Why did anybody tell me this

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Summary

The creator explains a linguistic trick to quickly learn thousands of Spanish words by identifying patterns in English suffixes. He credits the Parrot app for helping him realize how much vocabulary he already knew.

Structure

1Hook about learning Spanish words quickly
2Explanation of -tion to -ción rule
3Explanation of -ity to -idad rule
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Why didn’t anybody tell me this #parrot #learnspanish #spanish #LanguageLearning #spanishtok

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Parrot (a) ACTS: the creator mentions doom scrolling in the Parrot app and hearing familiar words, implying the app is used for language learning. Removing it would change the context of how he learned the words.

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3000 spanish words 3000 spanish words in 30 seconds 3,000 Spanish words in 30 seconds rule number one if the word in English ends with tion -tion -ción information información action acción celebration celebración rule No. 2 if the word in English ends with ity in Spanish is gonna end with idad activity actividad reality realidad opportunity oportunidad rule No. 3 if the word in English ends with OUS Spanish is gonna end with OSA or Oso curious curioso famous famoso nervous nervioso unlocked 3,000 words in Spanish in just 30 seconds

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Why did anybody tell me this? 3,000 Spanish words in 30 seconds. Let's go. Rule number one: if the word in English ends with -tion, in Spanish it's gonna end with -ción. Information, información. Action, acción. Celebration, celebración. Rule number two: if the word in English ends with -ity, in Spanish it's gonna end with -idad. Activity, actividad. Reality, realidad. Opportunity, oportunidad. Rule number three: if the word in English ends with -ous, in Spanish it's gonna end with -osa or -oso. Curious, curioso. Famous, famoso. Nervous, nervioso. You literally just unlocked 3,000 words in Spanish in just 30 seconds. I never knew how much I knew until I was doom scrolling in the Parrot app and started hearing some familiar.