Learn Spanish Ramon Campayo endrisclass

deck with images and real audio! Recorded by me!

My name is Endri, I’m a psychologist and I work as an English and Spanish teacher in Italy. I’m a polyglot and I can fluently speak Spanish, English, French, and Italian. I also have an HSK1 in Chinese Mandarin, an A2 in Brazilian Portuguese, and a B1 Level in German (I'm still learning). I can speak a little Georgian and I'm learning Russian while juggling Egyptian Arabic (not easy, but always fun).

I can read a few scripts like Korean and Hindi.

I've been learning languages since I can remember. I have done this process many times and succeeded, so trust me when I say YOU CAN TOO. I'm not special. I am not "talented". I'm just focused and smart about what and how to learn.

To me, this is a very rewarding experience, something that truly makes me happy and I want to share it with others. I'm both a teacher and a student and this is why I understand why we need quality materials to study.

I created this deck for my students and now I’d like to share it as a way to share my passion for languages and to help others study. I created the images myself and the audio is my voice too.

What does this deck contain?

It contains lists of words, around the 800 most used words in the language divided into:

Adjetivos
Adverbios
Articulos
Cortesia
Numeros
Palabras interrogativas
Preposiciones & conjunciones
Pronombres demostrativos
Pronombres personales
Pronombres posesivos
Saludos
Sustantivos
Verbos

I recommend and so do some of the authors cited below is to focus on the most used words in the language. This way you can start having and understanding conversations because these are the words that native speakers use daily.

In this deck, the word list includes around 800 words (estimated) divided into 3 note types:

Picture to word (term)
Word (term) to picture
Spelling (writing)

What fields does the deck contain?

Word: term in target language
IPA: phonetic (the sounds of the language, if you are not familiar with this, I can recommend one below as well as a very useful YouTube video on this topic)
Association: (ideally made by you): a phrase that helps you remember and create a mental connection between the target language and its meaning/translation.
Image: the vast majority were created by me using Canva and others were taken from free image websites.
Audio: native; recorded by me. I’m both Venezuelan and Argentinian so I do have a Latin American accent. The two countries do have a different vocabulary in some areas (food and clothing) but I will keep the Venezuelan vocab and pronunciation most of the time since that’s the one I grew up with.

A quick note about the audio: I’m from a part of Venezuela, where the use of “vos” is fairly common so I added it to the pronoun section. If you plan to visit Latin America, it is a good idea to learn this pronoun. People in Buenos Aires use it too (though a bit differently). My “ll”s like in “llave” = /ˈʝabe/ sound like ʝ and in Buenos Aires the sound is basically a ʃ sound like in the word “sugar” /ˈʃʊɡɚ/ they might say “llave” = /ˈʃabe/.

Another sound to pay attention to is r. I do roll my Rs sometimes very strongly. I do this on purpose so you can really hear that sound. The first step to producing it, is to hear it. On that note I just want to let you know in some parts of Argentina the sound is a bit different like a tone-down version of it, similar to Chinese even, but for most of Argentina and my hometown, we roll our Rs.

This is a sound that takes some getting used to so don’t worry if you can’t produce it right away, it will take some time. It took me a good few months to produce the French R back in the day and I was able to reproduce it for German and Georgian those two languages also had it. So I’m glad I finally learned, again it took time. Russian also rolls its Rs so if you see the Spanish Rs won’t do, watch some Russian Rs videos on YouTube, they have two Rs try those and come back to Spanish and see if you can produce it or get any closer to the sound.

A few recommendations

Be constant, and study daily.

If the image is not useful to you, change it, so that it facilitates memorization. For example, in the word "madre” add a photo of your mother; in the word "perro" add a photo of your dog (or a dog you know). In the "association" section, you could put the name of your pet. Personalizing the cards helps your memory (more on this in the Fluent Forever book; I leave it in the bibliography).

Accompany this deck with a course, podcast, textbook, journal, or audiobook.

You can follow me on Instagram @endrisclass where I post content about language learning and you can also look for my quizlet sets (there are several languages) to accompany your learning. If you want access to the class, you just have to ask for it (I leave both in the bibliography).

I decided not to add the article for the nouns since in Spanish gender is a very straightforward process; basically, if you see a noun ending in -o that’s masculine and a noun ending in -a is feminine. That’s it. We only have two genders, there are exceptions of course but as a general rule at the beginning that’s all you need. Do keep in mind that adjectives must match in gender and number, for those we got “as” or “os” again, very straightforward and if you get it wrong we will understand you, so no worries. You will get there.

If you find an error in the material, do not hesitate to leave me a comment and let me know, so I can correct it and the community can continue learning.

Who is it for?

Well for everyone really, but just to be specific, this deck is for you if you understand a little bit of English and are a beginner student of Spanish who wishes to study or review knowledge and vocabulary.

Useful Biography links

My instagram

You can find the list used here on Ramón Campayo's website, some are paid, however, the general list is completely free and you can find it in the software section, I have used it for other languages (do keep in mind it's in Spanish)

Here are my Quizlet sets. If you want access to the class you just have to ask for it:

Learn Spanish
Learn French
Learn Italian
Learn Russian
Learn Korean
Learn Georgian
Learn Egyptian Arabic

In case you're learning Spanish too, these sets might be for you since you can use them to learn two languages at the same time:

Aprende inglés
Aprende alemán
Aprende italiano
Aprende francés
Aprende portugués

Lastly, here are some combinations of Italian, French and English:

Impara spagnolo
Impara inglese
Apprendre espagnol
Apprendre anglais

Here you have some links to learn the IPA:

IPA English (free)
IPA English Fluent forever (not free)
IPA French the mimic method (free)
IPA German the mimic method (free)
IPA Italian the mimic method (free)
IPA Portuguese (brazilian) the mimic method (free)
IPA Russian the mimic method (free)
IPA Spanish the mimic method (free)

To learn how to use the IPA to your advantage and understand the importance of this topic, I recommend you enter the Fluent Forever playlist on YouTube and search for the language that interests you, and watch the video, here is the link

Free websites used to find the images in this deck:

Days of the week images
Pronouns images
Cool images for prepositions
Pexels
Stocksnap
Unsplash
Canva
Forvo (audios)
Website to find the IPA of words wiktionary

Helpful YouTube videos:

Why We Struggle Learning Languages by Gabriel Wyner
How language shapes the way we think by Lera Boroditsky

Recommended books:

Fluent forever de Gabriel Wyner
Aprende un idioma en 7 días de Ramon Campayo
Aprende alemán en 7 días de Ramon Campayo
Aprende inglés en 7 días de Ramon Campayo
Desarrolla una mente prodigiosa de Ramon Campayo