10 SPAIN CULTURE SHOCKS | AMERICAN IN SPAIN | Mi vida en España
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- Опубликовано: 17 янв 2021
- In this video, I talk about ten culture shocks I experienced while living and working in Spain. As an American girl, I was very surprised by the cultural habits in Spain. I appreciated their slower way of life!
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Creo que el 90% de las visualizaciones son de españoles que quieren ver lo que piensan los extranjeros
Tal que así
real
Tal cual
🙋🏻♀️
Jajajaj muy real
in Spain we are taught English since primary school, but very badly. That's because: El Inglés se enseña mal. PUNTO
jajajajaaj entendí la referencia, brutal
PUAJAJAJ
Yo he aprendido 28 idiomas en 17 minutos, no porque sea inteligente, sino porque he usado un método que FUNCIONA
Ese anuncio me persigue ayuda
pero cual es la diferencia entre un cirujano y un mecanico?? cual??
I love the fact that you are focused on the positive cultural shocks. You are a very positive person. Love that.
thanks so much Jaime! i really appreciate this comment :)
I struggle to see anything positive in the fact of people being touchy, but whatever lol It is a Spainard who is commenting here, by the way.
@@jribasvilanova but it's just a normal thing to do, being touched it's not a bad thing, it ways to show affection or love, also people are more direct to their loved ones, so if you see a friend that it's sad you ask what's going on, you talk to them, you pat their back, hear them, no rush, if you hear "ugh leave me I am not a psychologist" people are gonna be mad at that person.
Same!
I agree, she was very pleasant to watch🥰
Que en Madrid la gente se toma la vida con calma? 😆 Pues como vengas a Sevilla entonces te cagas...
Ya ves, o Granada, pero esq en Andalucia somos así 😂😂😂😂
@@ignaciomorenocordon4674 bueno, creo que eso pasa en cualquier provincia... Pero en Andalucía si que la gente pasa de todo mas
Eso lo dice respecto a EE.UU. Es una comparación.
@@cristianmeza6752 Y yo se lo digo respecto a Madrid. También es una comparación 🤔
pensé lo mismo xD dije que Madrid es ir con calma? si a mi me daria estres xDDD
“Spanish work to live, not live to work”. This is the nicest thing I can say about us, and something I really struggle with when working in China (with Americans). I love my job but it’s not what I want to do from 8am to 7pm: I have a life and I wanna do whatever with my spare time. I’m glad you liked this about us!
I totally get that Ignacio! I'm glad you agree :)
I totally agree with you, Ignacio, and i am an American. No sense being ugly, Frank. That's not how we do.
@@letsgobrandon987 We spaniards do appreciate well paid extra hours and in many cases don't hesitate to put in, who doesn't like money, right? What we don't like is mandatory extra hours, and specially unpaid mandatory extra hours. If you want to work 100 hour weeks until retirement, have your children raised by an iPad, and die of heart disease before making 70, knock yourself out.
Here we work to live, not the other way around, and that's one of the many reasons our life expectancy is 5 years higher than yours.
I think it's true for most of Europe especially compared to America... Life should be about fun not work... 😉 Hungarian living in Switzerland and worked for an American company. It's crazy and shocking how Americans think about work. They really live for it. 🙈
@@bcsb89 To the point Americans identify themselves first and foremost by their professions. Thats usually how they introduce themselves to other people and if not then the first thing they do is ask; "so what do you do for a living?". I hate it when people ask me that within the 1st 30 seconds of meeting someone. Its none of your dam business. If we talk for a while and we get along then I dont mind a more in-depth conversation where I can definately talk about jobs and careers.
Tenemos vallas altas porque valoramos la privacidad y que no nos entren a robar xD.
A mí me parece curioso lo contrario, en EEUU supuestamente tienen más criminalidad pero las casas no tienen vallas
@@nikigutierrez Pero mucha gente tiene licencia de armas, es otro tipo de disuasión distinta
@@nikigutierrez Allí si alguien estornuda dentro de tu jardín le puedes abrir el pecho con una escopeta y no pasa nada. Aquí si un ladrón se vomita encima en tu jardín te puede denunciar. La criminalidad es alta en según qué zonas, y sobretodo por atracos o peleas de bandas/tiroteos. Aquí hay mucho carterismo, que muchas veces ni te enteras de si te han robado los 5€ para los cromos del Fortnite o simplemente se te han caído al comprar el Monster
@@nikigutierrez La criminalidad suele ser más en las grandes ciudades, en las zonas residenciales es mas tranquilo, a parte de que si te cuelas en una casa sin permiso te pegan un tiro (sobretodo en estados como Texas) ahi no se andan con chikitas.
Aquí, más que problemas de ladrones en casas, tenemos problemas con ladrones DE casas, malditos okupas.
Imagine that for Spanish standard, Madrid is considered a fast moving city!
Jajaj!
I am a Latvian living in Spain, and Madrid is a fast country lol! Maybe Americans are just too fast!?
@@girlbosspower8493 they're definitely too fast hahahah
hahaha indeed
@@HolaMorgan Which part of Us are you from?
The thing is, we have grown hearing that spanish people are very bad at english, in fact, is the first time I hear someone saying the contrary.
Italians and french are behind spain in english level, but what spaniards are very bad It is understanding english, cause in spanish we just have 5 vowel sounds and we can't diferenciate more sounds, ''A'' it is always and ''A'' sound, so we read english like we read spanish, so if we read ''cut'' we hope to heard an ''U'', "company" we spect to hear and "o", that It is why we are lost in a conversation, and everything that cames in english is dub in spanish, why we are this bad? because we first learn grammar, and we don't learn pronunciation cos It is very hard for us and we read as same as in spanish with just 5 vowel sounds, we learn english since we are 4 years old two hours per week, but we can't understand when we heard it but we are good reading and understanding text xD, BTW I am good understanding someone talking in english because I started wathing tv shows in Original Version since I was 16 years old, I cant say the same about my grammar hahaha
Yeah, at the university, phonetics was the most dificult subject, more than half of the class failed, a nightmare indeed.
She lived in Madrid. I think that is the problem. In big cities, more people must speak other languages to work .
@@miguelm.a7462 *laughs in catalan* pero sí, no se nos enseña muy bien la pronunciación en inglés.
@@monicavelazquezrodriguez3035 he pensado lo mismo....
Morgan: los españoles hablan bien ingles
~En clase:
La profesora: pliease get the workbook out of the bag we are doing some exercises.
Yo: tus muertos por si acaso
Habla por ti. Que tú seas tonto y garrulo no significa que los demás lo seamos.
Hahahahaah legit
Así es😂
Vaya... siempre todos mis compañeros de clase tenían esa actitud y las pasaban moradas para aprobar. Justo yo, que aprendía todos los días inglés y vería serias era de las pocas que sacaban buenas notas... en la escuela pública, ¿por qué habrá sido?
Tu madre por si acaso jajajja
The problem of the Spanish with English is that they make fun of everyone who tries to speak English correctly, and that makes many speak it with an accent (rare for them) that they consider to be not good English. This makes them ashamed of themselves, and therefore, if they can't, neither can you.
Exactly, that's really sad about Spain, most people will laugh at others who try to pronounce correctly.
I've defenitely seen the mockery in middle school and high school, but not in adults (I am a young adult). I have a friend with a very good English accent (British accent for that matter) and I myself used to think that it was weird for a Spaniard to speak like that. We didn't mock the guy or anything but we would cringe and we thought the dude was a try-hard xd. Anyways, what I mean is that I believe people grow from that and with time they actually start encouraging those speaking fluently and with a nice accent, but it is most defenitely still a problem in young teenagers (for the mockery you mentioned) and in older adults and the elderly who don't even speak a word in English because they were never taught.
Really?😹 It's really funny
@@AlexandreFortesYT I've also seen it in Adults. I saw once people laughing at a girl for saying Greenwich correctly (grenich instead of grinwich as most Spaniards say it, sorry but I can't type phonetically, so I used Spanish phonetics). I've worked as an English teacher for adults and people would be laughing at the ones who try to pronounce correctly, like if they were pedantic. Unfortunately such appalling attitude is quite common in Spain, at least in Gran Canaria, where I'm from.
real, me costó mucho quitarme la vergüenza para hablar inglés :(
No one is in a hurry, except for people on motorcycles.
Well, i saw some drivers in cars that looks like the lives are hanging by a thread...
😂
Se piensan q con su motito de 49 cc están en las carreras de moto gp JAJAJAJ
@@rafai6161 pos sí.
And the noise they make even on a bike with a lawn mower for an engine.
I'm Spanish and It makes me so sad to watch this video and realize how everyting has changed with this pandemic situation😔 I really hope that we can get all that back at some point soon🙏
About the languague learning, I think that schools were not good at teaching English until a few years ago. New generations are receiving a better teaching techniques in terms of being fluent and hold real conversations in English.
Love the video! Thank you!☺️♥️
i get really sad too when i look back :( it's not the same with the pandemic. thank you for being here Rosa!
Ya lo sé, 😢 me pone muy triste la verdad, soy inglés pero vivo en murciá y la pandemia se causa mucha ruina para nosotros también, muy estresante pero no me preucupo, soy optimista y tengo mucho fe 🙂 me ore un poquito y poco a poco cosas cambian. 👍 Gracias por el dios 🙏
Como decian en la pelicula de Jurassic Park, no se pueden suprimir 65 milllones de años de instinto visceral
I'm puertorican living in Spain. To puertoricans Spain is la Madre Patria. I felt inmensely happy when I arrived at Barajas Airport. When I visited the Gijon Cafe I felt a very strong deja vú. I loved living in Madrid. I was impressed about the new generation speaking in English. I think that they are doing great.
You felt that cause within your time line it became certain that you would be there it means you have already made decisions to bring you there long ago in that time.
One day I passed by the Gijon Cafe first time I saw it (I didn't know anything about it) and my husband said lets go there.
How do you like it there compared to Puerto Rico?
@@ashleyd4563 There are differences and many are related to Quality Management that has been resolved in the USA a long time ago. For example, the telephone internet company Movistar transfered the service when we moved from Madrid to another community small town and charged as usual for months. We found out this small town doesn't have fiber optic and Movistar didn't offer an alternative service. They could get away with it and damaged our credit. In USA they are made to take responsibility through Federal Commission of Telecommunications. And this is just a small example of many things that has to be fixed in the system.
Spain is only Madre Patria for the colonizers. Indigenous people would never feel at home in the belly of the genocidal maniacs
I am Spanish and It is true that a lot of people say that their English is bad, but mostly I think we are refering more to our pronuntiation.
For example, I can read and write in English perfectly fine, maybe advanced level, but when I try to talk my pronuntiation is horrible
Ese es el principal problema, pero aún así lo exageramos. Vine a California al empezar la universidad hace año y medio, y pensaba que tenía una pronunciación muy mala, pero al final solo una cosa importa: que te hagas entender. Lo que pasa que nos enseñan que si no tenemos un acento británico perfecto, hablamos mal, pero no es así. Siempre me lo recuerdan, eres tú quien sale de su idioma para comunicarnos, no te van a decir nada porque tengas acento español
Pensé lo mismo al ver este vídeo, es la pronunciación. También es verdad que nos enseñan desde pequeños que la pronunciación española está mal y tenemos que sonar como los británicos. Es cierto que hablamos mejor de lo que pensamos, nos hace falta confianza
Aprender un idioma es como aprender a jugar tenis. Se pueden conocer muy bien los golpes pero no ser un buen jugador. Yo siempre pense muy mal de mis estudios de ingles hasta que tuve la posibilidad de usarlos. Me di cuenta que sabia mucho, pero sin combinar cosas correctamente, o siendo muy lento para hacerlo. Solo me faltaba practica y por supuesto uno nunca termina de aprender un idioma.
@@raulvargas2690 Desde luego, la práctica es lo más importante, se consigue fluidez para pensar y formar frases en ese idioma
Cause you learned it by the book.. asi. No se aprende un idioma
We start learning English at school at the age of 3, but because each class has about 30 students (middle school and high school) we just don’t have the time to practice our speaking. Also, it’s really common that if you try to pronounce things correctly the rest of the kids will laugh at you, but if you’re really bad at English they will laugh as well 😅 I guess we all feel very insecure about our English because of that. And it sucks, when I’m alone at home I sometimes talk to myself in English in order to practice, describing the things that I’m doing or will do during the day, and my pronunciation it’s impecable, but for some reason when I’m carrying a conversation with someone else my Spanish accent shows up 🤪
Kids will mock anything that stands out lol. So they'll mock you for being too bad or too good at English as you said, which is real sad tbh.
Don't be ashamed of your accent. In 2019 I studied a month in Canada during the summer, and one of the teachers told us that accent isn't really what matters, as long as we pronounce words correctly the accent shouldn't worry us a single bit. He told us that at the end of the day there isn't even a correct "English accent", so why even bother? Canadians pronounce "out" as "oot" and they still speak English real good xd
Your English sounds great! I think people in Spain can speak English much better than most Americans can speak Spanish!
@@HolaMorgan To be fair I’m preparing for the C1 exam hahaha
I'm currently studying, and i would say that english is even more important than spanish. In my school we have five hours a week of english, and four of spanish, so imagine how important It is. Also one of the four main parts of the university access exam is the english one, so there is no excuse to say that we don't know english, people just don't give a sh**t to learn and speak correctly. Also i'm very good at pronunciation but never experienced someone laughing at me for that, we are all different, that's all.
I love how accurate and kind your observations are!
thank you so much for this comment!! I respect and adore Spain so much
Hello montse. How are you doing today. Hope all is well with you over there?
The PDA honestly sometimes gets too much even for us, some people have zero chill
lol it can be very intense haha! the metro PDA gets to me. when I can hear it, i know it's too much lol
@@HolaMorgan what is PDA ??
@@renezion Muestras de afecto en público (public display of affection)
@@Infinity_Ghost got it, thanks
I think this is due to the fact that youth unemployment is so high and you have a lot of people not working or studying and living at home. So it's either at your house with yo mama listening and watching or at the park, metro, or bar with strangers... you pick haha
Lo de las vallas es por los ladrones más que por otra cosa. Aunque hay gente que también lo hace por privacidad
Sí, a mi no me gusta sentirme observada jajaja
Glad you liked it! Try the North or the Mediterranean coast next time, they're very different between themselves and from Madrid itself. Galicia and Asturias have quite the Celtic touch to themselves and you'd feel like it has sort of a southern Irish sense to it. Catalonia and the Valencian community are very in touch with their second tongue, Catalan, which might be interesting to see and hear to someone from other parts of Spain, let alone for an American. And if you felt like Madrid liked to party, I strongly recommend you to try Alicante, in Southern VC, or Andalusia, that can also definitely boast about having some of the oldest and most beautiful cities in Spain and Europe. I hope that when this awful pandemic is over and if you really desire to, for you to have the chance to explore my jewel of a country on a deeper level. Amazing video and cheers!
thank you so much!! I cannot wait to explore more of Spain! It is such a special place in this world. I love learning about it and experiencing all of the different parts!
In the city of segovia you can eat cochinillo drinking lots of kind of diferent artesanal beers while you r watching a roman "acueducto"
I have also to say that italia is similar to spain
Basques are the most pure europeans
@@vgjl1824
ETA
@@srpunkie6001
SPAIN IS AFRICA
Creo que la gente que realmente habla bien el inglés simplemente tiene vergüenza porque muchas veces al hablarlo bien te tratan de raro o pijo o simplemente ni te entienden porque nunca lo han oído bien pronunciado es una cosa cultural no sé si me explico...
Si te explicas,es completamente cierto
Totalmente, yo considero que tengo buena pronunciación y muchas veces la gente se burla de mí cuando pronuncio las cosas como se debe
A ver, y que nos comparamos con lo que tenemos cerca: por Europa, la gente es casi bilingüe. Los franceses pasan de aprender inglés porque para eso son franceses, pero los alemanes, holandeses, suecos, daneses... incluso los portugueses; todos ellos tienen mejor nivel medio que los españoles. También hay que decir que se ha mejorado mucho el inglés de aquí en los últimos 20 años.
@@GerackSerack tambien es verdad que hay 500 millones de personas que hablan español como primer idioma y muchos mas que lo hablan como segundo, sin embargo danés, sueco, noruego, etc se suele hablar solo en el pais en concreto y un poco en los vecinos
Y que el inglés como lengua extranjera en las escuelas es relativamente reciente. Hace 50 años era el francés.
Puede que me equivoqué, pero algo me dice que la mayoría viendo este video son Españoles
De hecho si
argentino aquí ! chaval!
Mas bien hispanohablantes...
Y reconociendo todas esas trolas que dice esta .
@@MarinaBlein toda la razón
I love this. I bought a house in Spain a couple of years ago. I agree with everything you mentioned here. What a wonderful place to be. The pace of life and the general joy make the quality of life in Spain, wonderful.
MONTAÑAS LAGOS FIORDOS NIEVE GLACIARES BOSQUES
CHILE ARGENTINA
LA ESCANDINAVIA DEL HEMISFERIO SUR
Ojalá lo de la ansiedad y lo de trabajar para vivir fuese verdad :(
The fence thing is very interesting. When I came to Connecticut I noticed that many houses didn't have fences at all. It was very shocking at first, I didn't understand why would you want your neighbors to see everything you do outside. Sometimes you don't even understand when a property ends and the next one begins. But I get used to it and in a way it's more aesthetically pleasing that huge fences everywhere.
it is really interesting!! not so common in the states
Hi! I think spaniards are so shy when It comes to speak in English because schools doesn’t really teaches how to have a fluent conversation, they just teach you how to use the verbs and some vocabulary (depends of the school obviously), so sometimes Is hard for us to follow a conversation even though we try so hard!😅
I personally really like to talk in english and I improved so much by practicing by myself and also by talking with my american friends. What do you think about my english? Your spanish sounds perfect! Kisses from Madrid amiga❤️
Hey! Yes it is so hard to follow and understand another language fluently. I struggle with spanish too sometimes, but I really try haha. It is so much fun to speak in another language. Speaking to yourself while doing things is a great way to practice too. I think your english sounds great!! Where are your American friends from?
Gracias por tu comentario :))
@@HolaMorgan yes sometimes I even think in english that’s crazy haha
My friends are from Ohio, I’ve never been there but I really want to go and experience the culture shocks! Now that I saw your video I know what I shouldn't do there😂
Yes, el inglés se enseña mal
I was going to be an english teacher in Spain, but I dropped out on the second year because I realized they were trying to teach english as if it was spanish they were teaching... you dont have to know every single verbal time and use to function in english like you need to in spanish, they definetly teach it all wrong and its very static and repetitive, year after year in school i remember going theough the exact same exercises never going to anything more difficult than what would pass as bare mininum conversation starters...
@@Whydoyoureadme they try to teach English as they teach Spanish. If some people don't know how to speak English properly, how are they going to learn the grammar? It's nonsense
I’ve been living here since 2006 and this is sooo on point. You also say things so respectfully.
Thank you for your comment Cristina :)
That thing you mentioned that we Spaniards speak English very well but we don't believe it happens to us with many things and it is a big problem because we have incredible things in our country and many times we underestimate them. Un saludo desde Madrid.
so true! english is a hard language to learn but I think Spaniards generally speak it very well!
@@QwertyUiop-bs2zr JAJAAJAJAJAAJA
I traveled to Madrid, Pamplona, San Sebastian, and Toledo in 2019. Out of those cities Madrid had the best English speakers but it wasn't a high percentage. That was just my experience.
Wow so many great places! Yes it’s very interesting to see who speaks English
Agree on all of these points after having lived in Spain for almost 20 years, except the whole, "there is no hurry, everything is so relaxed". When I studied in Spain, everything was really relaxed cuz I was just studying. Working in Spain is just like aywhere else-pressure to get things done, timetables adhered to, etc. Study abroad for the rest of my life, I wish that could be my job... :)
That's a thing I really don't like about these kind of videos. Yes, life can feel relaxing or slow paced when you're studying (or maybe in some specific jobs), but believe me when I say most workers in Spain are over stressed and overworked. Most of the people I know, including myself, deal with a lot of pressure and don't really have a lot of time to relax.
Source: native spaniard that lives and works here.
@@SpanishCebolleta
PAELLA SIESTA TOROS FLAMENCO
@@danielasterling6936 Qué más me gustaría a mí, Daniela. De todas formas, el flamenco no es de mi zona...
We look at each other, at one another. We have a strong internalised sense of group and belonging. People do not feel offended or intruded because someone is looking at them, rather they feel acknowledged. It comes natural to lock eyes with strangers. Honestly, I think going around in a city where no one makes eye contact or looks at you would make me feel isolated.
Also a fact: U will meet the funniest ppl in Spain they are just big in humor u laugh instantly at their jokes and even the way they express them selfs love spain ❤🇪🇦😂
They are so funny!!
staring in Spain is not rude, I think. We have the concept of falling in love in the train and it's like.... ooo I'm never going to see you again. So I'm gonna keep you in my mind and we'll meet in a few years and spend my life with you. Like a short story just in our minds
But the you remember no one is staring at you and go home and cry :"(
I'm 37 and Spanish. I was tought not to stare. I think it depends on the time you keep staring, or if you get nearer.
Vaya gente más sosa. A mí me da igual si me miran o no, siempre que sea respetuoso. Yo sinceramente creo que hay mucho/a sosainas por el mundo. Qué gente tan aburrida, la verdad.
this video just made me so happy! I’m Spanish and it’s so nice that foreigners see us like you do 🥺❤️
aw im so glad Marta! Bienvenidos :)
As spaniard I can't stand the pace, physical touch and loudiness of everybody. Sometimes I think I would fit more in a quieter culture
pues sí la verdad
A mi no me importa cuando es gente con la que tengo confianza. Pero si no te conozco tengo una actitud de "respeta mi espacio personal"
@@noemicp la gente que te toca el hombro en plan "mira te comento" a la que no conoces de nada
I moved to Spain 2 years ago and couldn't agree more. Super cool video! Keep going, can't wait to see where this channel heads to. You're very positive and easy to watch/listen to, you have great potential! Post more!
Me encantaron tus comentarios porque son superpositivos y reflejan cariño por la gente y el país que visitaste. 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇾
Hello maria. How are you doing today. Hope all is well with you over there?
Some things are applied to the whole of Europe, not just Spain! I come from Latvia and we have parties until 8am! And we kiss everywhere as well!
haha yes so many parties in Europe!
En España tenemos complejo de inferioridad con respecto al inglés, pero a la vez en las escuelas los chavales se descojonan de aquellos que hacen el esfuerzo de pronunciar bien. Es la pescadilla que se muerde la cola.
Correcto, recuerdo que en 3º de la ESO había en mi clase un chaval que pronunciaba increíble, los demás le llamaban de todo menos bonito, y yo aunque sacaba buena nota en inglés pasaba de intentar imitar su pronunciación para que no se metieran conmigo. Ahora hablo inglés, lo uso en el trabajo, pero creo que lo pronuncio como el culo.
Cuando yo iba al instituto en mi clase había una que había ido a colegio bilingüe y tenía un acento inglés perfecto, y cuando leíamos en voz alta y le tocaba a ella, los demás se sonreían en plan cachondeo por cómo pronunciaba ella.
Esto ya no es así. Cuando yo iba al instituto sí se veía pero soy profe y ahora ya no pasa, lo que mola es saber inglés. Hay que actualizarse, que hemos cambiado en ese sentido!!!
Inferioridad respecto al inglés? Que Ridículo, tendrían que sentir inferioridad frente al Alemán
El inglés es un idioma mediocre
Hay una mezcla entre complejo de inferioridad y algunos que para esconderlo tienen complejo de superioridad y son prepotentes y faltos de respeto. Algo que me molesta mucho es como los propios gobernantes menosprecian al ciudadano, según las historias que he escuchado. De hecho una vez escuché a un fundador de un partido en el 2000 diciendo que la política se llenó de oportunistas.
Thank you so, so much for not talking about our siestas. I am full of that. As a Spanish man, I can't remember the last time I had a nap in the middle of the day, while a lot of my foreign customers, being here on holidays, do. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!
Good to see you enjoyed your time here and found our quirks somewhat easy to manage! It´s good to see people who can appreciate different cultures and manners.
gracias José! yes i absolutely loved spain, it will always be a part of me! i really enjoy learning about other cultures and definitely appreciated spanish culture :)
You spread so good vibes. I hope you enjoy your time here and will be able to discover more nice places not just Madrid. Greetings! 👋
“Juntos pero no revueltos”. Me encanta ! 😆
sí jaja!
Este dicho es muy común en America Latina.
@@celestet9941 un saludo desde Madrid
I’m so excited watching your videos. I’m coming as a teaching assistant in October and your videos are easing my anxiety. Plus as a younger man I spent a lot of time having crazy fun time in Spain. Now as older guy, I won’t be leaving clubs at sunrise, but I treasure those days. I hope to enjoy a long break from a stressful career, which I do love, and not only help with the educational system, but also integrate with the Spanish people. Maybe even take flamingo guitar lessons and study the language more. As a teaching assistant, I hope in can be exposed to the Spanish culture faster than if I just moved by myself for a year on my own.
I just found your channel today and I love it. I teach Spanish in high school in the States. I love your enthusiasm and hearing about your real-life experiences in Spain.
Thank you so much!!
It's so refreshing to see my own city/country through the eyes of someone who isn't from here. Such a lovely and positive video.
On the topic of Spaniards thinking we can't speak English... for some reason it has become a meme or trend of sorts to say that over the years, when in reality, as you said, we're better at it than we think we are.
Anyway, you just got yourself a new subscriber. Have a beautiful day :)
Thank you Clara! Glad you’re here:)
5:35 Los españoles tampoco entendemos los típicos barrios de película con su césped y su garaje todo a la vista... Yo quiero pasearme en gayumbos por mi patio, Morgan...
Real, quiero mi privacidad, no tener al vecino observándome mientras se hace una barbacoa
Cuánto se nota la ignorancia, en todo America las casas son gigantes y no solo tienen jardín adelante , también tienen terraza privada atrás … además he vivido en España y soy Americana , y les puedo asegurar que en ningún país son tan cotillas como en españa , en USA a nadie le importa lo que haga el vecino …
@@almadallas709 El porcentaje de mortalidad en USA está muy por encima del de España y el resto de Europa. Yo no viviría tranquilo en USA con mi casa expuesta. En NY me sacaron una pistola únicamente por mirar a un grupo de personas. Te aseguro que en USA no podéis dar muchas lecciones de convivencia a los europeos.
@@Kurtd84 Que tiene que ver el tocino con la velocidad? Ella respondia al tema de las casas y la privacidad. La cuestion es sacar otro tema donde España este meor para quedar por encima, no? Patetico.
@@nurialania4760 No, de hecho España a mi me da igual.
It’s been great to feel your point of view through your impressions, thanks for that!
Saludos
I’m Spanish and I agree with most of what you said. Loved your video, never thought about this stuff. Also thanks for focusing on positive things! ❤️😊
You are so lovely!!! Spain will be your home in your heart for ever!!
gracias David! Spain will always be in my heart
Loved your video! Me ha encantado cómo hablas de la cultura de mi país y nuestra forma de vida. Es algo de lo que estoy muy orgulloso también, y me alegra que lo hayas pasado bien en Madrid :D
gracias!! Bienvenidos aquí!!
I lived in Madrid in the late 90s. I can relate to all these things. My impression of them not speaking English was once they found out you could speak enough Spanish to form a sentence they wanted to see you struggle in a good way to grow and learn. If there was a word or phase I was missing someone would feed it to me but I was expected to repeat the thought again with my new found knowledge. I really appreciated this.
Such a nice and positive video, I love how you focused on the good things. It´s sad but it´s very common for us, spaniards, to always underestimate us and focus into the bad things...
Me ha gustado mucho mucho mucho el vídeo, saludos desde una ciudad pequeñita de la costa española!
:)
Estás invitada a venir a Valencia a comer la auténtica paella valenciana! Y descubrir que diferente es Madrid de Valencia
Wait this showed up in my fyp and I thought you had a lot of subscribers 🥺 You deserve a lot of subs, keep going!! Love from Madrid🖤
aw thank you sofia! welcome here :) I am so excited for my channel to grow!
Acabo de descubrir tu canal con este video! Me encanta porque yo estoy viviendo en Estados Unidos (NYC) y aun sigo aprendiendo inglés, me sirve mucho escucharte para mejorar! :)
Hola Leyre! Bienvenidos :) NYC es muy guay!
Hey Morgan! I'm spanish and I work remotely for a company based on the US. Although I know my english is good, I still get nervous every time I have to speak with a colleague, as I think that my fluency isn't great or my accent is very noticeable. I thought it was super interesting that you realized that when you were in Madrid :) Lovely to hear your thoughts on spanish culture as well!!
aw thank you so much Anna! it can be really hard to speak in another language but you are doing great!! Honestly, I love when non-native speakers have accents!
No te preocupes que en Estados Unidos la mayoría no habla Español, ni lo intentan. Si lo intentan su acento es muy notorio. Yo viví 7 años en tres diferentes Estados y ellos quieren que todos los hispanoparlantes, hablemos inglés perfecto, pero ellos 0 Español u otros idiomas.
I'm bilingual, I speak to my kids (10 & 11yo) exclusively in english. And now they come home telling me how terrible their teachers are at school!
My daughter even complains about her native english teacher's accent. She's from South Africa (they're too used to UK or US accents).
Como dicen en otros comentarios, el inglés en España se enseña mal. Los niños son perfectamente capaces, pero nadie tiene la valentía de reformar el sistema educativo para que se haga bien.
Una vez un profesor me suspendió un trabajo en inglés porque no se creía que lo habia hecho yo todo, mi madre fue a hablar con el, en inglés, y el profe no la entendía... mi madre no es española, ni tampoco inglesa, pero trabaja con clientes ingleses todos los dias... tuve que hacer de traductor a los 12 años para que un profe de ingles entendiera una mujer que hablar ingles profesionalmente...
My grandfather is from Spain, apellido Ramirez. I live in the states (Garden state) and hope to visit Spain 🇪🇸 one day.
Gracias por tus amables palabras sobre nosotros. Me alegro de que haya gente como tú que valore lo que tenemos. ✌🏻😘
de nada Juan :)
Hi! I am an English teacher from Madrid, Spain. I agree with most of the points that you made, although it is not the same living in a city for years as visiting or staying for a period of time. Yes, we are loud and chaotic and we love to show affection. You can go party in Madrid every day until the next day and people love to have a beer in a cafeteria even on workdays. However, there are people who do not go out every day, of course. If they stare at you, it can be fine, but it can also mean that they want something else, so be careful with that. You can walk in the street at any time on your own and usually that is fine, but you should be alert. And Madrid and Barcelona are the busiest cities in Spain, so if you visit other cities, small towns or the islands, you will see the pace is much slower!
When I spent one year in London, my cultural shock was that everyone was kind, but colder than in Spain.
Love your video. Take care! :)
Ah! And most people under 30 speak good English (and we are quite shy to speak in English), but when my parents went to school, they studied French instead of English and that is why most elderly people don't know a lot of English. However, I think everyone would try to help you even if they don't speak your language and you don't speak Spanish, which I think is awesome and it doesn't happen in some countries.
Thanks Irene!
In New York mai 2019 a woman was staring at me in the metro for more than 8-10 min.! I was really very shocked, never happened to me in Spain :) Hahaha. Maybe she heard me talk in spanish, who knows. Por cierto, tu acento en español es genial, sigue practicando, no lo pierdas :)
muchas gracias Alberto!! He practicado mucho. It's funny how some people stare and others don't! I suppose it's a personal preference.
Yes I used to live in Chicago and people looked at me a lot and they always said to me nice things, like: oh you look like the singer Cheer or your hair is very nice, hahaha
It was really endearing to hear all these things about our culture which we really just don't realize most of the time.
Great video!
LOS ESPAÑOLES ESTÁN MAS INTERESADOS EN LAS ÍNGLES QUE EN EL INGLÉS
You are a sweetheart 🥰
Thanks for speak about my country in such lovely way ❤️❤️
2:06 "Is that allowed!?!?" meme lmao
No one is in a hurry, except Fernando Alonso and Dani Pedrosa xD
y marc marquez
Thank you Hola! I love what you shared. You feel relaxed in Spain and that’s great!!!
I am planning to move to Spain in
Late Sept. I am totally looking forward to the natural beauty and so many fascinating cities. Thank you! I will look for your videos.
Thanks for talking about us in that positive and respectful way. Is so refreshing for me to know this reflexions from a young american woman. Maybe we are not that bad!
I'd say patriotic pride thing is a tricky topic in Spain. Madrid is known for the patriotic feeling many of its citizens have, but it's a whole different story across the country. You'll hear many Spaniards say they feel ashamed of their country, which is quite sad if you think about it.
It's more of a political issue rather than just a social taboo. Some political parties have turned patriotism into their signature premise, and these parties hold Franco (dictator who died in the 70s) and his deeds close to their hearts. Many people believe Franco to be the epitome of fascism in Spain...
There's this unspoken, general conception that inherently links loving your hometown to supporting Franco or neo-fascism.
It really is a delicate topic for most people. Most young Spaniards are very passionate about politics
The state that we currently have is the direct successor of Francoist Spain. It's not even hard to see, there are a lot of tributes to the fascist dictator in the streets, and especially in police departments.
We also have an embarrassing political and judicial class, that is responsible for a lot of corruption cases and ridiculously unfair trials. Trials that favour corrupt politicians and often harm artists and people who are part of political organizations that they don't agree with.
When a lot of Spaniards say that they're embarrassed of their own country, they mean that they are embarrassed by its political system and some people that don't see or don't want to see the problems that we, as a society, face.
In my experience with pro-independence people, which I'm not, they think that the society in their region is more aware of these problems and it will be easier to find solutions in that context. Also, they often think that the independence of a region would somewhat democratize Spain, giving it's citizens some perspective that things can be changed and that even the constitution can be changed.
@@adorayadoray1289 The fuck are you talking about?
es polémica no? my teacher from Madrid and I talk about this sometimes, I think America also experiences these delicate topics!
@@honestguy7764 About patriotic pride in Spain, independence movements and Franco. Corruption too.
I thought that this was the topic of the comment I was replying to, but maybe I wrote something incoherent (?).
Edit: also, when I wrote tributes I mean street names or the fascist eagle being on the cover of our constitution, not literally people honoring his "legacy" (which there are, but I don't think there are many of them)
yeah, the fences are interesting! personally, i've never been to the states but from what i've seen in movies or videos... i feel there is little privacy there haha. same goes for blinds, when i visited some "northern" european countries like the netherlands, you could practically see everything in the house, i found that really weird (not necessarily in a bad way, just something to point out)
And in the USA see how many robberies, violations, and murders at home there are?! I am for big fences in Europe
My wife’s family is from Northern Spain and we love to visit. On our last trip we spent a few days in Madrid, my 3 children were very small at the time 3yrs to 7yrs. When dining out we/ I certainly received a bunch of stares. This apparently wasn’t a thing in Galicia but in Madrid it certainly was. Frankly I was very put off by the stares and at one point I was even approached by someone, he came to apologize to me because I think he and his group realized that I caught their stares one to many times and that it was bothering me. Thank you for sharing this because I had no idea that this was somewhat common. I won’t be an overly dramatic Americano next time. Besos
MONTAÑAS LAGOS FIORDOS NIEVE GLACIARES BOSQUES
CHILE ARGENTINA
LA ESCANDINAVIA DEL HEMISFERIO SUR
¡Hola Morgan! Thanks a lot for loving so much our country and our culture. ¡Gracias, guapa! ¡Ole tu!
of course!
I'm from Spain, I'm still in highschool (though it is my last year, thank God). We are taught English from a very young age, but we all also think that the English level of the average Spanish person is terrible, so I was really surprised with what you said in this video! The problem is that the school system focuses on teaching things like grammar rules, some vocabulary and a lot of things that aren't really practical instead of teaching students how to hold a conversation, that's why so many people (including myself) aren't confident when speaking English, specially older people who had it even worse when they were students. Anyway, I really liked the video! :)
Your English is great Lauro! I’m glad you are here!
@@HolaMorgan aw thank you so much!!
Well, I’m from Spain, and even though “we are teached English” since the first year of school, a lot of people have a very low level of English when they’re 18 or so because of the way that it is teached
I ,for example, have learned a lot more through RUclips videos or serien in English that in school
So learning English is valued but they don’t teach it right, at all
Esque el inglés se enseña mal
El tiempo pasado de teach es "taught" ... Lo dicho, soy angloparlante y a veces creo que el inglés no es un idioma lógico para nada!
same
Exacto, intentan enseñarlo como si fuera lengua, teniendo en cuenta que el español es nuestro primer idioma, lengua no es tan complicada, pero si intentas poner a niños que no tienen ni idea de ingles a dar lengua no te va a salir bien
I’ve had experience in Russian schools and German schools myself, and I’ve seen schools in France, China and South America. Many children develop hatred and anxiety towards English just because of the established methods. It’s a waste of time and torture the way English is being taught, well, everywhere. People spend 5 years on average and countless hours of their lives learning it but they don’t speak it afterwards! Seriously, “English grammar” is a scare word like “Hitler” for most of us and that’s because the material was being transmitted with no passion, no fun, no speaking the language during class. A language is a living thing but it’s being taught like an autopsy and most teachers make the experience as pleasant as a dissection of a corpse. Teaching and learning languages needs a paradigm shift.
Haha! So interesting! As a Spaniard living in France, I think the same about Frenchies in a bunch of the topics you mentioned.
Thank you for your words about Spanish people! so nice to hear, actually make me smile!
of course Alba :) I love it!
Tengo un amigo que vive en USA y dice que los estadounidenses en general sois muy ambiciosos y mas individualistas. En España somos mas conformistas con el trabajo. En general queremos vivir bien y relajados. No nos obsesionamos con ganar dinero únicamente y no solemos ser consumistas ni materialistas. Se valora mas el tener tiempo libre para disfrutar que tener mucho dinero. El lado malo que tiene esto es que hay pocos emprendedores, menos empresas y mas funcionarios (gente que trabaja para el estado). Esto empobrece al país y hace que haya mucho paro y poco trabajo de calidad.
In comparison with other europe countries I think that our level of english is bad. We translate ALL the movies and series. This doesn't help the people to learn english. The spanish is also an important lenguage (not as important as english but much more than greek, sweedish or italian) and we have a lot of information in spanish on the internet.
Gracias por tu comentario!! I thought the English in Spain was pretty good but I can see how some other countries in Europe may use english more. But the English in Spain is definitely better than the spanish in America haha. You made a good point about the jobs too
Se dice que en Europa se "trabaja para vivir" y no se "vive para trabajar"
jajaja salió el liberal a decir que el problema es que hay pocos 'emprendedores'...
Well, if you complain all gets translated and synchronized in Spain into Spanish wait to come to Germany and freak out 😂
@@EyoneCA pues si. Y yo soy el primero que esta opositando xD
Ojalá fuera cierto que vamos despacio y trabamos para vivir, en Madrid al menos es más bien al revés ☹️
Muy interesante conocer tu visión de nuestro país ❤
Totalmente cierto, creo que ha debido vivir en una burbuja o con gente privilegiada porque la mayoria no lo vemos de esa forma. Ojala!
Hombre comparado con Estados Unidos de seguro damos esa imagen
En los EEUU hay algunas compañias (que no todas) que te piden que trabajes como robot. Cuando ya llegaste al 100% te piden 101%. Y sales con agotamiento absoluto. Y si inventas algo que automatiza y das 101%, te pedirán 102% para el siguiente periodo.
Es la idea equivocada por su tradición naval. Se habla de "full speed" como si fuera el 100% y flank speed va por encima de eso. Lo que no saben es que, por ejemplo, un reactor nuclear de submarino puede dar el 100%, pero por encima de 50% se puede empezar a dañar. Entonces full speed es 50%. Cuando un capitán de submarino de la US Navy mira en una película que le dice al mecánico que le saque 101% al motor, el capitán le dirá que no. Un motor da cien por ciento, punto cero, exacto, y no más.
Y encima se mira mal que tomes vacaciones aunque puedas ser acreedor a ellas.
Supongo que a eso se refieren. En España no creo que sea distinto.
Hi Morgan
Really don’t know how I get to your channel 😅. After living over 8 years in Spain and 2 in the US. Really glad that you had enjoy the experience on living abroad as that opens your mind and get to know different ways of thinking and you can always take what you like about it 😉. Keep it with this channel as your content is so great !!
aw thanks Luis! i think living abroad is such a gift!! glad to have you here on my channel! where are you from?
@@HolaMorgan I was born in Venezuela, then moved to Indiana, and now, I have been living in Spain, as all my grandparents are from Spain :)
That was interesting! I live in Spain too and i totally get what you are talking abaut. It´s good to know how overeas people react to our culture and it´s always fun i've got to admit!
I’m glad you enjoyed it:)
I'm from Spain, from the south and I do definetly stare at people in the metro, but they normally look back at me and smile like a silent "hey!"
Idk of this happens too in USA, but most of the people I cross a look with smile back, not only in the south, but in Madrid, Galicia, Valencia...some won't ofc but I find it nice!
And ab English, in every school I've been in (and I've been in a few) they start implementing English when kids are 3yo, things like colours, shapes, the days of the week...also bilingual schools are very common, in bilingual schools there are some subjects that are taught in English (mostly history, biology and PE), in some you can choose wether you want to be in the program that has biology and history in English, but for example in my highschool you could choose that, but for certain grades it was compulsory to take Music or PE in English!
I think the staring is different in the USA because here people will get nervous if you stare at them for too long! But a simple glance and smile are always accepted here!
Yes you are right! I worked as auxiliar de conversación en un colegio en los montañas. norte del centro. y mis estudiantes tuvieron clases en español como ciencia pero clases en ingles como PE o la música!
@@HolaMorgan oh! You were an assistant! I always love when we have assistants they are so sweet I'm sure they hold you close in their hearts now that we can't have auxiliares due to the pandemic!
Than you for speaking so positively about my country. You're very pretty, BTW. New subscriber greeting you from Spain.
aw thanks so much! I love Spain!! bienvenidos a mi canal :)
I was born and raised in Spain but in the Canary Islands and was taught at The American School of Las Palmas. Nice video!
The fences are also a safety thing. It's for privacy too but it's intended to protect the house as well and to unencourage people from breaking in the house or things like that. We also have a high fence and a small part of the garden was showing so we lifted up the fence by half a meter lol
Great video! I thought Spain was lovely. We were mostly in Madrid. We found a lot of people didn't speak English (or wouldn't) so it was much harder to communicate then in other countries we have visited. We thought is was very orderly & clean, and it was odd to not see graffiti like we do here. A lot of what you said can definitely be said about Italy. I traveled there in my early 20's and was very surprised by the forwardness & staring & loudness. But it was fun & lively & still slow paced. Can't wait to travel again soon!
It may be true. Is that Spanish is the second most spoken mother tongue in the world (after Chinese). Not so much Americans, but the English are reproached for being very bad with languages, and I think it must be because they communicate with English all over the world. I think similar happens to us. Regards my friend.
in America we are not taught languages the same way as they are taught in other countries! it's a shame, because it is very helpful to know multiple languages!
Yes Spain is so beautiful!! Very clean too, they really take care of their communities
And you? Why you don´t speak Spanish?
@@chimo6010 I do speak Spanish, just not in this video. I have several other videos in Spanish :) I decided to learn the language in college and also in Spain.
Menudo fichaje hemos hecho. Welcome aboard, you are sweet, interesting, and beautiful. I hope you enjoy your stay here.
Gracias Ricardo! That is very nice of you to say, I love spain!!
Wow! I thought this would be the typical video full of clichés but no. You actually took your time to observe the society you came to visit and made a thoughtful analysis. As an anthropologist I really appreciate it, and as a spaniard I find your thoughts amusing. It's true we do all that! ^^
hola Tuffi! I love this comment :) Wow anthropology; thats so cool. i'm glad you enjoyed the video!
You noticed the fences too! I thought I was the only one haha sometimes you have to walk around the whole street block because everything is fenced whereas in other countries there would be public shortcuts in between apartment buildings. Good observations
haha yes!!
En Madrid la gente va a toda leche... no sé que le llama a ir despacio y con calma esta chica.
Hola Patricia, vente a Estados Unidos y lo entenderas.
@@clementecanizares6967 he estado en Estados Unidos. NY, LA, Chicago, Boston etc
@@patriciaalburquerque5842 En tantas ciudades has estado trabajando?, o de vacaciones? Porque es muy diferente
@@carlospalenciapinedo4892 uy ya salió el tipico “es muy diferente” cuéntaselo a la señora de Huelva que vino a Madrid de vacaciones y básicamente la gente la arrastró Gran Via abajo y dijo que no volvía. Dónde he trabajado poco te interesa.
Debe ser entre estudiantes.
America is a continent that extends from Chile and Argentina in the south all the way to Alaska and Canada on the North. It is not possible all people in America is always in a hurry. It depends, in cities like Bogota or Buenos Aires, per instance, this is the case but if you go to little towns in the Andes (as an example), people is really calm and never in a hurry.
** I meant the USA in general has a mindset that focuses more on business and being in a rush. we have what's known as a "Fast Food Culture"!
I live in a small town in Galicia, Spain and for us Madrid is a very busy city!!! I can’t believe you found it calm 😭
Haha I’ve heard Galicia is amazing!! I found it calm except for Sol! My anxiety in Sol was always high😂 but compared to many cities in the US, Madrid feels more calm
"Is this allowed??" Made me lol!!! so cutee, que gracia tu reacción
jajaj gracias Angela
Eres encantadora. Tu forma de expresarte más que lo bien que habla de mi país, refleja lo bien que estuviste por aquí (se te nota la añoranza). Me alegra que sea así y de estar seguro de no equivocarme. Vuelves cuando quieras, aquí estaremos esperándote siempre.
muchas gracias jose!! hablas ingles también? Espero que puedo visitar pronto
Hello, dear! Nice to see you had a great time here and you understand the "starings moments". A lot of American people really mistake the situation.
I talk English since I was 12 years old, and I remember clearly the first time I met an American, she was in a trouble and I helped her, but I had a cultural shock too.
Her daughter was locked in the bus station toilet. The girl was only four yo, so she didn't have the strength to move again the latch, and the poor girl was screaming in panic. Her mother try to reassured her, and it was a shock for me that she said "Don't worry, we are in Spain"... WTF?
But she didn't speak Spanish, so the people can't helped her properly. I traduced the problem to the security ward, and he broke the door. Later, he lecture seroiusly to the mother (it was really embarassing for me to be in the middle), bc she must to be with her daughter into the toilet, but she said her daughter was enougth old for take care of herself in this intimate moments... I wonder if it was a lie.
The mother was very scared and stressful, so finally, the waiters of the station restaurant invited her a tila, and a hot chocolate and a pice of cake for the girl, while they are waiting for the father.
Thank you for your view of our country. Everyone who enjoys and respects our country is always welcome. Come back whenever you want
of course! thanks so much :)
Great video! As a Spaniard that’s now living in the US I have to say all you’ve said is very accurate! 🤗
Aw thanks Anna!!
You felt in love with Spain. I love it !!
I really did fall in love with Spain I love it!
As spaniard I find very interesting to see our country from the point of view of a foreigner (in your case an american point of view), besides that I recommend you to visit Andalucía some day cause if you liked Madrid you're gonna love Andalucía for sure, also we speak a little bit different here because of the different accents xD
I haven't had many opportunities to visit places from my own country yet but here where I live I think it's a "must visit place" if you ever go to Spain, the one day I could visit Madrid already felt stressful for me lol and I could even feel the air more polluted as I'm used to live outer cities so I'm just not used to do my life fast at all and I don't even want to cause not falling into it leads to quality of life and tranquility imo ^ ^ (or said in another way like the life I want to live isn't focused on work)
Though all the many good things keep in mind that some places can still be kinda dangerous, as an advice lul
Edit: btw I think that the spanish people that have a good english isn't thanks to school but other ways to learn it like:
- academies
- living in other country for a period of time
- music, games or series in english
- using it on the internet either for writing or talking with english people
- etc
* I have learned most of my english by self-teaching myself by playing videogames, translating songs I like from english to spanish, searching the words I don't know and noting them in my "personal english dictionary" to not forget them until I have them totally memorized, and talking with a friend I made from other country on the internet (this last one really helped me improve my talking which was the one I had the most lack of), and I still learning new english stuff regularly ^ ^
that's a great way to study!
Wow, I forgot how strange you find to see fences and protection on windows. Thank you for the cultural shock reminder. Such interesting!
Of course! So different from here but cool to see!
Hey! I'm Spanish and I want to thank you for saying that we are good at speaking english. A lot of ppl says that we don't speak any language or that we are very bad. And what about the time? Here we have lunch and dinner too late if we compare it with other countries.
You’re welcome :) yes that is a great point! I now eat meals later in the US haha
Great video!👏👏 The reason we got high fences is unfortunately to avoid burglars breaking into our house
thank you for watching Alba!!