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Well of course, another factor is the level of the language that one already has, a very good speaker will naturally be able to adapt pretty quickly. But I'm not sure that if a beginner were to go that they be able to speak like a native after only one year....

Has anyone here used duolingo? If so, how good would you say it is?

Pretty good. Can kinda understand French at a basic level.

Btw was meaning to ask, Is the French spoken in Francophone west Africa a bit different to standard French?

How do we form the passive, like:

The thread has been revived.

Is it.

El hilo ha estado resucitado.

Like in French?

How did you learn spanish?

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How do we form the passive, like:

The thread has been revived.

Is it.

El hilo ha estado resucitado.

Like in French?

At my level do you think something like a month completely living in the language, like staying with Spanish, working in a Spanish establishment therefore having to deal with Spaniards and having Spanish friends etc. would significantly aid me? Or does it have to be more like 6 months to get any real, noticeable benefits? Just asking for your opinion here, so don't worry about having stuff to back it up with

Hahah, great there's more activity here! You can either use ser + past participle (so it would be ha sido resucitado) or sometimes you can use the reflexive pronoun (i.e. se venden caramelos en la tienda - sweets are sold in the shop). More often than not, however, Spanish avoids using the passive and instead uses the active.

"Este hilo se ha resucitado"

The reflexive way looks confusing

So it's se + present conjugation? + noun...

The reflexive way looks confusing

So it's se + present conjugation? + noun...

It is If in doubt, use the active.

Not necessarily, use the conjugation of the tense that you would use in the active. i.e. the work was done (use se + past tense), the work will be done (use se + future tense). You'd never really say that in Spanish - you'd say he hecho los deberes instead of se hicierion los deberes but you get the drift.

It is If in doubt, use the active.

Not necessarily, use the conjugation of the tense that you would use in the active. i.e. the work was done (use se + past tense), the work will be done (use se + future tense). You'd never really say that in Spanish - you'd say he hecho los deberes instead of se hicierion los deberes but you get the drift.

The book was read by me

El libro ha sido leído para mi
O
El libro se ha leído para mi

In that context you wouldn't be able to use the passive as it means that the homework did itself!

Kindaaa. There are some words in the French spoken in WA that aren't in normal French,and the pronunciation can be different. We have our own slang aswell

El libro ha sido leido POR mi, but this structure in this context is never used in Spanish, it sounds odd

Ohhh. Is the slang the French equivalent of pidgin English?

The reflexive way looks confusing

So it's se + present conjugation? + noun...

It is If in doubt, use the active.

Not necessarily, use the conjugation of the tense that you would use in the active. i.e. the work was done (use se + past tense), the work will be done (use se + future tense). You'd never really say that in Spanish - you'd say he hecho los deberes instead of se hicierion los deberes but you get the drift.

I think with your level a month would definitely bring noticeable benefits. Six months will bring even more though