I know I can speak Spanish a little bit but I don’t feel confident sometimes. When I talk to my girlfriend in Spanish I am fine but when I’m talking to someone else (ex: her dad or any other native speaker) it’s like my brain freezes and I cannot remember anything smh. I hate making mistakes too. So, that makes it worse. I gotta stop being so hard on myself lol🤦🏽♂️
TLDR; Make mistakes learn from them and you’ll get better 😁 I know this is a bit dated and you could be completely comfortable speaking Spanish now. However, and this took me some time to truly appreciate, remember that when it comes to progressing it can never happen without first making mistakes. So the more mistakes you make and learn from the faster it’ll be that you get better and that’s with pretty much anything in life!
A trick: (which may work well for people closer to you). Before you start talking to someone, what if you mention you are learning their beautiful language that you fell in love with... Let them know you aren't fluent... yet. and may be a little slower at speaking/responding. This may help set the stage and expectations and help reduce the feeling to need to be perfect. Imagine someone approaching you with "I love English and want to learn your language"... wouldn't you feel honoured that they value our language? wouldn't you offer grace if they are a little slower responding (or saying the wrong things... example: if you are a male and they point and say "she looks nice" in reference to you... would you take offence if it were an honest mistake? I doubt they would. (in fact, it may open the doors for them to correct errors and say: "actually she is the word a girl. he is the word for a boy" and they'd learn to speak better english).
My mistake was that I doubted or questioned myself because I didn't want to make mistakes when speaking the language... I've since gotten better, with the help and advice from your vids and others... So I tell ppl not to worry about making grammatical mistakes or saying the wrong things, and just speak... Mistakes are good... 👍🏾
I'm self-taught and I learned Spanish because I'm obsessed with all things Spanish (i.e. language, food, culture, music, people etc.). This helps a great deal when you're trying to learn a new language. Your obsession to get it, is what helps you to keep going when you don't want to keep going. I said all that just to say I agree with you. LOL!! Thank you for your videos.
Hey bro I live in the middle of nowhere in Australia I’m teaching myself Spanish pero es muy difícil para mi encontrar alguien que hablar español Solomente estoy estudiando de RUclips Gracias amigo amor de Australia 🇦🇺
A mí yo también. I have a few people in my circle who are bilingual and every time I try to engage with them in Spanish (i.e. after I’ve told them my goal to learn and get help) it always somehow ends up them just talking in English. I don’t know if it makes them uncomfortable or if it’s just because with them being bilingual it’s difficult switching gears sometimes? I don’t know. It has frustrated and discouraged me a little, but I’m not letting that stop me. I’m fully determined and that’s what’s important. Keep up the good work, and don’t give up. In my experience so far I’ve seen that determination and motivation is key not only when it comes to learning a new language , but with life in general . And if you really love Spanish you’ll learn :)
Join this app called HelloTalk. There's hundreds, if not thousands of Spanish speakers on there willing to help you. I will say that many people will ignore your profile information and you will receive the same questions over and over (how old are you, where are you from, why are you learning Spanish, how is your Spanish, how's your learning going, etc,) but I honestly delete those messages and carry on until I find someone interesting to talk to. Just last night, I messaged someone from the Dominican Rep. because I noticed he had tattoos and I've noticed not many people from that country are tatted up. We ended up exchanging numbers and talked for about an hour on WhatsApp. Thought I didn't practice my speaking much, he got to practice his speaking and listening so it worked out for one of us, lol. Buy seriously, it's a great app with a lot of people who are willing to help you. There's also Tandem but I prefer HelloTalk because I receive a lot of messages on there so it's easier to find language partners. Tandem, not so much....
Awesome video. I learned a great lesson about using Google Translate. 2 guys from Mexico came to the store where I work and was trying to ask the cashier about an item. Well they everyone was struggling. I didn’t know much Spanish at the time, and I typed a sentence in Google Translate gave it to one of the men to read, and one man told me in Spanish he didn’t understand. So we all stood there lost.
Here I am 30 years old and I am still learning Spanish at home with zero native speakers around for validation. In my twenties, I doubted myself, gave up, and then got back in the game with full throttle force. I use flash cards to cement the words my brain before bedtime. I study words in categories. I listen to Celia Cruz and Mark Anthony at night. I acquire new words from the dictionary and from my slang books. Watching novelas has been a struggle because I am a perfectionist. For now, I am going to focus on vocabulary and small talk. My philosophy is to have fun with it. One day, I will be able to talk fluently with Spanish speakers.
Guess what? I did the same thing...and now I am studying Spanish at age 70. I took two years in high school, and two years in college and was one semester from getting a minor in Spanish. Then life happened. I never got back to it. Retired now, I have the time, but without someone to speak with it is going slow. I know I will get close, I am way ahead of where I was a year ago. Mostly watching YT vids, reading and writing. However I end up, I am doing something I love.
Same thing happened to me. Thankfully my husband is Mexican. I should be so farther in my Spanish level. Can you recommend any good telenovela to watch. Good luck y Dios te bendiga!!
Que lo que began being used by Dominicans when they learned about how people in Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire say What's up in Papiamento. In Papiamento it is: Kiko ta kiko (What's up) and hence if you translate that to spanish it is Que lo que (what's up).
Estoy en acuerdo 100%. Cuando estoy aprendiendo un idioma, me gusta mucho crear mi propios metodes para aprender y estudiar. Los maestros dan herramiente. Y yo necesito usarlos. Yo hablé español a mi trabajo hace 20 años. Yo olvidé mucho, pero recientemente, comprí un libro en español. No es un textbooko (jaja...no sé la palabra). Es una historia. Se llama "Wonder: La Lección De August" escrito por R.J. Palacio. Había escrito en inglés primero, y luego became una película.
I'm not even learning Spanish, but this is someone quality content. I come here all the time because the advice applies to all other languages. Keep it up!! +1 Subscriber
I use a translator when sending a message. It wasn’t to impress the instructor but to practice reading and listening to what I was trying to say. But I understand what you said. I will ask my instructor their thoughts on it. Thank you
You are a great practical teacher. Took it 2yrs in school and gave up cuz the same stuff you talking about . I know people who don't use it lose it. My granny was a native speaker but she said she forgot it she didn't use so long. She was elderly tho sooo maybe that had to do with it? Anyway I have attempted false starts in past I honestly said out loud recently I want to. Then you sho in my feed, didn't look for you. I believe God sent you. Thanks for what you do. I'm at ease, I'm excited and preparing to start the work. I'm also from IL!!
Thanks for providing your grammar books! I’m currently going through Complete Spanish Step By Step with a teacher in Columbia and I was glad to see it made your list. I just purchased the Spanish Essential Dictionary and that’s going to be a game changer for me. Keep up the good work!
EXCELLENT ADVICE! I was doing ALL of these mistakes. The point about time is SUPER important. Don't listen to people who said they were fluent in a day! So discouraging to compete with that kind of BS.
I am learning Spanish at home. I have dvd, audio , 501 verbs , I even have a cassette course, I memorize , write, and I find myself speaking without thinking in English. also tried Rosetta stone.
Great video. Very inspiring. I'm guilty of #4...being all over the place. I used to use translators but now I don't when I'm sending a text in Spanish even though I know my grammar is not great haha....If I ever decide to learn another language I think I will focus more on listening and talking before straight out putting majority of focus on reading and writing.
I loved this video, I have been guilty of the translator app and the self doubt even though native speakers give me props for my effort when I do speak the little that I know smh lol 🤦🏾♀️. I also have strayed away from managing my time better when it comes to my study where I used to have a set time when I would devote time to now I just randomly study and actually don’t retain anything 😔😑 lol. Thanks for this post, it was an eye opener and a check up so I can dust off and level up! 😎👍🏾
You are doing a good service to all !! You are empowering many American to learn Spanish. Being BILINGUAL in the U.S is a plus not a minus . More pay better opportunities. Sigue con el buen trabajo.
I agree with all of these but I have a different take on the focusing too much on how long it will take. I see a lot of people asking if they can become fluent in 3 months, 6 months, or a year. They heard about someone else saying they did it that quick and start looking for real people who’ve done it. I started watching a bunch of RUclips polyglots and noticed they would say it took them 5 years, 7 years, or 10 years. Once I latched onto those bigger numbers it was freeing. I quit stressing about getting fluent fast and decided I won’t allow myself to get too frustrated about not being fluent yet till I reach the 7 year mark. So while I agree it’s not helpful to focus on such a low number I think focusing on a bigger, more realistic number is helpful (as long as you’re doing things to get you closer to your goal every day).
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I love that perspective! Thanks for sharing! I think that you can learn a lot quickly, but too many people lie and say that they are fluent in a year and give people false hope. I think if people can be relaxed and take it easy like you, then they will fare well.
¿Quién es aprendiendo español porque de quarantine?🙋🙋 Soy una Filipina pero soy aprendiendo Español porque me gusta cultura de españa y cultura de latino (Please correct my grammar ;) )
I use the translator to translate words I want to know. I get frustrated because it seems that a lot of conversations I find online are about things I don't care about. A conversation about bull fighting? WTF, I'm never going to use this! Now I use the conversations to pick out words to grow my ever expanding flash card stack. Thanks for the video.
The most important piece of advice I'd give to someone starting to learn a language is to try to find a way to enjoy the process! You hear that advice about a lot of things but for me when it comes to language learning, that is one of the only areas I find that I really can apply it. I have always simply loved the language and loved practicing what I'm learning regardless of what level I'm at, and before I know it, my language skills are at a level I never knew was possible!
Good video! Thanks. Even though I have studied other languages in school years ago, Spanish is the first language I have attempted to learn solo. I think the availability of RUclips videos made me forget the basics of needing structure and learning materials like books, and -duh- taking notes, something I haven’t done, but will!
Estoy completamente de acuerdo con sus consejos para los estudiantes debutantes. Algún chico (uno de mis propios estudiantes) siempre utiliza el traductor para escribirme al hacer sus deberes lo que siempre me da ganas de maldecir esta práctica. Estoy muy cierto de que él no sabe lo que dice y como consecuencia, la mayoría de sus notas son deplorables.
You're advice is awesome! It's so clear cut and easily doable. I just love your approach! You have given me a lot more confidence in my Spanish learning journey. Thank you and keep providing content!
Thank you so true! I’m making it harder which is a hindrance to me. I live around practically all Spanish speaking. I been here a year for fear of speaking the lil l know and now l have forgotten. I am ready to get my butt in gear. No more excuses. You’re a wonderful teacher & l am ready to learn from you. Thank for caring 🌹
I usually answer you in Spanish (it's part of MY learning program) but today I will comment in English. The only "time" I focus on is the time I spend per day studying and speaking in Spanish, it's of no relevance to me how long it took you. Take advantage of all resources out there, I listen to bilingual radio, reggaeton and Spanish talk radio. I also listen to stories in Spanish over and over again until I hear how words should sound and it comes to me naturally. I sometimes reverse translate with my translator. Thanks Ricky, you're part of my studies.
I am guilty of the self doubt AND using the translators. There were times I knew how to say a sentence but I would doubt my own knowledge so I would use the translator and of course I was right. I do have a question about the use of the translator though. Would I be using the translator as a crutch if I to correct myself? For an example I would write a sentence in Spanish, copy it, paste in the translator. If the translator doesn’t translate the sentence the way I want it to I’ll change a few words and do the process over again until I get the desired result. There have been times I didn’t know how to say something so I used the translator and analyze the sentence to see what makes it correct as oppose to if I had said something different.
Después de yo vi su video fui a una tienda y compre los huevos y pan. Tuve miedo pero me le dije el vendedor que el parece simpático y continué hablando. Gracias par el ánimo!
Are we going to just ignore the fact that 70+20 is not 100. Not being negative I make those mistakes all the time love the videos they are so fun to watch and i learn alot actually even though I'm learning a different variant of spanish. Keep it up.😀
Thanks for your videos. I appreciate them... I am still shocked that someone who claims to be dedicated to learning this beautiful Spanish language says that if you don't post, they'll quit learning... (I wonder if they are really dedicated to the process to begin with. I have multiple sources I tap into and each source offers a different dynamic to my learning). I watch a lot of your videos and appreciate the effort you put into them. Gracias
Hola Ricky gracias por todo hermano! Tengo estuve veando mucho de tu videos y estoy feliz que tu haces esto. Tengo estuve estudiando espanol por tres semanas muy duro y estoy escribiendo este todo lo solo, solo con qué tengo aprendido estudiendo solo. Yo conoce una mujer de colombia en linea.. pues, ella es de venezuela pero ella vive en colombia y tenemos escribiendo todo esta tiempo. Que es porqué estoy aprediendo tan rapido jaja. Pero el punto es despues veando esto video yo comprido libros de espanol. Asi que gracias a ti por todo que tú haces! Espero que me entiedas.. yo sabe mi escribir es lejos de perfecto!
Spanish is my native language and though I've never went thru the struggle of having to learn it as an adult there are still times when I speak to someone from a different part of the world and the terms don't click so just to throw in a side rule on your list which is really comprehensive already but I'd say never stop learning even once you've reached fluency... language is a gift as is your mind ..never stop learning
¿Klk mí amigo, Cómo estás? I just started learning Spanish since summer because I love and appreciate the language so much. It’s a very beautiful language and I really like the sound of it especially when native Spanish speakers speak. I have a lot of Dominican Republic friends but they speak so fast, but I love their accent so much. I talk to them in Spanish sometimes, that is, the little I know and they always tell me that I know a lot. But to me, I don’t know a lot because I’m not able to have a long conversation and that is what I’m currently working on. If there are any recommendations that you could give me, I would really appreciate it, my friend. What’s the best Spanish dictionary to use? And where can I get some good resources to teach my self? I truly admire you because you speak Spanish just like the natives. I can see that you are passionate about the language. My respect goes out to you man. I really want to learn more so if you could reach out to me I would love that. Between, I’m a Jamaican, living in Jamaica, and I’m planning to visit Dominican Republic in January. Hablas Español muy bien. Yo hablo Español un poco y me encanta.
@@kemartitus2284 The best is to watch Mexican movies or Spanish TV series in Netflix they have an standard spanish, Dominican speak very badly is very low class, if you concentrate in their spanish you most likely will only understand them and even the well educate Dominican will not understand you also
Do you recommend moving to Miami over Orlando or Tampa or would Miami's cost of living knock my socks off? I would like a metro area where I could practice and learn Spanish a lot. I don't want to go back to the 10 roommates to an apartment though. That was rough. Thanks!
But honestly, I feel wrong for learning and speaking Spanish in public because I am not connected to any Latin America country whatsoever. I think I am a culture appropriator or a "wannabe" but I just like communication period, point, blank.
Gregory Williams You should never feel bad for learning or speaking a language. A language doesn’t belong to anyone, and is only the very small tip of the iceberg of culture, and plus, Spanish is connected to hundreds of cultures in Europe, the Americas, and even Africa.
Ughhhh i hate that term culture appropriator... Every culture has taken something from another culture.... That term is just another way of saying "im racist so I'm trying to say that you are racist also just because you embrace another culture... " Never feel bad for wanting to learn anything about anyone or place. The world belongs to every one. You don't have to be connected to anything to learn it. Smh.. The more labels that ignorance creates the more we will be and stay divided... Don't be the one to encourage the divide.
Believe me we Latinos love that other people learn spanish and we also help you, that thing of cultural appropriation was an invention of liberal to cause chaos and division and pursue their political agenda, latinos don't have that victim mentality, those people born in USA from latinos parents can't speak for latinos they only use the latino rhetoric to take advantage of us but a lot of them don't even speak spanish
Honestly if you want to go for it. Id say though if you want to learn about different cultures educate yourself and i mean really gain insight. What i see all the time is that "cultural appropriators" in general they seem kinda ignorant when experiencing different cultures and try to americanize it instead of gaining real insight for what it really is.
Culture appropriation is only applied to culture that are shamed and Latin cultures aren’t shamed, especially in America.. Americans love italians and Hispanics I can see u feeling that way for speaking an African language where they use their tongue to click and cluck the roof of their mouth; African cultures are frowned upon in America
@bilingüeblogs yo preguntaba si todavía estás trabajando como azafata? Yo conozco alguien quien quiere ser una azafata. Tu tienes algúnos consejos? Btw me encantan tus vídeos. Tus vídeos son fantásticos. Especialmente tus vídeos dominicanos.
Por tu mention honorable, solo uso translator cuando necesito afirmar la constructura de mis fraces y sentences. Asi que ver ustedes, teneria muchas palabras en ingles porque intento escribir en espanol as much as I can :) y me ayuda construir fraces y sentences sin difficult y mas libre
Gracias por este video. Uso Google translator todo el tiempo. Sin embargo, siempre estoy usando mis libros para verificar lo que estoy viendo. Translator es muy until, pero ten cuidado porque no es las traducciones no son perfectas cada vez.
I found that living and working in ten different countries for a year at a time that if you can learn at least 100 words in that language you can get by. That said; if you can get a sleeping dictionary like a girlfriend from the country you are in, that speeds things up.
En numero 4, yo uso duolingo por construiendo fondos en espanol, entonces, tambien uso audio resources como libroaudios, podcasts. Creo que duolingo es bueno para aprender estructuras basicas, y tambien una buena aplicacion para aprender espanol
The problem I am running into is trying to learn puerto rican spanish but any translation I look up its for proper spain spanish! How did you find native Dominican spanish?
Aprendí un poco de español aprendiendo a cantar mis canciones favoritas de las películas de Disney (también usando Google Translate) Pero mi acento no es bueno. ¿Cómo hablaste delante de alguien sin morir de vergüenza al principio?
@@flow2528 Muy cierto, los hispanohablantes siempre vamos a ayudar y aconsejar a quienes están aprendiendo nuestro idioma. Nunca nos reiremos o haremos un comentario negativo contra quien que se interesa por nuestra lengua.
Hola Ricki, He estado aprendiendo español siete semanas para más entonces cuarto horas todo hoy, he estado Pimsleur, Duolingo, Drops, RUclips , o mi flash card decks. Antes hace tres hoy, yo visto una de su vídeos donde te recomiendo un celular de applicación llamo ‘Hello Talk’. Por el last tres hoys Tengo usado lo no alto. Y porque de este Mi tiempo para otra app’s es mal. ¿Te crees que está buen idea para continuing aprender?-( desde mi sólo primero) Gracias, su opinión gustaría muy simpático
This part 6:15-6:27 always makes me laughing. Anyway I love ButterflySpanish but so far you are the best at motivation speaches. Saludos desde Polonia. Ps. At least I learned English enough so that to me you never speak fast.
My learning experience in using Espanol was while in Cuba, I asked questions just fine but when the person answered me.... I didn't fully understand what they said. Ha! So I'd just nod and say gracias.
Out of all the grammar books you referenced. Which books of those do you recommend using first? Is there an order of using these books that would be helpful
Out of all of the positive tips and advice the man gave you found one thing to try and be negative or snarky about. Maybe you were joking but the energy comes off bad bro. But that's just my viewpoint or opinion and you know what they say about opinions...
Took my sons to a local Peruvian restaurant in the States, and got straight to Spanish speaking with the server. Did I make mistakes, hell yeah, but I learn so much faster in conversation.
My first time speaking spanish was in puerto rico this week and surprisingly i did pretty good 👌👌 i cant wait to go back 🙏
Proud of you Manín!
I actually wanna learn at least basic Spanish because I want to go to Costa Rico
@@aboi6638 costa rica*
I know I can speak Spanish a little bit but I don’t feel confident sometimes. When I talk to my girlfriend in Spanish I am fine but when I’m talking to someone else (ex: her dad or any other native speaker) it’s like my brain freezes and I cannot remember anything smh. I hate making mistakes too. So, that makes it worse. I gotta stop being so hard on myself lol🤦🏽♂️
ThaTS RIGHT LUV
Same for me!
TLDR; Make mistakes learn from them and you’ll get better 😁
I know this is a bit dated and you could be completely comfortable speaking Spanish now. However, and this took me some time to truly appreciate, remember that when it comes to progressing it can never happen without first making mistakes. So the more mistakes you make and learn from the faster it’ll be that you get better and that’s with pretty much anything in life!
A trick: (which may work well for people closer to you). Before you start talking to someone, what if you mention you are learning their beautiful language that you fell in love with... Let them know you aren't fluent... yet. and may be a little slower at speaking/responding.
This may help set the stage and expectations and help reduce the feeling to need to be perfect.
Imagine someone approaching you with "I love English and want to learn your language"... wouldn't you feel honoured that they value our language? wouldn't you offer grace if they are a little slower responding (or saying the wrong things... example: if you are a male and they point and say "she looks nice" in reference to you... would you take offence if it were an honest mistake?
I doubt they would. (in fact, it may open the doors for them to correct errors and say: "actually she is the word a girl. he is the word for a boy" and they'd learn to speak better english).
oh im the exact same!! Im grand with my husband and his mother, but freeze with the rest of his family!!
"There's a difference between memorization and learning" that hits so hard
My mistake was that I doubted or questioned myself because I didn't want to make mistakes when speaking the language...
I've since gotten better, with the help and advice from your vids and others...
So I tell ppl not to worry about making grammatical mistakes or saying the wrong things, and just speak...
Mistakes are good... 👍🏾
Great guy met him once and really does speak Spanish.
Thanks! I'm sorry, but where did we meet?
At college of dupage I dont know if you Remember I ask you if I had Skype and somehow we lost contacts
@@newelljordan112 aww yes! In 2017. Now I remember. Wow!
@ yeah thinking about starting my own RUclips definitely should link up or something I'll find your ig and dm you.
@ my progression of learning Spanish what it will be about
I'm self-taught and I learned Spanish because I'm obsessed with all things Spanish (i.e. language, food, culture, music, people etc.). This helps a great deal when you're trying to learn a new language. Your obsession to get it, is what helps you to keep going when you don't want to keep going. I said all that just to say I agree with you. LOL!! Thank you for your videos.
why tf do you only have 17.8k subscribers?!?! That in and of itself is a damn shame. You deserve more
Haha Thanks! Mae sure to share content to help the channel grow!
since 1 year, he had 66,500 now (:
Hey bro I live in the middle of nowhere in Australia
I’m teaching myself Spanish pero es muy difícil para mi encontrar alguien que hablar español
Solomente estoy estudiando de RUclips
Gracias amigo amor de Australia 🇦🇺
A mí yo también. I have a few people in my circle who are bilingual and every time I try to engage with them in Spanish (i.e. after I’ve told them my goal to learn and get help) it always somehow ends up them just talking in English. I don’t know if it makes them uncomfortable or if it’s just because with them being bilingual it’s difficult switching gears sometimes? I don’t know. It has frustrated and discouraged me a little, but I’m not letting that stop me. I’m fully determined and that’s what’s important. Keep up the good work, and don’t give up. In my experience so far I’ve seen that determination and motivation is key not only when it comes to learning a new language , but with life in general . And if you really love Spanish you’ll learn :)
Find tutors/language partners online.
Join this app called HelloTalk. There's hundreds, if not thousands of Spanish speakers on there willing to help you. I will say that many people will ignore your profile information and you will receive the same questions over and over (how old are you, where are you from, why are you learning Spanish, how is your Spanish, how's your learning going, etc,) but I honestly delete those messages and carry on until I find someone interesting to talk to. Just last night, I messaged someone from the Dominican Rep. because I noticed he had tattoos and I've noticed not many people from that country are tatted up. We ended up exchanging numbers and talked for about an hour on WhatsApp. Thought I didn't practice my speaking much, he got to practice his speaking and listening so it worked out for one of us, lol. Buy seriously, it's a great app with a lot of people who are willing to help you. There's also Tandem but I prefer HelloTalk because I receive a lot of messages on there so it's easier to find language partners. Tandem, not so much....
@@LostlikeNemo82 I was going to suggest that, HelloTalk is great!
I speak Spanish we can play Fortnite and talk my epic:heriz97
Awesome video. I learned a great lesson about using Google Translate. 2 guys from Mexico came to the store where I work and was trying to ask the cashier about an item. Well they everyone was struggling. I didn’t know much Spanish at the time, and I typed a sentence in Google Translate gave it to one of the men to read, and one man told me in Spanish he didn’t understand. So we all stood there lost.
Here I am 30 years old and I am still learning Spanish at home with zero native speakers around for validation. In my twenties, I doubted myself, gave up, and then got back in the game with full throttle force. I use flash cards to cement the words my brain before bedtime. I study words in categories. I listen to Celia Cruz and Mark Anthony at night. I acquire new words from the dictionary and from my slang books. Watching novelas has been a struggle because I am a perfectionist. For now, I am going to focus on vocabulary and small talk. My philosophy is to have fun with it. One day, I will be able to talk fluently with Spanish speakers.
Guess what? I did the same thing...and now I am studying Spanish at age 70. I took two years in high school, and two years in college and was one semester from getting a minor in Spanish. Then life happened. I never got back to it. Retired now, I have the time, but without someone to speak with it is going slow. I know I will get close, I am way ahead of where I was a year ago. Mostly watching YT vids, reading and writing. However I end up, I am doing something I love.
Same thing happened to me. Thankfully my husband is Mexican. I should be so farther in my Spanish level. Can you recommend any good telenovela to watch. Good luck y Dios te bendiga!!
I like the fact u focus on 🇩🇴 Spanish.. your videos are definitely helpful
Yes because people need to know that it's not just about Mexico or Spain. Gracias!!!
This was great, a couple years ago when I first started learning Spanish I took a class. I learned so much more out side the class than in the class.😁
Que lo que began being used by Dominicans when they learned about how people in Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire say What's up in Papiamento. In Papiamento it is: Kiko ta kiko (What's up) and hence if you translate that to spanish it is Que lo que (what's up).
Estoy en acuerdo 100%. Cuando estoy aprendiendo un idioma, me gusta mucho crear mi propios metodes para aprender y estudiar. Los maestros dan herramiente. Y yo necesito usarlos. Yo hablé español a mi trabajo hace 20 años. Yo olvidé mucho, pero recientemente, comprí un libro en español. No es un textbooko (jaja...no sé la palabra). Es una historia. Se llama "Wonder: La Lección De August" escrito por R.J. Palacio. Había escrito en inglés primero, y luego became una película.
Gracias por escribir este en español.
I'm not even learning Spanish, but this is someone quality content. I come here all the time because the advice applies to all other languages. Keep it up!! +1 Subscriber
Soy latino que no puede pronunciar algún palabras. Soy agradecido a conocer su canal. ¡Buen trabajo!
honesty my one biggest tip: speak. speak as soon as you can. speak as much as you can. it helps a lot even at a low level
Ok ok! You have convinced me to take notes. I hate paper but I will start using a notebook.
I use a translator when sending a message. It wasn’t to impress the instructor but to practice reading and listening to what I was trying to say. But I understand what you said. I will ask my instructor their thoughts on it. Thank you
You are a great practical teacher. Took it 2yrs in school and gave up cuz the same stuff you talking about . I know people who don't use it lose it. My granny was a native speaker but she said she forgot it she didn't use so long. She was elderly tho sooo maybe that had to do with it? Anyway I have attempted false starts in past I honestly said out loud recently I want to. Then you sho in my feed, didn't look for you. I believe God sent you. Thanks for what you do. I'm at ease, I'm excited and preparing to start the work. I'm also from IL!!
Thanks for providing your grammar books! I’m currently going through Complete Spanish Step By Step with a teacher in Columbia and I was glad to see it made your list.
I just purchased the Spanish Essential Dictionary and that’s going to be a game changer for me. Keep up the good work!
EXCELLENT ADVICE! I was doing ALL of these mistakes. The point about time is SUPER important. Don't listen to people who said they were fluent in a day! So discouraging to compete with that kind of BS.
I am learning Spanish at home. I have dvd, audio , 501 verbs , I even have a cassette course, I memorize , write, and I find myself speaking without thinking in English. also tried Rosetta stone.
Great video. Very inspiring. I'm guilty of #4...being all over the place. I used to use translators but now I don't when I'm sending a text in Spanish even though I know my grammar is not great haha....If I ever decide to learn another language I think I will focus more on listening and talking before straight out putting majority of focus on reading and writing.
I loved this video, I have been guilty of the translator app and the self doubt even though native speakers give me props for my effort when I do speak the little that I know smh lol 🤦🏾♀️. I also have strayed away from managing my time better when it comes to my study where I used to have a set time when I would devote time to now I just randomly study and actually don’t retain anything 😔😑 lol. Thanks for this post, it was an eye opener and a check up so I can dust off and level up! 😎👍🏾
You are doing a good service to all !! You are empowering many American to learn Spanish. Being BILINGUAL in the U.S is a plus not a minus . More pay better opportunities. Sigue con el buen trabajo.
I accept what you are saying: it's a process. Thanks.
I agree with all of these but I have a different take on the focusing too much on how long it will take. I see a lot of people asking if they can become fluent in 3 months, 6 months, or a year. They heard about someone else saying they did it that quick and start looking for real people who’ve done it. I started watching a bunch of RUclips polyglots and noticed they would say it took them 5 years, 7 years, or 10 years. Once I latched onto those bigger numbers it was freeing. I quit stressing about getting fluent fast and decided I won’t allow myself to get too frustrated about not being fluent yet till I reach the 7 year mark. So while I agree it’s not helpful to focus on such a low number I think focusing on a bigger, more realistic number is helpful (as long as you’re doing things to get you closer to your goal every day).
I love that perspective! Thanks for sharing!
I think that you can learn a lot quickly, but too many people lie and say that they are fluent in a year and give people false hope. I think if people can be relaxed and take it easy like you, then they will fare well.
¿Quién es aprendiendo español porque de quarantine?🙋🙋
Soy una Filipina pero soy aprendiendo Español porque me gusta cultura de españa y cultura de latino
(Please correct my grammar ;) )
Quarantine= cuarantena
Me gusta cultura= me gusta la cultura
Anddddd "la cultura de españa y la cultura latina" sounds more natural
Also should be "por la cuarentena" not "porque de". Because of = por. Because = porque
fellow Filipino here too🇵🇭
I use the translator to translate words I want to know. I get frustrated because it seems that a lot of conversations I find online are about things I don't care about. A conversation about bull fighting? WTF, I'm never going to use this! Now I use the conversations to pick out words to grow my ever expanding flash card stack. Thanks for the video.
The most important piece of advice I'd give to someone starting to learn a language is to try to find a way to enjoy the process! You hear that advice about a lot of things but for me when it comes to language learning, that is one of the only areas I find that I really can apply it. I have always simply loved the language and loved practicing what I'm learning regardless of what level I'm at, and before I know it, my language skills are at a level I never knew was possible!
I love your channel!!❤
Good video! Thanks. Even though I have studied other languages in school years ago, Spanish is the first language I have attempted to learn solo. I think the availability of RUclips videos made me forget the basics of needing structure and learning materials like books, and -duh- taking notes, something I haven’t done, but will!
Im all over the place in what I’m teaching myself in a week, I have no structure and I worry when I speak and I’m constantly translating in my head
Thank you so much. Your videos really help me to improve my Spanish. Gracias
Estoy completamente de acuerdo con sus consejos para los estudiantes debutantes. Algún chico (uno de mis propios estudiantes) siempre utiliza el traductor para escribirme al hacer sus deberes lo que siempre me da ganas de maldecir esta práctica. Estoy muy cierto de que él no sabe lo que dice y como consecuencia, la mayoría de sus notas son deplorables.
i love your channel its so helpful !!!!
You're advice is awesome! It's so clear cut and easily doable. I just love your approach! You have given me a lot more confidence in my Spanish learning journey. Thank you and keep providing content!
Thank you so true! I’m making it harder which is a hindrance to me. I live around practically all Spanish speaking. I been here a year for fear of speaking the lil l know and now l have forgotten. I am ready to get my butt in gear. No more excuses. You’re a wonderful teacher & l am ready to learn from you.
Thank for caring 🌹
Tu acento es perfecto
I usually answer you in Spanish (it's part of MY learning program) but today I will comment in English. The only "time" I focus on is the time I spend per day studying and speaking in Spanish, it's of no relevance to me how long it took you. Take advantage of all resources out there, I listen to bilingual radio, reggaeton and Spanish talk radio. I also listen to stories in Spanish over and over again until I hear how words should sound and it comes to me naturally. I sometimes reverse translate with my translator. Thanks Ricky, you're part of my studies.
I am guilty of the self doubt AND using the translators. There were times I knew how to say a sentence but I would doubt my own knowledge so I would use the translator and of course I was right. I do have a question about the use of the translator though.
Would I be using the translator as a crutch if I to correct myself? For an example I would write a sentence in Spanish, copy it, paste in the translator. If the translator doesn’t translate the sentence the way I want it to I’ll change a few words and do the process over again until I get the desired result.
There have been times I didn’t know how to say something so I used the translator and analyze the sentence to see what makes it correct as oppose to if I had said something different.
Excellent video young man!! Way to tell it like it is!!! Buen trabajo!
Gracias para este video amigo.
Después de yo vi su video fui a una tienda y compre los huevos y pan. Tuve miedo pero me le dije el vendedor que el parece simpático y continué hablando. Gracias par el ánimo!
Are we going to just ignore the fact that 70+20 is not 100. Not being negative I make those mistakes all the time love the videos they are so fun to watch and i learn alot actually even though I'm learning a different variant of spanish. Keep it up.😀
I like you and your energy. Just started learning Spanish. Gonna be checking your channel from time to time! Thanks for the tips
Thanks for your videos. I appreciate them... I am still shocked that someone who claims to be dedicated to learning this beautiful Spanish language says that if you don't post, they'll quit learning... (I wonder if they are really dedicated to the process to begin with. I have multiple sources I tap into and each source offers a different dynamic to my learning).
I watch a lot of your videos and appreciate the effort you put into them.
Gracias
Hola Ricky gracias por todo hermano! Tengo estuve veando mucho de tu videos y estoy feliz que tu haces esto. Tengo estuve estudiando espanol por tres semanas muy duro y estoy escribiendo este todo lo solo, solo con qué tengo aprendido estudiendo solo. Yo conoce una mujer de colombia en linea.. pues, ella es de venezuela pero ella vive en colombia y tenemos escribiendo todo esta tiempo. Que es porqué estoy aprediendo tan rapido jaja. Pero el punto es despues veando esto video yo comprido libros de espanol. Asi que gracias a ti por todo que tú haces! Espero que me entiedas.. yo sabe mi escribir es lejos de perfecto!
Great advice and will apply them. I’m learning the basics and taking my time. So far it’s going well. Plus I’m relaxed while I’m learning.
Spanish is my native language and though I've never went thru the struggle of having to learn it as an adult there are still times when I speak to someone from a different part of the world and the terms don't click so just to throw in a side rule on your list which is really comprehensive already but I'd say never stop learning even once you've reached fluency... language is a gift as is your mind ..never stop learning
Do you still teach ?? I wanna sign up !!
I love this site and your instructions.
¿Klk mí amigo, Cómo estás?
I just started learning Spanish since summer because I love and appreciate the language so much. It’s a very beautiful language and I really like the sound of it especially when native Spanish speakers speak. I have a lot of Dominican Republic friends but they speak so fast, but I love their accent so much. I talk to them in Spanish sometimes, that is, the little I know and they always tell me that I know a lot. But to me, I don’t know a lot because I’m not able to have a long conversation and that is what I’m currently working on. If there are any recommendations that you could give me, I would really appreciate it, my friend. What’s the best Spanish dictionary to use? And where can I get some good resources to teach my self?
I truly admire you because you speak Spanish just like the natives. I can see that you are passionate about the language. My respect goes out to you man. I really want to learn more so if you could reach out to me I would love that. Between, I’m a Jamaican, living in Jamaica, and I’m planning to visit Dominican Republic in January.
Hablas Español muy bien.
Yo hablo Español un poco y me encanta.
steve vh bien. Gracias Hermano
@@kemartitus2284 The best is to watch Mexican movies or Spanish TV series in Netflix they have an standard spanish, Dominican speak very badly is very low class, if you concentrate in their spanish you most likely will only understand them and even the well educate Dominican will not understand you also
i'm attempting to self teach spanish and it's difficult but i enjoy it so much and i don't really understand why
Do you recommend moving to Miami over Orlando or Tampa or would Miami's cost of living knock my socks off? I would like a metro area where I could practice and learn Spanish a lot. I don't want to go back to the 10 roommates to an apartment though. That was rough.
Thanks!
But honestly, I feel wrong for learning and speaking Spanish in public because I am not connected to any Latin America country whatsoever. I think I am a culture appropriator or a "wannabe" but I just like communication period, point, blank.
Gregory Williams You should never feel bad for learning or speaking a language. A language doesn’t belong to anyone, and is only the very small tip of the iceberg of culture, and plus, Spanish is connected to hundreds of cultures in Europe, the Americas, and even Africa.
Ughhhh i hate that term culture appropriator... Every culture has taken something from another culture.... That term is just another way of saying "im racist so I'm trying to say that you are racist also just because you embrace another culture... " Never feel bad for wanting to learn anything about anyone or place. The world belongs to every one. You don't have to be connected to anything to learn it. Smh.. The more labels that ignorance creates the more we will be and stay divided... Don't be the one to encourage the divide.
Believe me we Latinos love that other people learn spanish and we also help you, that thing of cultural appropriation was an invention of liberal to cause chaos and division and pursue their political agenda, latinos don't have that victim mentality, those people born in USA from latinos parents can't speak for latinos they only use the latino rhetoric to take advantage of us but a lot of them don't even speak spanish
Honestly if you want to go for it. Id say though if you want to learn about different cultures educate yourself and i mean really gain insight. What i see all the time is that "cultural appropriators" in general they seem kinda ignorant when experiencing different cultures and try to americanize it instead of gaining real insight for what it really is.
Culture appropriation is only applied to culture that are shamed and Latin cultures aren’t shamed, especially in America.. Americans love italians and Hispanics
I can see u feeling that way for speaking an African language where they use their tongue to click and cluck the roof of their mouth; African cultures are frowned upon in America
@bilingüeblogs yo preguntaba si todavía estás trabajando como azafata? Yo conozco alguien quien quiere ser una azafata. Tu tienes algúnos consejos? Btw me encantan tus vídeos. Tus vídeos son fantásticos. Especialmente tus vídeos dominicanos.
Por tu mention honorable, solo uso translator cuando necesito afirmar la constructura de mis fraces y sentences. Asi que ver ustedes, teneria muchas palabras en ingles porque intento escribir en espanol as much as I can :) y me ayuda construir fraces y sentences sin difficult y mas libre
Gracias por este video. Uso Google translator todo el tiempo. Sin embargo, siempre estoy usando mis libros para verificar lo que estoy viendo. Translator es muy until, pero ten cuidado porque no es las traducciones no son perfectas cada vez.
WOW
1:40 - Nooo amigo, we can't be encouraging people to _steal_ things... 😂
Just found your page loving it , I just moved to Hialeah and work with all Cuban's and I'm lost ..how can I join your classes
I want to LEARN👌🏾🔥🔥🔥 ESPANOL
I found that living and working in ten different countries for a year at a time that if you can learn at least 100 words in that language you can get by. That said; if you can get a sleeping dictionary like a girlfriend from the country you are in, that speeds things up.
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Thanks for the link
En numero 4, yo uso duolingo por construiendo fondos en espanol, entonces, tambien uso audio resources como libroaudios, podcasts. Creo que duolingo es bueno para aprender estructuras basicas, y tambien una buena aplicacion para aprender espanol
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The problem I am running into is trying to learn puerto rican spanish but any translation I look up its for proper spain spanish! How did you find native Dominican spanish?
Aprendí un poco de español aprendiendo a cantar mis canciones favoritas de las películas de Disney (también usando Google Translate) Pero mi acento no es bueno. ¿Cómo hablaste delante de alguien sin morir de vergüenza al principio?
Nunca tengas vergüenza, porque a nosotros los hispanos parlantes nos gusta cuando alguien le intersa hablar el idioma.
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Gracias por el aliento!
@@flow2528 Muy cierto, los hispanohablantes siempre vamos a ayudar y aconsejar a quienes están aprendiendo nuestro idioma. Nunca nos reiremos o haremos un comentario negativo contra quien que se interesa por nuestra lengua.
Hola Ricki, He estado aprendiendo español siete semanas para más entonces cuarto horas todo hoy, he estado Pimsleur, Duolingo, Drops, RUclips , o mi flash card decks.
Antes hace tres hoy, yo visto una de su vídeos donde te recomiendo un celular de applicación llamo ‘Hello Talk’. Por el last tres hoys Tengo usado lo no alto. Y porque de este Mi tiempo para otra app’s es mal.
¿Te crees que está buen idea para continuing aprender?-( desde mi sólo primero)
Gracias, su opinión gustaría muy simpático
This part 6:15-6:27 always makes me laughing. Anyway I love ButterflySpanish but so far you are the best at motivation speaches. Saludos desde Polonia. Ps. At least I learned English enough so that to me you never speak fast.
My learning experience in using Espanol was while in Cuba, I asked questions just fine but when the person answered me.... I didn't fully understand what they said. Ha! So I'd just nod and say gracias.
Dont call Hola como estas generic because where i live they say that constantly its Mexican spanish Not dominican
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Out of all the grammar books you referenced. Which books of those do you recommend using first? Is there an order of using these books that would be helpful
Once you get to a certain level in a language you can tell if someone is using a translator. It's pretty interesting. They aren't perfect.
One day we are gonna meet and we will speak only in spanish. You know dominican Spanish and I know puerto rican spanish lol
6:02 He says "we remember 20% of a conversation", and then he says " With the other 70%." Did Rickie only remember 20% of math class.😄
Out of all of the positive tips and advice the man gave you found one thing to try and be negative or snarky about.
Maybe you were joking but the energy comes off bad bro. But that's just my viewpoint or opinion and you know what they say about opinions...
@@williammathis6044 Sorry, I was joking, I'm not that good at jokes.
Lol because 10 percent of the convo is never heard leaving a total of only 90% 😌.
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Manito, por qué tan perdido? Jjj
Es que algunas vainas me tienen loco jaja
@ Pero una vaina bn o q? Jaja
No estoy seguro de que pais prefiero aprender espanol
Yo soy malo. Yo uso el translator en El Google. 🙄💗
You legit in the thumbnail look like the confused Nick Young meme flipped
Mi problema es mi comprension asi que intento hablar con muchas personas.
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"Oca loca?" Oke loke? Is that what you said in the greeting? Could you spell that out?
He says "Que lo que?" which is like "what's up?" That's also the KLK abbreviation you see! :)
@@robobeat298 Thanks!
@@robobeat298 thanks
I go to a tutor and I do rely on him way too much
Eventualmente vas a aprender otro idioma?
😂 number 3
Let them quit. Hermano I see why I can't get in touch with you. 😊
Lol Wait, have you really tried to hit me up? I don't have any messages from you, mano
read em wrote em LOL
I actually thought you were of Dominican descent? No?
No he's not...
is english your first language? it seems like you speak english with a dominican accent or something but it seems like you do it on purpose
cool that Jon Jones can speak spanish
Generic Spanish? WTF is that?
Textbook "official" Spanish with no obvious accent or tendencies...
Took my sons to a local Peruvian restaurant in the States, and got straight to Spanish speaking with the server. Did I make mistakes, hell yeah, but I learn so much faster in conversation.
Uso el traductor confirmar mi oracíones despues escribo los con mi diccionario.