• @Franfran2424
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    I would recommend so many other books than one using 400 year old vocabulary.

    There’s many good books from semi modern authors (last 100 years), from when the language was really solidified into a more modern version.

    If you want, I can try to undust my Spanish literature notes and recommend you some depending on what kind of book topics you like.

    • @holdengreenOP
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      41 year ago

      es clasico… no es particular.

      It has some interesting vocabulary… Maybe there is another option.

        • Soviet Snake
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          Lol, I am a native and I am afraid of Quijote, you’d also need a good version, I recommend the one with the RAE annotations, because it has so many no longer used words, expressions, and modisms from the kind of caballersca novels from its time. I wouldn’t recommend it, but it is a nice experiment.

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            I was thinking of reading some news sources or something (e.g. TeleSUR) once I have a decent grasp of the basics (verb conjugation, etc.). Presumably they tend to use some reasonably simple language

            • Soviet Snake
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              31 year ago

              If you ever want to read actual litersture I could recommend simple, short novels if you want, that’d be a better start IMO, everyone can do as they please.

              As a good comparison, it’d be the equivalent of wanting to learn English by reading Ulysses.

              • @holdengreenOP
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                21 year ago

                that would be great. not too surprised by your assessment of Don Quijote. My problem is I can get really dissuaded by stuff when learning. It’s been a problem if something is too fast, slow or irrelevant feeling.

                so I try focus on whatever keeps me engaged and active. why I was working on my parallel translate tool just to keep language exposure and engagement time as high as possible since I don’t really have that much self control otherwise.

            • @Franfran2424
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              1 year ago

              News from El País or other Spanish language sources do tend to use simpler language and especially avoid complicated phrases.

                • @Franfran2424
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                  21 year ago

                  To learn words and the language? Yes.

                  To learn politics or get news? Nope.

                  Like, we can admit that the language quality is good even if the content is not.

                • @panic
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                  11 year ago

                  I’ve been reading Le Monde lmao. Once I can read Fanon in his mother tongue it’s over for France

        • @Franfran2424
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          En realidad cuesta un poco si no tienes versión anotada/comentada.

          Si sabes castellano te enteras, pero algunas palabras son antiguas y toca sacar diccionario

  • @huojtkeg@lemmy.world
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    210 months ago

    Don Quijote es un buen libro pero está escrito en español/castellano antiguo y tiene vocabulario complejo y en desuso. Te recomiendo leer algo más actual o periódicos.

  • @overlyanxious
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    19 months ago

    Hahaha the messy notebook looks so much like my own, i love to see other people’s spanish notes