Note: Obvisously these stages time periods vary depending on your personal ability to learn a language, motivation level, and desire or nesesity to learn the language.įor a list of Spanish Language Institutes click here. Stage six: Is never ending where you continue to learn more and more vocabulary and imrove your speech patterns.Stage five: You understand almost everything that is said to you and can respond in a semi-coherent manner, now you can start to read and write even if you make lots of mistakes.If you are able to not be embarrased during this stage you will learn a lot more faster. Stage four: You begin to understand more and start trying to respond back even if it sounds funny and is wrong.Stage three: You begin to understand what people are saying sometimes.Stage two: You start piecing together and making connections and associations in your brain from listening.Stage one: Total and utter confusion and frusteration.I like to say there are certain stages when you are learning (just like a baby learns): People who incorporate an extended homestay usually have much more success in learning the language and tend to pick up the native dialect and in some cases the accent too. The best way to learn any language is emersion, so even though you are studying you should still get involved in the culture and people so you can really learn the language.What better way than a homestay where you live with a Costa Rican family and are surrounded by Spanish almost 24 hours a day. If you take smaller classes you will receive more personalized attention. If you work in a certian profession there are also special business courses which can teach you the terminology you will need to do your job. You can take 12 week intensive courses, you can also select more leisurely courses. At first you may just have to listen, then after a while you can start to take a shot at talking, and then before you know it you will be speaking like a native. The best way to learn the language is to really imerse yourself in the culture and to try and spend as much of your time with Costa Ricans. Please just try it, life as you know it will become so much simplier, you will earn the respect of the Costa Ricans just for trying, and you are much less liekly to get ripped off. This can help you integrate and also avoid misunderstandings and other negative situations.Įven if you know Spanish, you will notice that Costa Ricans speak differently, have a different accent, they have their own sayings, their own slang, and their own way of saying things. Learning the language and specific dialect of any foreign country is by far the single most important investment you can make especially if you plan to live there for significant periods of time. Plus, this can give you advantages and freedom when you are living in Costa Rica. He’s/she’s on the wagon….Even though many Ticos can understand or speak English, it is still a very nice gesture to speak the language of the country you will be living in. SE MONTO EN LA CARRETA– The translation to the popular saying in English “on the wagon”.Really it refers to having an ex and current girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/ husband in the same place at the same time. Literally translated it means “The cattle got mixed up”. SE REVOLVIO EL GANADO– There are so many funny things about this saying.TENGA PAZ- I say this to my children a lot….A CACHETE-I used to think this was only something said on the caribbean coast of Costa Rica, but it’s used everywhere.QUE ME DICE?– What’s up? What’s going on….QUE RAJADO– This is another great saying which means “HOW INCREDIBLE”.Often times this saying is followed by my other favorite word MAE. QUE TUANIS/QUE CHIVA-Another very Tico saying….Think a guy in a bar with a bunch of attractive women around him and his friend says “Cuidado pierde!” CUIDADO PIERDE-Means “you can’t lose” or “You can’t go wrong”.ESTA CAMOTE? Which doesn’t mean ‘sweet potato as literally translated but rather, “Are you mad?” I have this asked to me sometimes.To a point where sometimes the use of “MAE” gets exhausting to hear! QUE MAE/QUE MOP– What’s up dude? Mae and Mop can be used pretty much interchangeably and you will hear this word all the time although mae is more commonly said! I swear that all my male cousins use the word MAE all the time…. Tico Sports, the Spanish language broadcasting division of Tico Productions, LLC, is the official Hispanic engagement arm of the Kansas City Chiefs since.So when you hear someone say “Hola Como esta?”, You can answer back “Pura vida!!” The most common meanings are “I’m good”, “It’s alright”, “Life is good”, “It’s all good”. I could write an entire article about the meaning of Pura Vida.
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