Practising conversations

funkey_monkey

Hi,

I'm learning Spanish with a personal tutor which is going okay. However, outside of class I get little or no time to practice from one week to the next. I need to ramp this up as I feel my progress is now stagnating.

Does ayone know of any online sites or suchlike where I could practice talking/listening. I would go to a meet, but my hours are irregular and I don't feel proficient enough yet to do so.


Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks.

Heathen

Here is a few... I am not at conversational just yet, but i will give these a go when i have enough confidence

http://www.conversationexchange.com/index.php?lg=en

http://en-us.wespeke.com/

H

craicaracha

Try livemocha.com

Nemanrio

Language exchange meetings.

Seachmall

https://www.verbling.com/

It's effectively Omegle for language learning (with less dicks).

I haven't used it yet myself but plan to when I get the time.

stuboy01

Duolingo.com is quite good and keeping your vocabulary up to scratch.

GoingBonkers

Si. Porque no has escribido tu post aqui en castellano? Quieres hablar o que.

funkey_monkey

I'm trying to say in Spanish "I went to bed at mightnight."

I think that I go to bed at midnight is: "Me acuesto a medianoche."

How do I use the preterite with a reflexive verb? Is it: "Me acuesté a medianoche."

woodstock1708

funkey_monkey wrote: »

I'm trying to say in Spanish "I went to bed at mightnight."

I think that I go to bed at midnight is: "Me acuesto a medianoche."

How do I use the preterite with a reflexive verb? Is it: "Me acuesté a medianoche."

It should be:

Me acosté a medianoche.

Verbs like acostar (you may have learned them as "boot verbs") have stem changes, like o>ue, in the present indicative, present subjunctive and formal commands. But this vowel change doesn't happen in the preterite.

me acosté
te acostaste
se acostó
nos acostamos
os acostasteis
se acostaron

Here's a website I found for verb conjugations. OJO! There are some conjugations listed that modern Spanish rarely/never uses (Pretérito anterior, Futuro perfecto del subjuntivo)

http://www.conjugacion.es/

I lived in Spain for many years. Another way you could say it is:

Ayer fui a la cama a medianoche.

Espero que te sirva la explicacion!

cowboyBuilder

Bueno !!!!

Tu no recuerdas mi carne !!