OMG I’ve been learning for a year now. Not even close to fluent. I know words but I can’t put them into sentences. I am old however. 60 años! Might have something to do with how slow I’m learning!
I’m Salvadoran-American and from Southern California. My parents always encouraged me to speak in Spanish but I wouldn’t listen so I’m not fluent, I’m only good for conversating. I now go to college in Kansas for nursing and there is no Hispanic culture here. My goal is to be fluent in Spanish because when I move back to California, I need to have learned Spanish for my nursing patients. I’m going to use your tips
You can definitely learn a ton on your own, online. I'm about to release an e-book (and then later a video series) giving you a rundown on how I recommend you do it. Be on the look out ;-)
Jasmine Mi español es mas mejor que antes. Puedo conversar con otros sin ayuda. El único problema que yo tengo es que yo siempre estoy pensando en lo que voy a decir. Estoy tratando en sólo hablar y no pensar. Yo estudio cada día.
@@barcalona55 Gracias por responder honestamente y compartir tu experencia! Yo entiendo completamente que me dices y la buena cosa es que practicas cada dia y por eso eventualmente vas a ver progreso significante y lograras tu meta. Es un cuestion de seguir adelante y guardar el empeno. Yo tambien estoy superando este desafio pero te puedo contar que he visto mejoras asi que no te rindas! P.S.: Nunca se dice "mas mejor" es "mucho mejor". Decir mas mejor es el equivalenete de decir "more better". ;) ~Buena suerte!
I studied in high school and college, I made A ´s and wasn’t fluent. I’ve got a Duolingo streak of 180 days and have learned a lot. I’m almost done with 3 of 7 sections there. I also downloaded a frequency dictionary and input the words on a regular basis into SpanishDict spaced repetition list. I try to learn 20 words per day and just past 5000 learned. Everyday I start with vocabulary and must review a couple hundred to learn 20 at this point. I try to keep my streak on Duolingo also . It takes work. Still more to go. My goal is to travel in 1.5 years to Spain on a sabbatical from my job as an engineer .
Un buen video. I’m moving to Mexico soon, and I have been working on Spanish for quite a long time. It’s been a great process and I’m conversational now… with errors. I think the two strongest factors that have been helping me have been periodic trips to Mexico with total immersion and great motivation. I think I’m a bit of a language nerd… I’m obsessed with talking to others, looking up grammar issues, and so on. I am in awe of people who eventually become 100% fluent, speaking a second language as well as they speak their native language - with correct grammar, a full vocabulary, the ability to write well, etc. People such as professional translators. I would be thrilled if I ever get to that point. :-)
Where are you headed to in Mexico? Enjoy yourself, you're in for a great adventure. Thanks for subscribing to my channel! Some good stuff ahead this year.
Amigos, just wanted to clarify-this is a very difficult question to answer because it totally depends on the amount of time, effort, motivation, and DAILY consistency you are putting forward. I base my response in this video on someone that is in, more or less, an immersive Spanish environment. Obviously, if you are just studying Spanish on your own, casually, the time it takes you to learn Spanish to fluency is going to be longer. In some cases MUCH longer. It's ok, though! What's the rush? Enjoy the process!
OMG I’ve been learning for a year now. Not even close to fluent. I know words but I can’t put them into sentences. I am old however. 60 años! Might have something to do with how slow I’m learning!
You explained this well, great job💖
Thanks a lot, Keisha. Appreciate the love!
@@Latinolevi Of Course💖
Excelente vídeo, Levi. ¡Felicidades! Muchos saludos.
Mil gracias, Jersus! Que gusto ver un comentario tuyo. Un abrazo.
I’m Salvadoran-American and from Southern California. My parents always encouraged me to speak in Spanish but I wouldn’t listen so I’m not fluent, I’m only good for conversating. I now go to college in Kansas for nursing and there is no Hispanic culture here. My goal is to be fluent in Spanish because when I move back to California, I need to have learned Spanish for my nursing patients. I’m going to use your tips
You can definitely learn a ton on your own, online. I'm about to release an e-book (and then later a video series) giving you a rundown on how I recommend you do it. Be on the look out ;-)
How is it going?
Jasmine Mi español es mas mejor que antes. Puedo conversar con otros sin ayuda. El único problema que yo tengo es que yo siempre estoy pensando en lo que voy a decir. Estoy tratando en sólo hablar y no pensar.
Yo estudio cada día.
@@barcalona55 Gracias por responder honestamente y compartir tu experencia! Yo entiendo completamente que me dices y la buena cosa es que practicas cada dia y por eso eventualmente vas a ver progreso significante y lograras tu meta. Es un cuestion de seguir adelante y guardar el empeno. Yo tambien estoy superando este desafio pero te puedo contar que he visto mejoras asi que no te rindas!
P.S.: Nunca se dice "mas mejor" es "mucho mejor". Decir mas mejor es el equivalenete de decir "more better". ;)
~Buena suerte!
I studied in high school and college, I made A ´s and wasn’t fluent. I’ve got a Duolingo streak of 180 days and have learned a lot. I’m almost done with 3 of 7 sections there. I also downloaded a frequency dictionary and input the words on a regular basis into SpanishDict spaced repetition list. I try to learn 20 words per day and just past 5000 learned. Everyday I start with vocabulary and must review a couple hundred to learn 20 at this point. I try to keep my streak on Duolingo also . It takes work. Still more to go. My goal is to travel in 1.5 years to Spain on a sabbatical from my job as an engineer .
Did you go? How did it work out for you? Which province were you in?
Un buen video.
I’m moving to Mexico soon, and I have been working on Spanish for quite a long time. It’s been a great process and I’m conversational now… with errors. I think the two strongest factors that have been helping me have been periodic trips to Mexico with total immersion and great motivation. I think I’m a bit of a language nerd… I’m obsessed with talking to others, looking up grammar issues, and so on.
I am in awe of people who eventually become 100% fluent, speaking a second language as well as they speak their native language - with correct grammar, a full vocabulary, the ability to write well, etc. People such as professional translators.
I would be thrilled if I ever get to that point. :-)
Where are you headed to in Mexico? Enjoy yourself, you're in for a great adventure. Thanks for subscribing to my channel! Some good stuff ahead this year.
How did u know I live in Kansas
Amigos, just wanted to clarify-this is a very difficult question to answer because it totally depends on the amount of time, effort, motivation, and DAILY consistency you are putting forward. I base my response in this video on someone that is in, more or less, an immersive Spanish environment.
Obviously, if you are just studying Spanish on your own, casually, the time it takes you to learn Spanish to fluency is going to be longer. In some cases MUCH longer.
It's ok, though! What's the rush? Enjoy the process!
Great video and you explained it well💖
Wow I live in Kansas and most of the time I hear Spanish
Haha, yeah maybe that was a bad example. I just lived there as a kid so it came to mind but that was literally 2 decades ago.