Struggles Of Learning Spanish
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Hablas español? What are some of your Spanish struggles??
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Maya's videos always make me feel better about not being fluent in Spanish yet ❤
Alyssa Lol me too!
Alyssa Same!!!!
AWWW yay!
MayaInTheMoment ur videos are so relatable n funny omg !! thanks for encouraging us Latinos who are still learning Spanish and good luck on improving yours too! ❤❤❤
Alyssa lo importante es que lo intentes no matters what 😊
THANKS FOR WATCHING! I'm so happy y'all can relate- and for those who can't but are still giving me advice, I LUH U
I relate so hard. I’m Mexican but I was raised by white people and the struggle to learn Spanish when I have no Spanish speaking people to help is SO REAL 😬
MayaInTheMoment replace cuarto for recamara that way you don't tongue twist yourself in public hahaha
I can totally relate to this. My 10, almost 11 yr old daughter is half Mexican (her dad is Lebanese) and she struggles with her Spanish as well. My parents speak to her in Spanish every time she stays over their house and like you, she understands more than she can speak. She's trying though and I help her as much as I can.
MayaInTheMoment love and blessings from Canada! 🇨🇦💖🎄
Keep chugging along! Watch the a Spanish news program that is equivalent to CNN with the closed captioning on - that can work wonders!
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Eagle Eye Gordon I know. It's so pretty.
Pelo greñuda, Pelo chino ! Mira que linda. Lo siento, estoy uso charlar de Tarzan en mi español. Estoy chambeando duro a apreder y hablar.
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Yes! Another struggle is hearing a non Hispanic speak Spanish more fluently than me :(((
Adriana Fonseca Hispanic literally means Spanish speaker.
Lol true
Adriana Fonseca why? That means they're quicker learners or take it more serious then you and Hispanic means a Spanish speaker.
Sean Ogreen That was a lame response. But it will never make them more latina than us!! The language is only a part of our culture and it goes deeper than you would know. Troll
But the language is a HUGE part of our culture. If you go to Mexico and you don't speak the language, you're known as a gringo 😂😂😂 Same with other Spanish speaking countries.
i believe maya has said in the past she is 4th generation mexican american? damn, cause 4th generation is a lot, and i get it. i live in mexico but i have cousins in the USA and they are only FIRST generation mexican american and their spanish isn't great, so i think it's great that maya wants to learn :) buena suerte!!!!
Pienso exactamente igual
Well, i'm the first british-bolivian generation of my family and i can speak 3 languages
@@haruthebear6880 ok and
When you’re learning Spanish and you don’t understand something abuela said and abuela says you need to learn Spanish
Happens to me all the time rip.
Ay, esta abu...
Im learning Spanish so I can talk with my abuela
Yess
Damn... thats actually sad :(
Chick-fil-o
Chick-fil-as
Chick-fil-a
Chick-fil-amos
Chick-fil-aís
Chick-fil-an
😂😂😂 lol conjugation jokes!
I'm dead!!!
lmfaooo😂
This is a good one
Chick-fil-aba
Chick-fil-abas
Chick-fil-aba
Chick-fil-abamos
Chick-fil-abais
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When your Hispanic and you still don't understand Spanish class
peacefulgamer girl ME
peacefulgamer girl me!
Hispanic means that you have Spanish as a first language.
MEEEE
Megan Dougherty yes it does, Latino/a significa que eres de Latino América, Hispano que tienes Español como primera lengua, look it up, Brazil is Latino but not Hispanic
I'm always mixing up my Spanish words too, I'm not Latina but I truly love learning Spanish, I've been making videos about my progress and travels and they've really encouraged me to keep going and it's been helping me improve!
Chanelle Adams Love your videos!!
Hey Chanelle, cool to see you here!
Same Im in Spanish 3 right now in school and I love Spanish! I'm pretty good with vocab but I struggle with verb structure especially irregulars and the preterite tenseb
Sometimes I get my Spanish and my English confused and write sentences half and half and sometimes just make up random Spanglish words 😂
Chanelle Adams same
About speaking fast is just something you'll get with time. I'm from Mexico (actually Mexican, not a Mexican -American). And about the thing with " cuarto and cuatro" try doing some tongue twisters. It's gonna be hard at the beginning but you can do it. Vamos chica tu si puedes. El español es un idioma muy difícil, pero muy hermoso. (When you take into account that there's 16 verb tenses)
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Para mi los mexicanos hablan más lentamente. Por eso 'ta más fácil entender
Mi maestra siempre me dice seguir hablando. Para mi, el subjuntivo y los usos de "se" son dificil.
de donde eres?
Una idioma*
Papicoreano Idioma is a masculine noun :)
THIS IS TOO RELATABLE. Being a 4th generation Latina is the struggle because anyone I meet will ask me, “How come you never learned to speak Spanish?” Or people will automatically start speaking in Spanish to me and then I have to explain that I’m not that good at speaking it but I’ll try anyways.
You should tell them your family is from Peru and you speak Quechua. even if it's not true, it's possible, lol.
Estoy aprendiendo español también! Soy de India 🙌🏻
neetika sangal super interesante wao, Saludos desde Rep Domincana
Que tenga suerte, saludos de una chicana (:
neetika sangal Hola, soy de america pero yo hablo un poco español
Omg thank you for making these videos Maya!!! I’m a 3rd generation Puerto Rican American and I feel left out in the community lots due to my lack of speaking Spanish. Love you and Pero Like!!❤️❤️❤️😊😄
Maddy Jane me tooooo
I’m Pr too and have to learn 😭I only know basics. How are you learning? Classes? Apps?
Big Mouth I’m learning from a class now but for me it’s not the best way to learn. Ive used Duolingo before and it works very well! Also, try asking family for help if they speak Spanish! :) pr fam yay!🇵🇷
At least you’re trying and you’re learning! There are so many Latinos/Latinas that don’t know Spanish and do not take the time to learn it. Be proud of yourself and give yourself some credit girl!
Then they aren't "latinos", language is literally the reason why someone is denominated latino.
Luis Carlos Cataño Yes, but because the USA is so race obsessed, everybody identifies with the country their ancestors came from, even if they've been here for generations. Look at Italian-Americans and Irish-Americans, many have never even been to Ireland or Italy but they still call themselves "Italian" or "Irish". The US is a weird country.
They don't have to learn Spanish if they don't want to
damacar_87 they are anglos, not hispanic (their actual culture is not spanish-speaking one)
@@thekingofmoney2000 This is even more apparent with Caucasians, they even know the % they have from other countries/ethnicities!?
As a spanish teacher (and also native), please hire a native tutor! That'd help you a lot :). And also don't give up! Just take your time, and learning a new language is difficult.
My family who speaks Spanish don’t speak English and my parents are horrible teachers because they yell at me if I mess up. I had my grandma but she passed away 😭 so how can I find a tutor from Puerto Rico? I want to learn Puerto Rican spanish
Big Mouth that's very bad!! You should tell them to have you patient! Where do you live? Maybe find a person from PR would be difficult, but it doesn't matter as long as you find someone who can help you. Don't give up! You can learn Spanish 😊
I'm Puerto Rican and right now I'm in Spain learning Spanish and it has gotten so much better in the last few months just because I have been immersed. I have no other choice but to speak Spanish, so make a commitment to speaking only Spanish so that you can get better. It will be a struggle and really uncomfortable, but it will help you. Also listen to all your music in Spanish and rewatch some shows you like in Spanish and you can learn a lot. Good luck!
Leonard McReynolds Good tips. I’ve been watching Celia on Netflix. It’s helpful, but still hard for me to pick up on for now.
KiraiBK watch them with subtitles in Spanish so you can pick them up even more. You'll be surprised what you know. I find It much easier that way. Also if you're Latino look up the news on RUclips in the country where you identify , put on the Spanish auto generated subtitles and slow down the pace so that you can see how the pronunciation is. See if that helps as well
Ayyyy my family #puertorico
@@KiraiBK It is for me too lol. But I try to actively listen instead of just hearing it
Hi, I'm from Argentina ans my English isn't good but i will try to give you some advice: first you should learn all the worda with "El" o "La" like "el maquillaje" o "la manteca(o mantequilla)" is really important.
Another advice is practice a lot and the best part is you can practice with your friends, you recently start to study so obvious is hard understand when they speak you fast, but the most important part is speaking and understanding (writing too but isn't to important like the other haha) and with more practice you will can pronounce better and the "R" will sound more cool hahah. Mmmmm i study chinese and are my advice with the study of a lenguaje.
Another think is listening music in spanish, see movies or thinks like that.
I hope you can understand what i wrote hahaha.
Love from Argentina!!
Ema Bersano Your English is great hermano(;
As a Latina learning Spanish i am so excited to see this video!! I understand exactly what you're going through and it's nice to know I'm not alone. Thanks for your inspiration and validation! ¡Buena suerte! 🙌🏼🌸❤️
I am learning spanish too. I have to go through a mental library of all the spanish words I know to find the right one lol. I speak it slow and understand it slow.
Robert Martinez Your at the perfect point then, u should try to visit a Latin American country for a decent period of time and you will get fluent and faster speaking so much faster, if not just try to surround yourself with spanish as much as possible, put your phone settings to Spanish, watch spanish shows, listen to Spanish music, a Latina girlfriend would help too lol
Sean Ogreen the phone setting on Spanish is a good idea. I'm looking for a Latino boyfriend to help me with Spanish already. Still single lol. Thanks!!!
“if you’re don’t speak spanish, then you’re not hispanic” being hispanic means you have links to spanish speaking countries. you guys are exaggerating.
Cuatro vs cuarto.
Cinco, quince, cincuenta, quinientos.
The accents.
The struggle is real. I've been learning Spanish intensively for about 4 years and I still mess up some basic words or constructions. Aaand I still don't understand my Andalucían profesora. But I love knowing the fact, that I'm able to communicate in three languages ^^
Keep up the work! It will pay off, I promise.
Marta Cz
Andalucian is another language!... you'll need "Curso d'andalú"... look for it in YT... really funny!
ruclips.net/video/kJyTXevQrtQ/видео.html
sunshine7018c That guy speaks more clearly than my teacher xD still, this accent really drives me crazy. Thanks for sharing! :D
Ay Maya I’ve been learning Spanish since I was like 9 but I didn’t really start learning until I was 15 in high school..
After 4 years of taking it in high school, I started taking it in college. I’m in my second year of college and this is the most knowledgeable I’ve been en español. Apart from oral presentations, I don’t have many conversations in Spanish. I’m sooo scared of messing up and people making fun of me 😫😫
Im glad you learning spanish i speak english and they some works difficult for me
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Or you date a boy who is full blown Latino born and raised in Ecuador 😂😂 ( I'm aussie but my background is Chilean but I have a strong aussie accent hahaha I learnt Spanish with my Ecuadorian boyfriend and looking at Chilean comedias)
Awesome! I'm chilean too :)
Rey Aslan yay Chileans unite
Es lo mejor las comedias chilenas! Que bueno que estás aprendiendo
*HELPFUL TIPS* (At least I hope it helps) I'm fluent in Spanish and it took me 7 years so DO NOT worry if you are slow, it takes time. Funny thing is I'm also very fluent (native) in French (I speak French before I could even read) and sometimes french ressembles spanish for e.g: Dormir = Dormir etc... So the best advice I could give you so that you remember which is which is to do a 1 min research to see the translation in french for e.g Maquillage = maquillaje it looks a like a lot so it might help(it really work for me). Entonces, when you speak: 1) watch a lot of telenovelas in their native language(spanish lol)
2) Talk with confidence as if you know what you are talking about even if, secretly, you don't.
3) Try speaking quickly as a habit, even if you can't or aren't conjugating the verbs properly.
Hope this may help you
I’ve been trying to learn Spanish for three years and keep giving up. Thanks for motivating me through this video❤️
Don’t give up!!!!
I can relate.. I understand way more than I can say back.. Its so hard!
Thank you for this video!! It really encouraged me. I've been wanting to learn Spanish my whole life because I never felt like a normal Mexican lol. I'm in the process of learning too, so I totally understand the struggle. 😅
Love you Maya, am struggling with the same thing, but we out here trying!! 😂💖
i used to be able to speak spanish fluently but ive lost my spanish
hey kiddos it’s millie pobrecito cariño it's not that hard.
Nobody loses their language
Eric González I know but like I can’t speak it as well as I used to
hey kiddos it’s millie isn't it Spanish your first language?
Eric González yea but like i started speaking English a lot and i started to forget some things. I can still speak a lot of Spanish though just not as good as I used to.
Honestly this makes me I love seeing your videos about learning Spanish or not being fluent. I'm a Cuban-American with Mexican-and Mexican-American family members who grew up in a black home so I speak no Spanish but I'm trying to learn and you're videos are very encouraging.
CAN RELATE
Yaaay, how exciting! Go you! Go you! Get it, Maya!
Your speaking will get faster with practice. 😊 I am not Latina (I'm Native American), but I studied in Spain for 6 weeks and found that my intermediate Spanish got pretty good! I still made a lot of mistakes, but I could carry a conversation and spoke more fluidly/less choppy than before. That was 6 years ago, though, and I haven't had any Spanish speakers to practice with since then, so my ability has fallen dramatically. 🙁
It's really great that you have so much support in your language learning! That practice is going to help So Much! (Tip: When you don't know a word, just say it in English (or draw it on a piece of paper) & ask for the Spanish translation. That'll help with speeding up your speaking for the meantime & help build your vocab.)
I'm so inspired by you, for real! I can't speak my heritage language (Choctaw), though my listening skills are ok. I work with a lot of fluent speakers like you, but rather than teach me phrases, they just talk at me bc they think solely listening will build speaking. (I can't get them to understand that speaking and listening use different muscles and are controlled by different parts of the brain, so "just listen" is like saying that doing only squats will build your arm muscles.)
Anyway, you've inspired me to dig into the resources we have available, so that I can try to learn Choctaw. I am in a unique position, where I have fluent speakers around me. If I can just teach myself to build sentences, I could begin to speak to them & work towards becoming conversational. You're my Shero!
I really hope you decide to make this into a series so we can keep up with your progress and the different resources that you try, i.e. what works for you and what doesn't. Buena suerte, Maya!
"Yo he hacido ejercicio" JAJAJAJA
Oriana Araque That's what I'm going to say from now on instead of saying "No fui al gimnasio, fui a comer tacos" haha
I don’t know Spanish because I wasn’t raised in a Latin home but just recently I took a DNA test that told me I’m Puerto Rican and Dominican, and so I’m learning more about my cultures and I’m learning Spanish. This just made me feel so better about myself and that I’m not alone.. thanks Pero.
I feel Maya's struggle... trying to conquer Spanish this late is such a challenge
I love this! I've been learning Spanish for seven years and I still feel like a newbie. I wish I had access to a lot of Spanish speaking people like you do
Iam learning Japanese 😫😫😫 it’s wayyyy harder then I thought 😅🇯🇵🇯🇵
Keykey KathyLyrics wow really? That was easy for me but Spanish is soooooo hard!
Keykey KathyLyrics it's not that bad! Just start with hiragana and katakana.
DiamondR11 Blue. Then go to kanji!😭
Japanese except kanjis is really simple
Keykey KathyLyrics I'm leaning chinesse lol haha. 我學習中文! 中文很難!
This is great! The first language I ever spoke was Spanish and learned English shortly after. Once I started school, I was speaking Spanish with a classmate and was told by my teacher to stop speaking and and that Spanish was bad. I vowed to never speak the language again until I entered high school. I understood everything that was spoken to me in but couldn’t speak it that well and had a terrible accent but my Spanish classes helped a lot and I learned how to read and write it properly. I am 32 and I’m still learning to this day but I sound a lot better than when I did when I was a teenager.
That teacher should be fired and forbidden to ever have contact with children
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Ahora estoy estudiando en España por un año pero vivo en California. Mi novio es Mexicano y su familia están emocionada porque estoy aprendiendo español. Soy filipina pero me encanta la idioma. I resonate with this video so much jaja. Gracias Maya y Pero Like. You make my day.
My best advice is watch shows or movies in Spanish and put the English subtitles on! Youll begin to see how sentences go together and how theyre different from English sentences. Search up any words you dont know! As a first gen mex american i do this to keep my fluidity in Spanish :) i would NOT reccomend a movie/show in Spain Spanish. Try to find them in the spanish youre used to hearing. Spain Spanish especially. It sounds like a completely different language!
ooooh! good idea!! thank you!
MayaInTheMoment no problem!!! Good luck ❤❤
Maya I too am someone who is hispanic but did not learn spanish from my parents. Watching these videos where you talk about your experience as an "americanized" latina really hits home for me. Sometimes I feel very embarrassed that I do not speak spanish, and it can be very discouraging and makes me feel less hispanic. But to see videos where you talk frankly about your experience as a 5th (forgive me if I'm wrong) generation latina who is still learning gives me the encouragement to keep trying and learning about my culture. Thank you!
Maya, I don't know if you already knew, but the correct sound of double "L" it's like the sound of "Y" in words like "yes" or "yellow" or like the "J" in "jacket" or "jackpot".
I hope this helps, good luck Maya! 💕
Yes!! It's in my last name, which is "Murillo" lol
MayaInTheMoment 😍💕
Also, as some people say maybe tongue twisters will help with words like "cuatro". I'm not really sure because I can't pronounce right the "dr" and "tr" sounds 😥
Or ‚sh’ like in ‚shower’
Or S if you’re from Uruguay 🇺🇾 or Argentina 🇦🇷
This video is so funny, I'm Spanish and for me to hear you speaking Spanish is very amused. I have similar problems, because I'm learning English, but your Spanish is so good and for sure you'll improve
Half Brazilian and Half Uruguayan studying Spanish right now.
I don’t know a lot of words so when I’m in doubt I just use Portuguese because it’s a 50/50 chance of being correct 😂
Muito bem!
Don't give up, Maya. First and foremost, enjoy it, Spanish is a beautiful and rich language. It's a process, just be patient and take your time, don't feel overwhelmed. I only have a suggestion for you: read as much as you can. Newspapers, comics, books, whatever you read will really improve your vocabulary and grammar sense. It's fine to learn some common phrases and expressions but you need to move forward if you truly want to become fluent and reading is a pretty useful tool. Now in Spanish: sos una chica muy dulce y sensible. Veo que te esforzás mucho para aprender español pero a veces te frustrás o te ponés ansiosa. Como te dije antes, tratá de disfrutarlo, equivocarse es parte del proceso y tenés todo el derecho del mundo a cometer errores, nadie tiene porqué hacerte sentir mal. ¡Mucho éxito!
vamos Maya, tú puedes!
You’ll get it soon mija! I was incredibly pocha as a teenager because I learned French & English first from my parents before learning Spanish from my abuelita materna. It was a struggle, but Im so happy I pushed through. Fast forward to my 30’s I’m finally confident in all 3 languages. Now and only becaue Dios es muy grande, I’m learning Vietnamese so I can communicate with my suegra (mother in law) and Im reliving this struggle all over again. 😅 Great video & great advice 👍
Gracias por haciendo un video como este. Yo estoy aprendiendo espanol tambien. Me gusta PeroLike porque me ayuda eschucar a espanol y es muy comico.
Tan linda!! My best recommend you spend a few months in a Spanish speaking country! Don't worry about the mistakes! Going through the struggles with Dutch now.
“i have a basketball game tomorrow” LMFAOO i peeped that vine reference
As a gringa who is fluent in Spanish after 2 years of strugggggles, I love watching this type of video. Estoy muy orgullosa de ti Maya!!
OMG YESim in seventh grade and um learing spanish, and literally everyone is like oh, shes a "native speaker" , she should know what that is. And Im always like really, why do you think im in this class???
OMG Im literally teaching my dad Spanish RN and i sent him this cuz he gets down about it sometimes! KEEP IT UP! and thank you for this i can't wait for him to watch it and get a boost from you! K disfrutes el camino!!!!!!!
Im Dominican and im still learning spanish😂🇩🇴
mia allen We can learn together. The only Spanish speaker in my family died
Peter Geramin los ayudo, ayudenme con mi inglés
Ingrid Reyes Tu no hablas Ingles? Yo puedo ayudar te
Juan Ruel I try, but is hard, I'm not live in US
I’m Puerto Rican and same 😂😂😂
As a Spanish teacher I would ask you to be patient and have fun with learning.
Don't put to much pressure on yourself, it IS a new-ish language for you and you need to be comfortable with that.
If you get stuck somewhere, find another way of expressing what you want to say. For eg of cuarto gives you a hard time with room use 'habitación' o 'sala' and keep using the number, eventually you will be comfortable with cuarto.
Celebrate your progress.
Be kind to yourself.
Besos y Abrazos! 💟
Como está aprendiendo español?
GIRL OMG IM SO HAPPY! So I'm third generation Pakistani and none of my cousins or I speak Urdu and my parents never spoke it in the house and I only ever heard it when I'd go to my grandparents' but I'm trying to learn Urdu so I can appreciate my culture and it's so hard because you can ONLY talk to family members and it's really weird and embarassing! Also being a third-generation South Asian in Canada is pretty rare, so I'm also that weird friend amongst my Indian and Pakistani friends who don't understand any of their references or w.e! So I totally feel you and support you and love what you're doing. On a similiar note, I also speak Spanish at a conversational level because here in Canada we learn French, and knowing that helped me learn Spanish really quickly in high school and the best part of it was that most Spanish speakers are SO friendly and happy that you're learning and will love and support your journey even if you just met them yesterday. So this has been a lil essay on how I am HERE for your Spanish-speaking journey! Also it would be cool if Pero Like brought in guest Spanish speakers who aren't from Spanish-speaking countries (like myself but more fluent) to do a lil video or talk about how they learned Spanish and why or something!
Thanks for helping me relate to this video luv u 😘
Maya, I love you! Mi abuelo naci en Cuba y estoy aprendiendo espanol tambien! Keep it up girl, we are all rooting for you!
The last few seconds killed me
This is such a great video! Thank you so much for this video! I'm always a bit impatient with myself, so I end up beating myself up when I don't have a skill mastered right away, or when I can't say what I want to say in Spanish. This video just makes me so much more comfortable knowing that there are other people out there who feel the same way I do, but push through.
JENNA MARBLES QUOTE 3:00 "i have a basketball game tomorrow" (originally a vine but shes been saying it recently)
I fking love you girl! I struggle with learning Spanish and I'm so proud of you for being positive and focused!
I can relate 😂😂😂
You got this nena! Si se puede. Estoy aprendiendo también. I'm in the process of getting my bilingual certification as a teacher and my students help me everyday speaking!
Omg maya struggle is me even though I lived speaking Spanish
I honestly admire when I hear people trying to learn Spanish because it's not an easy language to learn, if I wasn't a native Spanish speaker I would've had a lot of trouble trying to learn it, so good for all of you learning Spanish, you're doing amazing sweeties! 💕
I LOVE PONCHA CONCHA!
~lots Of Love From An Other Poncha
Te entiendo bien! Aprendí español con una mezcla de duolingo, apps, grupos, mensajes...
I especially liked practicing Spanish in my meetup group. Two hours of straight Spanish 1-4 times a week got me speaking basic Spanish fluently in about 6 months and erased the majority of translating to English in my head. I've been working on vocabulary and colloquialisms (modismos) ever since.
¡Buena suerte mi hermana latina!
I have a basketball game tomorrow 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Don't worry Maya! Spanish people tend to speak really fast (even more than English speakers), so don't worry about the speed as you will get use to it. Sounds such as 'r' or 'j' are the most common struggles when you're learning pronunciation. I'm from Spain and a trick to avoid 'cuatro' and 'cuarto' in the same sentence is changing 'cuarto' for 'habitación' (it's almost the same!). Good luck with it and we all support you! :)
Girl your hair though 😍
I’m a Chinese undergraduate who major in Spanish, it’s a little hard at first, I cannot even roll my tongue decently now. But this video just gives me so much energy to speak fluent Spanish. ¡Muchas gracias!
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Muy buen trabajo, Maya! Proud of you, hermana!
Try listening to Spanish music and learning the lyrics and their translations. That way, you learn the words, pronunciations, and you're familiar with their usage in context!
those rolling r's thooooo
Something that really helped me was listening to Reggaeton and Latin music because not only does it help to learn new words and understand them. But also singing along helps with actually speaking the language! And who doesn't love some Reggaeton?
Good luck!! ❤️❤️
3:03 HI MY NAME’S TRE I HAVE A BASKETBALL GAME TOMOOOORRRRRROOOOOWWWWW
Such relatable content! I didn’t find out about my Afro Latina roots until my mid to late teens & I’ve made it a priority to learn! Not being around Spanish speakers makes so rusty when i finally do get to use it 😩
I'm learning Arabic, and its hard. I mean HARD!! The rolling of letters, the man and the woman
Khadija Holloman Arabic is pretty similar to Spanish
roua style okay.... presumed
Estoy aprendiendo español también!!! It’s so fun for me. It’s great that you have help. My friends help me a lot as well. Pero yo no entiendo cuando gente están hablando. It’s still too fast for me. I write it and read it best right now. But I’m only 4 months in! I hope you make a progress video!!!
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Honestly, my Spanish class has helped me improve so much on my Spanish. My old Spanish teachers just confused me and this teacher actually has us do a bunch of vocab exercises to remember words, phrases, and sentences. Currently we're working with Ser and Gustar. She also buys a lot of snacks and drinks we have on fun days because she wants us to experience their food.
I’m latina and I can’t speak spanish 😭😭 Luckily I can understand !!
Maya! So awesome that you are learning the language! The key is immersion in the language, that way you kiiiinda have no choice but to speak it.
No entiendo que algunos padres latinos cuando emigran a EEUU no les haben a sus hijos en español. Es una pena que pierdan la oportunidad de ser bilingües. Me da pena que tengan que esforzarse en aprender español cuando hubiera sido mucho más sencillo si les hubiesen hablado en español desde bebés. Mis primas nacieron en UK, su mamá es española y siempre les habló en español, su papá es rumano y les habla en rumano. El resultado es que con 13 años hablan perfectamente español, rumano e inglés.
I married into a Hispanic family and all my friends and all my relationships have been with hispanics. I feel ya girl I've been learning Spanish for 15 years and all I have to say is keep taking your time and the best thing to do is just to ask how to say the word you don't know even if you know you know it the Spanish speakers will always help you. Take it from a neon white girl. Love ya pero like your awesome! 💋
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Muchas gracias. I needed to watch this vid. I beat myself up when i cant have “successful” convos in spanish. This really encouraged me ! Buena suerte
omggg when people are talking to me in spanish i have to make them speak slower
Marie-Lynn Issa
😱 same!!!
Hello Maya :D so my main language is Spanish, and the only tip I can give you is MASTER the verbs conjugations. I know is hard but once you got how every word change, the rest is easy. As we don't have "rules" for the verbs tenses, it's a little bit harder to learn this and probably the best way to do it's to listen to other people talking in Spanish. Also, when u are watching something (a movie, videos etc) if u want, put the Spanish subtitles, that helps me a lot, in my case while learning English :D
Lol 😂 me!!!!
Im going through the same thing, I grew up and my parents never taught me spanish and I always felt so insecure about it. You are such an inspiration!!
I am a pocha concha! As a Latina that was not raised speaking Spanish, I have always been told I am not "actually Latina" because I do not speak Spanish. I have been teaching myself Spanish for about four years and it is a struggle! But, I am always encouraged to hear about other Latinas who are on the same journey as I am. I LOVE YOU MAYA!
You're so lucky to have such kind co-workers and friends who want to help you with your Spanish!
I’ve been learning Spanish for over 2 years now using Duolingo. It’s super simple to do once a day but it’s very intimidating practicing in front of others or attempting to talk to others in Spanish. The struggle is real!
❤️❤️❤️ yay I'm so happy for you!! Learning a new language is definitely challenging yet fun and I love the fact that you've made the personal decision to do so !! We're all here for you !!