Native Spanish Speaker Maribel (Dificulty 2 out of 5) LightSpeed Spanish 

Gordon said once that he now needed to get on with his French and that it was time for a French wife... He's still paying for those words 5 years on ( and he will continue for a long time) so, good luck to you too! Haha Cxx :D

I guess that was a no then.

I won't say that to my future Spanish girlfriend unless I marry her too haha ;)

Excellent, Lee! Your Spanish is very good now! I'm impressed.

@@LightSpeedSpanishChannel cheers Gordon , it was nice to speak briefly to you recently.😀

I watched this last year when I had just started my Spanish learning journey and I couldn't understand anything. I still struggle to fully keep up but it's pretty encouraging how much more I can understand now.

shion uchiha Gracias:)

Scuzzy02 De tu parte. Gracias.

Andy Stewart hahaha. Don't be sad, Andy. It may be a 3 out of 5. Whatever happens, stretching your Spanish is what makes it grow and flourish. Keep at it, Andy. Llegarás allí.

:)

Yo tambien

@@prettyme134 yo también. Alguién me dijó la razon. No he pasado mucho tiempo exponiendome a todos los accentos. Es verdadera. Escucho y entiendo el hombre claramente porque habla in acento inglés y soy Britanico. Más difícil entedner la mujer.

yo tambien, necesitamos practicar conversacion

A2

Simstyle12 Excellent! The more you listen, the more you will pick up. Was that what you understood from your first listen? If it was, then that's really good.

Yea thats it from my first listen. I was shocked myself because im use to hearing mexicans talk, not spaniards.

Great Job! Buen Trabajo!

Barak Diaz Gracias. Y cuando escucho mas, Oigo palabras que no escuche el primer vez. Aplauso para mi lol.

clap clap clap. jejeje

¡Qué joven! Cx

you said "no habla ingles no more", that means he or she doesnt speak spanish anymore, and Gordon answered, Quien, Who doesnt speak spanish anymore, pues Quien no habla ingles ??

Thanks so much. Muchos gracias. Still learning, lifes getting in the way this winter so far, so I'm just hanging in there and continuing to learn as I am able.

Brian Littleton quien mean who

¡A ti! :)

Thomas Felzmann me interesa escribir contigo. Ich kann auch deutsch sprechen. Es sollte perfekt sein. Ich werde dich auf Facebook suchen!

If someone need help with spanish here I am. I'm from Mexico. Just leave a message :) facebook.com/brenda.negron.507

Bren Brontë always interested, I sent you a request thanks

Hola Thomas hablo inglés y español también y me encantaría practicar mi alemán contigo !

Patrick Hicks It's the word VALE...It's the Spanish version of OKAY in Spain.

LightSpeed Spanish Thank you, I wondered about this as well. I think in Latin America they just say "Okay" or simply "Bien".

Tengo (suficiente tiempo) para descansar. :) Cx

No, no es de tener que como obligación, solo ella comenta que cuenta con el fin de semana para descansar

Will Hart Pretty much, Will. It's very much used in Spain and means things like, Right, Okay, So, etc.

Kyle richards Kyle, we will be producing a series of transcriptions and translations for all the native speaker vids. They will be available at the end of October and on our webpage under helpsheets. We´ll let you know as soon as they are done.

LightSpeed Spanish Has this been done?

+Kyle richards Go to www.rtve.es/ala carta/ cuentame como pasó

dean masters jajaja, Dean, I can feel your frustration. Don't worry, after time it all comes clear. We are soon to release the transcription and translation for each of our native speaker interviews.

dean masters dean ive been studying spanish for 2 months now but in full immersion central America. The accent here is completely different to the accent of the lady and I understood probably 75-80% easily enough to follow what was going on and participate in the conversation if i were present. I'm from australia - spoke literally zero spanish when i got here spanish as a second language. Basically what I'm getting at is fast track your spanish go and listen to some locals and communicate there.

@@sewpungyow5154 de verdad

+David H Bueno, no pasa nada. Poco a poco.

Glady Tanay usa el verbo Inhibirse. Dice, "e inhibirme". que es como distraerme.. Take my mind off things.

LightSpeed Spanish Muchas gracias. Ya entendí :)

LightSpeed Spanish También podría traducirse como "olvidarme de los problemas", en latinoamérica "inhibirse" se usa muy poco para ese contexto.

LightSpeed Spanish creo que lo que quiere decir Maribel es "evadirme". Spis todos muy simpáticos.Enhorabuena por el trabajo. Mucha suerte.

+Cristina Moreno, vamos a hacer en el futuro próximo unos grupos de intercambio con diferentes edades. Mándale un email a Gordon (gordoesmit@hotmail.com) y él te informará :)

Hola Cristina, yo soy Nativo español y me gustaría practicar mi inglés, te ofrezco mi español por tu inglés jeje. Si estas interesada puedes escribirme a victordeniz@gmail.com. Regards

Hola Cristina, me llamo Andrew y también estoy de los Estados Unidos (de Illinois). Amo a hablar español, tomé tres años de clases en mi escuela y también viajé a Guatemala por un semana y tuve práctica allí. Si quieres puedo practicar contigo (:

Andrew White .¿Cuántos años tienes?

Victor Deniz Gonzalez .¿Cuántos años tienes?

Alain Marin De rien. jejej

Never mind. I saw later that papel has meaning of role. She used the word later and cleared it up for me.

Exacto :)

Hola! el origen de la expresion "papel", cuando uno se quiere referir al "rol" que uno cumple, como vos decís, el origen de esa expresion viene de "libreto" (libreto es lo que leen los actores de teatro), y el libreto esta hecho del material papel, creo que ustedes le llaman "script", saludos!

David Boris Fernandez I've watched them, David and I have to say that I really can't tolerate them. So much talking about absolutely nothing. Many people are addicted to those programs and watch them avidly. I have an issue with the way the new fashion is to live our life through others. Great comment, by the way.

Living in the coutry does wonders, I must admit. Cxx

But what are you doing with those "films, music, and radio?" Are you just listening hoping you will eventually understand? It doesn't work like that. The reason someone can't understand something is because they don't know enough words, or they haven't done enough listening practice. Since you say you have done the listening practice, I think it's safe to assume you don't know enough words. A way to help with that is to work with both the audio AND text. Study the text, try to understand the patterns, take notice of how things work, what words are used, how things are expressed etc. It takes LOTS of time and hard work to learn a language, there's no other way. You've done it once, so you know you're not deficient in anything language related, you just need to start actively studying and strive to get better by putting in the time it takes. Assuming one has a functioning brain, there's not a person on earth who can't learn a second language, but there are plenty who don't put in the time and effort it takes. Humans are language learning machines, we're ALL naturals at it, you're no different, if you believe you can do it and don't give up, you'll have success.

Emlyn Griffith Cierto. Pasé un fin de semana allí. ¡Cómo me costó!

Shae Reeves Pero works more like an objection, while sino is more like a "twist" in the line of thought. Examples: - _Tengo que ir a la tienda, pero antes necesito ir al banco._ [I have to go to the store but I need to go to the bank first.] There's an opposite action to going to the store, it's an objection. Going to the store can't be completed if you don't go to the bank first. - _No tengo que ir a la tienda, sino al banco._ [I don't have to go the store but the bank.] You were thinking about going to the store, but something happened that made you change your mind and now you contrast both ideas or actions. There was a "twist". Think about a path on which you are walking, it's your line of thought about something in particular, but it's a "wrong" thought or reasoning and you just are not aware of it yet. At some point the path splits and offers an alternative path. If you keep going straight on your original path, you will continue being _wrong_, but the alternative path leads to the _correct_ thought or conclusion. That point is the sino and so you can see the difference and tell: "It was not this path, but this path (instead)".

Hola, Maribel :)

Hola

Rick Ricardito Reiter In RU-vid? If you subscribe they let you know when new videos come out, that's all. I don't think they spam you.

Miguel Casas Si fuera la única palabra con diferencias. jaja. No pasa nada. Todo el mundo entiende a fin de cuantas.

LightSpeed Spanish No se trata de decir "no pasa nada" y "todo el mundo lo entiende". si fueras un nativo de la lengua española, sabrías que la gente de cualquier país hispano parlante no acepta este tipo de errores. Ustedes hablan español de España por la cercanía física que tienen con ellos, y a pesar de que alli se origino la lengua; el resto de los 25 países que hablamos español; no vemos como referencia la manera en que ellos lo hablan por este tipo de deformaciones: No es "vidio".. es VIDEO. Y se dice "cuentas", no "cuantas". Saludos.

Miguel Casas jajaja Miguel. Lo siento por mi error. A fin de cuentas, ¿qué más da? Que siga usted con su video si le hace feliz. Mientras tanto, 40 millones de personas va a seguir pronunciándolo vídeo. Viva la diferencia:)

Miguel Casas No se pronuncia "vidio" como en Inglés. Se pronuncia "video" con acento en la primera sílaba. Al ser una palabra esdrújula, en Castellano español se escribe con tilde: vídeo.

Thatwayparlo Zaratustra wtf??!!

+JAVIER SEPULVEDA woah, hi I'm trying to improve my spanish and I'm a native English speaker so maybe we could help eachother out?

+Lauren Howie Seria un honor practicar contigo este es mi skype (traslator) Javier Sepulveda, de donde eres.? para coordinar los horarios, yo vivo en Argentina, (soy de Chile) un abrazo. It would be an honor to play with you this is my skype ( traslator ) Javier Sepulveda , where are you ? to coordinate schedules , I live in Argentina , (I'm from Chile) a greeting.

+JAVIER SEPULVEDA estoy en Nueva York en los Estados Unidos , pienso que seria un honor praticar contigo tambien :)

+Lauren Howie ok aca son dos hora mas tarde, agregame a tu skype, nos vemos.

ok i tried to add you, not sure if its you.

Dale tiempo. :) Cx

+Thomas Moloian Correct.:)

jajajaja

That's a new one haha

¡Gracias! :)

¿Quién?

+Ryan Aggasid Muy bien, Ryan:)

+LightSpeed Spanish gracias, soy de filipinas y quiero hablar espanol

Hola Cx