How I Learned Fluent Spanish in 20 Days From My Apartment 

with Chinese, Spanish and English, he can basically communicate with the entire world

okay, THAT is the craziest thing. The dedication is real

This guy learned way more Spanish in 20 days than I did in 3 years of high school

Fun Fact: He filmed this at gunpoint, that’s why he spoke so fast

Day 57 quarantine: "I have successfully learned the rarest and most unspoken dialect of Icelandic people"

I've been studying Spanish for around 3 or 4 years and the fact that you are able to use your time so effectively to learn so quickly is incredibly impressive

I enjoy that he made it clear that this was about SPEAKING and that he still can understand very little of spoken Spanish. Lots of people would miss that. However, incredible what he achieved.

it's funny how his personality changes depending on the language, he's a lot more playful in spanish. That phenomenon has actually been studied. It's not perfect yet (you need to omit the pronouns a little bit more), but I'm impressed at your conjugations! That's one of the most complicated parts for foreigners and you're nailing it! Saludos desde Chile!

Normal people in quarantine: *sits around* Xiaoma in quarantine:

It makes me sad that people are discouraged by this video or comparing their own process to it. Did you all hear any crazy tenses or double pronouns? Nothing. He’s a “fluent” beginner. This hobby (language learning) is tough enough without constantly comparing ourselves to RU-vid “experts”. Enjoy your process! Remembering why you’re doing it. And know that each time you go to practice you are improving.

Aquí está el comentario en español que estabas buscando xdd

El colombiano "pero sísí, yo le entiendo haRtO" JAJAJAJAAJAJAJAJAJ tremendo

Me: Speaking Spanish my whole life and using improper grammar. This guy: Speaking Spanish for 20 days using better grammar than me.

Wow, my brain sure does feel like a molded potato right now.

I'm a native Spanish speaker and although I recognize his Spanish is pretty good for someone that has been studying it for just 20 days, however he is definitely trying to speak very fast in order to show off his fluency...and the result is just a very strong accent that makes it difficult to follow him. he doesn't have such a strong accent when he focuses more and speaks slower. Also I think it's not realistic... he probably repeated this monologue over and over before filming and may not be able to be as fluent in a real conversation with a native

Soy español de España y en el video se te ve hablando perfectamente. Entiendo que ahora, después de seis meses, hablarás igual de bien que hablas el chino. Es admirable la capacidad que tienes para aprender idiomas. Sencillamente increíble. Descubrí tu canal por casualidad y me he suscrito 👍

Who else is feeling a little inadequate 😂

You could probably learn Italian in 15 days now.

I’m learning French and the same thing happened to my dreams. I WAS DREAMING IN FRENCH. I was so happy :)

I almost cried watching this...I wanted to learn a Latin-based language so bad but lost motivation. I can understand 30% written and spoken Spanish but I stopped learning altogether. Now I decided to learn Italian for real and come back strong with the Latin-based languages. This video just gave me inspiration but what actually made me cry is the PROFICIENCY in just 30 days? COMO???? make a step-by-step or detailed video about it. I know you do comprehensible input but HOW thoooo. good job Xiaoma! love from the Philippines!

I have the sensation that most people could get to a similar level within a similar, limited amount of time if the *definition of fluency* is a self-determined and edited video of jump cuts. I've seen similar language-centered youtubers like Ikenna, and there is a big difference of communication and confidence when speaking to people *in real time* to what he does in front of a camera. I would with my own experience of having learned two languages besides my native one, say that being able to speak and understand a language fluently is something so *incredibly vast* . Like being able to watch documentaries, read news articles or even write something like this without having to translate words during the process. So, please dont try to sell us a fantasy like it was the pill from the movie limitless. But I wont lie, the title is tempting, I even bought it myself. And good job/idea of learning spanish by the way, you're very good. And very useful language!

This guy is speaking faster than eminem

*As a native speaker , i think he just memorized sentences..İt is not possible to speak fluent any language in just 1 month*

Watching his progression inspires me as I’ve been thinking about learning either Swedish, French or Japanese for a while.

Years of watching lion king in Spanish wasted.

I speak Spanish. I saw your challenge about a month ago. I’m so impressed!!

I think if you've been studying in Spanish for 2 years you know that speaking fluent Spanish in 20 days is B.S. it's not just about memorizing. Words are in different order in Spanish. And then there is immersion. Not to mention there are many people who can speak Spanish but have a tough time understanding Spanish.

Es claro que sabes hablar con fluidez el español, aunque lo niegues. Y qué lo aprendiste muy bien en poco tiempo, eres un ejemplo a seguir 💪🏻❤️

Remember, "fluent" is not the same level as mastery or native-level speaking. He speaks very well for a beginner but languages take years to master: one learns grammar, vocabulary, poetry (its form is often very different to the spoken version), slang, references/metaphors/allegories etc. You can do what he did by memorizing 200 words in any language then make up basic sentences.

OMG I'm Mexican and i can say your spanish is on point💯👍

You clearly learnt how to speak Spanish from talking with Spanish people. You move your hands around a lot just like us 😂. Well done

Want to become fluent in Spanish? 1° Change your phone's language to Spanish 2° Watch Movies in Spanish 3° View English classes 4° Download an Spanish application (Duolingo) 5° Do only research in Spanish 6° Make your room an Spanish place 7° Always see Spanish tips, if possible in Spanish If you do this you will be fluent in Spanish soon... Never forget "The secret of success is never giving up".

I'd love to see you speak in vr chat, off the cuff and without the cuts.

Es realmente INCREÍBLE el nivel tan alto que has conseguido en español en tan poco tiempo. Puedes hablar muy rápido en español y se te entiende perfectamente! Congrats :3

I’d love to see him do a podcast with a native speaker. What do you think?

I'm Canadian and don't speak Spanish, but I went to Mexico and was surprised by the number of signs I could understand because of the language's similarities to French.

I think you should showcase your Spanish WITHOUT all the jumpcuts after every sentence.

What sources did you use? This is actually insane dude.

Stunning video! Many thanks to the author of the channel for the recommendations! The problem with many people is that they want to take a "magic pill" or get "secret knowledge" and immediately have skills and abilities. However, the truth of life is that knowledge, skills, and abilities do not come by themselves. You can't learn a foreign language without doing anything, without wasting your time and effort, just like you can't learn to ride a bike lying on a comfy couch, listening to lectures and watching videos about "modern methods of learning" on a bike. To really learn something, you have to really practice every day. You're going to fall down while you're learning, and you're going to get bumps - that's normal! The ups and downs of learning are an integral part of our lives. Motivation from success and depression from failure will always be your study companions. However, every student has problems in his or her studies that he or she lacks the knowledge to solve. It can be: poor memorization of words; no progress in language learning; the student can speak, but does not understand speech by ear; misunderstanding of grammar; incorrect pronunciation, etc. Agree that a problem you don't know how to solve is very demotivating. In order to find the answer to our question we have to spend a lot of time to read videos, articles and books by polyglots. In today's world, we have to solve problems as quickly as possible. I don't have time to study and analyze a huge amount of information. My goal is to master the basic knowledge of a foreign language as quickly as possible and already start earning money effectively in the international arena. I settled on the practical guide by Yuriy Ivantsiv " Polyglot's Notes: practical tips for learning foreign language". This book is always in my bag. If I have a problem while learning a language, I quickly find the answer in this book. There are many different techniques and tips for learning a foreign language in Polyglot Notes. I have made my own individual schedule and plan for language learning. Now I know what I am going to study, how I am going to study, when I am going to study and what results I am going to achieve. No problem could stop me! With an effective language learning plan my professional skills are more and more in demand internationally every day. Friends, don't stop there! Everyone has talents that millions of people around the world need! Learn the language and make your ideas and dreams come true! Thanks to the author of the channel for the informative and useful video! Your videos motivate me.

There is no way that he's fluent in Spanish. He's fluent in making money from misleading videos. He's obviously reading from a teleprompter and carefully picking moments where he appears to be speaking in natural Spanish. Clickbait videos like this are heartless because they can discourage language learners from continuing to study. Learning a language takes a lot of work, time, and constant dedication. If you aren't fluent after a year, even two years, you are not doing anything wrong. It takes time.

I've been learning for 3 years and I'm at your same level and it took you 20 days... ahhhh

Veía tus vídeos porque hablabas chino mandarín y luego subiste un vídeo diciendo que ibas a aprender español, pensé que te ibas a aburrir estudiando y lo ibas a abandonar pero no, tu determinación es asombrosa. Sin nada más que decir te felicito Xiaoma.

Esto debería estar en tu canal de español. Saludos desde Argentina.

Eres asombroso!!!❤ tienes mucha habilidad y dedicación 😱 te admiro muchoooo! I've been trying to improve my english skills since 2 years ago and i don't speak 100% yet, you're admirable!!

i am a fan of this channel, but he seems to be exaggerating his fluency. I agree with an older comment that with so many edits and lines spliced together in this video, it makes his claims of fluency suspect. But I believe that he can be understood by many spanish speakers, but I don't know if he is fluent enough to understand an average native spanish speaker.

This guy is not human he speaks better Spanish than my cousins (they were born in the US but they're still Hispanic)

The most important thing that I learned from this is that he's not afraid to sound stupid. Ive been studying Spanish for a month and im afraid to speak it because I'll sound stupid. I know I could improve if I would just speak!

This is fantastic. I have 2 weeks spare time and will try to learn as much spanish as i can. I started yesterday.

Great progress! A few pointers: -'definitivamente' means 'definitively', not 'definitely'. A better word would be 'seguramente'. -avoid using 'yo'. It sounds like you're contrasting yourself (e.g. 'yo puedo hablar' = 'I, and not someone else, can speak'). It's more natural to just say 'puedo hablar'. -Try to pronounce 'd' especially as a 'th' sound like in the word 'the' rather than as an English 'd'. What ends up happening is that since the English 'd' is pronounced with the tongue against the alveolar ridge instead of against the teeth, we tend to make it sound like a Spanish 'r' sound. So, when you say 'pude' at about 1:30 it sounds like you're saying 'pure', and this can make you a bit hard to understand.

At least this guy is having fun during this self-qurantine time. Leave him alone, people!

Didn't really say how he learned. Just talk to friends. Sigh. No memory techniques?

Yo estoy aprendiendo ingles y muchas veces sueño que lo hablo 😂 pensé que estaba enloqueciendo hasta que vi tu video

WTF I barely started the video and you already talk like that. As a native Spanosh speaker I'm impressed.

You have an impressive improvement since the beginning of the challenge. BUT, it is clear that you want to sound more fluent increasing the speed of the video in certain parts. It is not necessary, It feels like you're cheating your audience. Congrats anyway 😁.

Sorry guys, but this is fake. He is just reading from a script which he has memorised, so his Spanish is even more basic than it appears in this video. There is a video from December 2021 (more than a year after this video) where he speaks some unscripted Spanish with a guy from Tibet and all he knows how to say is a few basic phrases. You can't learn to speak a language that quickly, or otherwise we would we all speak twenty languages.

Por fin un video en Spanish ;D Soy de Argentina Me gusta tu contenido UwU

He’s my inspiration to study more language.❤️

Amigo, tu eres una persona que has nacido para aprender idiomas. Es impresionante que en 20 días hayas aprendido no solo a hablar, sino ha decir algunas palabras más dificiles. Y la rapidez es de admirar, pero eso también lo tienes en el Japones, mandarín ect ... ect...

it's easy to rehearse some line before filming. Such people set unrealistic expectations for people, get the YT money and eventually end up discouraging people as they will never be fluent in 30 days,

wow dude, as a mexican, I must say that your spanish was amazingly good, I hope you keep learning our language and keep up the good work!

To anyone thinking he's a mastermind about learning languages: he isn't. That isn't because he's a god, he's using techniques that everyone can use. Most people don't learn a language after 5 years of trying because they're learning it incorrectly. I've been learning italian, french and portuguese during the quarantine. I also passively learned english without *ever* learning grammar. I'm spanish native. You can get to xioma's level of spanish by doing 2 things: 1- speaking with people, and 2- using google translate. Expose yourself to the culture, listen to the music and videos of the people. A great topic of conversation is to ask natives for their favorite content in the language. Pra tudos os que não achan que eu posso falar português, estou escrevendo isto sem usar google translate. E estou aprendendo dois outros idiomas ao mesmo tempo que português. Everyone can learn any language if you use the right technique. Xioma just used a fantastic technique for spanish. I can say his grammar is 95% perfect, and his accent, while undoubtedly north american, is very easy to understand. Felicidades Xiaoma, si querés poner a prueba tu español te recomiendo que intentes hablar con argentinos, chilenos y paraguayos. Tenemos los acentos mas diferentes comparados con los usuales, que serian los mejicanos y españoles.

In a few months "Did you hear Xiaoma learned French?" "I thought he leaned French last week." "No that was Italian, that was right after he did that other video in Japanese"

I studied for two years and still can't have a conversation. Consider yourself lucky my friend, you have a gift.

No puedo creer que tengas esa fluidez en tan solo 20 días (probablemente más para cuando te estoy comentando)! Realmente se ve tu dedicación y pasión por aprender idiomas! Llevo 30 minutos viendo tus videos, motivan demasiado. Con esa pronunciación que le das al hablar español, y la fluidez, podrías aprender a hablar portugués también! Es muy similar y el acento ya está haha... Saludos y éxito!

¡Felicidades! Glad to have helped you out Arieh 🙏

Pretty sure he knew spanish before this more like a touch up on his spanish

This is so inspiring! I started Spanish lessons a few months ago, and actually just posted a video on my channel sharing my progress after 2 months of classes. I still have a lot of work to do, but I'm really enjoying it!

Este es el contenido mas difícil de hacer y el menos premiado deberías tener 20 millones de subscriptores.

dude you're speaking so well and SO FAST whatttt!! i'm super impressed and motivated now haha

The next step is learning when to drop the subject in your sentences. Spanish is a heavily pro-drop language and the main thing keeping you from sounding more native is the constant "yo".

I''m glad you learned fluent Spanish instead of broken Spanish.

Props to you, man. Everyone should take advantage of being cooped up during the pandemic and learn a new skill, whether it be a foreign language, a musical instrument, cooking...whatever. Just do it consistently.

I have always wanted to learn Mandarin or Cantonese . And hearing you speak Spanish is inspiring. Gracias Xiaoma por la gran lección de hoy.

The only Spanish I know is "Hola, Soy Dora!"

It’s often that I find myself to understand Spanish but, once I realize I understand I don’t anymore 😂🤣 This was amazing

I don't remember where I heard this but one thing that has helped me when language learning...especially for the everyday conversation is to do EVERYTHING in that language. If I'm washing the dishes, I'm AWARE of it. I look up the phrase for, "I'm washing the dishes", or "I'm cleaning the table". And it helps so much. Whether it's walking the dog, going to the bathroom, or eating a meal...making yourself know and think about the language constantly helps.

He is definitely good at languages but this looks staged. I mean he probably prepared the speech and learnt it by heart.

Gotta say man im impressed. Tu dedicación para aprender español en un mes es impresionante y debo decir que tienes la base suficiente como para desenvolverte sin problemas. Saludos desde Chile

Absolutely looooved this video. I am a languages teacher and I have found this content super genuine. Thanks :)

As a Spanish speaking person (it is my 1st language) and as a person who has been learning its theory for nearly 10 years, it is rather impossible to learn Spanish in so little time. It is so difficult to conjugate some verbs and there are many more tenses than in English for example: pretérito perfecto compuesto, pretérito pluscuamperfecto, pretérito simple and so on and forth. So for the people who feel discouraged by this video, don’t be! I have been learning this language since I was born and I still make terrible mistakes.

Ok like you made a lot of progress but why that title have to be so click bait tho

“If a man needs to edit his video in 300x clips while speaking a foreign language, which he claims he is fluent, that man aint no fluent” - Gandalf, lord of the rings

Dude i am from madrid and i tell you that you Speak better than some spanishs

Me alegro mucho de haber encontrado tus vídeos. Yo realmente quiero y necesito aprender el Ingles y tú me has motivado. Tu contenido en RU-vid es inigualable, es de lo mejor que he visto. Que Dios te bendiga 🙏🏽🙌🏽

I showed my gf this video and now she’s mad at me.. she’s been trying to get me to learn Spanish for 3 years now..

I completely agree 100% about the fact that you can learn a language in a month, but, there's a catch. You can do it, if it's an easy language like Spanish, or it's a language of the same family of the language you already speak. And I say this because I know this by first hand. I'm Catalan and I speak five languages, Catalan (my mother tongue), Spanish (since I was around 3 years old), English (fluently since I was 15-16), Italian (since I was 21) and Portuguese (since I was 23). I learnt Italian and Portuguese during two different ERASMUS Scholarships. I lived in Rome for two months in 2016 and two months in Lisbon in 2018 (plus, this time, studying the language one month prior). I could understand Italian and Portuguese since the day one, cause those languages are romance languages, just like Catalan and Spanish. If you are curious about how speakers from romance languages can understand each other only by using their own mother tongue (no English allowed) you should check the Ecologist RU-vid Channel, here you have a link: ru-vid.com/group/PLQJ3IAEluGMjuLXkJ3M3zbdutw38BInsv Anyway, my point is that I was able to understand the languages from the beginning and, it took me a month to speak Italian fluently and then only around two weeks to speak Portuguese fluently. Te felicito por tu gran comproniso, porque veo que te ha dado sus frutos. ¡Sigue Así! ¡Recuerdos desde Barcelona!

Increíble, sinceramente tienes un muy buen español, de verdad me sorprende la fluidez con la que puedes comunicarte en el idioma. Mi mas sincera enhorabuena!!! Felicidades realmente lograste tu objetivo.

"RE-GA-TON EN ES-PAÑ-OL!"..... that cracked me up. you're so expressive and exaggerated in how you speak and its funny, makes me smile

Impresionante!!! Te felicito has aprendido muy rápido el español Yo pienso que para aprender un idioma tienes que hablarlo así sea a medias pero con el tiempo vas recordando y perfeccionándolo Suerte 👍

Conversational isn’t the same as fluent... What you did is incredible, but I wouldn’t go as far as saying that you’re fluent because to be fluent, you have to be able to talk about nearly everything in Spanish.

Probably the most impressive person on RU-vid

Definitivamente eres un chico prodigio, se que lo más difícil del español es leerlo y escribirlo, pero ya tienes las bases suficientes para perfeccionarlo, te felicitooooo!!! 👁️👄👁️👌

When you start dreaming in Spanish fully that’s when you know you’re fluent

Wow bro your dedication is incredible! I wish you also try our native language which is TAGALOG, it’s a little similar with Spanish so I bet you can even do it in 15 days.

Did I miss it? Did he ever say how he learned?

Man! The first tíme I saw one of your video speaking fluent Chinese , loved you. Now, that you can my Spanish language I felt in love of you, I mean it. Such a great people like you, should be more here on this platform. Congratulations. I wish I could be one of them the ones you spoke to.

Clickbait title, cut up video of pre-prepared statements, someone else in the comments even suggested it seemed like you'd sped up the video in parts.. I can only hope other learners don't believe this video at face value and get discouraged from trying to learn themselves or get upset because they think it's taking them so long; I'm already seeing a lot of disheartened comments below. Even in the first video of this Spanish series it was obvious you weren't starting from nothing with Spanish. No se puede alcanzar la fluidez en sólo 20 días desde cero conocimiento. Esta seríe de vídeos se me hace muy sospechoso. Hay otra gente que quiere aprender otra idioma que esto les va a desalentar mucho, como ya se ve en los comentarios.

bro this is insane 😭 as a native, im very humbled u chose my language & so fkng impressed by the dedication. pronunciation improved lots, & for u to be able to speak at that speed.. damn 😂 keep it uppp

Excelente Xiaoma! te felicito la verdad, por tu gran entrega de voluntad en aprender un nuevo idioma, que hables varios idiomas claramente te fue de ayuda, porque la verdad que con solo cinco días estudiando que ya puedas entablar una conversación con un hispanohablante es increíble amigo. Saludos desde Argentina!

Broo que súper increíble, ni siquiera tiene mucho acento, es mi ídolo