Learning to speak Spanish
Adults and Children

Whether you are learning to speak Spanish because you are planning on living in Spain or just want to learn Spanish for fun, even just phrases for holidays or maybe you're interested in children's Spanish, Click threw the links on this page to find what you're after, from a Spanish sentence translator or an online Spanish dictionary and if you can't find what you want on this page go to our search page and type your search in the box tick the web button then click search, the search page on our website is customised to find Spanish related topics faster.

A word of advice learning to speak Spanish from English can be difficult as it is Latin based, If you are a beginner don't try to get too far ahead too quick particularly with how it is constructed, basic Spanish is fast and fairly easy if you just stick to correct pronunciation and memorising by heart, listening and repeating is the fastest way to learn Spanish at basic and children's levels.

If you are moving to Spain and have children you may be worried about them learning Spanish, If they are aged seven or under it's not that necessary they learn any before going as if you send them to a Spanish school once there you will be amazed at how quickly learning to speak Spanish for kids in a Spanish school is. However if they are older it is a good idea to give them a start to help them fit in.

A lot of Brits tend to think you don't need to learn the language at all, although this depends on where you go and how you want to be perceived and treated by the locals. Spanish people in general are very welcoming but if you have made an effort to learn even a little they are even more friendly.

Think about how annoying it is back home when foreigners don't speak any English at all, well that's of course how the Spanish feel it's a sense of disrespect thousands of Brits living there for years and never learning a word. They don't know what they are missing out on because when you can communicate in their tongue they totally accept you and every part of the Spanish lifestyle becomes happier and more fulfilling.

If you are planning on living in Torrevieja for example the rest of Spain sees this as a mini England but with sun! Almost everyone is English or speaks English this is not for me but if you are retired or in later years learning a new language is probably too much so it's ideal in those type of cases. But if you are moving to Spain to live the Spanish life that it aint! Like I say it's just England in the sun.

Also a lot of people in Britain don't know Spain has four official languages Castellano which is what we know as Spanish, Catalan which is spoken in Catalunya of where Barcelona is the capital, Gallego which is spoken in the north west region of Galicia and Basque which is spoken in the northern Basque regions Bilbao for example. However they all speak Spanish which there is called Castellano.

Castellano is only spoken in Spain, for example in Mexico they speak Spanish but not Castellano the difference is slight, like that between American English and English. I only say this because this website will use Spanish from Spain, Castellano.



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