New York City and into the private sector where she produced foreign language videos for TV and educational publishers. As a result of her interest in Michel Thomas's innovative method and amazing results, she studied German with him in 1982. This was the beginning of a long and exciting collaboration, developing his programme and teaching his 'Second Phase' Spanish students. She now lives outside Rome, where she continues to write, teach, and play jazz piano.

: Introduction: How this course came about, what it does and does not include, how it works, and how it is both faithful to and expands upon the Michel Thomas Language Courses : COURSE SEGMENT 1: WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW : 1. Introduction; "-ible" to "-ible" : > possible - posible (one stingy "s"); horrible - horrible; etc. : 2. "-able" to "able" : > probable - probable; acceptable - aceptable; etc. : 3. "-AR" verbs to "-able" : Remove the "-AR" and add "-able" : > dudar (to doubt) to dudable (doubtful); soportar (to bear) to soportable (bearable); tolerar (to tolerate) to tolerable; etc. : 4. Add "in" to make a negative word : > evitable (avoidable) to inevitable (inevitable; unavoidable); tolerable to intolerable; etc. : Diminutive "-ito" : > hijo (son) to hijito (affectionate, little boy); : > Juan to Juanito (nickname). : > besar (to kiss) to besable (kissable) : 5. " -ER verbs to "ible" : > creer (to believe) to creible (believable); vender (to sell) to vendible (sellable); etc. : " - IR verbs to "-ible" : > definir (to define) to definible (definable) : "-ible" to "-ible" : > flexible to flexible; compatible to compatible; etc. : 6. " - ant" to "-ante" : > important to importante; restaurant to restaurante; etc. : "-AR" verbs to "-ante" : >participar (to participate) to participante (participant); alarmar (to alarm) to alarmante (alarming); etc. : 7. "-ent to "-ente" : > different to diferente (one stingy "f"); evident to evidente; incompetent to incompetente; etc. : 8. "-tion" to "-cion" : > condition to condicion; attention to atencion; formation to formacion; etc. : 9. "-sion" to "-sion" : > impression to impresion (one stingy "s"); decision to decision; mission to mision (one stingy "s"); etc. : 10. "ence" to "encia" : > influence to influencia; difference to diferencia (one stingy "f''); preference to preferencia; etc. : 11. Words that look feminine but are masculine : > the problem to el problema; the map to el mapa; the climate to el clima; etc. : "-ance" to "-ancia" : > importance to importancia; elegance to elegancia; intolerance to intolerancia; etc. : 12. "-ly" to "-mente" : automatically to automaticamente; naturally to naturalmente; personally to personalmente; etc. : Use "realmente" for actually. : 13. "-ary" to "-ario" : > vocabulary to vocabulario; necessary to necesario (one stingy "s"); contrary to contrario; etc. : 14. "-ive" to "-ivo" : > exclusive to exclusivo; positive to positivo; constructive to constructivo; etc. : 15. "-ute" to "-uto" : >absolute to absoluto; substitute to substituto; institute to instituto; etc. : "-ous" to "-oso" : > famous to famoso; etc. : 16. "-ical" to "-ico" : > practical to pratico; basic to basico; magic to "magico"; etc. : Require an accent over stressed syllable. : 17. "-ent" to "-ento" : > talent to talento; moment to momento; : "-t" or "-it" to "-to" : > honest to honesto; Robert to Roberto; credit to credito; etc. : "-ic" to "-ico" : > dramatic to dramatico; automatic to automatico; ironic to ironico; etc. : Require an accent over the stressed syllable. : 18. "-ure" to "-ura" : - temperature to temperatura; literature to literatura; culture to cultura; etc. : 19. "-tude" to "-tud" : > aptitude to aptitud; altitude to altitud; gratitude to gratitude; etc. : 20. "-ity" to "-dad" : > possi