Eu passport - Page 2

ann75 wrote on Wed Mar 9, 2022 5:29pm:

Not sure if this is good advice. My understanding of the double LL is that it's pronounced like millionaire - so the first "l" is pronounced L  and the second "l" becomes a Y.  Saving Mil yon aire. That would make pollo POL YO. Correct me if I'm wrong. 

rgz3435 wrote on Wed Mar 9, 2022 5:24pm:

If you are speaking in front of a Spaniard, always remember that a double ll is pronounced as a y. Remember this especially if you are ordering chicken (Pollo) in Spanish at a restaurant etc." Poyo " otherwise the waitress might give you a slap.

Hugh49 wrote on Thu Mar 3, 2022 1:42pm:

Thanks so much I’d definitely try there .As much as you try at home it’s the pronunciation of the words ,and putting them into the proper conversation, that you just don’t get from books and tapes , but I have started watching as much Spanish television just now , just to start hearing tone...

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...s , and expression of the way Spanish people communicate, again thank you so much all this information does help thank you Hugh 

ann75 wrote on Wed Mar 9, 2022 5:29pm:

Not sure if this is good advice. My understanding of the double LL is that it's pronounced like millionaire - so the first "l" is pronounced L  and the second "l" becomes a Y.  Saving Mil yon aire. That would make pollo POL YO. Correct me if I'm wrong. 

rgz3435 wrote on Wed Mar 9, 2022 6:04pm:

I am no expert, but the main reason I posted this was to prevent/advise people not to order POLLO at a restaurant because it is somewhat rude.

Try this explanation  https://storylearning.com/learn/spanish/spanish-tips/spanish-ll-pronunciation

Mags44 wrote on Wed Mar 9, 2022 7:09pm:

Regardless of what other people are saying, watching Spanish TV is a great help to improving your Spanish! When I moved to Spain in 1983, there was no UK TV, and where I was, not that many Brits around either. I used to work in a Spanish environment and put my TV on all the time when I was at hom...

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...e and watched everything from the news to comedy shows and films - some English language films dubbed into Spanish. I started to recognise certain words and looked them up in my huge Collins English-Spanish/Spanish-English dictionary to see what they meant and then looked up to see how they were used. I also had a couple of books on learning to speak Spanish and a very good verb book. Anyone who tells you that you can learn Spanish from just being with Spanish people and learning it from them is speaking rubbish unless you are surrounded by educated university graduates. Learning a language from people whose own knowledge may be limited, won't help you learn to speak the language properly. Nowadays there is a lot of help for those who truly want to learn to speak another language, so watch Spanish TV, get a good dictionary and take some private Spanish classes. Learn how the letters in the Spanish alphabet are pronounced to ge the sounds right. You can only do it if you push yourself or you could just join the rest of those whose Spanish consists of being able to ask for "una cerveza por favor", "gracias" and "la cuenta", because they say "everyone speaks English, so why should I bother?"

sdb137 wrote on Sun Jun 5, 2022 8:22pm:

Check out the rules on time limits, even with a EU passport, and your liable for tax, so look it all up first.

You will still need Spanish Residence, subject to your stay time limit, and you will need by law to fill in the 720 declaration, again I think subject to length of stay.

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There are rules that you will have to abide by, even with a EU passport, again subject to length of stay, and of course the driving license.

Sunnyspain wrote on Thu Mar 3, 2022 6:49am:

There are Spanish lessons in Tels bar on B and Marianos on A. All the bars and most of the shops are English or English speaking. Spanish will help in the chino shop supermarket and the Post Office.

The town and port are very Spanish along with nearby villages.

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You rarely hear Spanish spoken on Camposol but it certainly helps to learn it. My husband has been going to lessons for nearly a year and tries to speak what he can when off Camposol.

cherylwimbledon wrote on Mon Jun 13, 2022 12:43pm:

Hi do you know how much the lessons cost at these 2 places and are they weekly sessions.