Bienvenido a la sección de comentarios. Por favor, póngase cómodo. A la derecha encontrará a los que critican y a la izquierda, a los defensores. Más adelante leerá a los hablantes de español que no tienen ni idea de por qué están viendo este video, pero igual comentan. Un poco más adelante tendrá el placer de leer a los que se burlan de un acento extranjero pero no se atreven a hablar otro idioma, por vergüenza. En el pasillo siguiente encontrará a los que corrigen a los que escriben mal, luego tendrá el placer de ver a los que hacen publicidad y promueven sus propios canales. Por último usted que viene a ver comentarios: tenemos palomitas, gaseosas, y chicles; ojalá su visita haya sido placentera. 😂 Chicos, este video fue hecho en el 2017. Los invitamos a ver videos más recientes. Abrazos y gracias por su sentido del humor. . Welcome to the comment section. Please make yourself comfortable. On the right you will find those who criticize and on the left, the defenders. Later you will find the Spanish speakers who have no idea why they are watching this video, but still comment. A little later you will have the pleasure of reading those who make fun of a foreign accent but do not dare to speak another language, out of shame. In the next corridor you will find those who correct the spelling mistakes, then, you will have the pleasure of seeing those who advertise and promote their own channels. Finally, sit and enjoy: we have popcorn, soda, and gum; I hope your visit has been pleasant. 😂 Guys, this video was made in 2017. We invite you to watch more recent videos. Hugs and thanks for your sense of humor.

@sanchezaguilarjuancarlos4945

3 жыл бұрын

😆😆😆😆

@frankperez8655

3 жыл бұрын

I make fun of this.... y tambien hablo español mamacita

@titopinan

3 жыл бұрын

vamos a jugar play

@indigent8701

3 жыл бұрын

no me jodas es buenisimo, soy español son las 4 de la mañana y estoy viendo esto.

@indigent8701

3 жыл бұрын

a por luisa me quedo hhhh

When trying to talk with native speakers, use this sentence early: “Despacio, por favor, estoy aprendiendo!” :)

@marcelobuenano4616

4 жыл бұрын

Si deseas podemos practicar yo hablo español de forma nativa

@stefaniclowdis7406

4 жыл бұрын

I do this, but some people refuse to slow down.

@agustinbarquero8898

4 жыл бұрын

@@marcelobuenano4616 Podemos practicar? Por que yo lo necesito...

@rodgerfields9406

4 жыл бұрын

@@stefaniclowdis7406 I agree. They will acknowledge the request but continue talking at breakneck speed.

@f.joannerosales400

4 жыл бұрын

@@rodgerfields9406 I don't think they are trying to talk fast ...it is just how they speak....even if they slow down for a bit most cannot keep that slow speed...they just automatically speed up again.

Sometimes, I find it helpful to turn off the translator in my head and just know the meaning of the Spanish words as it's spoken.

@aaronjones6851

6 жыл бұрын

HEY GUYS

@SakuyaLuigi

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm working on that as well. Most times I'm sitting there trying to translate, when I just need to KNOW the words. It's a process.

@gcounsel

6 жыл бұрын

My question is how do you turn off the translator in your head. I am better at reading and writing but speaking and listening I am struggling.

@rudyfidelino3995

6 жыл бұрын

Adrian Taylor Try watching as much Spanish TV & movies as you can. Even when your "translator" can't keep up, you can figure out what's going on by watching the action. Because you're able to follow along thanks to the visuals, the "translator" isn't as necessary and over time might (hopefully) turn off. When I first started watching Spanish TV, I tried to watch a show called "Física o química." After about 10 minutes, I gave up because the kids (it's kind of like the Spanish version of "90210") spoke too quickly & used way too much slang & lenguaje familiar for me to understand. After about a year of watching other Spanish TV shows, I gave "FOQ" another try, and whaddya know? I was able to understand enough to be able to follow it pretty well! Wherever you live, you should be able to find Spanish-language movies & TV shows over the Internet, whether directly off the networks' websites or through Netflix. There are actually a lot of great shows out there! My current favorite is "Estoy vivo" on RTVE.es. You can watch it from the US without a VPN, and all the episodes feature subtitles (in Spanish) if you can't quite catch what they're saying. Give "Estoy vivo" a try. It's awesome!

@elizabethnagy3884

6 жыл бұрын

yea i always try and translate which is what not to do but its so hard not to

Learn this phrase: “déjamelo pensar”. “Let me think about it”. This buys you time. 😂

@almagayo4745

3 жыл бұрын

It’s better if you say déjame pensarlo

@L.D.G.J

3 жыл бұрын

Déjame pensarlo not dejamelo pensar

@cdn6917

3 жыл бұрын

Nigga that’s not how you say it. It’s déjame pensar or déjame pensarlo

@kmunna3648

3 жыл бұрын

Lmaoo

@maroua9279

3 жыл бұрын

@@almagayo4745 thanks

Don't stress your mind, I'm a spanish native speaker and even for us it could be difficult to understand sometimes, spanish speakers speak faster than english speakers, sometimes we tend to ignore parts of the speech when we consider someone has a bad pronunciation but we take the last words as reference, other thing could be that spanish language has a rhythm that you have to get used to, listen to the vowels carefully, not to the consonants. watch soaps operas, they exaggerate the pronunciation of the vowels. by the way,,, I'm a english learner from mexico, If someone wants to practise with a native, I'm charmed to help.

@lmak392

6 жыл бұрын

Nice, I need someone to practice as well. I could help you with your spanish, if you want we could talk through some social network.

@lmak392

6 жыл бұрын

Sure, it does for me. you want me to send you my fb?

@LisaLevitt

6 жыл бұрын

Hi lmak392, just saw this thread and I would like to exchange practice too. If you still have time and interest, let's connect through Facebook or WhatsApp.

@kiriancurry9780

6 жыл бұрын

lmak392 I'm 6 months late but if you're still interested I need the practice! And I can help you out with spanish as well

@donnamartinez759

5 жыл бұрын

lmak392 I have a question? Is it saberlo or saberlo??

If you think she speaks fast, dont ever try your Spanish with Dominicans, Chileans or Southern Spaniards! They will make you want to quit! They're hard as hell even for native speakers.

@Cobyboss12345

6 жыл бұрын

Lol I went to the Dominican Republic for a month and they speak fast! After going there it was easy to understand everything she said because she speaks clearly.

@hananokuni2580

6 жыл бұрын

Dominican and other Caribbean varieties of Spanish are descended from the Canary Islands norm. In fact, you can send a Cuban, Dominican, or Puerto Rican to one of the Canary Islands and the natives will think that the foreigner is in fact an inhabitant from one of those islands. One characteristic of the Canarian norm is that final S and S before a consonant are never pronounced. Another is that D between vowels is often omitted. So, for example, when a Mexican, Colombian, or Spaniard would say "despistado" (absent-minded), the Dominican or Canarian would say "de'pi'ta'o". "Acostado" (to be lying down, to be sleeping) would be pronounced "aco'ta'o". "Está atascado" (He/she/it is stuck in something) is pronounced "E'tá ata'ca'o". This can easily be confused with "Está atacado" (He/she/it is attacked), so keep conversational context in mind. Here is a video of a woman in the Canary Islands speaking her native language. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fX1oq9SKpZDXdLQ.html Just as there are, say, New England English, Southern English, and Midwest US English, there are Colombian Spanish, Argentine Spanish, Caribbean Spanish, and Mexican Spanish, to name a few. Most US learners of Spanish are used to the way Mexicans or Colombians speak, which is slower and more carefully pronounced. So following anyone speaking in Canarian norm can be difficult without prior experience.

@angelagn1380

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, you're right. When I talk to other Latinos, they tell me that my accent is difficult to understand and that it is very fast.😂😂😂 (I'm Dominican) 😇

@jimsmith8383

5 жыл бұрын

Cubans, fast as hell. Even the Mexicans I work with say Cubans are too damn fast.

@bruno-vicious

5 жыл бұрын

Dominicans have TOO many slang words. Just understanding their slang alone is a language in and of itself.

JAJAJAJA I am spanish speaker, And we have the same problem listening english audios, so , It's just practice, You can learn spanish, I'm sure, You can, YOU CAAAAAAN!! Good Luck

@gumersindo1769

2 жыл бұрын

yo lo soy tambien xd

1:06 I can’t believe I understood what she said, I guess the 5 years of intense studying and practice has paid off

@davidanthony8363

4 жыл бұрын

it took you 5 years to learn Spanish?

@52andattitude48

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidanthony8363 they mean trying to keep up with her speed

@rachellepike8615

4 жыл бұрын

David Anthony everyone is different. I’m still learning my native language 😂

@tobysimango4595

4 жыл бұрын

Jordan Guzzi 5 years ,you've just become my biggest motivation bro, I'm going to keep on moving

@pola5646

4 жыл бұрын

s r obviously exaggerating watch some Spanish series u will find out yrself

I worked construction from 15-25 and worked with guys from Mexico North & South, Guatemala, Costa Rico, etc (the list goes on and on). I speak a decent amount of Spanish but could not compare myself to a native. With some guys, I was able to understand nearly every word they said while others I could barely make out a sentence. Had I seen subtitles of what they said, I could understand. But what I’m trying to say is, to really master this language, it is extremely important to expose yourself to as many different cultures/accents that speak this language. When you speak to a foreigner in their native language, you are speaking to their heart.

@santiagorodriguezhernandez6554

2 ай бұрын

Claro, yo como colombiano hablo el lenguaje común de mi país pero, debo adaptarme a como se habla en otros paises

Native Speaker: 1:06 Me: Yo tambien

@episkal4849

4 жыл бұрын

Hasta yo , que hablo español , me agarró por sorpresa que hablara tan rápido 😂

@thegamerx6170

3 жыл бұрын

@@episkal4849 jaja XD

@elliecopteroiii1098

3 жыл бұрын

No has visto a los del caribe, mi hermano un gringo escucha eso y queda con epilepsia xD

@Aryant7-7

3 жыл бұрын

@@episkal4849 yo lo esperaba más rápido XD

@gumersindo1769

2 жыл бұрын

@@episkal4849 yo entiendo bien ._.

1:10 That's how it sounds to me all the time

I've discovered that as Spanish grammar rules "click" in my brain, it's easier to understand it when I hear it spoken. I suspect it's because I start to predict what's coming, as you mentioned in the video, based on the context. One of the big difficulties I had was the differences in "a" or "o" endings when someone was speaking Spanish fast, and now that I'm more comfortable with grammar, my brain is able to "fix" what I misheard just based on the content of the sentence.

@menorcaventura3442

3 жыл бұрын

It’s because we native English speakers really lack vowel discipline. Think of all the ways you can pronounce an E... “Mercedes” is three. Mursaydees. Spanish has five vowels and five vowel sounds... “Mercedes” (a Spanish word meaning the plural of “mercy” all Es are pronounced the same.

En mi familia hablamos tan rápido en español que a veces ni nosotros nos entendemos, incluso mensajes de voz que nos dejamos entre nosotros duran 1 segundo, hemos tenido que aprender a hablar "más lento". A veces hablando en inglés usamos la misma velocidad para hablar que en español y no tiene un buen resultado :) Pero no se desanime es cuestion de hacer "oído".

@unsaltedbutter_

Жыл бұрын

Este me ayuda mucho saber que incluso a veces los nativos tienen problemas con la comprensión de las palabras, no he estado aprendiendo para mucho tiempo, como puedes ver mirando mi vocabulario😂

She was speaking so fast that when I tried to enable captions it said error

@sclosh7501

4 жыл бұрын

Pues la verdad es que mucha gente no nos entiende porque cuando estamos hablando entre nosotros hablamos muy rápido y además decimos muchas cosas sin ni siquiera enunciar

@marcelobuenano4616

4 жыл бұрын

@@sclosh7501 que viva el español carajo

@Winmar

4 жыл бұрын

It could be worse; enabling captions caused my computer to explode

@Droosmom1970

3 жыл бұрын

I recognized nosotros and cosas and that was it lol

@Face_Reality

3 жыл бұрын

@Es Mayra tu habla Espanol ok... Mas o menos. Es bien.

I find Spanish much easier to hear than French. French is sooo much harder bc they don't pronounce all the letters in words so it's hard to really see what they're saying lol

@donnamartinez759

5 жыл бұрын

Amyyy hell yeah

@pterafirma

5 жыл бұрын

C'est parce que la liaison entre mots

@denisek7

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree~ I gave up on french because of that - my teacher let me read 1 text 5 times and I still couldnt get it right - too frustrating so I enjoy learning other languages now ^^

@khoji5368

5 жыл бұрын

Amyyy Spanish is basically French 👍

@nobodyimportant7290

5 жыл бұрын

I dont understand how non native english speakers can understand us either, lmao.. i live in minnesota, the city, and we speak so fast.. (if youre not perfect at english never ask a minnesotan to tell a story..) we just kinda stumble over words lol.

Second fastest language in the world! Ah ya! And almost impossible to keep up! I can read Spanish better than understand because I can read it and figure things out..It’s brutally hard in conversations

@Jonathan-qc3wk

4 жыл бұрын

Which one is the first?

@TPNE99995

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jonathan-qc3wk she said it in the video, it's Japanese

@martinescobar1023

3 жыл бұрын

It happened to all languages, I have english as second language.

@LaDeeDah

2 жыл бұрын

Reading it is definitely easier

Thank you for the "out-takes" ...your mistakes while making the video. It is encouraging to know that everyone struggles with language, whether their own or another, an expert or a novice!

@dreamersmediaparadise3521

5 жыл бұрын

Gordon Caylor hey mr finey

@bluetickhound16

5 жыл бұрын

That’s funny!! I was thinking the same thing and when I dropped in to comment, I see comments from two other channels (Español con María and How to Spanish) that I have recently subscribed to!! It has been frustrating to try and learn Spanish at the level I’m trying to get to but knowing that my instructors have had the same struggles trying to gain proficiency in English is very reassuring, if that makes sense... I’ll get there for sure because I refuse to give up.

@bluetickhound16

5 жыл бұрын

Espanol Con María, ¡ Su video sobre el grito de mariachi es muy gracioso! 😂😂😂

I think, you must listen and listen every day Spanish but it has to be according to your level. I do it, and it's working and also these recommendations help a lot!!!!!!!!

Stephen Pinker in his excellent book "The Language Instinct" describes how spoken language does not consist of independent words separated by pauses but is a continuous sound stream. Because of this, passive listening can help you begin to mentally break up this sound stream into individual words (which is what people with linguistic fluency do automatically).

First day of learning Spanish. Yay! Hears 1:06. *Alrighty then, I may as well quit.*

@WhyNotSpanish

6 жыл бұрын

+End Line 😂 don't quit yet! It's too soon. Gracias por ver el video.

@jamesblack993

6 жыл бұрын

WhyNotSpanish I was just kidding, Spanish is fairly easy to comprehend compared to something like Norwegian or Swedish which I also attempted to learn. I also quite like that language - speaking it makes me sound sexier ahaha! Mucho gracias for your videos!

@WhyNotSpanish

6 жыл бұрын

+End Line ¡abrazos!

@craigoharkano8620

6 жыл бұрын

What is your native language? Because Norwegian is supposed to be one of the easiest if not the easiest language for native English speakers to learn. Pero el español es más guay.

@Kim-fd9ig

6 жыл бұрын

Yo no hablo rápido XD

You are the first Spanish person I understand fully. You talk a little bit fast and I like it. You make gaps between each word. Other Spanish speakers don't. You pronounce every letter. This is how I speak my English if someone is foreign and isn't understanding.

Soooooooo happy I found this channel. Never took this seriously in high school. 20 years later, it's time to get it done. Thanks Maria!

Yo a las 3 de la mañana: ah caray, a ver como que que no me entienden por hablar rápido xd

Like most beginners, I don't understand every words during a conversation, but I just listen for key words, then guess the meaning. Then I try to imitate what I heard for the same situation (no ideas of the words or exactly what it means). This helps me to accelerate conversational skill. Btw, Spanish is my #4 language.

@GSPV33

5 ай бұрын

Wow. 4 languages! Impressive

Sitting there hoping that the sounds will make sense someday, (Story of my life).

@wallacesousuke1433

3 жыл бұрын

That's me trying to understand native English speakers xD

@w3r958

3 жыл бұрын

@@wallacesousuke1433 😂 lmao

It's my second year of learning Spanish now and I've really enjoyed it until now... Our teacher is starting to throw all of the comprensión oral at us and I just can't understand it. This actually made me feel good as it wasn't as rapid as our learning texts and I actually understood everything haha... Thanks and greetings from Germany

These are very helpful tips. Enabling cc in Spanish really does help in understanding the spoken. Thank you for all your videos. 👍☺

The best thing about your videos is that you enunciate so clearly. That is so helpful.

After 32 years, i finally learned h0w to draw a d0g😢

@ThatsJustEric

4 жыл бұрын

😄

@SergeiVlassov

4 жыл бұрын

39 and the same here

@Bishoujo8

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@alia2583

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@davidkelly8145

4 жыл бұрын

52 and still can't draw especially a dog.

The tip on captions and using 75% speed were amazing. These tips combined with the context of drawing a dog (visual cues) made such a difference to the learning experience. ¡Muchos gracias!

Thank you for adding the Bloopers at the end! It gives me confidence to know that I'm not the only one who uses wrong words or mispronounces the right words. I lack confidence in my Spanish-speaking ability because I stumble over my tongue frequently!

This is my second time listening to this video and doing the listening exercise from 2 years ago. Now that I've recommitted myself to learning Spanish during quarantine this last week and revisited this video, I have noticed a major progress! I've been watching all my favorite shows on Netflix with Spanish audio and Spanish subtitles and it's easier to understand Spanish now. What helped me was to let go of trying to translate to English in my head but instead keenly listen and extract the gist of what I'm hearing and then practice responding back. So I'm yelling back at my tv screens in Spanish! lol But thank you for being such a great teacher! I love your style!

In my Spanish class, the video examples they use during classes and tests have native speakers who speak really fast and don’t articulate their words much so this video definitely gave me some great tips to get started on my extra practice.

What a helpful video. You gave me "permission" to do things I've always felt that I shouldn't. Such as pausing the video, using CC, slowing the speed down. In this video, I used the pause technique and it really helped me take the time to pay attention to words or phrases that I don't know. Thanks, Maria, you are a great teacher!

This method is SO helpful. Thank you for taking the time to load the transcripts and of course the videos themselves.

What a great lesson! What a great video. thank you! I played at normal speed but found it useful to turn on captions and stop and repeat every now and then. She enunciates very clearly, which as she points out in the video is not always the case with native speakers at my local Mexican market.

1:06 "Pues la verdad es que mucha gente no nos entiende porque cuando estamos hablando entre nosotros, hablamos muy rápido y además decimos muchas cosas sin siquiera enunciar."

@Alejandro-ed4hq

3 жыл бұрын

pronunciar*

You're one of the best Spanish teachers in KZread. Not even kidding, tysm for the effort, love youuuuuuuuuuuu really

@WhyNotSpanish

6 жыл бұрын

You are very sweet! Muchas gracias. ☺

@addmylifeto

6 жыл бұрын

Therefore you not the best learner xD

@dianalorita8248

6 жыл бұрын

Jiboy Check Super Holly, she's very good too.

I remember when I stumbled across this video about maybe a few months ago and honestly I did not hear nor understand a thing when she talked really fast at 1:06. fast forward to now, I came back to see how far my ability of verbal recognition by hearing has improved and Im so proud that I can say I heard and understood every word she said clearly this time.

I love how you differentiated between active and passive listening and then gave us a lesson en español sobre cómo dibujar un perro. The outtakes at the end are funny too. I see I’m not the only one struggling, even natives can too! Thanks for sharing 🙏 subscribed ✅

I like your out takes, it shows me that learning any language, that is practice and practice and more lol.

When you suddenly start talking it takes me a second to understand your speaking English

Hace mucho tiempo que estudio espa~nol y este video es uno de los mejores que he visto.! Muchas gracias por las sugerencias!

I am a Spanish 3 student in college and listening is my weak point. This video helped me SOOOO much! I understand everything you were saying with the help of subtitles. MUCHAS GRACIAS HERMOSA!!!

This is one of the most helpful language ed vids I've seen. I just subscribed. Thanks for sharing.

“Spanish is the second fastest language in the world after Japanese” Bruh, those are the only two foreign languages I’ve ever learned... I should’ve chosen slower languages haha

@breezeloveable

4 жыл бұрын

Same here ! I studied japanese for a couple of years smh . The speed is crazy😪😪😫😫

@ojinavi

3 жыл бұрын

Im Japanese but Spanish sounds a lot faster for me lmao

@menorcaventura3442

3 жыл бұрын

Try learning Turkish.

@jamesavery4016

3 жыл бұрын

@@menorcaventura3442 that’s funny you should say that, I am trying to learn Turkish actually 😂 Merhaba, nasılsın? Çok az Türkçe biliyorum, amma velakin çabalıyorum

@menorcaventura3442

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesavery4016 your Turkish is far better than mine. 😊

The tips were so helpful. I had no idea about the settings. Muchas gracias.

I literally just found your channel today, and I am so happy!! I'm trying to become fluent in about 4-5 months because I want to study abroad, and I've been trying to find videos I can play in the car while I'm driving and such. Thank you so much for the effort you put into these!!!!

@gumersindo1769

2 жыл бұрын

x2 xd

This is excellent

Adjusting the speed is a GREAT tip!

@futurez12

5 жыл бұрын

Aaron Plays Nintendo I'd prefer to listen to natives speaking slowly than slowing down normal speech. Words become quite unnatural when slowed artificially, which can affect the true sounds of the words.

@scifigrl92

4 жыл бұрын

You can’t adjust the speed on a KZread videos

@makaylalovelace3769

4 жыл бұрын

Jenny Liebowitz Yes you can, you go to playback speed

@hamerharoldvasquez4644

3 жыл бұрын

Yeap, you have to push our noses

Thank you! I tried slowing the video down and figured out you were talking about dogs after a few sentences (haven't taken Spanish or spoken it in decades). Loved the way you repeat and use words over so we can keep hearing them. I will put your videos on my schedule and see how it goes. Thank you! You are a really good teacher and not boring, even slowed down.

This was very easy to understand, and I wouldn't need to keep learning if everybody spoke so clearly and used an easy vocabulary as you or your friend do. The main difficulty with Spanish from my sight is that most native speakers omit spaces between words. This doesn't matter if all the words they use are words you are well familiar with. As soon as a word I do not know slips in, and that always seems to happen sooner than later, I lose track of the conversation and it can be very hard to pick the flow up again. Half understood words can generally be interpreted in a fashion if one has understood the context, but not when it has been lost.

I didn't follow anything, I was just watching her draw the dog

@WhyNotSpanish

6 жыл бұрын

😂

@SxyGrl44

6 жыл бұрын

Lol. It was a little too fast for me. I understand like every few words... therefore, its hard to communicate with a Native speaker unless they slow it down and pronounce every word .... but of course everybody is not going to do this for me so I need to get up to speed.

@yohermosodulce4229

6 жыл бұрын

GreenPandaTea punas tarde amiga muy bien cabeza amor 😍

Soy chileno y no tengo la menor idea de que hago aquí a las 3 am ajja

Glad I found these videos, yo puedo hablar un poquito de Español pero ACTUALLY understanding it is the hardest part.

I have been getting a lot benefit from listening and reading to make sure I understand then going back repeating the sentences out loud with you (with the subtitles) at .75 speed and then at full speed. It's helping my mouth to get used to making the sounds. Thank you for the videos.

Everyone should try drawing the dog without looking at the screen and see how much you can follow😉

@romueltheknight6860

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know how well I could draw the dog if it was in English, let alone in Spanish without watching 😂

It's been 22 years and I still haven't found out what the Rock is cooking 😔

He aprendido a escuchar y escribir las palabras en español para no olvidar. Muchas gracias.

I am so glad I found this channel! I am trying to learn Spanish and I appreciate how you break down strategies. Thank you so much for putting out this content! I'm going to work on these concepts and check out your other videos as well. Thanks, again!

Passive listening is better than nothing, but NOT much. Heck, even native speakers don't pay attention, and ask them what was said, and the likely answer is I don't know. The worse scam is listen to a language while you sleep and then the next day, you are going to be fluent.

@cshaffer1847

6 жыл бұрын

omlet du famage

@adb012

6 жыл бұрын

But watching anime is active listening. Passive listening would be to have anime playing in the background while you are cooking and NOT watching at it.

@tsntana

6 жыл бұрын

Corey Shaffer First thing that came to my mind. :)

@newagehero9605

6 жыл бұрын

adb012 thanks for pointing that out !! so active would be watching TV?

@adb012

6 жыл бұрын

If you are paying attention (i.e. trying to understand what they say, trying to correlate what is being said with what is being seen, etc...), then yes, absolutely! The only "but" is that I would say that watching TV is active, not that active is watching TV, because there are of course other ways that are also active (listening to radio program or music, participating in a conversation, etc...).

Yo aprecio tu determinación! It's awesome to see your out takes, and how hard you work at putting these videos together. The activities and quiz questions are just perfect! Thank you a miili! ¡Muchísimas gracias por hacerlos! ¡Tu eres la mejor!

Muchas gracias por estos consejos prácticos y por la actividad divertida.

Thank you for everything you are doing. I came across your videos a few days ago and I find them very helpful. Everything you are doing is really helping me build my confidence. I can only say so much in a comment but your videos are incredible.

Many times I find that the natives never bother to articulate, even in formal speeches. This seriously affects the sentence structure the beginners are used to and makes it very difficult to understand. Are there any rules about omitting sounds and linking words? In so many speeches they omit so many sounds that I don't think I can understand them no matter how many times I have listened!

@grilledflatbread4692

6 жыл бұрын

Hard to generalize because it depends on the country of the speaker. For example, in the Caribbean we drop many words and sounds (some claim the most difficult accents to understand are either Caribbean or Chilean). In the Caribbean they drop the 's' sounds at the end. Note this is considered a 'vulgar' accent so if an educated Dominican is speaking to others they will adjust the accent to sound more 'standard'. What I consider a neutral accent is probably Colombian. The peninsular accent is very pretty but it sounds as weird as the Queen of England sounds to Americans.

@mauronaranjo

6 жыл бұрын

Olivier Ma It depends de accent the native speaker is caming from. For example, a person from Chile doesn't articulate like a Colombian from Bogota or a Mexican do.. For example; In Bogota people say de word Pues with all the letter but people from Venezuela say Puej. In other places you hear some people say porque.... In Puerto Rico they say Polque... and so on...

@DavoCoxon

5 жыл бұрын

I'm Mexican and in spanish, you can´t omitte letters you have to pronounce every letter clearly. contrary to English when the schwa substitute vowels

@makaylalovelace3769

4 жыл бұрын

David González But Dominicans omit the ‘s’ all the time 👀

@menorcaventura3442

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavoCoxon thank you. This is all English speakers failing to understand their own spoken language habits. Yo hablo ambos idiomas con fluidez y reconozco que el Inglés no se pronuncia como se escribe para nada. “I wanna getta lidal bid ov food.” Para decir “quiero comer un poco”.

Hi Maria. At last I have been able to properly respond. I listened to the instructions about drawing the dog. I must admit that at normal speed it was difficult for me to track, apart from the odd word. I went through the transcript and used a dictionary to look up some of the words to make sure I understood it all. I then went back to the video and listened again and could hear what you were saying most of the time so that obviously worked well as a leaning technique. I think that being able to hear and understand whole phrases also works for me but at the moment understanding Spanish is a bit like looking at a jigsaw puzzle with most of the pieces missing but I will keep trying. Thanks very much for responding to my question with this helpful video. Mike

@WhyNotSpanish

7 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear. I'm happy this worked for you. Yeah, Spanish is sometimes like a puzzle! But with time, and dedication it will start to make sense. Make sure you consistently practice using different techniques so your ear gets "trained". I'd love to hear from you in the future about how you're progressing, so keep us up to date! - Maria

@nicedog1

7 жыл бұрын

I will do. I am definitely into this now and won't be giving up. Thanks again to you both!

@catlady715

6 жыл бұрын

Hello, nicedog1. I tried what you did and yes, it does work. Reading the transcript & looking up words I didn't know made listening & understanding the second time much easier.

@nicedog1

6 жыл бұрын

CatLady71 That's great. Glad it helped 👍

@rudyfidelino3995

6 жыл бұрын

nicedog1 This reply might be too late, but to give some perspective: about 4 years ago, I discovered you could watch TV shows from Spain via the Internet. Spanish TV became my hobby, or even my passion. For the first year, I watched at least one episode (in Spain a typical episode is longer, from 65-80 minutes) every single day. I slowed down a bit, but still watch 5-6 hours of Spanish TV per week. Yes, my listening comprehension has improved by leaps & bounds. But after almost 4 years of watching Spanish television, I *still* struggle. While I understand so much more than I did before (95% vs. maybe 80% at the beginning), a frustrating amount still escapes me. But I will stick with it because I simply refuse to give up. By the way, a Venezuelan friend got hooked on one of the shows I was watching & started watching it with her parents (she was born & raised in Venezuela; her parents just recently arrived in the US). Even they couldn't understand a fair amount of the dialogue (the show was full of slang & lenguaje familiar). She said that the three of them were constantly stopping the show & asking each other what the characters said. That made me feel so much better about my struggles.

¡Muchas gracias por el video!

Gracias para el gran video! Soy hablante nativo de inglés. Aprendí que es mas mejor cuando estoy hablando con otras de tus video. Tambien me encantan los bloopers después! Jaja!!

Thanks so much, i did not know we could slow down the video speed

@WhyNotSpanish

6 жыл бұрын

Sí. No muchas personas utilizan esa herramienta para escuchar más despacio.

@transformrecruitment7068

6 жыл бұрын

Yo tampoco, gracias!

@DomoniqueMusiclover

6 жыл бұрын

Is this only on the website version? Or is it on the app and web version? Because I definitely didn't know either... Interesting

Great video. Very helpful. I just subscribed. Muchas gracias María

@WhyNotSpanish

6 жыл бұрын

¡Con mucho gusto!

This was great! Thank you! So helpful.

Exelente video!, muchas gracias! tiene un estilo que es muy util. Voy a mirar a mas lecciones.

No se por que ando viendo esto si no soy gringa y entiendo el Español xdxd Saludos desde México

@LuisGonzalez-xj9xl

4 жыл бұрын

Luz Angela Lozano Jajajaja yo también ando en las mismas 😂

@andreymilena6551

4 жыл бұрын

@@LuisGonzalez-xj9xl me puedes enseñar español

@gumersindo1769

2 жыл бұрын

xd igual

@trinitygrau4978

2 жыл бұрын

Entiendo español mas o menos; a veces es difícil, verdad? No tengo confianza cuando yo hablo, así que necesito escuchar de mas.

@ferchi1920

2 жыл бұрын

@@gumersindo1769 yo te enseño maje

te entiendo perfectamente there 1:08 ') grancias por ti y cody me vuelvo mejor, hace media uno no podia entender eso

Muchas gracias! This was fun

Great tips. Thanks for sharing them!

This video reminded me despite of at least 2 years in Duolingo, the creepy owl didn't prepare me on how lost I had been feeling in Madrid while I visited there. I understood most of what I've read but I couldn't for the life of me figure out what the hell the natives were saying :X

@NealB123

4 жыл бұрын

Duolingo is a great tool for learning basic grammar and vocabulary but it certainly doesn't prepare you for real life conversation. You'll have to rely on other resources to become a proficient speaker/listener.

@Maestro-tl9od

2 жыл бұрын

Same. Been learning daily with Duolingo for 3.5 years and still can’t understand a word a native speaker says. Can’t even have a conversation. It’s pretty discouraging lol

@Michal50071

2 жыл бұрын

You can't rely solely on Duolingo. You have to incorporate other things into your routine, such as watching movies/series, listening to music or podcasts, reading out loud, journaling, chatting with Spanish speakers, etc. The way I learned English as my second language was mostly by binging KZread and being fully immersed daily. It even went far as to where I talk to myself and think only in English. Now, I'm doing the same thing with Spanish, and little by little I'm acquiring the language. The most important thing is to have fun, for it to not feel like a chore.

@Niall69Irish

2 жыл бұрын

@@Michal50071 are you slavic?

thank you. this was a really fun practice. Ignore haters. Remember, even if no one benefits, you have done your job well.

@WhyNotSpanish

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! That means a lot.

I love this. Muchas gracias. Esto me encanta.

Seriously .....thank you !!! Muchas gracias !!

Learn this phrase: "MÁS LENTO, por favor..." Whoever is speaking will repeat what they said for you, slow down their speed of speech, and will probably talk more clearly for you.

@menorcaventura3442

3 жыл бұрын

Más despacio por favor. Más lento is not correct.

Saludos, me llamo Angelico Felipe y yo he encontrado tu consejo bien ayudoso, muchas graçias, por çierto soy de Filipinas un país que solía hablar Castellano. Me gustaría aprender El Castellano como una lengua segunda después de nuestra madre lengua, espeçialmente de entender Español cuando está hablando. Lo siento por mi mal Castellano no hablo bien, El Castellano todavía. :)

@mycurlysky9482

6 жыл бұрын

lo entiendo. y no es malo

@babyfnafhs6243

5 жыл бұрын

La mayor equivocación que tienes es escribir ç, esta letra en castellano no existe. Existe en otras lenguas españolas, como el catalán o el portugués pero no en castellano. Segundo error es escribir la primera letra de un idioma en mayúscula, los gentilicios y los idiomas van en minúscula siempre excepto cuando van detrás de un punto o empieza la oración.

@deathboi3998

5 жыл бұрын

Damm.i am mexican and learning tagalog for the exact same reason, that spaniards colonize us

@joemarienabor7277

3 жыл бұрын

Soy filipino tambien. yo quiero aprender el idioma de español. can you teach me? please.

@gumersindo1769

2 жыл бұрын

@@mycurlysky9482 pero se comio las c xd

Muy bien, gracias para el video.

Muchas gracias por tu ayuda y consejo

Spanish is the second fastest language in the world Eminen : hold my dialect

I understood everything she said

Gracias por este video, No sabía que la mejor parte de lo que estaba haciendo era escuchar pasivamente

Agree-the outtakes are terrific! You make learning fun.

Hola Maria! Gracias por tus videos! Me encantan! Mi novio es de Espana y quiero aprender mas el espanol para communicar con sus amigos y familia. Quiero vivir en Espana algun dia tambien entonces necesito aprenderlo. Para leer y escribir no tengo problemas, pero para esuchar... madre mia no puedo entender nada! Gracias por tus consejos!!

@WhyNotSpanish

6 жыл бұрын

Bueno, pero vas por buen camino. Tu español (por lo menos escrito) no tiene muchos errores. Ya tienes la motivación. Ahora debes ser paciente contigo misma y ser constante. ¡Un abrazo!

@yohermosodulce4229

6 жыл бұрын

Jacquelyn Hammerton hola punas dais amiga como estas muy bien queres aprandar español yo boco hbrar español ayuda

@57ffjjimenez

6 жыл бұрын

Lo mismo me pasa a mi con el ingles lo puedo leer,pero no me entero de nada cuando me hablan

@deathboi3998

5 жыл бұрын

@@57ffjjimenez Ve peliculas en netflix en ingles con los subtitulos en ingles. Tarde dos años para poder entender sin dubtitulos y, hasta entiendo el inglés etnico de los afroamericanos, ellos usan otras palabras y pronuncian diferente

@evanserickson

4 жыл бұрын

Watch stuff in Spanish and use Pimsleur Spanish. Pimsleur is a game changer for listening.

I used the subtitles and slowing down the video. You are greatest adviser, thank you for the advice 😊😊😊😊

@juliojhonatanmezachumpitaz5230

6 жыл бұрын

CamDollM3 where are you from?

@CamDollM3

6 жыл бұрын

Julio Jhonatan Meza Chumpitaz where are you from?

@juliojhonatanmezachumpitaz5230

6 жыл бұрын

CamDollM3 Peru

@CamDollM3

6 жыл бұрын

Julio Jhonatan Meza Chumpitaz okay, Canada

@juliojhonatanmezachumpitaz5230

6 жыл бұрын

CamDollM3 we are from the opposite ends of America (continent)

Excellent listening lesson. Muchas gracias

Oh my God thank you so much this is just what I was looking I never actually thought about slowing down the freaking audio thank you so much. Amazing teacher

When she started speaking Spanish I started to read the comments.

1:06 I’m actually proud I understood every word

Te agradezco por el vídeo, siempre he tenido problemas con mi forma de escuchar el español pero, recientemente mi forma de eschuchar ha estado mejorando.

Thanks for the tip about slowing down KZread videos. I tried it here and it made it much easier to pick out each individual word that was being said.

OMG This video was so effective :0 I mean, yeah, maybe being mexican helped too. But now my spanish is flawless

En verdad, me gustaría poder ayudar a aquellos hispanohablantes que tienen problemas con el sonido de la letra "i" en inglés (como "fit"). Trate de relajar la boca, para que el sonido se produzca más lejos en la boca. Esto hace que su discurso sea instantáneamente más fácil de entender para los angloparlantes. De lo contrario, sonará como si les estuvieras diciendo "feet" (="pies") o quizá "feat" (="hazaña"). Sí, puede ser muy confuso para todos... :-)

@carlosmorales08

5 жыл бұрын

Gracias por el consejo, es algo con lo que siempre luchamos para no decir la palabra erronea

@ramoncornejo2359

Жыл бұрын

Aprender inglés es muy difícil porque utilizan un mismo sonido para diferentes palabras, como las que usted ha usado como ejemplo. Para mí, hablante nativo de español, todos esos sonidos son el mismo😅😅

I'm filipino with half spanish. Because my maternal grandpa is a pure spanish (Spain). Can speak and understand spanish. But for me was oh my god, I can read, understand and speak Spanish a little bit. Greetings from Spain's brother Philippines. Tagalog: Ako'y pinoy may lahing kastila. Kasi ung lolo ng mama ko ay isang purong Kastila (Espanya). Nakakaintindi at nakakapagsalita ng kastila. Pero para sakin dios ko nakakaintindi, nakakabasa at nakakapagsalita ako ng kastila ng konti. Pagbati mula sa kapatid ng Espanya ang Pilipinas. Español: Soy filipino (🇵🇭) con mitad español (🇪🇦). Porque mi abuelo materno es un español puro (España 🇪🇦). Puede hablar y entender español. Pero para mi fue, ¡dios mio! Puedo leer, entender y hablar español un poquito mas. Saludos de hermano de España, Filipinas.

Awesome! I used to watch videos in spanish with English subtitles, now I'll listen in spanish with Spanish subtitles! 😁 me encanta los videos de ustedes! Muchas gracias! 😀xx