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@@SpeakSpanishFaster ¡Que chevere! Tambien yo soy boricua. Well, mitad (mi papa es de Ponce). I use to live in D.C. for 12 years. I moved 7 years ago and I plan to move back very early 2020. I only knew one Boricua in D.C. Everyone else was Salvadoreno, from other Central American countries or Dominicano. I felt like an alien LOL When I move back, would it be possible to take classes from you? I speak basic and a issue I have is when being spoken back to. It's embarrassing and aggravating trying to process word for word and then responding quicker. I've been watching your videos the past 24 hours and you give buen consejo. Much appreciated
@@strictlyhiphop4121 That's dope man! Ponce is the ONLY place in Puerto Rico I haven't been :( most of my family is near San Juan, Vega Baja, Toa Alta, Etc. Oh and some on the west side in Aguadilla!
I remember my first trip to South Africa. I’m a native US English speaker and was shocked that I was having a difficult time understanding English, South African style! Interesting to realize the same thing applies to other languages.
I moved from the United Kingdom to America ate age 9 and hike I spoke the same language there were hurdles no one really thought of... my top grades in spelling fell swiftly as I’d never heard of. “Faucet” Or “eraser” let alone knew how to spell them. And my love of History suffered a blow because my knowledge of monarchies and such didn’t help on social study test ... don’t even get me started on geography. I will say by I made it my goal to master “the United States in Rhyme” song and if you’ve ever heard it you have to sing the second verse double time and I won a contest for singing it correctly! My relatives thought it was just a riot and still pull my out as a party favor 20+ years later ... in England... and I if knowing the states is ever a trivia question I’m a team favorite because I can still sing it. 😜
... interesting to say the least. BUT I will say, I'm not sure how other countries treat immigrants. Of course, they treat tourists well because we pay a lot of money jaja. Not sure if it would be the same if we were immigrants from a poorer country living there.
Right? Even someone who speaks really broken English should be at the very least respected for trying. But some of us Americans have this attitude like if you don’t speak well you are dumb.
Its most difficult for me to understand dominicans they speak like they competing with Usain bolt and they change the endings of some words for example like "armor" which sounds like amol. Being an English speaker from the Caribbean I am used to being not understood when I go to the states because of my Caribbean accent so we learn from child hood to "code switch" from Caribbean English to Standard American English which can be what some refer to as an English Patois.
Oh and puerto rican spanish the taino language comes out hard. In most spanish speaking places in the Americas are either heavily influenced by indigenous languages or african languages.
I really like the way you put that--14 minutes in, you said, "learn the one that you deal with most, and then, let the others come to you". Having been around Mexicans for the majority of my bilingual life, I'm not in a situation where I am around a lot of Salvadorans. There ARE differences, but it's not that bad, in fact, it's kind of fun.
Im not even scared anymore, I actually approach a Spanish person and say anything lol, if I get the word wrong they correct me, they then also smile at me after, and I know that smile is them saying "your cool for trying to learn" lets do this
Thanks SO MUCH for your videos. I LOVE Spanish, though my first language is English. I can get by in conversation but my goal is to be fluent. With your help I’m sure it will happen. Much appreciated ❤️
Good video! D. C. is my ciudad natal (specifically Temple Hills, MD). When I was growing up there (90s to early 00s), the majority of Latinos were Salvadorans and Carribean. First friend I ever had was Puerto Rican. I live in central/southwest Virginia where the Latinos come mostly from Mexico or Honduras (or Brazil surprisingly). I agree with you completely with the Spanish teacher thing. Most of the Spanish teachers I had were either trained in Spain or Spaniards. I only had one teacher who was trained in Latin American Spanish (the Guatemalan variety). I never did well leaning Spanish in school, and I began to think that this was part of the reason why. I didn't actually start learning any Spanish until I had a job with Spanish-speaking customers.
Estudiaba español por cinco años en la escuela. Empecé cuando once años. Terminé en once grado. después escuela secundaria, tuvé vecinos que me ayudaban con español y los ayudaba con inglés. Luego, ellos movieron y moví. No tenía a nadie con quien hablar o que me ayudara con el español, así que comencé a perder parte de él. Ahora estoy tomando la clase de español. Quiero enseñar mí niño español. Atiende a una escuela bilingüe(inglés y español). Quiero practicárselo con a él en la casa. Me gustan tus videos. Voy a usar para practicar. Soy puertorriqueña(boricua)🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺. Estoy intentando de practicar mí español. Tuve clase esta noche, todos las semanas en lunes. Siempre practicando.
My Spanish teacher called me Mexican so all the first gen or low english speaking kids would come to me to help translate. 🤦🏻♀️ I'm not Mexican But I had the highest spanish grade at the end. 10/10 do suggest helping spanish speakers as frequently as possible especially in school.
While watching this video, I was reminded of a very humorous video of a song in Spanish 'Qué dificil es hablar el español'. I was going to post a link to it for you in these comments in case you hadn't seen it yet. However, when I pulled up the video to get the link, guess what the first ad was??? Your Speak Spanish Faster ad...jajaja...guess you are already familiar with the song. As always, I enjoyed watching your video and found it quite useful. Muchas gracias.
I am sooo excited to get back to the the Dominican and make a fool of myself speaking Spanish to everyone!!! I won a 5 day trip to the DR for meeting every one of my language goals in a Spanish class with a Latin American music theme that I started in February - Spanish con Salsa with Tamara Marie! It was supposed to be for Bachata Festival but cover had other ideas but God had a plan and they are allowing me to go on my own time frame with is means I can visit people I’ve who were there when I fell in love with their country and then the new ones who have been helping me learn I decided bilingual was a thing I had to be! ❤️ Aprender español + la música + un viaje a República Dominicana ❤️ I was born and raised in the UK and studied French thru college. Romeo and Juliet obsession maybe. I have NEVER been so LOVINGLY received by native speakers as I have by native Latin American Speakers and no matter how crazy I sound or sounded in the beginning Everyone has tried to understand me, gracefully showed me how I could try next time to be understood and laughed with me over the trials of learning a new language. 😘
Rocky I am trying to stay encouraged you’re a good educator! My Puerto Rican Pastor’s from the Bronx change in the middle of worship! Totally flip the song to Spanish and look at me as if I should be able to phonetically flow!Thinking I can worship in song because I was just singing it prior in English. REALLY! It’s not that easy of a language. Our Spanish service has a variety of different Hispanics and the repetitive old-school songs I can figure out how to repeat the word and I’m imagining what it means in English. The Spanish worship is so romantic I fall apart crying and I’m committed to learn this language. As old as I am, I have to start at the ABC’s and just keep replaying your videos!! Your comment about the barber made me repent and commit!! Thank you!! Come to Jersey!
I love your videos so much , I’m learning Spanish and you have been helping me a lot . I also watch your basketball videos (I love basketball) , you are the definition of success .
Outstanding video!!!!!! Been learning for 2 yrs....twice a week Skype with Dominican. Listen to Cuban soap operas 20 minutes per day. Also listen to news 10 minutes per day. Any other suggestions?
Yo soy Neoyoriquina, y las personas hablan Latino Caribeaño. Yo había pedido por tostone, en lugar de tostones en una bodega. ¡Ya elegi que español hablaría sin saberlo!
I learned in class that with passive learning it depends on intention and how one feels about the language. If it’s not really a target language and there is no intention or motivation to acquire it, passive learning definitely will not work.
The video was really helpful, I am starting to learn Spanish along with my kids, however, we do not have any spanish heritage we are originally from Africa (Nigeria) but all born and raised in the UK (London). What would you advise in terms of learning Spanish to at least a conversational degree and then further as I don't have anyone around that we are able to do this with. I thought of maybe a Spanish food store, what do you think?
Thanks so much for watching! I would advice trying to hear spanish as much as possible. Also practice. Use resources, "like our course ;)" or other apps to improve your Spanish. It really takes dedication!
Is Belizeian Spanish similar to Venezuelan?? I'd really like to know cuz I have friends from Belize and I'm learning their kinda spanish but I may be going to Venezuela soon. Please let me know.
¡Hola Rocky! ¿Debería prestar atención a la forma del "usted" y tratar de aprender a usarla? Mi punto es que hay muchas reglas en español que necesito aprender ahora, y dominar esta forma educada de dirigirse me parece una pérdida de tiempo, sin mencionar que confunde mi cerebro muchísimo. Quiero decir, ¿cuántas veces en mi vida voy a charlar con alguien mayor que yo o más respetable que yo, o con alguien que pueda encontrar el "tú" muy ofensivo?
I wish this were true. Even my boyfriend's family in Mexico laugh at me, make me a fool by getting me to say inappropriate words, and outside the family, they just give me ugly stares or ignore me.
Is there any major differences between Mexican Spanish and Puerto Rican Spanish? My Gf's family is Mexican but all my friends are from Puerto Rico or are Dominican
A lot of differences. But we still understand each other. My best friend is actually mexican and we understand each other just fine, even though our Spanish is different.
@@SpeakSpanishFaster Sweet! After you said it's basically just a difference in accent and some slang it makes me feel a lot better about my minimal Spanish lol
Hola a todos. Todavía estoy aprendiendo español y buscando amistades para comunicaciones en la lengua. Te puedo ayudar aprender inglés si me puedes aprender español. Soy fluidez en inglés pero necesito más oportunidades para hablar con hispanohablantes por favor, si está bien. Saludos desde aquí en los Estados Unidos.
Madrileños Viaje a: Las Series. Esta programa buena en RU-vid sobre un madrileños que viaj por diferencia países latinamericanos y ciudades. Interesante.
Thank you for creating such awesome content. Ive watched all of your videos and I am taking your spanish in demand course. I did have a question. Right now I am Intermediate, I am not having a problem understanding the words its just taking time for me to process the idea and context. If I keep pausing the video that gives me time to understand the idea. How do I get past having to pause just to put together what is being said? Does that just happens over time?
Hey Daneil thanks so much for being a part of all this! Yes, just continue to listen and you will get better and better. It may take some time but don't stop consuming listening and reading input and you will be just fine.
You are in DC! Cool. I’m in Northern VA. Would like to communicate with you via email. I am also a Spanish teacher and from Washington Heights. Lots in common.
Dominicans have a lot of slang that no other country uses. It’s like an American going to South Africa or the UK. You speak the same language but the slang words and mannerisms are different.
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