@@melaninmonroe007it will never be the same, if its the case that you want to live in the country, if its just as a turist then i think is okay. But if you want to REALLY enjoy a place, its culture and its people, you need to learn the local languaje.
@@MarioRodriguez-gr8wcYeah but you if learn Spanish but from different cultures like for example mexico,cuba,dominican republic and Puerto rico or even argentina you should have no problem getting by in spain despite the words being different.
It is so important (and respectful) to either learn the language of the country you're moving to, or at least be in the process of learning it! It's awesome knowing multiple languages, too 💗
@@TheSpiderbat44 No, if you move to a country the first thing you should do is learn the language. There is no way, you are gonna integrate and understand the culture and socialize with the locals if you dont learn the language. And if your plan is to live in a country and don't integrate, you are the entitled bigot.
@@TheSpiderbat44 It is not covert bigotry, in any way. Personally, I think it is bigotry not to learn the language of the country you are moving to. I personally do not plan to move to any other country; however I am learning German, French, and Scots Gaelic. I would like to learn the language or at least important words, and phrases when visiting a country. People that live in a nation for decades and refuse to learn the language are the real bigots.
@@rosab8026you should still at least try to learn some basics. Im planning on going to japan for 2 weeks and will attempt to learn some stuff before then
It shows a bit of ignorance on your part if you think you don't need to know ANY part of the language of the culture / country you are visiting. @@diliana_p
Before my trip to Spain, I prepared months before studying Spanish the best that I could. When I got to Barcelona, although my Spanish was quite imperfect, they were very kind to me very welcoming and now that I have returned to New York I will probably continue studying in Spanish for rest of my life.
Not necessarily disrespectful, though. You might wanna experience the country's culture, food, landscapes, architecture... Learning a language takes years and you might only want to stay in that country for a few months just for the experience.
@@ArditiEnjoyer Hombre, como que es mi lengua materna jajaja No hablo del español en concreto, hablo de cualquier idioma de cualquier lugar en el que quieras vivir solo unos meses. No aprender el idioma local no me parece una falta de respeto, me parece más bien hacerse un flaco favor a uno mismo...
I am a Spanish from Marbella: here is sad because people dont want to learn or even try to speak in spanish. We try to adapt ourself to other cultures when we arrive to their countries… I meet english people living here from 40 years and they dont speak a bit of our lenguage!
My in-laws have lived in the US for 40 years and can barely say hello. As a result, I’ve been deprived of any semblance of a meaningful relationship. I understand your frustration.
Foreigners from the EU living in Spain should learn to speak the Spanish language, just as they demanded foreigners in their home country to learn their native language.
Aquí, en España, la gente hace un esfuerzo por hablar la lengua inglesa para poder comunicarse con el resto del mundo. Otras culturas con diferentes lenguas también lo hacen. Pero, salvo una pequeña minoría, los angloparlantes piensan que son los demás pueblos del mundo los que se tienen que molestar en hacerse entender. Mientras que ellos no hacen el mínimo esfuerzo, e incluso se ofenden si no hablas su idioma. ¿Por qué será?
Porque cuando se trata de idiomas, la mayoridad de nosotros tenemos un complejo de superioridad. Debería agregar que eso no se aplica a todos nosotros angloparlantes.😊
I live in a town in Cadiz province, you need Spanish. No one speaks English. Its really hard, I wished I knew some Spanish before moving. Also, there's gov. Spanish classes for foreigners for free in where I live and I was able to meet people (half are english speakers). Its very slow, but its better than nothing.
i dont get how its hard for english speaker, i remeber when i first came to spain i knee nothing just un dos tres, but i could understand like 30% just from knowing english, its so similar, most words are same, similar - similar, different - differente, cat - gato, etc in like month i could communicate more or less
What do you work at that you don't need Spanish? I would love to live in Spain but figured I would need to be nearly fluent before travelling so I can get a *good* job
@@redbuki não tenho culpa de vocês serem uma cambada de retardados cuja cultura está limitada a um quadrado na Europa e meia dúzia de países de terceiro mundo na América do sul amigo, Ingleses não servimos de certeza, pura e simplesmente o nosso mundo é um quadrado lol
@@hugopereira5640 ...no necesito habitualmente utilizar mi inglés ni mi francés....pero si utilizo el castellano y mi lengua materna natural a diario, gracias.....muy ocupada para perfeccionar las otras de momento... Si alguien viene a España, como no soy de la industria del turismo, intentaré entenderle y hacerme entender por amabilidad, por ayudar....pero si pretende quedarse y trabajar o relacionarse conmigo, esperaré que trate de aprender español... Le será difícil, sino....y me parece lo más lógico...
Me gustaria que ocurriera asi por que es lo logico ;e incluso tenia que ser obligatorio ya que es un signo de respeto al pais donde vas a vivir; alguien se imagina vivir en Reino Unido y no saber Ingles a que es inconcebible pues eso.
Pero el idioma de los negocios y de todos los foros mundiales es el inglés y eso les hace tener mucha ventaja al castellano,es así hay que reconocerlo,en todos los paise de Europa hablan inglés además de su lengua nacional,sabes porqué los portugueses todos hablan inglés?? Porque desde pequeños ven las películas en TV en inglés con subtítulos en portugués entonces desde muy niños oyen el inglés en casa,cuando crecen les es muy fácil.
a mí me gustaría que inculquen a los españoles el saber inglés, casi todos los países de la U.E hablan inglés y es más fácil para los angloparlantes irse a vivir allí que aquí, no cuesta nada empezar a hablar un poco el idioma universal
@@contrerassevnadie dice que el inglés no tenga un peso importante en la escena internacional. Sin embargo eso no quiere decir que no haya que aprender español cuando se viene a España. Cualquier persona puede ver qué son cosas completamente diferentes completamente diferentes
@@a-jerkA nosotros el inglés y los ingleses nos importan una mierda ,si vas a un país aprende su idioma,nuestra cultura es una de las más antiguas del mundo por encima de la inglesa.
i lived in spain 12 years, it was better when i didnt know spanish, once i learned the absolute mental retardation u hear from laucal fauna is just so depressing, how humans can be that retarded its insane, after covid psychosis i had to call it quits, no more spain for me, even absolutely loved the best climate in world
agree, but as a Spaniard we have to start speaking in English too to know more 'bout the language and make more easy to foreigners to understand that we also speak English..
As an English person who don’t speak any other languages, It’s respectful and necessary for your safety to at least try learn the language of the country your visiting
Yes it's ironic how I heard a british ccomplain about moslims living in a bubble in their country so they fleed to Spain, only to apply the same poor integration behavior themselves lol
In Madrid I didn’t have too much trouble. In Seville a lot of people don’t speak English. I know a little Spanish, but don’t understand any and I still get by.
You can't expect the institutions to do your paperwork in a language that is not the official language of the country... Neither in Spain, nor in Japan lmao It's also very presumptuous to go to another country with a widely spoken language like Spanish and expect everyone to speak English to you. What a smart and minimally educated person does is learn the language of the country they are going to live in, and if they come as a tourist, they figure it out. And still, we speak a lot of English.
In Netherlands all professionals speak English, Police, doctors, teachers, any institution. Nowadays paperwork is online and you can choose your language to fill the form in English or Dutch and probably even Spanish too.
y dale con el término "latino", los latinos eran de la región del Laccio, en Italia, y los españoles somos hispanos...y si vienes a España a vivir, te tocará aprender algo de español.. digo yo
Speaking Spanish is real important to learn while visiting traveling or moving to Spain 🇪🇸. Spanish spoken in Spain is different from the Spanish spoken in the Americas. Mostly Latin Americans from South America enjoy traveling to the only country in Europe where Spanish is spoken by the majority of people
Here is the deal. When you learn Spanish then you can communicate with more than 600 millions people not just in Spain but around the world. That’s sick
If you plan to live in another country long-term and enjoy the benefits it has to offer then you MUST learn its language if only out of respect but also to improve your own experience. Yes, learning a language is hard as an adult but challenge yourself! It’s not impossible & we have more time than money in life so why not?!
Even when you go to Spain, you also have to know if people speak co-official languages like Catalan or Euskera. There's a lot of international students that come to Barcelona knowing spanish, but specially in public schools and universities, the most common language is catalan. So i really recomend people get informed and know about our languages.
It is mandatory if you want to live here. In Spain, It is not mandatory to learn english and probably they will find problems if they need to speak with the admin, police, etc. Probably they will not speak english.
If you move to a English country, then you need to know English right? Well want to live in Spain learn Castilian aka Spanish. Its the National language of the country not English.
Eejit...maybe they would only be there for like a few months or so and it is not easy for them to learn a language in a very short time because they are not an alien
In my opinion if you move to a country with their own native language it only stands to reason that you put in the effort to learn their language. You don't need to stop using your own at home but in public I think you should speak the native language, it's just respectful.
If you go to country side then is good to know and speak Spanish because many of them are elders and don’t know nothing about English just from experience also I’m Spanish
English is not my first language either.. If I would move to another country I would definitely learn the language, but if I'm just visiting for two weeks, I hope people are not insulted that I try to speak English with them. In the Netherlands, it's so different. Sometimes I can't even speak Dutch to the waiter because they don't speak it xD (in Amsterdam). Would love to learn Spanish and French though. I forgot all I learned in high school
I'm completely fluent in English and French but being a native Spanish speaker I refuse to speak foreign languages even to tourists. If I see that someone is really in need of help I'll switch to english, french or at least try to understand them. But I think that if you visit a country, you must know the basics. I find it really offensive to assume that everyone should speak english just because the US won the cold war and, as a result, we are all forced to learn english due to their cultural imperialism.
Refusing to speak to someone in another language when you know it just makes you look like a jerk. Sure, people should make an effort to speak the language of a place, but it’s not practical to expect everyone to know the language if they’re just visiting. There are over 6,000 languages. Have you visited other places where you didn’t know the language? You can’t know every language that exists, so it’s nice when someone in another place knows a language you know. Of course, not everyone should have to speak English, but a lingua franca isn’t a bad thing, and they’ve always existed at some point in history. I also get wanting to preserve one’s own language in their home country, but it also just seems irrational to think that if most people learn a lingua franca (in this case English) that everyone is going to stop speaking their native tongue. That only happens in colonial context - like Spain did to indigenous peoples of the americas, which means Spanish is also an imperialist language. In Germany practically every one of the age of 40 and under speak fluent English, but everyone still speaks German.
@JoseDanielFSX I’m a native English speaker who speaks Spanish at a very high level. I wouldn’t call myself completely fluent but I can communicate very easily in Spanish when in Spanish speaking countries. You might want to check your history. The Spanish Empire wiped out thousands of native languages in what is now known today as Latin America. Each region and country of Latin America has adapted their own dialect of Spanish over the centuries but you should remember that the Spanish utterly destroyed native languages worldwide.
@@PhotosoflifeNative languages are still spoken in Latin America by millions of people. Spanish colonialism can’t be compared to English and French colonialism, those were predatory empires.
@@Andrew-qb1rcNative languages in Latin America are still spoken by millions of people. Now let’s look at English colonialism, they were worse and crueler than Spanish colonialism ever was. Look up Spanish black legend.
It is so important, I traveled Madrid and Barcelona and what i wanna say is people even in the most touristic areas do not speak English and it was hard for us to communicate 😂😢
Es fácil si eres una persona con altos recursos que no va a tener necesidad de trabajar en ese país, pero si es al contrario, obviamente necesitas hablar el idioma para sobrevivir
Hola. ¿Qué tan fácil te resultó aprender español en función de tu idioma nativo? ¿Es parecido? Quiero aprender hindi, no sé si sabes hablar este idioma o eres de la región sudeste, donde no es muy hablado.
@@onelove8062 I don't know , but India is not only about Hindi. My mother tongue is Tamil , which is one of the many languages spoken in India. We have more than 30 languages in India.
@@ivanovichdelfin8797 actualmente estoy en la etapa de aprendizaje (español). No, no es similar a mi idioma nativo, pero de alguna manera lo encontré similar al inglés, así que aprendí (pero todos estos textos los estoy traduciendo de Google, como dije, todavía estoy en la etapa de aprendizaje) India no es solo sobre hindi. Mi lengua materna es el tamil, que es uno de los muchos idiomas que se hablan en la India. Tenemos más de 30 idiomas en la India. Como el hindi no tiene ninguna relación con el español, puede que al principio te resulte difícil aprenderlo, pero ya sabes, la práctica hace que un hombre sea perfecto. ¡Espero aprender bien español pronto también!
@@quackthebunny Eso tenía entendido sobre India, y que en la región sudeste la mayoría de la gente habla tamil si no me equivoco. ¿Es cierto que India no tiene mucha naturaleza y que es más para hacer un viaje espiritual y cultural?
Why does she feel the need to ask? It’s not necessary at all to know Spanish if you’re just a tourist. You’re just visiting enjoy your holiday. Plus a lot of people know English in Madrid, Barcelona, if you plan to visit that region. I mean who goes out & try to learn the language to the countries they’re just visiting? There are ppl who live here for 10plus years & don’t know English . How they get by is their perogative.
I have travelled to 38 countries and lived in 7, what language shall I learn, well for starters I learn all the basics for each country, hello, thank you, bye, 1 to 10, for living I'd expect to learn more, shame people live in the UK who can't be assed learning English
English is the global language nowadays and almost all Europeans learn it. You can't expect people to learn the language of every single country they visit. Now, if you want to stay longer in a certain place, then of course, you should learn the language.
@@SenseyWTFok yea and? What about when people first immigrate before they are confident in the language? How will they manage. We all know many people in the US who immigrate from spanish speaking countries who have lived here for decades and dont know a word of english
@@schmerztablette-yn7ft..la gente que lo necesita,lo aprende....pero verás, la señora de ese pueblecito que tanto os gusta tiene mejores cosas que hacer que vivir pendiente de que un día alguien le diga algo en inglés....Los camareros y en hoteles y gente más joven posiblemente pueda hacerlo, pero si entras en una de esas encantadoras tiendecitas de pueblo, estás fastidiado...Hablo de vivir aquí , no de venir de vacaciones unos días....
I don`t feel that is comparable unless you are after a job that requires Spanish. Paying the bills requires few phrases and I believe you can learn them....what else? just use a translation app...
Anglos have to learn spanish. I speak English , je parle francais , hablo español. The first lady in grey outfit speaking in english but she is french i could ear her accent.
The thing is most of Spaniard spoke English to me instead of Spanish when I tried to speak Spanish with them. Maybe they want to practice English with me?😂
Exacto ☺️👌, solo se practica pero no es usado 24/7 el inglés no sirve en España ,ni en América Hispana. Si o si tienes que aprender Castellano o mundialmente conocido como Español. Igual si vas a Polonia si o si aprender Polaco , o a Francia con el francés , Alemania con el Frances.
I went to Spain without knowing Spanish but I was on a holiday. Yeah at first it was somehow difficult but it wasnt't so bad at end. If you are in Spain on a vacation then I don't think it's a big deal not knowing Spanish.
Lo necesites o no, lo mejor es hablar español en España, no vas a sufrir de confusiones por que no te entiendan y lo mas importe te vas a integrar mejor y te vas a divertir mas disfrutaras la vida aqui. Un saludo
I can tell you FOR FREE that YOU MUST learn the language of the country you are moving to. I have lived in Portugal and now living in Germany. And what I'm about to tell you applies for Spanish, Spain or any country you choose to live in. Can you live in portugal and germany with zero Portuguese and zero German YES... BUUUUTTT... You will most likely end up hanging out with a lot of expats NOT native Portuguese or German people. And even if you have friends who are German or Portuguese and everyone speaks English.. if you're in a big group, EVENTUALLY everyone starts speaking their native language.. it'll take like an hour.. an hour and a half and before you know it, a large part of the group isn't speaking English anymore. And it's not nice.. And then obviously there's bureaucratic stuff which is NOT IN ENGLISH.. EVER haha.. Not knowing the language can also limit your job opportunities as well in some cases.. IT REALLY HELPS to just learn. And you don't have to be SUPER fluent. Just get to an A2 or B1 level and you can go pretty far. And people really appreciate the effort.
I have colleagues from India who do not speak German even after many years and they survive. Others are very good and they are less isolated in the country. All the iliterates from Somalia or Afghanistan will nerver learn German. It must be terribly difficult for poorly educated people to learn a foreign language.
I live in Amsterdam z Netherlands and most expats speak English and so do the Dutch ppl but if I would move to Spain I would want to have at least a basic knowledge on forehand and try to learn more in daily life.
Want to watch TV, read a newspaper, listen to radio, deal with public offices, your bank, electricity provider, bus drivers, anything that requires Spanish? Then English alone is not going to cut it. Also usually lawyers and accountants catering for the English speakers tend to do a mess pretty much everywhere.
Impossible, most Spanish don’t know and don’t want to know English. Especially in cities that are not Madrid or Barcelona. Speaking as someone who speaks English and zero Spanish, and has lived in lots of Spanish cities.
Exacto ☺️👌, solo se practica pero no es usado 24/7 el inglés no sirve en España ,ni en América Hispana. Si o si tienes que aprender Castellano o mundialmente conocido como Español. Igual si vas a Polonia si o si aprender Polaco , o a Francia con el francés , Alemania con el Alemán. Y si no nos interesa porque están en nuestros países.
@@veronikab__ You are the one living in Spain right? We don't have to know english and even if we do, we don't want to talk english to you because you are the one that is living here and you SHOULD speak Spanish. The only reason for you to not being able to speak spanish is if you are just for a few weeks.
No acostumbreis a los extranjeros, especialmente anglosajones, a no hacer el esfuerzo de aprender el idioma local y conformarse con 4 palabras. Si vas a estar tiempo en un sitio debes hacer el esfuerzo de aprender lo mas posible. Con estos videos haceis creer a la gente que puede dejar de aprender el idioma.
@@user-ns2dt3le1e, it has nothing to do with high ego. We’re obviously talking about people living in Spain, not visiting. There’re plenty of places in Spain where English and German nationals live all year round and not only speak 0 Spanish, but expect everyone around them to speak English. I still remember an English lady living in Marbella who was interviewed by Spanish TV years ago. She was complaining that there were too many Spanish speakers IN SPAIN! 🤦🏼♀️
In business perspective it would boost revenue if restaurants have automatic kiosk with English translations just like Korea or Japan does. There is no need to be nationalistic against tourists. I'm Korean, we are nationalistic people, and we love to hate Chinese or Japanese, but public transportations make announcements in Chinese and Japanese, same for the tourist maps and restaurant kiosks. Small serving for foreign visitors make you earn a lot more money.
@@Mn16Cr45 that is an interesting perspective. It does not seem based in rational thinking. Do you think she would post photos of herself on instagram because she does NOT want people to subscribe and view the photos of herself that she posts? Is that what you think is going on? Do you think she publicly posts photos of herself with the very obvious intent for people go follow her and view her photos but she thinks that the people that follow her are "creepers" because they follow her (which was her 100% entire intent when she set up her IG profile and posted public photos) I think you just enjoy attacking/accusing people publicly to seem like you are on some imagined moral high-horse looking down in judgement of other people. Or perhaps you believe that your perspective on what questions are NOT acceptable on YT but perhaps might be acceptable on twitter or FB or whatever other social platforms you use. Is there a different socially acceptable list of rules for each of them? Did you create this list of rules?
