how I would learn Spanish (if I could start over)
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0:00 intro
0:29 start with more specific vocabulary
2:11 choose a specific country’s accent and slang
3:56 focus more on slang
4:45 Lingopie
6:39 how I would start speaking earlier
8:55 less grammar books pls
10:37 don’t write down every new word
11:46 read out loud more
13:16 be picky with songs you study with
14:33 italki classes over traditional classes
15:49 take advantage of EasySpanish
17:22 watch iconic TV shows
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I’m a native Spanish speaker and these tips are so great! 😍 Only thing is…don’t avoid listening to reggaetón and other “slang” filled music just because it’s not formal because you will learn so much about how normal conversation goes between cultures. Reggaetón from PR is exactly how Puerto Ricans speak to each other and you will learn. Plus….this is the REAL music that we listen to all day and everyday 😂 if a Spanish speaker hears you listening to it…you’ll get brownie points! If you don’t know the slang, that’s okay, there are native speakers that learn new slang all the time. I’m Puerto Rican and when I hear Mexicans speak…I learn something new. If you wanna start slow, maybe listen to salsa or merengue instead of reggaetón if it’s too intimidating. 😊 I recommend Frankie Ruiz, Vicente Fernandez, and el gran combo.
Yesss I agree with you but she’s saying that you should listen to Spanish in your target country - if that makes sense, for her she lives in Spain así que escucha música de España- o si quieres aprender jerga mexicana, puedes escuchar música mexicanaa
Also good recc I love Frankieee
@@faithguerrero884 true! I see your point!
Thank you!
Nice! I jam to Reggaeton like my life depends on it. I also do salsa and italo too. I talk to our cats in Spanish now they think I am going bonkers.
you posted this exactly the time i want to study spanish, thank you 🥺💞
same here
Yeah, and me too!!!!
Same for me I started studying before 2 days😊
You got a friend here if you wanna learn Spanish. 😊
@@InglesInfinito I'm learning Spanish aswell, I can speak German and English, would you like to help me , it would be helpful to talk to a native speaker sometimes to improve.
I totally agree with the “learn more specific vocab” point! I’ve been learning korean since 2017 and had no idea how to talk about my phone and say it ran out of battery or that it was broken. We did it in class recently so when we’re in Korea we should be able to go to a shop for help if we need it. I just wish I had learned things that I’m likely to use a lot earlier instead of the 3 ways to say black 😭😂
Omg I’ve been trying to learn Korean since 2016. I’m going to Korean next summer to actually learn in it Korea. So I’m focusing on Spanish now.
@@jasminewhitehead1752ya fuiste a corea?:)
Also, a very good method that i wish i would have held on to is to keep a spanish diary. Just write 2-3 phrases everyday of what you did that day, google the word that you say and you are good to go. I think that you can start doing that after you cover the very basic things (please learn one form of present, future and past tense to be able to form phrases longer than 3 words tho). This will help you find the words and contexts that are actually relevant and useful for your day to day language.
great tip!! thank you :)
That is great integration piece of info… I will start today .. Thank you..❤
Noo
Don't feel old, I started learning Spanish at age 49
I'm proud of you bro 🤜🏻🤛🏻
something that absolutely skyrocketed my comprehension and speaking skills especially was comprehensible input. i kept hearing it all over "polyglot youtube" and didn't really give it thought, but it's seriously unmatched! constantly watching movies, shows etc helps you learn vocab and slang in context, and of course the more you watch, the more you learn and reinforce. watching youtubers and hearing their natural colloquial language is also invaluable. last august i couldn't hold a conversation in spanish and by january/february of this year i could easily hold an hour-long conversation with a native speaker
also, you're so right that practicing speaking is so important! i think meeting a native speaker through apps like tandem and italki and regularly having conversations with them, both via text and phone calls, exposes you to so much and actually forces you to use the language everyday. i've made some good friends from tandem and have learned so much more with them then i ever could have learning spanish through traditional school-like methods
great video as always anna!! xx
can u suggest good spanish shows and youtubers pleaaase
@@zee8266 Money Heist and Elite are both very good, there are also lots of ‘Telenovelas’ which are basically Spanish soap operas
@@zee8266 As for RUclips I like to watch the Spain and Latin America vogue chanel, I find they speak clearly so are easier to understand
@@zee8266 like anna mentions in her video aquí no hay quien viva is a great resource to practice colloquial language in spain, all of the episodes are online and they also all come with subtitles that are really good. for shows, of course it depends on your taste but i also enjoyed money heist and elite like @freya campbell mentioned. las chicas de cable is also a good watch and i personally loved machos alfa. i'm not sure where you're located but in the US, there's a section on netflix just for spanish-speaking shows so it's also a great place to look!
for youtubers i like to watch sara baceiredo and coco constans (ffitcoco) who are both from spain. if you use language reactor, you'll also be able to read subtitles in both spanish and english while you watch, on both netflix and youtube. youtube's subtitles aren't always the best but overall i think it's another great tool xx
@@zee8266 Narcos and Control Z have been my absolute favourites
honestly, some of my favorite accents (not just for spanish, but in general) have been from people who are very cultured and picked up various accents/dialects along their journey. like my friend who's half spanish, grew up not speaking any spanish, and then learned spanish around chileans and mexicans. so now, she has this really charming and playful way of speaking spanish. another's a favorite athlete of mine who's korean but learned english during his time in germany, so he speaks english with a korean/german accent. idk, to me, it tells a really cool story :)
100% AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THE ACCENT!
i love to pass as a native when speaking other languages, therefore pronunciation is one of or potentially the most important thing to me
i'm so happy that you talked about it cause sometimes i feel like i'm being to picky, as even my spanish teacher told me to just choose a word from whichever country you find easier to remember... and when she speaks, she mixes up ton of different vocab (she's not a native speaker and i mean, if you don't mind about it, you do you)
btw my spanish is lower intermediate, and i haven't yet picked an accent, hopefully i look back to this comment and i'll have that figured out
Do you have an accent yet?
Hi, I'm a native speaker. I have a mix of accents because I moved to Spain when I was 11 years old. So I speak with a Latin American accent and Castillian words. So... What is really native? At least here in Spain I have heard of more of us, latinos who moved to Spain who speak with Castillian slang and their native accent, lol. Don't worry about it, really. It's not a big problem. At least for me, being a "native" is to talk without the other one feeling that you are foreigner, which is difficult for native English speakers as our phonology is pretty different.
Y la cereza del pastel is... Even though I speak as I speak, people know at the very moment I open my mouth that I'm a native due to my clear pronunciation. Furthermore, on the internet we natives mix slangs, so... Yeap, there you are. Don't worry a lot, keep up the great work and be you with your amazing accent!
Actually any accent you choose will understandable by all native speakers regardless of their country
I would personally also recommend the Butterfly Spanish channel for the grammar part, it's taught by a mexican woman and I think it covers the basics in a very easy way.
Yep she’s amazing
I love this format. You're giving advice to yourself and we're free to pick up whatever resonates with us. I related with the speaking struggles, I always procrastinate on recording myself. You motivated it me to try it again!
10:40 - as you said, it's a personal preference, but when i was learning english, i decided to learn it by reading books, and looking up every word i didn't know was actually very helpful. ofc it takes some time and can be boring, but i used it as my motivation - i wanted to know the language and read fluently, so i forced myself to check and learn all that vocab. i guess that it depends on how much vocab do you know and whether you really need to know so many words, sometimes you can guess them from the context. but still, i think it may be very helpful! nevertheless, thank you for this video! i want to learn spanish and don't know where to start so i'll definitely use some of your advice.
I too struggled with that Spanish verb *coger* . I was doing so much *reggaeton* and I only figured out much later how they use it in Latin America when I encountered part of it in lyrics of a track that I was listening to that went like *cogemos como conejos* then it dawned on me that they are not using it as *take* as in Spain. That bit about learning Spanish using songs is very spot on!
Depending on the country, coger can be "to take" or "to f*ck". Don't stress about it, we make fun of it, we laugh and life moves on. I'm latino, I know what I am saying
I'm very vulgar in English so in Spanish I like to use vulgar words as well lol. "Coger" is one of my favorites
Coger se usa en algunos países, pero en Venezuela es bulling seguro 😀😀 en lugar de coger, decimos agarrar, Ejemplo: Voy a agarrar sol, otro sinónimo sería: Voy a tomar sol. Pero coger nunca😂😂
Anna, hablas realmente bien. Yo soy de México y de verdad estoy impresionada con tu pronunciación.
Muchas gracias por enseñarles a todos el idioma.
Verdad? Su acento suena mexicana jaja
Bro i can read and understand you 😱
Sí, su pronunciación está a punto, tan impresionante
@@ramlawarsame2952 habla en español entonces
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It is very perfect video well done
I really like how you mentioned to practice speaking to yourself, record, and gradually speak for longer periods of time; as an introvert, this may be a better option so that I can gradually start speaking to others lol. This was probs my favorite tip
I’m in the same boat, and the tip just logistically makes sense. I don’t mean this in a narcissistic way, but she’s right, if you can’t talk about yourself and get those types of things communicated, what’s the point? I think that tip alone makes this a standout advice video because I’ve consumed so many in an attempt to consolidate all the time savers and can say this is one of the only times I’ve seen it mentioned 👌🏼
Start with more Specific* Vocabulary , it's mean not learning all the types of colours different types of occupation that's not needed in real life conversation so don't learn that..
Record yourself and speaking
- set a timer for 50min
- speak about my life ,speak about what's
going on. Anything*/Any topic or thought.
- and pause set your record and find out any
word you don't know in your target language.
Choose a specific Accent
focus on more slang
In starting- start speaking for 1 minute .
If you comefortable then you can move on
to next 2 minute or 3 minutes and level up .
Don't write every single word while reading book in Spanish
Read out loud more
Watch @EasySpanish RUclips video
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I agree!! I started learning spanish a year ago, choosing which dialect of Spanish you want is SO IMPORTANT!! I learned puerto rican/dominican spanish, and its very important to start with one dialect because they are all different and it will definitely make it harder and confuse yourself and others around you!! I can go a lot more into ways the learn spanish much faster (still will take about a year of course) but i dont wanna make a huge paragraph lol!
can i ask how did you learn puerto rican/dominican spanish specifically?? i try to listen to a lot of music from there and look on youtube for specific slang words but i don’t really think i have a good accent
this was so perfect thank you 🥹❣️ i’m learning spanish and it definitely helped to reinforce some things i’m already doing but also to add some things into my learning ! like i love the talking with a timer on idea :))
I would like to learn English 😭, what do you think if we help each other in the language?
Thank you so much for your video! I am an italki teacher and you just validated my teaching style! This is exactly the way I teach because I am also a student learning Spanish and this format is the best way for me to learn! So again…THANK YOU!!!!!
Yo estoy intentando aprender inglés, así que mucha suerte para los que están aprendiendo idiomas, tengan lindo día o noche.🩷🫰🏻☺️
thank you so much! I just started learning Spanish about 2 weeks ago. I also was planning to watch Easy Spanish, it's a pretty good channel.
the first tip on specific vocabulary is so great!!!
Thank you for sharing! I learned Spanish in school for 9 years and barely retained any speaking ability. I’ve been really wanting to start learning again on my own since there’s times I wish I could’ve used it at work. This has given me new things to try as I get started again :)
Great video! Thank you! I recently returned from a cruise wear. One of our stops was Barcelona Spain. I fell in love with the city in the country, and have decided to start studying Spanish. I took some Spanish in high school, but that was decades and decades ago, so I am essentially starting from scratch. These tips will be so useful for me! Gracias exclamation.
Wahhhh.. this is some quality stuff on RUclips! I mean, as a Korean who just had to learn English to speak like this (well type to be exact), I had to go through lots of trials and errors and figured out some essentials of learning languages on my own but didn’t have my thoughts cleared out like you. I also talk to myself in languages I learn to find what I’m missing and also sometimes tell myself to use certain words within it to get used to new words!
Anyway, I appreciate you for sharing your experiences and thoughts and also very useful tips!
I’m genuinely happy I watched this video and got my strategy more firm! Your method is similar but more detailed and wah just so nice! Thank you so much for this video!
Your English is so good. Where did you get it?
This is so helpful! Definitely keeping this video in mind when I construct how I learn from now on. I (think) I'm making good progress..? I sometimes write sentences I'm thinking in my head in the notes app and yesterday I was able to write about how I'm going to be an uncle soon, afterwards I checked the grammar and there were no mistakes! Obviously having a perfect sentence is an experience few and far between for me, but it made me so happy.
Thank you for your hindsight. These are things I realize on some level that I should focus on but I fall into the traditional learning style taught in school. Speaking is the hardest!
thank you very much! I find it very useful for me as a study spanish beginner. thank you a lot for sharing your experience ❤
This recommendation came at the perfect time. I’ve been learning Bachata (more sensual lately) pretty intensively the past few months and playing with the idea of learning Spanish the past few weeks to further immerse myself in Latin culture. I know it’s a big decision, but videos like yours are giving me the confidence and resources to take the leap. Muchas gracias! 😊🙏🏾
I am beginner at learning Spanish right now and this video just popped up into my recommendations and I guess I'll try to add something from what you said into my learning, thanks!
The stuttering when speaking thing, yeah, 10000% relatable. I'm learning german and the words make me worry I'll need a dentist after vocab practice.
Thanks for your advices and sharing your experience that's so helpful ❤
Yayyy I've bien waitig for this !!! Thankyou 💕✨️
Great video Anna, thank you! You truly motivate me with my language learning journey 😊 God bless you❤
You hit the nail on the head with number one! I’ve been learning for about five years and there’s so much I don’t know and I decided I was going to fill in the gaps by learning vocabulary that pertains to me. OK, back to the video 🤓
this is so useful! thank you! ☺️
thank you! you really helped a lot of ppl and saved them a lot of time i just started learning spanish and ur tips are very helpful
thanks a lot for the tips!! i'm in the beginning of me journey of learning spanish, that was really helpful!!
Agreed! I'm watching Aquí no hay quién viva and it has been amazing for cultural context and slang (although obviously it is an old show so potentially what I say will sound a bit dated but still very useful!)
Anna, something that works for me and that I share with you is before and sometimes in between when I study or have a speaking session in a foreign language I count from 1 to 500 sometimes from 1 to 1000 but in chunks of 2, meaning 2,4,6,8,etc.. I say the numbers out loud in the foreign language, and that makes me count in the language, exercise my brain, and for a moment just speak the target language without thinking too much in my native language, I feel it works wonders for me, I feel more confident in the foreign language afterwards, it's a bit tiresome but you will see how much different you will feel... Also if you are somewhat religious reading bilingual Bibles helps me a lot to "feel" the language and see it in a less intimidating light, I have bilingual Bibles for all my languages
Thank you for the awesome tips , I will definitely use them
What I love about this video is that you don’t have the same points repeated over and over on the internet! I ll take your advice and try something different and hopefully it will save me some time❤
Okay, muy imprecionada de tu acento! Me encantó tu video, espero que más personas quieran aprender este hermoso idioma!
Perfect timing I planning on learning Spanish again, from the beginning
This was a great video! I really enjoy your content. I find it very useful. I have been studying Spanish for a little over 2 years now and am intermediate. As you described in the video, I know a lot of vocab, but I suck with the slang. I am traveling to Romania next month for work, and after the job is done I'm going to travel around Europe a bit for a vacation and plan on visiting Spain. I am also probably taking a trip to Mexico this summer with my girlfriend, so I should get a lot of practice lol Hope you have a great weekend.
Estoy aca para mejorar mi listening en inglés 😅😊 pd: tu español es bastante bueno.
best language advice video ever!!! thank you so much
Literally this video is like a heaven gift, I've been questiong my way of learning spanish lately and everything you said just make so sense and to the point, I don't why I haven't subscribed to your channel before 😊
Many thanks sweetie❤
10:58
I have a tip for this. Whenever I'm reading a physical book I circle the words I don't know to look them up later and I haven't done that but I also haven't been pausing at all.
I liked this video a lot. By the way I'm a native spanish speaker from Colombia. Let me tell you that in most of the coastal zones of Colombia and central America people tend to drop the S, I'm grateful in my region we don't do that. Trust me when I say that when we go on vacation we struggle to understand those people.
ahh!!! I'm so happy to find your video, it was much needed
i'm planning to learn Spanish
wish me luck
Really great advice!
very useful information, thank you!
Hey Anna, I'm so happy that you upload more regularly again - I missed your videos 😊
I learn Japanese instead of Spanish, but I still think this video was still really useful because of course you can also apply these tips onto other languages 😊 Thank you for your time and effort ☺️
such a good video!! thanks Anna :)
How totally useful. I loved you talking to your 'younger' self Anna. I have been struggling for so long trying to figure out HOW, HOW, HOW to best 'learn' this language (let's say get by!!). I am going to take your advice precisely and I have subscribed. You are so sweet.
Great advice!
Needed this! I’m traveling Latin America all 2023 (currently in Oaxaca) and I want to learn so quickly
Thank you for sharing your experience
These are really good tips. I will use them while studying spanish now and will help me a lot. Thanks!
Love u and your videos, Anna!❤❤❤
Great info! Thank
Thanks for the tips❤ will implement them❤❤
something thats really been helping me is writing a journal in spanish! you can figure out what you use the most
super informative video, thanks for the helpful tips! 🇪🇸👍
Thanks, Great Advice!
Every time I seriously try to develop my spanish skills better I always end up on your channel! So you must be doing something right, I took more notes. I hope my 4th time is success. Great video
Edit: One tip I found is when you are going about your daily life, write down phrases you know you would need to use: "can I seat myself?" "I just finished working" etc.
Este es probablemente el mas mejor leccion sobre como aprender espanol lo he visto en 10 anos. Muchas Grasias desde Graneros Chile.
No soy de España, pero español es mi primer idioma. Amé cuando mencionaste "Aquí no hay quién viva", ya que aunque en mi país esa serie no es conocida, es un clásico para mi familia. A mi mamá le encanta la televisión española, por eso vemos muchos de sus programas, especialmente ese (sonaba la intro y aunque nos hubiéramos acostado, mis hermanas y yo corremos a la sala a hacer maratón nocturno con mis padres). La verdad con esa serie toda la familia ha aprendido mucha jerga española y sobre todo nos hemos divertido muchísimo. Recomendadísima!!
:0 Tú Español es bueno!
Compared to me :(
@@JakeWalker23664 is said that spanish is my first language. So pls, give yourself some merits, you should have a good undertanding level. Thank u for your interest in my language. Best wishes in your learning process. ✨️🧸
@@lissettehernandez903 Thanks!
lowkey think im an intermediate cause i kinda understood the whole thing you said- 😳
@@ionutizotov me with english, hahaha
what a beautiful video so well explained and detailed! i can already speak spanish but this will be helpful for other languages :)❤
This was a great video!! Thank you for your tips….errrr rather, what you would have done if you had it to do over, lol. You explained this very well and I plan to use these idea’s from now on!!
Great tips!
perfect timing ✨
Yes yes perfect video 😭😭 on my way to learn it ☺️
For the first point I'd say:
1) Find a frequency dictionary of Spanish and learn the words actually used most in the language so you can understand more stuff based on just the context.
2) Then learn stuff that's useful to your life like words you'd need to refer to your hobbies, job and in case you need help with finding a location or a professional for medical and tech emergencies.
these are such good ideas dude thank u. i am living in spain rn but have an english speaking community and am stressed out that im plateauing !!
These are really helpful tips
very informative, thanks a lot friend!
i've been waiting for this video for so long 😆😆
hii, i'm from Brazil and i'm learning english with your videos:))
It’s really useful for me to study French!! Thanks💕
Huge thank-you!
Gracias 🙏🏾 this is very helpful
Interesting video, thanks!
Gracias for such helpful video, Anna. I am wishing luck to everyone on their journey of learning their desired language! Btw could you share your favorite resources for learning spanish that you think will make studying more joyful and interesting?
love your little facts in the bio! also youre in barcelona dude COOOOOL what a special city!!
Este video me ayudo mucho! Gracias por compartir los recursos para aprender espanol. Los voy a usar hoy!
It is really useful, thank you
Thank you so much for this useful video! ❤️
Hola, me llamo Daniel soy de Peru y hablo español :D
I am just starting my language learning journey and I am so glad I saw this. My dream country is Spain as well 😍
Thank you gal....this helps alot..❤
I think what my problem is,is that I can say many sentences with the vocab I already know,but then sometimes I need a native Spanish speaker to correct me on some sentence structures I use or maybe the fact that I need to say this word instead of this one in a certain topic,I basically need a person who knows Spanish well so I get corrected if I say something that doesn’t make sense,so that I can actually understand if I’m even correct with what I’m saying in Spanish
Gracias!! I am a at the end of A2 level in Spanish and I love your language related videos. Please keep making these videos!💛💛
I'm a native in Spanish, from Ecuador. If you need some help let me know.
@@j.9567 Yes Im struggling with my listening and speaking and also the subjunctive mood
@@aleenahasnat9476 I want to make a deal with you, could we agree on one meeting per week where you can practice your spanish with me and I can learn from you english?
I love your content and the way You speak and everything ❤❤
What a great video that will save some baby language learners some time 😮💨 I have a tiny little discord for close friends and family to use as a homebase for their TL stuff so that no one is overwhelmed and knows each other. I’m only about two years into my foreign language learning journey but I also went crazy with all the power at my fingertips and dabbled in like 8 languages, so it wasn’t as efficient as I would have liked until the last few months I’ve settled on Spanish and Norwegian…. For now. FOMO can become quite a problem but sometimes you just have to buck up and deal with it. I was starting a little feature list similar to this, but you expanded on things in ways I wouldn’t have thought of so I’m just spreading this video like wildfire 😂 it’s like yall so young in your TL journeys save yourselves some time and struggle having to look for everything. Even after just the first point I thought “yeah this video’s a real one”. I think this was the straw to break the iTalkie camel’s back though, it’s a good sign to get over the fear and just do it.
Graciasss por tus consejos y yo los estoy usando para improve my English
I actually have to thank u bc my spanish have improved sooo much bc of your recommendation of lingvist
It's not even a full year and I see a huge difference
I've been learning my second language since the start of 2019, and I'm at a B2 / C1 level. Like you, if I could go back in time, I would do things a lot differently, especially in the first 2 years of my learning. I intend to start learning Spanish as my third language in July. I hope to apply the learnings (methodology mainly) from the my second language into Spanish.
What new approach will apply learning new language now? Could share? 🥹🤓
this is such a good video even for any language! I wish I had this video when I started learning German last year 😅 not only do you have to learn your target language, you have to learn HOW to learn and NOBODY TALKS ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS lol