I want to improve my English...

[Annerebecca]

It's been years since I've had to speak Spanish, so I'm pretty rusty. There were a bunch of phrases I wanted to double check, but I can't think of all of them right now, so I'll get back with more. But.. one that does come to mind is the greeting, how's it going?

[El_Cid]

Hello=>"Hola", "Buenas"

Good morning=>"Buenos días"

Good afternoon=>"Buenas tardes"

Good evening=>"Buenas noches"

Have you had to speak spanish? why?

Try to write in spanish!

[hopebee]

I can read Spanish fairly well, but I suck at speaking! I find myself always saying, "mas suave, por favor, mas suave"
--Hope

[El_Cid]

You can hear spanish language at http://www.cope.es.

La Cope is the third or fourth most important radio in Spain. If you click on "directo", you will be able to hear this radio. Sound quality is good enough.

I hope it helps you!!!!

[hopebee]

Thanks for the url I'll check it out. Is spoken Spanish in Spain different than in Puerto Rico? I'm sure it is, since I took Spanish in high school and college and when I got to Puerto Rico I knew nothing! Also, how do you get the ~ above the letters on the keyboard? Someone showed me once and I know it required hitting two keys on the keyboard at the same time but I'm afraid I've forgotten. Also, how do you get the upside down question mark?
tks
--Hope

[J-Rod]

To write the "enhe" and the upside-down Q-mark, you have to have a spanish speaking key-board. Saludos cordiales...JRod...

[El_Cid]

Differences between spaniard spanish and PR one are accent and some local expressions. On the other hand, I've read some PR text and it seems to be very similar in structure.

If you understand spoken spaniard you can understand any spanish. Except spanglish, of course. It isn't spanish at all.

About how to write "Ñ/ñ", "ÁÉÍÓÚáéíóú", "¡" and "¿"... my keyboard is different from yours, as JRod said. It has "Ñ" key where your keyboard have ";" one (at the right-side of the "L"). Nevertheless, you can get them typing ALT+[its ascii code]. Ascii codes are in http://www.asciicode.com. So, if you open Windows notepad and press ALT+164 a "ñ" will be written.

See you!