Synergy Spanish Systems Blog

NO, you won’t say,

Me Tarzan. You Juana.

No way Jose!

The lesson I am giving you actually shows you how to speak correct Spanish. What’s more you’ll speak your first proper Spanish sentences in less than 10 minutes.

The ideas in the lesson are very modern. They are current with the latest science on brain friendly accelerated learning.

So why is this a caveman Spanish lesson?

It’s the prehistoric technology. At least it seems that way even though it was only recorded a few years ago.

When I recorded it, bandwidth was still an issue. So I made the file size small and the fidelity low. It does sound a little scratchy in places.

I know, I know. Why don’t I just rerecord it?

Well this lesson, and the system it’s part of, has worked so well for so many people I dare not change it in any way.

I’m a bit superstitious. I don’t like changing things that work.

Like a sportsmen who won’t give up a trusty old cap or shirt, there’s no way I am going to change this lesson. It’s too precious and it has helped too many people to modify.

You see this lesson changed my life. After I released it, I suddenly became a full time Spanish Communication Coach, all because
this audio changed the lives of so many students. They discovered they really could speak Spanish and their age was not a barrier anymore.

If you can put up with some pops and crackles this could be a breakthrough in your Spanish life too.

Even if you have struggled with Spanish before… It’ll take just 10 minutes to discover your new Spanish speaker future.

Anyone speaking Spanish and smiling and giggling made me feel like an outsider.

Of course it was my lack of Spanish skills that created this problem.

Why would I be the topic of conversation all the time anyway?

As gorgeous looking as I am, I am positive I was not the topic of conversation all the time anyway.

Spanish-speaking culture places a high value on manners and courtesy. Talking badly about people behind their backs isn’t common. If the chat goes that way someone always seems to change the subject pretty quickly.

So, it’s not likely that people are speaking in Spanish behind your back, but if it ever were to happen, here’s what you would say:

To say behind someone’s back you say, “a espaldas”. And to say behind my back you say, a mis espaldas.

Here’s the expression in action.

No hables de mi a mis espaldas
Don’t speak about me behind my back

no me gusta hablar a espaldas a nadie.
I don’t like to speak behind anyone’s back.

WARNING: Mild profanity coming.

Although it’s pretty funny, if you are offended look away.

si hablas a mis espaldas habla con mi culo
If you speak behind my back you speak with my butt.

I don’t recommend using the last one. In Latin America the word culo is considered quite vulgar. In Spain it’s not a big deal and they use it quite a lot.

I don’t recommend using any of the sentences above because it’s likely people aren’t really speaking behind your back anyway.

Yet, if I told you to just be confident I’d be a hypocrite. I never had confidence or got over my feelings of paranoia until I got a good handle on the language.

Now I am confident in Spanish wherever I go because competence breeds confidence.

I have spent the last 7 years building a step-by-step system that can make anyone competent and therefore confident in Spanish. If you have ever felt like an outsider in Spanish, then here is how you too can start to speak confident and competent Spanish.

http://www.synergyspanishsystems.com/competence.html

If you’re like I was you might find it difficult to believe you too can be confident in your Spanish.