My language learning journey began with my efforts to learn French (and a bad case of heartbreak). Hear the whole story here 👉🏼 kzread.info/dash/bejne/X22q2cRula2alrA.html

@el_equidistante

2 жыл бұрын

You should interview Superholly

“I’m gonna tell you a story about how I learned Spanish (using stories)”… I feel like this is an infinite loop 😎

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

The magic is working!

@Hilllight

2 жыл бұрын

@@storylearning Can you actually tell us this story in Spanish?

I find it so exciting to watch people's experiences learning my language, me myself I'm just a 15 year old kid who's been learning English his whole life and wants to start learning other languages. So these videos really motivate me in a way I want to jump out the window and explore the world when I'm older

Don't worry about fluency... just be daring..... talk, read, make mistakes, laugh,cry,live and learn... it all makes sense in the end. Out of all my languages (5 in total) spanish is not my best 1 but my favourite one, certainly to speak. Good luck everyone!

I learnt Spanish watching TV. We didn't have cable so we could watch only what the antenna (looking for the English word) was sending. Most Spanish speaking channels from South America were free. In the last year of the primary school I started with Spanish lessons on school till pre University. Now my Spanish is C1. Next year I wanna follow a legal Spanish course for business purposes. Kind regards from the island of Curaçao

@edcarlos536

2 жыл бұрын

What is your first language ma'am, aside from Spanish?? What is your technique to learn fast??thank you.

@edcarlos536

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your reply!

@siegnaidajansen-gosepa3649

2 жыл бұрын

@@edcarlos536 watching TV with subtitles in the same language, listening to songs in the main language even if I don't understand but listening to native songs let me learn the pronunciation. In our school system we learn many languages. You start at the kindergarten with Papiamentu and Dutch. At the end of the primary school you get Spanish and English. At the secondary school English and Dutch are compulsory. This is how I learned all those languages and French. I moved to the Netherland to attend the university and here my Dutch got better but my English died. After 15 years I moves back to my native island and noticed that my spoken English is not good enough anymore. Every Friday I have some conversations in English with native speakers about our jobs and I tried to read every day a legal English text. I have very good memory so memorizing the frequency dictionary helps a lot. This year I'm focusing on improving my English and next year my written Papiamentu.

@edcarlos536

2 жыл бұрын

I envy you and your school system, here in the Philippines we only learn english, we are conquered by Spainard 300 years ago, some of our words maybe 30% of our words are originated from Spanish words, so maybe I think up to 1980s maybe they teach Spanish from what I hear, but in the 90s they don't teach Spanish anymore, now I want to learn spanish, Because I want to travel in the future in Latin American countries, and also you know to learn another language aside from English, the Problem is, it is very hard to retain in your memory, because I don't use it a lot. For example I memorise this words and phrases then in other days or weeks I forgot it because no one is talk to me in Spanish, I try ablo app, but the people there is only using it most by finding a partner or date, I want to learn it but it is hard to retain idk I don't use it, you are good in language because you know many languages.

@siegnaidajansen-gosepa3649

2 жыл бұрын

@@edcarlos536 try using Spanish for things that you have to do anyway. For example if you need to read the Bible, read the Bible in Spanish, listen to Spanish songs, if you are studying to become a cook, watch cooking shows in Spanish etc and look for someone to talk in spanish

I find people who live in the countryside or an island have more patients with a friendly stranger. They love helping people, not like city folk. The man was a lucky find.

@tomate3391

2 жыл бұрын

not sure, if I can agree to this. I had language partner from big cities as well. The bigger problem for me was to find someone who is motivated enough to make this language exchange work. Many gave up after 5 or 6 sessions.

I agree with placing importance on communication! When I lived in South Korea and my friend was going through a hard time, grammar was the last thing on my mind. Sure, I hated that I was flustered, trying to find the right words to console her but I managed to make her smile somehow and that's all that mattered. I since used that as motivation to improve so that I could be a friend that she wanted to confide in. The connections that you make with people can truly be life-changing ♡

@languagelearningdabbler

2 жыл бұрын

That’s so sweet!

Reading out loud is fantastic for learning spanish. Leyendo en voz alta es fantástico para aprender español. Mi primer libro fue 'El Pájaro Espino'. Reading is how I then taught my son his 3 habitual languages. ( He uses the three everyday at work)

I just bought short stories in spanish and 101 convos in spanish. I was so excited when they came yesterday (3 days earlier than projected). I absolutely love to read and I've started the first story, which I am enjoying. I'm so happy I found you. I started teaching myself spanish when I was about 9 or 10yrs old. That gave me a foundation, but I didnt know spanish speakers and despite loving the culture and music I really fell off. Just recently I decided to pick it back up and I knew I wanted to learn in a way that was natural to me. I'm happy with my progress and the resources I've found. I am focused on consistency and realizing it all takes time.

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic attitude, keep it up!

I learnt Spanish 20 years or so ago. Learning grammar was super helpful but like you I watched Il Postina and bought Pablo Neruda's Captain's Verses, reading it on a hillside in Edinburgh. The moved to Spain and became pretty fluent in two years. '... Y cuando asomas suenan todos los ríos en mi cuerpo, sacuden el cielo las campanas, y un himno llena el mundo.' from Pablo Neruda, La Reina

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

You inspired me to start learning and teaching Spanish. Best of luck too everyone learning

I was just wondering of how to get started with Spanish, this video came in clutch. Thank you, Olly!

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

Great timing!

@eduardocabanas3687

2 жыл бұрын

Yo te enseñó español

My Spanish picked up when I started reading Borges.

105k already wow!

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

1m next week? 😅

@siahsargus2013

2 жыл бұрын

Let’s make it happen 📈

Olly- First I enjoy your videos and thank you for always sharing. I grew up in a house our dad talked to us in Spanish. I am a black American. I am a daddy's girl. Anything my dad gave us- playing chess, playing checkers, dominoes, working crossword puzzles and Spanish- I absolutely LOVE IT!!!! I think we acquire a language, NOT learn a language. We learn the rules of the language when we focus on the learning of the language. Then you learn the rules. You speak the language and now you understand why you do what you do. Language is acquired. All languages you will have have bumps and mistakes. That is part of the acquiring process. You repeat what you hear based off who is talking to you in the target language. I am a Texan from Texas. My dad was a Texan from Texas. My Spanish is very "Texas." You hunting down Spanish speakers is a good thing- you know why? You needed to practice with someone who spoke the target language. Guess what I grew up to be..... a teacher who teaches young people (ages 15 to 17 ) to acquire the Spanish language in their lives. I am pretty good at it. My students leave speaking basic Spanish. I use lots of comprehensible input. Some have been extremely motivated and are planning to go to college to become..... teachers of Spanish. Reading the book gave you your passion and helped you understand the language you wanted to acquire. It was your "immersion". Your "daddy's boy" moment. Suerte.

Just bought your Spanish short stories book in Waterstones Plymouth! I've been watching you for a while and I never knew you were the authour of these until yesterday when i saw your name at the top!

@Thunder-db6bk

2 жыл бұрын

Oh shit, now I know because of your comment.

Your story is really inspiring to me. I've been learning english by myself since I was 12, when internet wasn't widespread and I wanted to translate Queen's songs, and all I had was an english-spanish dictionary. Since then I've been able to understand most of what I hear in english, but I haven't been lucky enough to find someone to talk to in english to practice my pronounciation (and my grammar too!). Te mando un fuerte abrazo, desde Argentina! :)

I feel like I’m the only person who likes the grammar. Spanish grammar is so interesting.

@katwilliams2950

2 жыл бұрын

What makes it so interesting to you?

Ollie, you're an honorable person. In this world of showing off youtubers I love how you explain your experience, telling it as it was, with its ups and downs. Without trying to sound everything was easy peasy for you, or that you have a gift no one else has and able to be fluent in 2 days when no one else could. I also love the fact that you've a Canarian accent by the way. That accent is the one that will make you understood and at the same time locals to every Spanish speaking country you visit will feel you're not so distant from their accent, independently on if you go to the Spanish mainland, African speaking countries or any South American destination. Yes, they will all ask you were are you from. Most of the times to know why they feel that way towards your speaking but it is nice to be able to connect at that emotional level with so many people just by speaking to them. I'm a dual Spanish/British national, born and bred in Canary Islands (Gran Canaria to be precise), and first time it happened to me I was with family members of some friends I was visiting at Dominican Republic. They felt so at ease as to openly recognise me that they were puzzled with me because they seriously struggled to understand Spanish speakers (from the mainland) sometimes but did not understand how I sounded so local to them.

I´ve recently started learning Spanish and even though I don't know much yet I often practice while at work Whenever I hear it spoken I´ll try saying something simple to that person I've pulled back a little since I realised that if they actually respond I can't understand them lol But I recently managed to find someone interested in a language exchange by doing just that!

What an inspirational video! Now, you should make a video about the struggles of learning Dominican or Chileno…. I’m a native Spanish speaker and even I had trouble understanding what “la jeepeta” or what “andar a lo gringo” means

This is my favorite Olly Richards video! I am learning Spanish myself and I really love how he pours out his heart in this video. I feel exactly the same in my own journey.

@espanolocura

Жыл бұрын

Hi, we are starting with our channel, maybe it is gonna help you to learn Spanish. See our website. Sorry for spam :)

I have been waiting for this!

I loved this so much! Thank you Olly!!

Thanks for the story! While struggling with Spanish for 20 years already, mainly because I hardly ever use it, it was great to hear your story. It is also nice to see a photo of the centre of Vallerhermoso, La Gomera. :) The Canarian accent of Spanish is quite different from mainland Spain and for me it is hard to learn, even though I spend most of my time in Spain in the Canary Islands.

Hi Olly, Im new in your channel and I really liked the way you express yourself about learning languages "The language is a vehicle to do something else, which in my case is to form relationships with people from different cultures and just enrich my life in that sense " 🤗😄👍🏼

Je ne voulais pas que cette vidéo se termine. Superbe histoire Olly ! Au fait, j'aime bien ta chemise.

Oly is my favorite polyglot because he is always pleasant unlike other polyglots who always criticizes other polyglots and other learning apps/ techniques…..

Thanks for sharing your language learning story so openly. La verguenza de que hablás, la de ser inútil en una situacíon social, ha sido muy motivador en mi experiencia también. Por mucho que sea la experiencia frustrante, hay que estar agradecido

my goal with spanish is to reach the same level of fluency i have in english (english is not my native language). but since i don't have spanish is school anymore it's gotten really hard to get better, teaching yourself a new language with zero help from anyone else (no one i know speaks spanish) is damn hard. when i started out i thought it'd be (relatively) easy because language learning (vocabulary, grammar etc) always came pretty easily and intuitively to me and i had latin for 5 years (and i was good...) which is not a bad basis for any romance language. but now i'm not much further than i was two gears ago...

I'm not here for learning English or to get a guidance on how to learn languages (yet I appreciate it) ....but I'm only here bc I'm so fascinated by your stories and crazy adventures and your extreme Motive that makes you do crazy things ... I see u as a role model for me and Everytime I watch your videos I feel so inspired yet so ashamed and resentful towards myself for being the person I am right now. Anyway I just wanna say thank you for sharing your stories

I am on the "speak as early you can"-side. I know that is not everyone taste and there are some arguments against it. But with Spanish it worked very well for me. So good, that I would without a glimpse repeat it in another language. The problem is not to speak too early. The problem is to find a language partner who fits to you. Especially I f you are looking up for these in the internet. oh, and I should clarify that I did not wrote _only speaking,_ You have to do other things as well. I like reading in Spanisch. At the moment I am reading my fifth or sixth book in Spanish. (and yes, I read very slowly :D )

@polska-ukrayina

2 жыл бұрын

I read very slowly in Norwegian. Yet I talk very fast. It's the opposite in English, I read fast yet talk slow. About half of my high school teachers don't know what I'm saying because my English sounds foreign, but it's my first language. Just let me say, Harry Potter names are funny. Eg) McGonagall is Professor McSnurp and Snape is Professor Slur. Yeah, the books are funny.

Argentina always inspires people to learn spanish😊

I love Neruda. For me, Spanish is mostly the language of literature. And a bit of politics too. Each language I know inhabit its own separate space in my mind.

@leovere

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there's a lot good Spanish literature like Don Quijote, Cien años de soledad as you said Neruda and many other writers

I confess I hear Spanish speakers every single time I go on the bus near Waterloo station. But they speak so fast! This video is very honest about the 'no pain no gain' effort needed to learn a language.

my journey into spanish began when i met a beautiful colombian woman who i am now soon to marry. she didnt know barely a word of english..and i didn't know barely a word of spanish. its been 16 months now...i left my London life behind, and here I am in Medellín...

My best friend (and social bubble) is from Gran Canaria so I spent the xmas period there with his family (ironically I couldnt spend it in England with my own family due to restrictions) and a few more weeks when the flights restarted recently. I've found canarian spanish (ustedes?), culture (less touching, less shouting) and food (mojo, cake..) quite different from the peninsular. As with all Spanish people they're amazingly friendly to any guiri who speaks the language.

Well, put - good to know that you should not take it too seriously and keep plugging along with a good learning protocol.

13:50 It'd be interesting to see a survey (or some kind of data) on how self-taught learners use the CEFR. Personally I see it just as a standardisation tool for formal courses and exams, so I have no problem saying I'm C2 in Spanish since I passed DELE C2. But I've also seen some people react strongly to that, as if me saying that meant that I was claiming to be near-native. So with strangers I'll usually say something like "I have a C2 certification" just to play it safe. But yeah, a C2 certification is certainly not the end of the road. :)

@fernweh9574

Жыл бұрын

how did you get to C2 level?

Que buen video amigo me encantan tus videos ❤️

¡Gracias por estos videos! Encuentro interesante el hecho de que estabas estudiando música y mientras lo hacías te apasionaste por los lenguajes. Es exactamente lo que pasó conmigo. Yo estudio flauta en un conservatorio de música y ya voy para mi quinto año, pero ahora me siento más apasionado por aprender lenguajes que por estudiar música. Así como tú pasabas horas estudiando español en lugar de practicar piano, yo paso más tiempo estudiando idiomas que practicando flauta. Me inspira tu historia porque a veces es un poco estresante pensar que comencé a estudiar algo y ahora me interesa otra cosa, pero tú eres un ejemplo de que eso no hay nada de malo en eso. Gracias. 🙏

Something that’s been helping me along with reading is that sometimes random sentences will pop into my head and I’ll put them into the translator to see if I got the grammar correct. I know the translators aren’t 100% but I feel like it gives you a good idea. Also watching money heist in Spanish with Spanish subtitles, and watched sex education in English with Spanish subtitles. Your tips have helped me progress a lot!

@Yujiitadori7273

2 жыл бұрын

It helps that I have a Colombian women at my job who I speak to every day in Spanish.

Awesome story! I want to share about my Spanish learning Journey. I'm about a "B1" early "b2" or so. I can talk to folks and be understood. My accent is pretty standard for an estadounidense who has learned Spanish to a decent level. However, my rr is still hilariously terrible. Like, it's a combination of an l, an r, and w (plus it's way too far back in my throat). I used to be super embarrassed about it, but then I realized that... well, it's hard to do properly (for me). All of my Spanish-speaking friends have told me that they know what I'm saying, that it sounds wrong but is understandable. For me, that was a super relief, and now I am weirdly proud of it. Like, I know I'm trying and I'm getting closer to the correct pronunciation of a challenging phoneme, and I like for folks to know that I am LEARNING their language (and I love it.)

@bofbob1

2 жыл бұрын

It took me ages to manage the trilled "r". Dunno if this will help, but one trick that helped me was an exercise where you force yourself to think "prince of Prussia" in your head while saying "pdince of pdussia". (so you replace de "r" with a "d"). And then just play around with it. That "pd" can get you very close to feeling what the trilled "r" should feel like.

Your experience with reading reminds me of my French teacher's suggestion when I struggled to speak up in class: Read Le Petit Nicolas out loud. It really helped.

I’m learning Spanish with online classes and am just about to move to A2, but my second language was Russian and I lived in Moscow in the 90s (only for 8 months) so that judge you’re meant to have in your brain, who keeps you from making a million errors in the beginning, is just nonexistent. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not, but my fear of sounding like an idiot can’t be coaxed back into existence. Consequently, however, this means I really need to force the editor to engage. If three teachers in a row tell you your verb concordance needs work, then most likely your verb concordance needs work. It’s a new sort of problem to have. I just bought several Spanish language novels, however,and am pleased to hear it was so helpful to you.

In the spirit of stories .. lol. I fell in love with the Spanish language myself when I was watching "Cuidado con el Angel". I started learning Spanish on KZread + Duolingo then I was inspired to teach MY language - *Amharic* - a beautiful language spoken by most Ethiopians as it is the official language of the country. And now, Olly has inspired me to use StoryLearning as another approach to teaching. So gracias Olly! 🙂 Merci Beaucoup!

I didn't know your Spanish accent was from the Canary islands, I don't know how I haven't noticed. You are the first person I know that actually learned from our accent, most people choose either the mainland europe Spanish or the American Spanish. I think if someone wants to know both the Canary islands is actually the best option, we have a mix between both 😂

@gadeaiglesiassordo716

2 жыл бұрын

I was gonna say that. Spanish from canary islands feel like the true neutral Spanish

I think learning Spanish through immersion is the easiest way to learn Spanish and sometimes the best way to learn a language is different for each type

The fact that there are so many countries with so many variations of the Spanish language, and every one of us can perfectly understand each other, makes easier to us to understand foreigners, even if they have bad pronunciation or poor vocabulary. So, Don't be ashamed of making mistakes and try to practice speaking Spanish with native speakers! :D

It's interesting how your approaches to learning French and Spanish were very different, but you were still able to attain fluency. My own approach to learning Chinese, when I moved to China at age eighteen was different again. There is no one size fits all for language learning! I would say that there is one key similarity, though, which is that we both had a passion for a particular aspect of the culture (martial arts in my case). This has led to a very rewarding “life in Chinese" as it were, both in and out of China. I may try your story method for the next language that I take up - after I finally decide what it will be！

If you ever come to Mexico please come to the Peninsula de Yucatán, is a very interesting place both from the linguistic and historic point of view, if you ever come I'll be glad to meet you and talk! I'm a big fan (and aspiring polyglot, thanks to you)

@leovere

2 жыл бұрын

El yucateco tiene una pronunciación medio rara, aunque supongo que ustedes pensaran lo mismo de nosotros de CDMX

@diegojaimes7484

2 жыл бұрын

@@leovere en mi caso no tengo el acento yucateco, no soy de esa parte, pero sí puedo decirte que el acento yucateco se nota hasta por ellos mismos jajajaja

Hear it,speak it ,write it,and read it.

¡Sigue así! :)

Sometimes I get discouraged when learning Spanish 😢😕

@PuffPuff279

2 жыл бұрын

Keep at it, you're almost there. :O

@ardisqui7211

2 жыл бұрын

Ánimo! Es un idioma muy bello

@TravisPhillipsRTOrockstar

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone does at some point. Just keep at it. Do things you enjoy in your target language. It'll make it an easier pill to swallow.

Saludos a todos los hablantes del español que aprendieron español como idioma extranjero. Yo soy de Alemannia. ¿De donde son ustedes?

@juliandeveaux2848

2 жыл бұрын

EEUU ya tu sabe

@PuffPuff279

2 жыл бұрын

He lives in Ingleterra. :)

@sprawn09

2 жыл бұрын

Hola! Soy de Argentina!

@swiggles4342

2 жыл бұрын

Ich lerne Deutsch in meiner Freizeit Native Spanish speaker here

@emiliatyo

2 жыл бұрын

Soy hablante nativa, venezolana. Me emociona ver a tantas personas entusiasmadas por aprender mi lengua. ¡Gracias y mucho éxito!

I look forward to starting my Spanish language journey in 2023. I want to get my second language to an advanced level first before I start with Spanish.

@lisanarramore222

2 жыл бұрын

I think upper intermediate would be fine ;)

My girlfriend is half German half Spanish. I am Greek but we both live im Germany our entire lifes and speak both German as well as Spanish and Greek respectively. We both started to learn the other person's language and this has been so fun to me until this day. I even took a Spanish class at my university to learn the grammatic as well as some vocabulary. But having the possibilty to actively "live" the language by having someone to talk to is as you have said it the best possible thing. And though I am rather a perfectionist I also do not care making mistakes and enjoy learning. (Little fun fact Spanish and Greek share many similarities in terms of phonetics, and hence sound somewhat alike in many occasions. It happens often here in Germany that my Greek ears pick something that sounds Greek but turns out to be Spanish :D) I really liked your video and just subscribed to you! I hope more videos about how you learned other languages will come in the future :)

@LegoCityFilms

2 жыл бұрын

Καλά χριστούγεννα Σε αγαπώ Το καρότο και το νερό Σκύλα Μαλάκς

I wish a Brit would'we come to me asking for conversation exchange when I was in London trying to learn English !! It was so hard to find someone to talk to

Me: *native spanish speaker* Also me: a ver dijo el ciego Also, good time to post this, this is the pratiotic month 💗

@danyagha5654

2 жыл бұрын

Guay que bien tú idioma materno es español, por favor dime que es *ciego*?

@SaeSaeyoungyoung

2 жыл бұрын

@@danyagha5654 Ciego es blind, alguien que no puede ver

Olly muchisimas gracias por haber compartido tu historia, algunas partes me hacen recuerdar de la experiencia mía cuando empecé vivir en Perú. Por cierto - crees que sufriste un neumotórax en aquella montaña argentina?

I had the motivation of English when I was a girl. I realised now, that spend time with native speakers helps a lot. I'm from Bolivia, my ex bf were from England and the US and they didnt speak Spanish at all, so to me was a perfect way to improve my knowledge because living here it's not easy to keep practicing.

El acento canario es sencillamente hermoso, os lo dice una castiza😉

Hi Olly, thank you for being such an inspiration, I wanted to ask, have you heard much of a online Spanish school called Baselang and have you heard good things about it or recommend it? Hope to hear from you soon and being an inspiration!

@sam-sx5if

2 жыл бұрын

I tried it for months! And the teacher I worked with was super fun and I feel like I’d get more use out of it if I didn’t use the curriculum they provide. More just asking them if they could have conversations with me.(classes can be about anything but I always chose to follow the curriculum) I canceled it though and I recommend just learning through stories like Olly is always trying to say. To just build up your vocabulary, a great app i recommend if you have a little basis of how Spanish works is to use LingQ and it’s way cheaper than baselang 😅 just use that to get some listening comprehension and reading immersion. And I also recommend dreaming Spanish KZread channel using the chrome extension of “Language reactor” . I’ll definitely use baselang again when I’m able to start having conversations with enough vocabulary in my head. But if you watched Olly’s other videos one of the explains that it’s not necessary to speak right away. It’s not, just build your comprehension in reading which will help with listening and then BAM you’ll start being able to think in Spanish and slowly start speaking.. this was a little long but I hope it helps!

My wife is Spanish and has been trying to help me fully immerse myself in the language at home and it has been a joy learning this fascinating and very useful language especially being in America where you can find other Spanish speakers around every city.

Destinos man. It's free. Watch it 4 or 5 times, then start listening to podcasts aimed at beginners and telenovellas. Then start reading the graded readers. Super fun!

Thanks 4 videos!! Hey can you recommend some stories in French for a low intermediate French student? Thanks 😊

Hunt down Spanish people for learning Spanish?! Sounds fantastic to me!!)))

I can only imagine what it would be like to hang out with Olly on a Saturday evening and have him shout out to everyone, "Who is ready for story time with Olly!?" It would be even better if he had two or three books in his hand.

@lisanarramore222

2 жыл бұрын

❤

Il Postino have a special place in my heart, I'm not a movies person, but I have a list of a few I remember kindly. If anything in my case the inspiration it could give me is to learn Italian, since Spanish is my native language.

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

Glad we share the same experience!

Do you have tips for better understanding spoken everyday colloquial Spanish and improving my Spanish vocab?

Ollie, si te agrada la poesía de Neruda, te sugiero que leas la poesía de Jorge Luis Borges. Es fantástica, como así también sus cuentos. Creo que ningún autor ha dominado la lengua castellana como él.

El español es el 2 idioma con más hablantes nativos en el mundo despues del Chino mandarin Asi que tiene mucho sentido aprenderlo .....

Can I be good at speaking by speaking to myself in my target language?

@GarnetsWeb

2 жыл бұрын

It _can_ be helpful, yes. But at the end of the day, speaking to ourselves is just practice. Don't rely on how you sound as true accuracy, because you could end up harboring mistakes early on. Which is why when it comes to speaking, try to consult native speakers. There are apps like Tandem or HelloTalk :)

Nice! I'm a bit surprised Spanish is popular in the UK, since a large Spanish-speaking population is not on y'all's doorstep. Spanish is a wonderful although confusing language! o vs ó? And people say Spanish vowels are clear to pronounce... I'm learning Spanish because all the Latinos in my community only speak with other Spanish-speakers/Latinos, if you try join their conversation or greet them, they will just ignore you unless you are speaking in Spanish even if they know English. Most of the people here speak Spanish so speaking Spanish will be really useful in meeting new people who would not want to talk to you otherwise even if they know English themselves.

olly ! Have you made a video about language transfer? Do you have any thoughts on it?

“I don’t remember how I met Gabriella” yeah sites mate, nothing wrong with tinder though)))

I got a duolingo ad when I clicked on this video… never been so scared in my life

@PuffPuff279

2 жыл бұрын

😭😭

Sería interesante escucharte hacer un video entero en español. El acento canario es bien similar al venezolano y me gustaría ver de primera mano cómo suenas.

Do you have any recommendations for complete beginners learning Spanish?

Would it be possible to do these stories of how you learned the language in whatever language the video is about? Possibly post the English version and then the other language?

@hannahdarvill4862

2 жыл бұрын

Of course that would be possible for Olly, but his main market is English speakers learning other languages.

I know this video is about Spanish, which is a language I studied for five years but am going to revisit with your method to see if I have better results. However….I found a story learning podcast in Spanish but do you know of one in Italian? That’s the language I’m focusing on now. I’ve bought your books in Spanish and Italian but I’m looking for podcasts as well for my trips Back and forth for work.

Year late but, wonder how strong of a foundation is truly needed before immersion?

As for 'death experience" what do you recommend if someone cant afford for hiking such mountains like andas?

Hey, Olly. I’m curious what role did your prior knowledge in French play in helping you to learn Spanish since they’re both Romance languages?

@novelero03

2 жыл бұрын

I am also very curious about that because I am bilingual, I grew up speaking English and Spanish. I started recently to learn French and I feel like I am learning it at an exponential rate because it is a Romance language. I feel that it would be different for someone who is monolingual, especially for someone who speaks a language that is farther away from one of the Romance languages.

A qué montaña fuiste en Argentina?

I think it is an important point to say you are happy with the level of your language - not everyone can/wants to get to C2 / native speaker level -- and you don't have to 👍

hola Olly.empiezo estudiar español.tengo una pregunta a ti.es genero gramatical palablas feminino y masculino.sabes alguna pagina web dice ; palablas que llega el/la.gracias.creo que antes tu ensalaste esta platformo pero no podia encontrar.gracias otra vez

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Oh? Let's see if you've really learned Spanish. I have. Show us a video of you having a very detailed conversation with a native Spanish speaker about a variety of spontaneously introduced ordinary subjects.

@storylearning

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Interesting how your starting point is incredulity. It’s hardly a unique achievement for a foreigner to learn Spanish.

@scotthullinger4684

Жыл бұрын

@@storylearning - Actually, it IS quite an achievement if you learn the language deeply. The problem is, most people don't know what that means. Most people are even quite unfamiliar with their native language. Most of what I see on KZread, and I mean 90% of it, are people who are pretending, because they believe that when they've more or less mastered the most simple things about a language, they've mastered everything. Also keep in mind that reading & writing a language are entirely different skills from speaking a language. I can guarantee you that those who speak a language most fluently are also very literate. I was a foreign language teacher, so I know a thing or two about this topic. I was also a teacher who has a university education in the language, and a foreign experience for more than a full year, not just any Joe Schmo. Some idiots are just plain "tone deaf" when it comes to learning a foreign language. Hey, but I give bonus points to anyone who knows a hell of a lot of slang in a foreign language, even from multiple countries which speak the same language, even if the dialects are different.

@scotthullinger4684

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I am STILL waiting - of course - to see a video of Olly demonstrating his fluency in Spanish by having a random conversation with a native speaker of Spanish, something which has obviously NOT been rehearsed well ahead of time, totally spontaneous.

Which is your best second language?

I am familiar with the works of Pablo Neruda!!

I've tried twice to join your email list for Spanish and have never received a confirmation email message. Is there some problem with your website?

i'm moving to spain in a week and and am lowkey scared bc i can understand spanish pretty well in terms of reading and listening to things, but am terrified of speaking and not fully being able to express myself

@joaninha3484

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck! Every conversation will be a learning experience for you 😊

@naturalspanish1049

2 жыл бұрын

Ánimo, verás que la gente es muy paciente. ¿A qué parte de España vienes?

@bofbob1

2 жыл бұрын

No te asustes. Cortando huevos se aprende a capar. ^^ Vivo aquí en España desde un par de años, y gente mas amable que los españoles no hay. Ya verás, lo vas a pasar fenomenal. :-)

Heyyy Olly Plimsoles !

No worries mate! I am argentine and I can't pronounce "RR" neither. I have tried to pronounce it correctly all my life and I have already given up. it's part of me

I'm so confused.. whether choose Spanish or French. Which is A easier language to learn. Also which language would be beneficial or say language of the future. Thks 😊

@yariyll4685

7 ай бұрын

Spanish is easier for english speakers ... and more useful, by far, for everybody

¡Saludos amigos! If any of you need a language exchange partner let me know. Im an advanced english student but need a lot of practice speaking the language in order to feel comfortable.

So if I want to start learning espanish so I will start directly from stories..!! how is it if I don't no one word in Espanish , please reply

@PuffPuff279

2 жыл бұрын

@Olly Richards

@mahmoudsalah5204

2 жыл бұрын

@Olly Richards

😊❤

I wanna improve my English ,and I could help whit Spanish