^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.~