TRANSLATION Do you think in Spanish yet? Do you translate from Spanish to English in your thinking? Can you translate from English to Spanish as well? If not, wait for one or either to occur. I find that I started thinking in Spanish to English when I started to listen to telenovelas and music on the radio in Spanish. The air personalities use Spanish between songs, news, or other reporting. You don't need to get all of it at once and immediately, but work with the information you have processed. Do you translate word for word literally? Or is it partially understood? You can note what is going on inside you in that notebook I suggested as well. If it's not too much work, write down things you understand partially...for example phrases. If an air personality or someone outside in your neighbourhoods states: "Hasta luego" or another phrase, even a simple one such as "Adios," write it down as processed information. You need to think in Spanish to English and English to Spanish in this day and age and in technology. The whole world is a majority speaker of Latin again, and so you must be prepared to gage the new understanding, the new dialogue, and the new ways that people translate other languages to English. If you attended a Catholic school or university, chances are that you took a Latin - based tongue for your language requirement. If you haven't, that means you came to the country after school - age as an adult, or you attended a public school where there weren't mandatory language requirements. Most Americans or foreigners do have a reasonable amount of credits in a foreign language, however, and this is necessary in the day to day work world of today. You will need to update your knowledge of Spanish at any rate. Remember this is the supplemental version to the other blog I write, "Spanish Spire." Use "Solitaire" to practice Spanish on your own! Thank you and have a great day!