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I think a great analogy about picking a country is have you ever talked to a toddler and said what the heck did they just say? But their parents understood every word. Same thing - you have to calibrate your ear.

@dancersbythesea5656

Жыл бұрын

Even though I'm a native English speaker, when I went to New Zealand for a bit, it took me a couple of weeks before I could "fully" comprehend what people were saying. I remember standing somewhere waiting in line and a couple in front of us were conversing for a full 10 minutes. After they left, I turned to my husband and said, "Did you understand what they were discussing?" He said, "Not much." We thought that incident was amazing in many respects. Yeah, even though one may understand Mexican Spanish, it doesn't mean that you will understand Spain Spanish, as well.

Gracias por tus consejos. Soy háblate nativo de inglés. Estuve frustrado en mi entender de español. Mucho mi clientes son de países diferentes de latina americana. He sido aprendido español de Mexico. A veces no entiendo gente no donde Mexico. Gente me dice es todo el mismo. Ahora no me siento mal. Estos consejos es muy bien. No me lo dejo.

Thanks for sharing. I am from New York and we have so many Spanish speakers here. However, I've found Mexicans to be the easiest ones to learn from because they tend to speak slowly. Thanks for the advice to focus on a specific country. That's really good advice. Duo Lingo is a toy and my Spanish comprehension has improved since getting a tutor to speak with at least once a week while practicing with speakers in NYC.

Chatgpt is great for learning to use different word. I was looking at a list and typed in "How do I use the Spanish reflexive verb '-----' in a sentence" and it not only broke it down but it gave me a range of great examples.

@TheTammyMcDaniel

9 ай бұрын

I just tried a few prompts. NICE!!!! Thank you for this tip! To Paul’s point, I even asked that my requested translation come from a native Mexican speaker. And added a request to let me know if there were any reusable verb phrases. I am so excited!

@Iliyailija

2 ай бұрын

I absolutely LOVE chatgpt for language learning! I've been using it since it was out for Spanish, and now I'm using it for icelandic. It's so amazing, it's literally like having a personal free teacher!

This is really good advice. I wished KZreadrs who advertised Spanish lessons would clarify the region.

A hugely important part of Spanish for me. I'm constantly working on my listening comprehension. Along with the subjunctive, its the final frontier. I love the longer format videos that you have been putting out lately, my brain runneth over. Great content Paul, keep going!

Lived in Merida two years. Been in the state of Puebla for 3 days. Never took Spanish classes. I've spoken more Spanish here in 3 days than I did 2 years in Merida. When you're forced to speak the language, you will learn soooo much faster. Plus, when you go somewhere where there are less English speakers, you get the opportunity to help someone wanting to learn your language. I find that very satisfying.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Necessity is a great motivator.

Hundreds of hours of listening and I can really only make out speech in children's cartoons and campy period novelas. Still pretty good progress. Sometimes I can make out phone conversations. And native speakers don't have to slow down THAT much when talking to me

This video is spot on. I’ve been leaning Spanish the past year. My teacher and business partner are Mexican but my company is all Nicaraguan. I literally told my wife today, it’s so much easier for me to understand Mexicans 😂 This makes much more sense now

Y por eso no omito los anuncios, porque KZreadrs como tu merecen algo por los buenos consejos y el contenido de calidad que brindan. Gracias por subir este video, es muy util.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I appreciate that.

And ‘Que mono’ in Spain means ‘how cute’. Another thing, Eord Reference is a great translator too. It only works with info words but it will give you how a word is used in different countries and in different contexts. It’s a fantastic tool.

Agree. I’m American. When I watch British TV shows I have to use subtitles. 😂 Great video and suggestions.

@wendyc3175

4 ай бұрын

You find British hard to understand? Try listening to Australian. You'll realize British is easy 🤣(No insult to anyone)

You nailed it! This is SO true.

Wow Thanks for the advice!!!!

Love this video

Great video Paul. I'm happy to see you have committed a bit more time to your Spanish instruction. Much appreciated.

Thanks for this great video.

Great tips-I have encountered the same situations and found your tips to be very helpful-keep the lessons coming!!!!

This is such an insightful video. When I started learning spanish, it was for my patients at work. Most of them were Mexican, but I was learning with a teacher from Colombia. I also had several coworkers from Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico and several who were born and raised in the US but came from spanish speaking families. My spanish was all over the place lol. It would definitely help to focus on one particular country. Edit: My coworker from Colombia used the word "coger" with a lot of our patients. She didn't care though because it was a professional setting and she felt like ppl knew that she didn't mean the profane version. As a nonnative speaker, I wouldn't have the confidence to say it lol

Good ideas, and this helps answer the question I sent you yesterday.

Dude, love your style, look, name! Thank you for all of your help, living in MX for a year now, I’m ready for my next level in language comprehension.

I've primarily learned "Academic" and Mexican Spanish. I did ok in most of Spain *until* Granada. It was very very difficult to understand many of the speakers there, though they tended to understand me fairly well. My wife is a native Arabic speaker who uses the Levantic dialect. Several of my friends were from Yemen and spoke a very different dialect, to the point letters are pronounced completely differently and common words aren't the same at all. That made for some interesting conversations around the house, like when one of my friends tried to tell me I was saying my wife's name wrong....

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

Haha, I can just imagine the look on your face when you were accused of saying your wife's name wrong.

Nice to know you are someone who understands exactly what people like me feel when learning Spanish (as hobby). Well put video. Cheers from Scotland or Salud de Escotia👍

Gracias por su ayuda. Me encanta tu videos de español.

Great video! Thank you

@QrooSpanish

10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

I now have that translation app. It works good. Thanks

Great video Paul. Respect. No doubt, Spanish is a diverse language that can change from country to country/region to region. This is why I currently focus solely on Latin American Spanish from Colombia since it's where I've been traveling and living the most. Keep up the great content!👍👍

Gracias por haciendo este video. Me ayuda mucho y ahora sé que necesito escuchar a mi país objetivo más! He estado aprendiendo español por 5 meses y veo tú videos muchos. Gracias por compartiendo tú conocimiento!

Muy bien gracias 😊🙏🏻

Excellent explanation and it cleared up some things for me. Thank you

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help. :)

Great tips, thank you!!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

Great advice which I will be taking

thanks q too you i often use google translate but you gave me a new idea….to translate or narrate my day in spanish….me gusta

You have very...very good advice. Thanks a lot for your hard work

@QrooSpanish

19 күн бұрын

Thank you.

Dont be afraid of making mistakes and just put it out there. The motivation i need.

Very good tips. I appreciate especially to focus on one country, you're the first person I heard to say that. Some time ago I met two friends that were from Dominican Republic and Columbia, I found it funny that they said they don't always understand each other with certain words.

Great advice, listen to this man.

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

That's a very good tip. I am from Spain and do advise my students to keep that in mind. Also, I tell them where I am from, so that they know what Spanish I will be able to teach them. Afterwards, and once one knows the language well, you can understand everyone, but this happens with time. My children speak Spanish from Spain, and my friend is from Colombia, whose son speaks like you would in Colombia. As we live in the UK, they can also speak English, but use Spanish to talk to each other 🥰 Despite Spain and Colombia using many words the same, some differ. And it is funny to hear them change some words when they speak to each other, to adapt to the others regional changes; like 'carrito' and 'cochecito'. I also think that if someone is learning language, which they try to use with people from one particular country, why fill your mind with words that aren't used in that country, even if the locals will understand you, when you can learn the one that is used by the people you want to communicate to? Enjoy the journey and stay curious 🤓

Got to be one of the best videos I've seen. Thank You. I just got back from Barcelona. I could speak well enough but had no idea what they were saying.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. :)

It doesn’t amount to a hill of beans if one doesn't grab the hog by the noise and put their noise to the grind stone and study. Im'ma fixen to watch this here video again as Im'ma hankerin to learn mexican. I was over yonder south of the border a speaking and listening and everything was Cattywampus - made me madder than a wet hen and I was worn slap out. Much obliged for the teachings!!!

thank you. great tips

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Thanks!

@QrooSpanish

4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Gracias Paul, como siempre, excelente video y consejos.

Estoy totalmente de acuerdo con lo que dices aquí. Aprendí a hablar español en Argentina, pero durante los últimos cuarenta años he estado rodeado de personas de otros países de habla hispana, incluidos México, Venezuela, América Central, etc., y he estado enseñando español durante más de treinta años. El español es un idioma de dialectos al igual que el inglés y otros idiomas. ¡Las variaciones regionales lo hacen loco pero divertido!​​

Ok I do spend about 2 hours daily with you learning Spanish., Starting now I will apply these suggestions.

Buena clase Paul, yo soy latino, de Ecuador, y tienes mucha razón el español difiere pero en lo esencial es el mismo. Solo cambia la entonación y ciertas palabras en su significado. Digo esto para no desanimar a las personas más bien que escuchen otras palabras y acentos, esto lo digo porque trabaje en NY con puertorriqueños y uno aprende de su hablar. Excelente, te doy mi like.

So glad to happen across this video and your channel today (May 9, 2024). I’ve begun the journey of learning Spanish and I’m hopeful the content in your channel will help. Subscribed!

@QrooSpanish

25 күн бұрын

Welcome aboard!

Hi Qroo! I just want to tell you that I looked up DeepL translator, and I love it! I think it will help me progress, at least somewhat, with my Spanish. Thank you for recommending it.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Deepl os a great translator.

It is very usful!

Ty 4 this❤

@QrooSpanish

3 ай бұрын

Yw.

Gracias Paul intento esta, vivo in Trinidad, soy irlandés pero mucho gente en Trinidad desde Venezuela, me profesor es desde allá. Bien consejo.

@NoaNoir

Жыл бұрын

Paul gracias por subir esto, vivo en Trinidad pero soy irlandés. Pero hay mucha gente de Venezuela aquí en Trinidad, incluso mi profesor es de allí. Buenos consejos. Mike write your sentences perfectly. Don't just say what you know.

estoy nuevo estudiante español tomando los clases para principiantes. a te quiero dar gracias por tu video excelente. tengo 68 años y miedo no puedo aprender. Tu consejo darme esperanza. este mensaje tiene muchos problemas pero estoy intentando. todos correcciones son bienvenido

I’ve watched Paul acting out the story with “Mi Cow” fifty times. So much fun.

Thank you this was really helpful. I've been stuck as a beginner for 15 years

@QrooSpanish

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I must have said something wrong. So again. THANK you for this video. So much information that I needed. As always, your videos are well presented and greatly appreciated. Now I just have to stop jumping between all the videosthat are presented on KZread. Ufff! Got to settle down. It has been too many years.

Excelente consejo para mejorar mi Inglés. Escoger un pais.

gracias😍

She's a clever woman, that Linda! And teachers TEACH, they present information in an understandable way, and you do that brilliantly. You keep doing whatever the hell you think works best, because in my experience, you know what you're doing, and how best to do it. Te aprecio mucho!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Linda says: "Mil gracias" :-) Thank you so much for the positive feedback. Sigue practicando y aprendiendo!

I definitely need to focus on one dialect/region. I’m a super beginner though and what I found is that the content I learn from comes from a lot of different creators who have diverse backgrounds, and are from all over the Spanish-speaking world. Maybe I’m not looking hard enough to be able to find all the content I need in Dominican Spanish. Also, I have a hard time choosing one dialect because I also love Colombian and Argentinian and Spain Spanish too lol

"Cajo" as "carro" (car) is Puerto Rican hillbillie (jibaro) stuff. It is said it comes from German farmers who immigrated to Puerto Rico during the 19th century, for it is the way Germans pronounce "R". During this time Puerto Rico was still a Spanish colony but Spain allowed other Europeans to immigrate to the island. It makes sense. Either way, not all Puerto Ricans speak like that.

Great advice. I look like a Mexican because I’m a little indian. How! My wife is Mexican from El Grullo, Jalisco so I should learn Spanish. I’m trying so thanks! I wish I could have talked to my in laws but I couldn’t. Rick from Salt Lake

Despite spending more years than I care to mention learning Spanish, I can't follow Spanish on TV. Granted, many of them speak fast. And those Spanish females when they get upset! I'm grateful I'm not a Spanish husband. Tenéis mi simpatía, hermanos. However, I discovered one thing: as I'm a reader, I read the Spanish wherever I'm learning, Duolingo or Synergy Spanish, and I ignore what they're saying. Now I close my eyes and just listen, and that makes a difference.

The most shocking part of this video is that you're over 50. Dude you barely look mid 30s maybe early 40s. Bravo!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Tricky thing for me is, you’re my favorite KZread Spanish teacher, and I grew up in NJ then moved to Florida so I practiced and heard a lot of Mexican/puerto rican Spanish. However I’ve just moved to England and now need to completely switch gears and learn peninsular Spanish 🙃

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

That is a pretty big change.

Also, how important is this region rule when listening to more abstract or technical topics like emotional intelligence or political ideology. I know words very greatly for day-to-day nouns and verbs but does that apply to less “layman” words as well? This seems to not be the case in English (I could be wrong) but wondering if a Spanish podcast episode about emotional intelligence would be useful even without the regional accent focus. I like the way the speaker’s Spanish sounds (very clear with no lisps and she doesn’t drop many consonants like some accents do). P.S if you read this thank you so much for the content. Your channel is hands down the best practical guide to Spanish learning for English speakers in my opinion. You single handily reinvigorated my interest in learning Spanish.

@vooides

Жыл бұрын

There is no lisp in Spanish. When yousay THink is it a lisp?

Gracias

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

De nada.

Gran video! Estoy aprendiendo español y me siento mi español es más mejor porque de input comprensible.

@QrooSpanish

19 күн бұрын

Me alegra que te gustara. Un saludo.

Mexican Spanish and Spain Spanish is everywhere. There are so many teachers and videos who teaches that. It's a lot harder just trying to find good, efficient, programs or teachers who teach puerto rican or Dominican Spanish, but I do think if you learn Spanish in general, it would be easier to pick up or transition to any dialect.

Excellent Paul!! This is exactly what I've been trying to get my roommate to do. he won't believe me, but he says you (Paul) are the expert. If you say it. It is the gospel. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Your roommate sounds like a wise man...lol.

I picked up a lot of Arabic from simply having worked in the Middle East region during the conflict with Iraq, even still, there can be different dialects spoken within the same country depending on the region a person is from.

I agree about learning Spanish from one region. I also think you need to be prepared for those alternative words and phrases. Those are the times I remember most when being in different countries. I also have seen mono used as ¡Qué mono! = How cute (maybe that’s what they were telling you Paul) ; Hacer el mono = to make a fool/fooling around; tener el mono =to be in a drugged state. You will remember those situations where you used the wrong word. I broke up a whole cafe with laughter one time using a vulgar term. Another was when I told the taxi driver in Baja Mexico that the house was next to a piscina and eventually after driving around I remembered alberca. The driver was too polite to tell me he didn’t understand. Mistakes make one learn.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

I was hoping they were calling me cute, but I don't think so. One of the people who was calling me mono was Linda's uncle and he would use it to get my attention, "Mono, vamos."...lol

Qroo Paul, you’ve become my favorite maestro. I check your channel first to see if you’ve covered any topic I’m struggling with. I love grammar as a hobby, so you know I love the subjunctive. I drink tequila and let you teach me over and over.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! :)

Picking a country makes perfect sense, Paul. If a Mexican were learning English and then spoke of lorries, most Estadounidenses no los comprenderán. Igual con boot, instead of trunk, or lift instead of elevator.

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. :)

I'm not learning Spanish to go to a country or to speak to specific people, seeing as I'm a housebound lady who isn't travelling anywhere until Jesus comes to take me home, yet this video still made me think about my goals. 1. I want to keep my aging mind active, and learning a language is one of the largest puzzle games there is. 2. I would like to watch Robert Breaker's Spanish videos. He's not a native Spanish speaker. Like you he learned Spanish for a purpose - in his case for preaching the gospel in Honduras, so his Spanish is likely a bit different from yours, being Honduran flavoured. 3. I want to read and understand the Spanish bible that is closest to the King James version I read in English, which means I also want to be able to read somewhat archaic Spanish from Spain. Yes, yes, I am all about Jesus. lol So for me, because you're making a lot of sense here, I probably need to find a channel I can tolerate from Spain, and start watching both that and Mr. Breaker's videos with the Spanish subtitles on. I know how rough the auto-translate is in English, but I tried it today and was a bit shocked at how much I did understand with the help of the closed captioning. It helps that I could go watch his English lesson on the same topics afterwards to see if I really had followed along pretty well. And I learned several new words! Thanks for the great idea! :)

@johnmorgan7947

Жыл бұрын

😊..JESUS IS COMING back SOON".

@johnmorgan7947

Жыл бұрын

🎉 I also love ROBERT BREACKER.. .plus LES FELDICK MINISTRIES ".. . Ist cor.15 v 1.4 ..

Great video how did you master phonetics

Hi Paul, I live in Spain and have found your videos very helpful indeed. Is there very much difference in the grammar between your country and European Spanish grammar. What you have explained so far is the same as I have learned in the past but not understood. I’m aware of the different vocabulary, it’s just been the grammar that I get confused with. I listen to the news and podcasts etc, but one thing I have found useful is, reading out loud, to get the phrasing and flow. Many thanks for all your hard work. Love it !

@QrooSpanish

9 ай бұрын

There are a few grammatical differences. I would say that the most significant ones are these: 1) The use of LE in parts of Spain as a direct object pronoun for males: Le veo. I see him. It would be "lo veo" in Latin America. 2) The use of the present perfect in Spain for things occurring in the recent past: Hoy me he levantado temprano. Where Latin America will use the preterite in this type of sentence: Hoy me levanté temprano. 3) The use of vosotros in most of Spain. In Latin America, it is not used. You will see vos, which is replaces tú. Sometimes people confuse the two.

this man made and awesome video! I´m spanish native speaker frome spain, Galicia region,. and I feel like there are some ways to intone english but is basically is the same grammar, that´s what happens with different spanish instonations you can fin jJUST IN SPAIN. There are big differences between the great Sapin and other caountrys wich also can speak this amazing language but all of they are related to vocabulary and a buch of filling words and chunk-expressions like you can fin between north and south english slang vocabulary I dont kow if i made it clear but a I put bring it up as I came to my mind, by the way as spanish viewer I find highly recommend your videos for spanish learners and also for english-spanish learners hehe thanks for time Qroo , you´re crushing it man!

I can definitely relate I learn Spanish from multiple different countries growing up so asking for a plastic bag in Dominican Republic is different from asking for a plastic bag in a different country. I was at a fried chicken spot in Dominican Republic and I asked for a plastic bag in Spanish and the older woman looked disgusted and offended when I said it did my birth father who is now a expat of Dominican Republic explained that that's not how I asked for a plastic bag then I later found out that the word I used was offensive in DR 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic. Between me being 16 and now almost near 40 I know three different ways to say car in Spanish. Because of all these differences

More good information and techniques, working on it! PS, figured out what the problem was with buying you a cup of coffee, bank thought it was fraudulent. Will try again. Have a great weekend.

@QrooSpanish

5 ай бұрын

You have good fraud protection on that card. That's a good thing. Have a great weekend.

I rather study spanish so I can socialize with people who can't speak English like interpreter. I will keep on working my spanish , my future having my own business , have my own website I want to study spanish more as my goal & daily routines

Great video Paul. I have these problems even within Mexico- most recently in Guadalajara. There is a style and accent here which might be analogous to something like a New York accent. They cut off the ends of words and talk even faster than I'm used to (hard to believe I know). Shopkeepers also say something when you leave, I think that it ends "que viene"?? It might be some kind of "see you next time" sort of thing?

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Yes, there are regional differences within Mexico too. Such a diverse language. I haven't heard the que viene thing.

@cordellvanhart8668

Жыл бұрын

Here in Michoacán, when you leave they tell you “que te vaya bien” (fare thee well)

@truestory923

Жыл бұрын

@@cordellvanhart8668 they say that in Oaxaca too so it might be Mexican

@jguillermooliver

Жыл бұрын

@@truestory923 que te vaya bien is pretty common in the Spanish speaking world, not only in Mexico.

I understand next to no Spanish but when I read what they are saying I understand a lot.

Great tips! Regarding your tip about picking a region or country, can you share what language focus you would put Telemundo. I watch their news programming with subtitles but I think my high school Spanish is Spain/European.

Gracias! Soy de Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Despues un año con Duolingo, estoy listo para probar un método diferente de aprendizaje. Disfruta un café de me. 😊☕️🇲🇽🇺🇸

@QrooSpanish

9 ай бұрын

¡Muchas gracias!

Great advice. Thanks I'm wondering if you've ever done a video on the process of TRYING to understand someone... Like the other day at the gas station (México), I couldn't understand the gas guy. I wanted to convey: So, what you're saying is, that you haven't charged my credit card yet and you want to add up the two fill ups & then charge them together rather than separately... It was VERY confusing because I had 3 receipts and had no idea why he did it that way... My question is: how to say, so, what you're saying is, you've... because. This kind of phrase would help people when interacting... Because saying, ...puedes repetirlo pf, just gets them standing there with that "look"...

I really like the way you explain Spanish language to us in the end I have a question regarding one of estuvo or estaba I heard when you use estaba you have to complete the sentence like Estaba en la biblioteca cuando llovía when we use estuvo we don’t have to explain like estuvo en la biblioteca a las 10:00

Even in Mexico, I've encountered strong regional accents, which can throw you. An individuals education level, too, can make a difference to their word choice, diction, and so on. It's a moving target at times!

@QrooSpanish

Жыл бұрын

Very true.

The only problem for me in SW Florida, we have spanish speakers from everywhere. I center on Mexican Spanish. I will be visiting Spain this summer.

Couldn't agree more about picking a country. I live in Colombia, so though surrounded by the native speakers I still can't understand much. The problem I have is that listening material on the web, for learning comprehension, from Colombia, is very rare. And just watching the news on TV is still too advanced, they talk so fast LOL!

In Ecuador "sidewalk" is vereda. And "straw" is sorbete :)

@rataV7517

4 ай бұрын

En Argentina también es vereda aunque a straw le decimos bombilla

@rataV7517

4 ай бұрын

Y a la bombilla foquito de luz xd

@vetcyvee861

4 ай бұрын

@@rataV7517 Serio? Bombilla es el sorbete jeje. Esa no me la sabia. Al bulb le decimos foco no más. Foquito cuando es un foco pequeño

@rataV7517

4 ай бұрын

@@vetcyvee861 bueno también le decimos focos jaja

I will be travelling to equitorial guinea in a couple of months. That's why I'm learning Spanish. Any advice about the accent there, cause I couldn't find resources specific to this version of Spanish

Oh crap- learning from your teaching style has been a tremendous help… with these tips… I don’t want switch to Puorta Rican Spanish… cause that’s the language of the “majority” of my friends group… ouch..😏😏😊😊

@QrooSpanish

5 ай бұрын

You can always keep your Spanish fairly neutral and then just pepper it with some Puerto Rican expressions. ;)

@anthonythomaslogistics6633

5 ай бұрын

…. nuetral..???? … Castilian..????

Very helpful advice. I am moving to Spain later this year, so I am particularly focus on improving my Spanish the way it is spoken there. Yet aside from watching the 24 hour news channel from Spain that I follow on KZread, I have trouble finding any language aids or resources that focus exclusively on one region. There are many, many channels on KZread to teach you Spanish, but unless they happen to drop some sort of clue, I find I can rarely tell if they are using Spanish as it is spoken in Spain, or Mexico, or somewhere in Central or South America. Any advice on how to find resources that are specifically focused on how Spanish is spoken in Spain?

@NewLife2028

11 ай бұрын

Congratulations! I´ll be visiting Málaga for the first time in late August so, sharing that similarity between us, I wish you well and may you have a safe and happy move! There are several GREAT KZread channels from Spain natives. Here are a few that I listen to. @laduchafriaoficial @CenandoconPablo @SecretosdelaVida @matematicaconjuan @pabloromeroluis @TheWildProject @JSLinares @elpais @josemillanastrologohumanista @AprendemosJuntos @JamesVanderLust @marc_vidal @DWDocumental and I have about 100 more so, if you give me a topic, a region, I can most likely match it with Spanish from Spain or as I refer to it, Castellano de Iberia. Also, I have a vocabulary list of 14000+ entries, which is free and fully in-context you´re more than welcome to. I´m not a Spanish teacher and have no interest in being such but, we can learn together. ¡Que Viva España!

@darshanbharj5615

10 ай бұрын

I recommend you listen to light speed spanish, español con Juan, notes in spanish. They only use Spanish spoken in Spain 🇪🇸

@wolverine1440

9 ай бұрын

​@@NewLife2028 hey any Mexican KZreadrs u could reccomend?

@NewLife2028

9 ай бұрын

@@wolverine1440 You got Paul and he's fluent. I mean, the accent thing? Look, when you listen to Antonio Banderas or David Tesch or Jordi Wild, those are some leg parting Spaniards!! When you listen to young KZreadrs today, pretending to be a Mexican, they sound like a cross between Speedy Gonzalez and Tattoo. So, be careful what you ask for. In my opinion, and I have thousands open to everyone, the consensus is Columbian women's voice is something hard-on invoking to nearly all latinos, like a drug. For the males, it's Spaniards, and just coming back from Spain today, I agree. Mexicans seem to love exotic accents and, they will welcome you and your accent as you are. The accent you should practice behind every word, every syllable is the accent of respect. Show dignity and respect of the people and listen. You'll make a voice with whom they want eagerly to speak.

I think it's a good call to have US english speakers learn the Mexican Variety of Spanish. Of course, there are different dialects of Mexican Spanish, but they are all linked. Kinda like standard californian english compared to the Midwestern accent. There are a few differences with the phonology but they are nonetheless US English. So when Im watching spanish shows, I understand Mexican Spanish perfectly. Many of the actors speak crystal clear. You do have your mumblers and slang but I can understand them. But when someone from Spain (usually andalucian Spanish), i understand maybe 10% of what is said. Then the Caribbean varieties are also tricky to me. But i understand most of what they say. I have to concentrate a lot more when I'm hearing argentinian and chilean Spanish, but i improved from last year. I have a friend from Medellin colombia and he had to adopt the mexican variety of spanish because no one was understanding what he was saying- usually people who are bilingual but lived most of their lives in the US couldnt understand him. But i think his paisa dialect is super cool and i told him that he could use it on me so I can get a better ear training.

@LuciaTovar-qj9td

Жыл бұрын

Medellin (Colombia) accent is very distinctive, for the pronunciation is also very peculiar. It is not something that will ever be used to dub movies in Spanish but I understand it. Things get tricky when it is the very rural or low class variety. Then again, that is the case everywhere.

Even though I'm a native English speaker, when I went to New Zealand for a bit, it took me a couple of weeks before I could "fully" comprehend what people were saying. I remember standing somewhere waiting in line and a couple in front of us were conversing for a full 10 minutes. After they left, I turned to my husband and said, "Did you understand what they were discussing?" He said, "Not much." We thought that incident was amazing in many respects. Yeah, even though one may understand Mexican Spanish, it doesn't mean that you will understand Spain Spanish, as well.

I teach spanish conversation easy and cheap, im a native spanish speaker

I have family and business in Honduras, and when I listen to radio or TV, or go to store or restaurant, I can comprehend fairly well, but when family and friends are just talking at home, forget it, the constanants are throw out the window, and they use words differently than literal translation, and I cannot understand them very well at all, and vice versa when I talk with new people, I have to have a Spanish translator, I am saying things correctly, but with my American accent and using 'proper' Spanish, until they get used to my Spanish, they do not understand me, after several encounters, then we can talk easily, also my employees here in States are primarily from Mexico, and it might as well be another language they speak among themselves...so thanks for the tips

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

The casual conversations are always full of slang. You add a little alcohol and things can get even harder to understand.

I always remembered “mono” because of the golden great ape transformation in dbgt

Yes, I decided to focus on Puerto Rican Spanish. I gave up so many times for this reason.

@QrooSpanish

11 ай бұрын

That's a good decision to focus on one dialect.