In my efforts to learn Spanish quickly, I started bumming around the internet for tutorials. I found one that promised quick retention by using their patented pnuemonic devices. Here's what l've learned so far:

-I can remember the word for monkey is mono by imagining a monkey wearing a monocle.
-I can remember the word for bad is malo by thinking of eating a bad marshmallow.
-I can remember the word for bear is oso by imagining a grizzly bear is oh so near me.
-I can remember the word for dog is perro by imagining a dog doing a pirouette.

This is going to be easy.


mnemonic, dorc  


Burro. You mean to say that you remember I'm a burro. And if it helps, picture me eating a burrito.  


Dork, dork.  


i pnow  


It should be pointed out, by the way, that these are the mnemonic devices the website suggested. Not ones that I made up myself.

Except the burro one. I made that up.  


Good form.  


I don't know why Bryan didn't like it.  


So, now... from what little I remember from my Spanish classes in High School... doesn't adding "ito" or "ita" give the word the meaning "small", "little", or "younger"?

Then wouldn't Burrito be a small burro?  


No, but that's a common mistake. Acutally, adding "ito" or "ita" to a word gives it the meaning of "sticky." So Burrito is actually spanish for "sticky donkey."  


This was a source of constant consternation during the OJ trial.  


i think those are all very stupid ways to learn spanish.  


If you have better ideas, I'd like to hear them.  


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