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- ^Tutorial 6 - Memorising Foreign Words\
-
- For your first exercise in applying the Substitute Word system to
- remembering foreign vocabulary, you are going to memorise the following
- Spanish words and their English translations :
-
- <Spanish\ Pronounciation <English
- <-------\ -------------- <-------
-
- <marido\ (mah%ree\dhoa) <husband\
- <corbata\ (kor%bah\tah) <tie\
- <barca\ (%bahr\kah) <boat\
- <lago\ (%lah\goa) <lake\
- <helado\ (ay%lah\dhoa) <ice cream\
- <pluma\ (%ploo\mah) <pen\
- <carpeta\ (kahr%pay\tah) <file\
- <bata\ (%bah\tah) <dressing gown\
- <resaca\ (ray%ssah\kah) <hangover\
- <maleta\ (mah%lay\tah) <suitcase\#
- Let's begin with <marido\, pronounced mah<ree\dhoa\, which means husband.
- Picture a husband - a bridegroom - <marry\ing a <door\. See the bridegroom
- perhaps standing at the aisle next to a front door, which is dressed in a
- wedding gown and veil.
-
- >Corbata\, pronounced kor>bah\tah, is Spanish for tie. A good Substitute
- Word might be >Core Batter\ - an apple core batting in a cricket match.
- Picture that apple core taking guard at the wicket on a cricket field - it
- is wearing a huge, horribly spotted tie.
-
- As with all the Memory Master systems, if you prefer to use your own silly
- pictures rather than the ones suggested here, then so much the better.
- Remember that suggesting the pictures to you does take away some of your
- ^Initial Awareness\.
-
- The next word is $barca\, pronounced $bahr\kah, which means boat. Picture a
- boat which is barking - see the hull of the boat opening and shutting, like
- a dog's mouth, as it cruises down a river.
-
- The Spanish word for lake is |lago\, pronounced |lah\goa. See yourself
- swimming in a lake of |lager\. As you swim, you swallow some of the lake
- (lager), and begin hiccoughing comically.#
- The fifth word to memorise is ^helado\, which means ice cream. It is
- pronounced ay^lah\dhoa. For helado you could use the Substitute Phrase
- ^hail-a-door\, which you then associate to ice cream. Perhaps you are
- standing at a taxi rank eating a monstrous ice cream, when some doors drive
- past instead of taxis. You ^hail a door\ instead of hailing a taxi.
-
- Next comes <pluma\ (<ploo\mah), the Spanish for pen. Picture yourself
- writing with a huge <plume\ (a feather) instead of a pen. To make the image
- humorous, you could perhaps see the plume tickling your nose and making you
- sneeze as you try to write.
-
- >Carpeta\ (kahr>pay\tah) is next, which means file. This is an easy one -
- see yourself walking on a >carpet\ of files.
-
- The Spanish word for dressing gown is %bata\ (%bah\tah). See yourself
- wearing a dressing gown - the pockets are full of %batter\, which overflows
- disgustingly onto the carpet as you put your hand into the pockets.
-
- Next comes the Spanish for hangover - |resaca\ (ray|ssah\cah). Picture
- yourself with a terrible, blinding hangover, after consuming too much
- sangria. To make matters worse, you are lying under a car, which is almost
- flattening you. In order to escape, you have to |raise-a-car\.#
-
- The final Spanish word to memorise is ^maleta\, pronounced mah^lay\tah. A
- possible Substitute Phrase here would be ^ma-lay-tar\ - an elderly woman -
- ^ma\ - who is ^lay\ing ^tar\. You then need to associate that phrase to
- suitcase. You could perhaps picture ^ma lay\ing the ^tar\ by pouring it out
- of your suitcase.
-
- In all the above examples, the Substitute Words and Phrases suggested have
- been based on the pronounciations of the Spanish words rather than the
- actual spelling. Remember that if you were seriously trying to learn a
- specific foreign language you would be aware of the basic sounds and letters
- of that language.
-
- If you read through the preceding text without really concentrating on
- seeing the suggested pictures,or pictures you thought of yourself, then go
- back and do it right now. Once you have really tried to visualise the
- ludicrous pictures, you will know all ten Spanish words and their English
- equivalents.
-
- Press Page Down when you are ready to test yourself on the ten Spanish
- words and their English translations.~