*Falso, En España le decimos Miércoles. Eso de Merlina solo sucede en latinoamericana porque allí siempre le cambian el nombre a todos los personajes.*
Dude I can’t with Latino parents who don’t teach their kids Spanish due to fear of discrimination or whatever bc ironically if you want your kids to be successful you’d want them to have all the skills they can easily obtain. If she had known Spanish she could’ve acted in Spanish dramas &movies as well. Yes, I get it at the end of the day Jenna got successful either way, but she’s not the only Latina out there who has dealt with this.
As a latino who grew up not being taught a sufficient amount of spanish, I feel for her. But, I’ve also been learning spanish on my own now for 8 years at this point and have just reached a point of decent proficiency. It’s very difficult to pick up when you’re older compared to as an adult but I hope that other “no sabo” kids get the urge to learn, because it really is very fulfilling
@@kiaratheexplorer4 Está mi segundo semana que aprendiendo Español pero yo tomé clases de español en escuela secundaria. Tengo diecenueve años así que tengo tiempo.
Tell me about it because when I was a little kid. My family would speak English. I did not know a single damn word in Spanish. And I'm half Mexican and Guatemalan. So I had to learn to speak in both different ways. Spanish. I had to learn to speak the Mexican side. Spanish and the Guatemalan side Spanish. Because even though they're both very similar it's spoken very differently. Luckily I was at a good age when I learned. Because I started to learn when I was 11 years old. Now as a grown 31 year old. I can speak a 100% fluidly. And I'm able to distinguish both my Mexican side and Guatemalan side Spanish. What are the things that I do say is that you never stop learning
@@case4896its not just the accent but her intonation sounds so foreign it makes is it really hard to understand. But if u know the what she is saying beforehand. She sounds really cute
My parents didn't teach my brothers or myself Spanish, not because of discrimination but because they didn't want us to know what they were saying. They've come to regret that decision.
And that’s the sad part, when parents don’t teach their language, do their children, they are literally closing a door and a world to them. They’re denying them part of their heritage, part of their identity, and many opportunities are literally lost due to the loss of the language.
I think she said that her mom would try to speak in spanish but sense her dad doesnt speak it he didnt like feel excluded so she stop speaking to them in spanish
Hmm that makes me think that’s what my parents did. They look at me now and don’t know why I don’t know Spanish but I only remember English being spoken to me
@@catiasilvaaaa de hecho no, ella desde pequeña ha apoyado a los Latinos y cierto grupo de personas, investigar no cuesta mucho, no es su culpa, sería mas de sus padres como muchos otros que no les enseñaron a sus hijos hablar español como primer lenguaje.
De verdad se le puede decir puerto riqueñs o mexicana, acaso no nacio rn estados unidos? Es una maravillosa actriz pero no es latina. Solo tiene ascendencia latina
@@antonioortiz4111 Es latina te guste o no. Nuestras raices estan por algo...otra cosa es si ella se siente como tal. Pero nadie le puede negar que es latina.
@@KyoFanDuB Ella está orgullosa de sus raíces latinas y valora mucho su identidad aunque sea norteamericana de nacimiento, cada que puede hace ver lo mucho que significa para ella su ascendencia.
Remember that Spanish is not her first language. She grew up speaking English in her house, school and work. The only Spanish she would know would be related to household things such as food and simple things: Dame agua, quiero arroz, tengo hambre, etc. If you study sociolinguistics you might understand.
she keeps pushing the representation thing like crazy while knowing very little about the culture but claims to be a representative of it. It's messed up. She's a faker.
I love languages, even though I'm not so good at them. But my 6 years old daughter already speaks Spanish, French, and English. I teach her some words in Portuguese and Italian, too. It's impressive how kids learn languages so easily. It's absolutely dumb to deprive them of learning, especially your mother language!
I bet she wasn’t depriving her ,just it wasn’t spoken as much as English so she caught more with English because probably when she when out mostly spoke English when she when to school read books it was in English ,you can’t get mad that there live in country mostly with people who speak English
I'm fluent in both languages and i don't care if someone speaks Spanish or not. People will do anything to put others down just to feel better about themselves.
Same bro. I'm Mexican born and grew up there, then moved to US and my siblings were born here in US. I can't stand when other Mexican born people look down on the US born "Mexicans" (Mexican American). I can't stand it, pisses me off. My siblings are the same as me regardless if they were born across that imaginary fkn line.
As the first generation of my Colombian family born and raised in the USA the judgment that is cast on those who either don’t know Spanish or aren’t fluent is something that has always bothered me about my own community and culture.even if you want to learn Spanish and actively try to use it they also make fun of you because you’re pronunciation isn’t perfect. It feels like you’re never good enough. I can speak,read and understand Spanish but my grammar and pronunciation isn’t always perfect and this makes me uncomfortable to speak Spanish around others that aren’t my family due to the likelihood of judgment. It creates an environment where you feel to “white washed” for the Latin community but to “ethnic” for white people.stop judging others for not being as Latino as you’d like them to be . Everyone is their own person.
No te juzgan a ti,sino a tu padre. Y antes ni siquiera le exigimos que hablen el español Pero como a nosotros nos exigen porque no exigirles a ustedes. Pero a los que más se les exige es a la estrellas famosas que levantan la bandera latina sin importarle su cultura. Un consejo ,no dej s que la crítica te detenga vos al menos lo intentas otros que no siquiera lo hacen. Cuánto más prácticas mejor para ti❤
Creo que no le llaman Miércoles porque en Mexico donde mayormente se hacen los doblajes para los hispanoparlantes, usualmente para decir mierda dicen miércoles.
Pensaba que solo mi madre (somos españoles) decía "miércoles" para no decir la palabrota jajaja Igualmente, no creo que ese sea el motivo por el que no respetaron en México el nombre "Miércoles". Simplemente pensarían que no era un nombre atractivo.
Hispanic parents should seriously teach their kids Spanish. I knew a whole Mexican family who couldn’t speak Spanish because their grandmother who first came to the country refused to teach her kids spanish therefore the grand kids weren’t able to speak Spanish and they just killed their culture basically and was very Americanized all because there was a stigma back then.
My friend is from El Salvador but born in America and his parents didn’t teach him Spanish so he doesn’t understand it while my parents are from Colombia but I was born in America and they taught me Spanish now I’m bilingual I speak English and Spanish and I’m looking forward to learn Italian French and Portuguese
I mean agree that parents should teach Spanish , I also think we should’t look down on the ones who don’t know I mean a lot people in this would just know on language and that’s ok
I love her. I'm half puerto rican and although she's half Mexican and Puerto Rican, it just makes me happy that I share an ethnicity with her lol. Mexicans are cool too though ✌
Well Mexican is a cultural group/nationality and Puerto Rican is a cultural group too, so there's no such thing as half, only this AND that. That is to say, I don't know about Puerto Rican culture, but culturally, she is not Mexican. To be Mexican culturally, you have to practice the culture and one of the main things of Mexican culture is speaking Spanish. Does she speak Spanish? No, so I doubt she would even practice other cultural Mexican things
nunca entenderé a esos latinos incluyendo a nosotros los españoles que llegan a estados unidos o inglaterra y se les olvida el español de repente ya no se acuerdan y encima estan privandoles a sus hijos, como en este caso a Jenna, de conocer una lengua tan hermosa, porque nuestra lengua es hermosa señores, como el castellano de verdad no lo entiendo que os pasa?
@@JuanGómez-m4g si en eso estoy de acuerdo yo no digo que tenga que sentirse mexicana ella se siente estadounidense es genial porque es de allí lo que digo es que saber idiomas va dentro de ampliar tu cultura tener cultura es importante el saber es muy importante y quien tiene eso ya no solo hace que te estás privando tú de seguir teniendo esa cultura de tener tu lengua materna y saber otra sino que también le privas a tus hijos en mi país en España están empeñados en eliminar la lenguas cooficiales de muchos territorios eso es gravísimo tienen que convivir la lengua oficial del país que es el español con las otras porque la gente está empeñada en inculturizarse 🤣🤣
@@eyez5712 oye mi buen no te estoy peleando,Ben buena onda te decía que si soy de México, no era mi intención hacerte enojar, Loque trato de decir esque no hay razón para sentirme avergonzado de donde uno viene
what I hate about jenna Ortega is that she always says how she "is latina" and all that stuff but when it comes to speaking Spanish is when she acts like she doesn't know how to speak it.
because she obviously didn't learn it, she was raised in the U.S. and grew up speaking English. she's still Latina through family descent, but lacks being bilingual. she needs to use duolingo
@@Ellie-pg3sp unless they speak English as their main language. Her family is Hispanic too but she grew up speaking English. She lives with her family. My younger siblings are like that even though our parents are fluent in Spanish. My youngest sister doesn’t even speak Spanish
She could get it if she wanted to tho, she can roll Rs and that's one of the harder things to do if you don't know how. She did way better than Selena Gomez 😂
I know she's missing out on understanding words to good music 🎵 . Just the culture of the language . I'm sure she'll learn she's a pretty bright young woman .
The way Jenna speaks Spanish is so cute. I love Jenna Ortega so much and I respect Jenna for who she is for Jenna born with Mexican and Puerto Rican heritages.😎😎💯💯🔥🔥❤️❤️👍👍
@@thekingofmoney2000I mean I'm latina with other latina friends who don't speak spanish yet have a hispanic-like accent. You can pick the accent up if it's a part of your environment. Even I sorta have one even if I'm bilingual. 😂
@@chxrriesandbutter5569El "acento hispano" ni siquiera existe 😂 a menos que agarres el acento específico de uno de los muchos diferentes países de Hispanoamérica.
Guys language is not the only to connect or celebrate your culture ,yes she doesn’t speak Spanish great but she Cherish her heritage has long if you keep traditions and values alive your still are Latino
Weather people say she is not Hispanic or is, you gotta admit it’s a little off putting to realize she’s not fluent since Latino culture is all about knowing Spanish to a certain degree. I don’t know but that’s just me🫤
Selena sólo tiene el apellido Gómez por su padre, quien se divorció de su mamá cuando ella era muy pequeñita (y pues ya casi no convivio con el) sin mencionar que él también habla muy bien inglés así que supongo que así es como se comunican o comunicaban si a caso siguen en contacto, ella vivió con su mamá y abuelos sus abuelos son 100% anglosajones y su mama fue adoptada por ellos, ella siendo creo que es de descendencia italiana. Así que Selena Gomez sólo tiene de latino en la apellido la amamos de todos modos y la aceptamos como latina❤ Pd. Yo cuando era chiquita y la miraba en Disney Channel la miraba como si fuera super mexicana sólo por el apellido pero conforme me volví fan y supe su historia detrás supe que es mas una white girl que nada!
@@ThreeleebirdEs estadounidense y mitad latina, a diferencia de Jenna, el padre de Selena si es mexicano de nacimiento y como ella contaba, aprendió un poco español con él cuando era niña, pero como sus progenitores se divorciaron, ya no tuvo tanto contacto con la cultura mexicana, sin embargo nunca cortó esa parte de ella, puedes verlo en su música y entrevistas.
She’s definitely not the only one dealing with this. Plenty of children are deprived of their parents’ mother tongues for different reasons (all are dumb and just excuses, because it is hard work to truly pass on a language). I am lucky my mother knew how important and enriching it is to pass on your native language, so she only spoke hers to us. We’re native in both community and minority language, since we were very young. Speaking daily, meeting up with other natives, reading everyday, music, radio theatre/films, calls or trips to see the family, etc are all very important tools that will allow your child to learn the minority language. They can learn it provided you give them the grounds to do so. There’s no excuse not to do it. And on a last note: I have never met an adult that said “I’m so glad my parents didn’t teach me their mother tongue!” they all either resent or feel disappointed their parents didn’t try or continue trying when challenges came up.
Very well said. Language is not inherited, it’s taught. And children learn by example, the best way to teach them a language is to show them what that language means.
My parents beat my a** when I was 12 to prohibit 2nd language in the home, and practice 1st language so we "wouldn't sound stupid" when we grew up. Very grateful for that 16 years later! Lot more money and job opportunities +
Your parents had the biggest inferiority complex n they were the stupid ones for depriving their kids of a great source of culture. It seems that all that matters to em is $$$
As a first-generation Mexican American in my family. My first language is Spanish, I started learning English when I started school. And it took me YEARS to start speaking in full sentences. I guess I was just really slow and picking up the language, but now I'm fluent in both. I obtained the Seal of Bilitiracy on my High School Diploma and although I do use English more. My preferred language is Spanish.❤🇲🇽
To be fair, Latina just means heritage is from south or Central America or Mexico. many kids don't learn the language but learn the culture so its fine. the only issue is lingual communication. for myself, I am Sri Lankan and cant speak Sinhalese but I'll probably smoke any non-Sri Lankan in cultural knowledge and habits. Its likely the same with her because you learn culture through proximity not lingually, and she knows words, she likely has no idea on grammar structure and stuff like that. I am learning Korean and I fuck up sentences so many times because I fuck up grammar or subtle pronunciation changes due to syllable rules.
@@thehearthofguldan5487 100%! I just find it odd because it seems like she would know but that’s fine if she doesn’t (obviously) and it doesn’t make her any less Latina!
@@jaeminssocksyes it does 😂 Anya is more Latina coz she grew up here while this chick doesn’t speak any Spanish 😂 and don’t bring up “Latin blood” no such thing
Sus papás no son latinos, ella no es latina. Ella nunca ha vivido en ningún país latino, ni habla español, ni siquiera se digna a aprender un poco sobre la cultura que tan orgullosa dice ser. Lo más seguro es que algún manager le dijo que dijera esas cosas porque ser latino está de moda en USA por algún motivo. Anya Taylor Joy vivió 6 años en Argentina y es más latina que está.
@@alcerdemon9768deja de inventarte términos que no existen grandísima ignorant ascendencia "lAtInA"? Wtf? Jenna tiene Ascendencia Mexicana & Puertorriqueña..
I didn’t learn enough Spanish because #mixedlanguageparents lol. My dad’s native language is Spanish and my mom’s is English, but as English was the language everyone had in common, that is what was spoken.
Pero ella nunca a dicho que representa a los hispanos ella dice que es estadounidense no mexicana y puerto riqueña ustedes son los que se hacen ideas en la cabeza 😂
@@israelmartinez1424 ¿Y quién a dicho que "Jenna se pronunció como representante de los hispanos"? Yo hice referencia a los medios de comunicación que creen que los artistas que "representan" a LATAM son, en realidad, lo menos latino posible: no habalan español, se criaron en el primer mundo, tuvieron todas las oportunidades, etc. Y, en efcto, es estadounidense... no latina.
The Addams Family originates from Spanish speaking creators. "Merlina" is a twist on both Miercoles, Spanish for Wednesday and the female form of Merlin The Wizard, implying her role as a sorceress
I don’t get why people are bashing on parents for “not teaching” their children Spanish when they hear someone struggling to speak it. A lot of us grew up speaking Spanish at home and struggle as adults. You learn English in school and that’s all you speak at the school, banks, grocery stores, at work. Of course the English is gonna be a lot stronger. I only speak Spanish with my mom on the phone for maybe 2 minutes a day if we’re not busy. I try to speak it when I can, watch Spanish shows, teaching myself to read in Spanish. When I’m around family I try my best to not speak any English and if I don’t know how to say something in Spanish, I ask. Especially if you don’t live in parts of the U.S where there’s a strong Hispanic population it’s even harder but she’s trying
In Jenna's case she seems to not even understand a word of Spanish. And on top of that she was raised in La Quinta, where there's a lot of Hispanic people and it's not too far away from Mexico. With both her parents being of Mexican descent and living in that place, I'm actually surprised she has such a hard time with Spanish. Almost as if they made her live in a "Spanishless" bubble on purpose.
Hay muchos latinos en los Estados Unidos no hablan español por muchas razones. Algunos no lo hablan porque sus padres no les enseñen y no quieren que sus hijos ser discriminado por tener acentos. Pero no tenemos que invalidar la herencia de Jenna.
@@kellygreengables3936 Es que los padres de ella no son latinos, son los bisabuelos, osea que ella latina no es, latina seria si hubiese nacido, pero es que ni ella ni sus padres nacieron por la zona de Latinoamérica
@@ScottJB es muy triste tienes la razón por qué otras personas si tienen papás latinos que le enseñan español y a otros papás latinos ni les importa que sus hijos hablen español y eso paso con Jenna
@@Val_12-uque Pues no y la neta los hijos tampoco tienen mucha excusa. Soy gringo, y mis papás son gringos. Tuve que aprender español en la escuela y en chambas y con amigos etc, así que si alguien como yo puede, ellos también pueden esforzarse para hablar bien, y tienen varias ventajas que yo no tuve.
@@ScottJB ósea tú primer idioma es inglés wow yo pensé que eras latino pero si también hablo ingles y es impresionante el esfuerzo que diste es muy grande y otras personas también pueden si dan lo mejor de ellos lo lograrán así como yo aprendí inglés y como tú aprendiste español
@@Val_12-uque Exactamente. Osea tu sabes de lo que quiero decir pq tú aprendiste inglés con tus propios esfuerzos y sin la ayuda de tu familia! Que padre!
Que vergüenza que tenga raíces latinas y no sepa ni una palabra en español tan hermoso que es nuestro idioma y tan extenso y no como el ingles que con una palabra dices mil cosas
Para mí lo peor en su caso es que para colmo se crió a dos pasos, como quien dice, de México, en una localidad en la que una tercio son latinos. Luego veo a youtubers que son de países con escasa población latina, donde solo uno de sus padres habla español, y hablan bastante bien nuestro idioma (mil veces mejor que esta muchacha).
Some of y’all need to look up the fucking definition of “Latino/a”, I’m tired of the fucking discrimination. Just because someone doesn’t speak their ethnic language doesn’t mean they are suddenly not the ethnicity they were born as.
