{"id":363,"date":"2011-12-16T03:19:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T03:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=363"},"modified":"2013-08-19T16:10:25","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T16:10:25","slug":"speak-to-the-right-people-and-learn-spanish-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/speak-to-the-right-people-and-learn-spanish-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Speak to the Right People and Learn Spanish (Part I)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned before that when you take <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/spanish\/\">Spanish lessons<\/a> it is a good idea to speak to people who don\u2019t speak it as their mother tongue. However, I have been thinking lately and come to the conclusion that you can also find the right kind of native speakers as well if you try.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Someone with a Good Vocabulary and Decent Grammar<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I had started to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/spanish\/\">learn Spanish<\/a> verb tenses and asked someone the difference between \u201chabl\u00e9\u201d and \u201chablaba\u201d. He told me that if someone asked me a question with \u201chablaste\u201d in it I would answer \u201chable\u201d and if it was \u201chablabas\u201d then I should respond with \u201chablaba\u201d. When I asked which I should use when I want to ask a question he said that it was best if I didn\u2019t ask the question, which I took as meaning that he couldn\u2019t explain it to me. 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