How I Learned To Speak Spanish In A Year - Step by Step Process, Resources, and Personal Advice
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
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Timestamps
0:00 - 2:58 My background in Spanish and how I got serious
2:58 - 5:35 Months 1-3
5:35 -7:04 Tangible resources in months 1-3
7:04 - 9:59 Months 4-7
9:59 - 11:45 Tangible Resources in months 4-7
11:45 - 17:36 Months 8-12
17:36 - 23:14 Conclusion & Advice
""attack your flaws" - LOVE THIS!!!
Thanks for watching 🙏🏾
It’s so nice to finally hear a realistic video about “fluent in a year” I have been studying for multiple years and I am conversational but I wouldn’t consider myself fluent. I appreciate your realistic perspective. The fluent speaker in 6 month videos are annoying to me because for 99% of people it is a very unrealistic expectation
Yeah fluency is tough to describe, but nobody is doing it in 6 months even under the most loose definitions 😂 I almost never say I’m fluent, I just say “I speak Spanish” because it’s a fact and you can’t really argue against it. Thanks for watching and keep going! It’s a lifelong journey for sure
Using children's books is necessary! Good tips on this video.
Thanks for watching 😁
Appreciate you sharing your story. I'm about 9 months into my journey
Just make sure you keep going 🫡 no matter how hard it gets don’t stop
Omg man this was so so interesting!! Ty for everything you have no idea how much you helped me with this video!! Stay blessed!
Happy it helped. Let me know if you need anything
Thanks for sharing your process! I totally get the imposter syndrome feeling. It's funny though because if someone were learning English and they spoke without an accent, we would think wow, nice job! But when we turn that around on ourselves we don't feel that way. Us humans are weird. 😂
Yep it’s tough to get over but like you said ultimately no one cares. They just think you’re doing a good job.
Hola! Muchas gracias por mencionarnos. Nos da mucha emoción ser parte de tu viaje y ayudarte un poco. ¡Un viaje súper inspirador!
Ustedes se lo merecen. Veo sus videos todos los días 👍🏾
Well said, chief! Duolingo is like wanting to reach your destination by walking on a treadmill.
Word. It has it a bit of usefulness, but definitely isn’t gonna get you where you want to go on it’s own.
*a bit
Its just another tool. Its good for sentence structure.
😮 So duolingo isn’t worth it?
@@Kim.K.EdwardsIt’s opinion thing, and, ass they say, opinions are like buttholes. We all have one.
But some of us have experience-actual experience. The overwhelming majority of people you see opining on Duolingo have very little use of it under their belt. Probably less than halfway through the full course, and they’re out here acting like they know what they’re talking about.
As for me, I’m about 85% through the full course, and can have full-length conversations in text, read books and articles and put the material down with a healthy understanding of what I just consumed without having to look up anything. That’s not to say I knew every word, I encounter words I don’t know often. But I know enough of the words around those words that I can contextually figure it out.
Duolingo’s greatest shortcoming (in my opinion) is listening skills and being able to speak out loud spontaneously. These are skills you will need to practice and develop in your own outside of Duolingo, but isn’t difficult to do. I use TikTok and UA-cam to listen to native speakers to practice my listening, and fake conversations aloud with both imaginary people and with media-I will speak out loud to the radio, UA-cam videos, TikTok, etc., to things they’re saying.
I’ve also joined groups on FB for Spanish speakers who are learning English, and it’s very easy to find people willing to chat back and forth with to practice their English and your Spanish-both texting and video/voice calls.
I also get 1-3 songs at a time, not a huge playlist, of English songs that have been translated and sang in Spanish and I will listen to them over and over and over and over, back to back. For example, on Sundays I am allowed to use earbuds and listen to music at work. That gives me a full 8 hours during the week-even though it’s all in one day, and I will play the same three songs over and over. I will listen to them once a day or so throughout the week, but this allows me to really get to know the songs, the words, and singing along with them gets me being able to say those words and phrases really well (and rapidly), which has proven to be an amazingly useful aid in my learning. I’ve found that phrases from these songs actually come in handy during conversations. I have many tiene pulled a whole line out of my head and just spit the whole thing out in a crisp, rapid chain of words that came from a song, and was applicable to the conversation. I essentially skipped over the hard part of learning subjunctive, because I accidentally picked it up in songs (and TikTok videos) without realizing I was learning what is a hard thing for so many others-and would have been for me, too, had I done it with my mind being distracted thinking I was learning some grammatical mechanic. I just had all these clips and lines in my head from songs, or watching the same TikTok video 400 times over a 3 week period until I could hear it and understand without having to think about it.
Thanks for the video bro. I’m one month in. I’ll update you in a few months
Thanks for watching! I look forward to your update
Thanks for the mention bro!!
Claro bro. You’re a big motivation for me brother.
This was great and helpful. Thank you
Thank you for watching 🙏🏾
Thanks, appreciate the walkthrough
No problem. Let me know if you need anything else
this major bro! i’m in the journey now
You got it 🫡 stay consistent. Let me know if you need anything
Thank you this was a great help
Let me know if you need anything else
Thank you.
Happy to help
Thanks man, it’s really helpfull
No problem. Let me know if I can help you with anything
Thank you
Glad to help
First video of yours that I've seen but it was fantastic! Thanks so much!
Thank you for watching 🙏🏾
Thanks my friend!
Thank you for watching & let me know if I can help more.
thank you
Glad to help 😁
Great video! I loved hearing your story and how your language learning journey came to be. Keep up the good work! Language learning opens up so many opportunities in life, that I never realized it would when I first started out, it’s truly a beautiful experience!
It has definitely opened many doors for me. Lots of new friends and experiences 🙌🏾 thanks for watching
gracias 👍
Gracias por ver!
I liked this video, I can read at a fairly intermediate level but I have no speaking or listening skills so that’s what I’m trying to work on now, and these videos are great for motivation to keep me going.
Most important thing is to work on what you want to improve. Lots of people read a lot and think that’s all they need to speak and listen better, but those are separate skills. Listen to more speakers (podcasts, movies shows etc) and have more conversations and you’ll see your level increase for sure
This is awesome, thanks for this.
I think I'll be in an almost identical position as you. One of my friends is from PR and (obviously) speaks Spanish and wants to voice chat weekly to help me out, so hearing how much progress you made in half a year is motivational! I bought a grammar book and I like your kids' books idea, so probably end up getting a few of them
If you ever need some help with anything just let me know
Thanks for being real. I’m starting back in learning Spanish after two years high school classes 45 years ago. I appreciate all the resources you listed. I will check them out.
Let me know if you need any help or have any questions 👍🏾
Thank you. What you say makes sense to me. Your video inspired me to change the way I've been studying Spanish.
I’m happy to hear that! Let me know if you ever need help or want a specific video and I’ll make it
Love this video. I'm English I don't know one Spanish speaker. 40 years old and didn't think I could do it.
I saw Mike benns progression vids day to say month 2.
And I thought Iif he can do it i can do it.
I'm a year in been through all the same shit as you
it's un real and weird at times. I'm same ill learn the words I need to learn not flash cards. Cheers for this. Gracias
I love to hear that! It’s tough to believe we can do certain things but if you get on the right path and just keep going you make so much progress.
Straight up up, you and Mike Ben have me so pumped to do this. Two real dudes giving me the path to success. No nonsense. Thanks for this.
Keep me updated on your journey, I would love to hear about it.
@@quicktempa will do.
@@justind4448 how is it going 🤔
Buen video, ayudara a muchas personas!
Gracias brother 👊🏾
Great advice! I wish I would've learned German this way! Thanks for sharing this, especially the advice about comprehensive input and pronunciation.
Thanks for watching!
I appreciate you sharing your process so much. I just started Madrigal’s book and have watched a lot of (very) easy comprehensible input videos but I hadn’t considered getting some children’s books, and that’s brilliant. That’s the stage I’m at right now, so I’m off to check out the library website now! And I’m noting all of your suggestions for when I have a bit more experience. Thanks again!
Thanks for watching 😁 I think most of my thoughts are the same as when I made this video but if you have any questions or want to know if I’ve changed my opinion about anything just let me know
Bro, Your confidence in front of camera is awesome. You nailed it
Thank you 🙏🏾 probably just comes from practice. Things never come out like you want them when the camera is on though haha. I always look at my videos like “why didn’t I just say ____”
Excellent video. I have just started learning Spanish again after a 5 year break. Your video is a great encouragement - thank you John
Thanks for watching. Let me know if you need any help
Thank you great advice,I am learning Spanish I will study your video again and take your approach to study to see how it goes thanks again
Let me know if you need any help or tips along the way. I’m happy to help 😁
¡Muchas gracias por mencionarnos en tu canal, Quick Tempa! ¡Nos hace mucha ilusión! Gordon y yo deseamos que tu viaje aprendiendo español sea maravilloso y lleno de nuevas aventuras. Cynthia x
No hay de qué. Ustedes se lo merecen.
Sir, please share the grammar podcasts, it would be really helpfu for me .
I'm pleased you learned to speaka da lingo in a year, and others who did so in six months, three months, or a week, and I know you post it to give people like me confidence that it can be done,but I have been doing it solo, can't afford the fees, and can manage a few simple sentences, so I reckon it's gonna take a decade or more before i can do it. 😂
Maybe, maybe not. Don’t limit yourself. You can still achieve a lot on your own with free resources. It’s all about knowing *how* to do it
Dope video
Thank you for watching 🫡 I appreciate it
Thanks for this video! I'm going to try to apply some of these things now that I'm working on learning Korean.
Get on italki 👍🏾 nothing better than talking to a native speaker after you familiarize yourself with the alphabet & sounds. Thanks for watching
I’m learning Korean too! Although it’s going on the back burner for a while I focus on Spanish
Same here bro! hablo un poco de español pero todavía estoy aprendiendo🤷🏽♂️
Si algún día quieres hablar conmigo en un podcast, déjame saber 🤝🏾
Thanks for your detailed experience. I appreciate the 1 hour 3 times a week detail. I'm using alot of material but need a tutor and need to know a good amount of time to send on this part.
yeah 1 hour 3 times a week is good and when you get some more confidence use what you learned in “class” with natives in every day life
Good video. I also follow Mike Ben
Mike Ben is my guy 🔥 I’m gonna try to get him out here in Colombia to make some videos soon
Good stuff man! I'm on week 2 of learning Spanish and I'm so motivated and pumped!
Just keep showing up and chipping away 👍🏾 there’s a lot of ups and downs, but don’t give up. Let me know if you need any help
Curious on how you're feeling about the language now. I started almost two years ago but if I wanted to be completely honest, I can say that I've only spent a good 6 months of real study. I've been on and off and on again.
@@alexmighty9004 what level of fluency would you place yourself? Do you feel that you’ve progressed a good bit in the language?
@@reignofelohim I wish the people in this comment thread replied. I love seeing people’s progress.
Who was the financial dude you mentioned? Beneficial video.
Jose Galindez 🫡
Thank you for the video. You dropped a ton of gems. Your story is similar to mine. I took Spanish in Middle and High school but never was extremely conversational. Every now and then I've tried to re-learn as an adult but could never find the right process. Trying to learn through a rote method with just going through workbooks and DuoLingo ain't it. Your tips about interacting with Native speakers and reading children's books are great. How often did you meet with your teacher? Daily, Weekly, Monthly?
We were talking Skype 3-4 times a week during quarantine, but now it’s down to 2 times most weeks. We’re good friends now so it’s more straight up conversations about life than it is lessons, but it’s still very helpful.
Hola joven : Hoy me suscribí a su canal después de escucharle hablar con el Sr Mike en Español. Soy una abuela cubana admiradora del joven Mike y a su vez practico my listening con el cuando habla en inglés aunque prefiero escucharlo en Español por lo bien que lo hace. Hoy lo encontré a ud y también me impresionó su pronunciación al principio lo confundí con otro joven que habla exactamente igual a los dominicanos que fíjese si ese joven habla bien el Español que yo juraba era un dominicano que había aprendido inglés. Bueno hoy lo escuché a usted y ahora también lo seguiré porque yo estudio inglés por mi cuenta. Ese consejo sobre el abecedario es el que yo siempre doy a algunas personas que me han preguntado. Una vez se domine el sonido que forma una consonante con una vocal y al revés una vocal con una consonante pues ya se puede leer cualquier palabra y quedaría aprender lo que la palabra significa. Bueno no alargo más este escrito. Felicidades a usted también y le deseo todo lo mejor en su aprendizaje 👏♥️
Gracias por suscribirse 🙏🏾 déjeme saber si puedo ayudar de cualquier manera con sus esfuerzos
Very good content. I'm also learning Spanish by just listening (comprehensive input) and over the last few months I´ve built some vocabulary/short sentences I can use but I´m stuck with conjugation. Did you actively study conjugation like in school or just consumed books/movies/podcast in Spanish to master them?
Thanks for watching. It was a mixture of both I would say. The present tense I learned in school but everything after that was on my own from input and practicing what i learned. It’s all the same pattern once you get it down
Great video. I would like to learn from the person that helped you.
Do you have Instagram? His Instagram is Wil_Torres and you can message him in English. If you don’t have an Instagram account I can find you another way to get in touch with him like his email
my husband wants to learn but i dont know where to start so thank youu
If I can do anything to help let me know!
Excellent video. I learned a lot in one sitting by just taking a chapter of a challenging kids book (e.g. Chronicles of Narnia) and reading it with the audio book playing. It was kind of exhausting, but it noticed new words with every "lap" of the chapter and vocabulary was getting in without focusing on the vocabulary. It was weird, just my brain telling me "hey, this word means this" "wait really? (Checks dictionary) how the ... Cool)
Let me ask, though: how'd you work with Storytel. I had some trouble with it recently (even with VPN and phone in Spanish), so I just gave up and stuck with my library's audiobooks
I didn’t have any trouble but I selected my country as Colombia on the app and not United States so maybe that’s why?
Hola QuickTempa acabo de ver tu vídeo con Charlie. Yo soy profesor de español, ¿crees que podamos hacer una colaboración.? Como una entrevista o algo así. Saludos desde Perú 😀😀
Claro que sí 😁 déjame saber cuando y dónde
Really good video!! Have you ever feel stuck though, like your not motivated anymore?
This is happening to me now
I should make a video on this, but yes it happens all the time especially as you get more advanced. Redefine what your goals are. It could be that you already reached where you wanted to go
I will definitely try that thanks much
It would be awesome if you made this video in Spanish with English subtitles.
Honestly sometimes I forget this video exists until someone comments on it because it was like 2 years ago. I don’t even have hair anymore 😂 but that’s a good idea for content. Might make the same video with slightly different ideas in Spanish. Thanks for watching and commenting
@@quicktempait would be cool to see your progression -- and your bald head! 😁 (Re)starting my language journey now- French as a true beginner but I want to also get back to Spanish!
@@lalalalalalee6311 I made a video somewhere on here about my earliest days in Spanish with videos that I had from those times, but yeah I’ll make another one no problem.
Good video! My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!
Ahhh yes my job in the military worked closely with people who went to DLI. They told me the “horror stories” of how intense it was
DUDE!!! You tickle the hell out of me. I could definitely learn from you. You're so damn real. You didn't tell me the first damn thing I didn't already know but I could not stop listening. I am a Polyglot. Spanish is a level 1 language so people who speak a level 5 language think learning Spanish is easy.....bs!!! right? It is so much harder to learn a lower-level language at times because we overthink it. Spanish has 7 damn tenses whereas English has three. Lower level languages use gender and conjugate which is trying to open a combination lock to which you don't know the damn combination.
How did you help me and why did I bookmark you and also subscribe? Glad you asked. You seem to me to be super intelligent while not being arrogant and/or freaking fake. My kind of people. Loved it, dude!!
You mentioned slang messing you up. Quick....my man...you have got to get Gritty Spanish if you don't already have it. I'm not a creator and I'm not an affiliate but it is cool. I'm sure you can Google it and find it. I have learned so much and I already could pass a 4-year level college examination and still learned REAL to life Spanish. People think that if you are white that people don't judge you...again..bs!!! I am just me and the last thing I need is people hating me because I'm speaking another tongue other than my mother's and thinking I think I'm better because I am speaking super proper then spitting in my damn food or some shit. I just love different cultures and want to be embraced as a peer and not presumed to think that I think I'm better and hated for something I never was or felt. Not saying I want to be fake, I'm saying the opposite. I want to be real. We do not speak English correctly but we all speak it wrong together. I want to simply be accepted as everyone does...or should.
Love your style, bro. Again...Gritty Spanish. You know...when in Rome and all that!
-Col. Christopher Scott aka. Teddy Bear
Thank you! I actually recently picked up Gritty Spanish after hearing someone else mention it in a video. I always aim to be genuine about my journey and my life so I’m glad to hear that. Thanks again for taking the time watch my video & comment kind words 🙏🏾
Will check out
Appreciate the video! I have a question- my family is from Haiti and i speak ok French with Horrible conjugations. Also, I've been around Spanish my entire life, so i can read/understand a lot of words, just can't form sentences or conjugate. I can only understand extremely slow Spanish. Just like you, i need context and hate formal lessons. How would you recommend me fully immersing myself to learn conversational Spanish? I'm in that weird space where i am looking for the best methods, instead of practicing. I think I'm looking for the easy way out since i have more than basics. Any assistance that can help someone in my situation?
Just do what’s at your level at the moment. Read basic books (out loud so you get used to saying the words) or watch basic tv with subtitles. Also trying to narrate what you’re doing or just did will help you realize what you can’t say. Just summarize whatever you do out loud in Spanish
@@quicktempa Appreciate it brother 💯
@@HALFAMAZINGTV let me know if you need anything else
yo what spanish books do you recommend buying for learning spanish???
Brother did you watch the video 😂 I listed them and put them in the bio
Hi 🙋🏽♀️
I love this video, and how you broke down your process.
How difficult would it be to speak to someone who uses “vos”, if you haven’t learned those conjugations?
I’ve been learning for about 7 months, and just began to speak about a month ago (4 convos total). I struggle with remembering things that I know, when in conversations, and putting sentences together. It can be frustrating because I like to talk, so I’ll have soooo much to say, but don’t know how to say most of it. 🤦🏽♀️😂
If you can quantify, about how long did it take you to get over that? And what was most effective in getting over that hump?
It’ll definitely be difficult at first because you say all 2nd person conjugations in the present differently. Dile and decile are pretty different in real time. I live in a city in Colombia now where vos is used often so I’m pretty accustomed to it. As far as forgetting everything you know that’s pretty normal actually because knowing something is different than actively recalling it. That’s why multiple choice is easier than fill in the blank. The only way your active recall will get better with things you know is to actively recall them 😂 gotta practice speaking as much as possible even if it’s with yourself. Hard to quantify it but the moment you commit to having frequent convos (multiple times per week) your progress will skyrocket
Thanks for the reply
I wasn’t aware that some Latin American countries used “vos” until recently, so when I started my Spanish language journey I didn’t learn it. I think it would be too much for me to add it to my learning now, but I do plan on visiting a few places that use it. Guess I’ll worry about that when the time comes 😂.
I keep hearing that speaking more will help greatly. I told myself that I needed to do at least 3 classes (italki) per week, or 1 italki session, and 2 language exchange sessions.
It’s definitely time to increase my talking sessions.
Thanks again
Should I learn the alphabet I have that yellow book u showed me from the video
You should definitely learn the alphabet & how to properly pronounce the letters
So did you do the exercises in the Madrigal’s book? Or did you just read the book? How did you approach the aforementioned book?
I “did” them in my head but I didn’t actually write anything down. I read it all the way through and took concepts that I didn’t know and internalized them. So for instance at the time I might have known that words that end in ENT in English turn into ENTE in Spanish, but maybe I didn’t know CY turns into CIA. If I went back in time I would have started with that book though because it’s a lot of good info. Did I answer what you were looking for? If not let me know and I’ll give more info
@@quicktempa yes! Thank you!!!
@@ReignRey no problem 🙏🏾 let me know if you need anything else and I gotcha
@@quicktempa thank you! Will do
Hablo francés y aprendí ingles jugando runescape. Nunca he estudiado ingles por un dia en mi vida lo hablo perfectamente. Estoy aprendiendo español con duolingo actualmente pero solo es un método. Duo no es mal pero solo es un método, y si quieres aprender rapidamente, hay que usar más de una manera. Si solo usas un método, nunca aprenderías como quieres. Puse la mayoría de mi tiempo en duo, pero tambien miro una gran variedad de muchos videos sobre el español. Hace 6 meses que empecé y eso funciona para mí. Todos necesitan encontrar su propria, única manera para aprender
Estoy de acuerdo pero hablar es una habilidad. Tienes que practicar para mejorarte. Mucha gente puede leer y escribir comentarios pero no puede hablar bien o tiene que pensar mucho. Pero sí sí sí estoy de acuerdo con lo que me escribiste
Tienes la razón. La mayoría del tiempo que vas a usar tu conocimiento del español es cuándo hablas con personas en la vida real usando la voz. Estudiar y escribir es mejor cuándo empezas pero lo más que te mejoras, lo más que necesitas hablar. Eso es porque duolingo puede ser útil si no es el unico método que usas. Bueno para comenzar pero no para siempre.
(This sounds butchered a bit but think I still conveyed what I mean lol trying not to use DeepL until after Im done writing the comment to review and then I correct it)
@@hardboiled2987 You did good 👍🏾 No sabía lo que era DeepL hasta ahora. Todos los días se aprende algo.
Thanks ;_; y sí, parré de usar google translate despues de encontrar DeepL. Es muy bueno.
do you have these books as pdf please
I Can try to look for them online. Is there a particular one you want more than the others?
i am looking for one with simple phrases if you have , cheers mate ! @@quicktempa
@@Crazyworldd160 yes-pdf.com/electronic-book/4413
I could talk about this for days and I feel like there were so many things I still forgot to bring up 😂 so if you have any questions just reply to this and I’ll get back to you ASAP.
sit, what tips would you give for firstly improving listening practice and being able to understand spanish speakers? I am from Nepal so english is my second language too so at this point i am looking to be able to learn to understand spanish, so i would be grateful if you could help me
@@ayushdas6523 maybe this will be my next video. In general, listening to more dialogue at a comfortable level will help because we mainly say the Same things all the time and you’ll get better at predicting what people are going to say
@@quicktempa i am just beginning to leaen, so i have to learn the alphabets first and go through all the resources you suggested and i hope that i will accomplish my goal to be able to understand spanish, Thankyou so much
@@ayushdas6523 You can do it 👍🏾
@@quicktempa can you please share some dialogues for basic level? i would be grateful
Omg
Whats up
No tienes videos en dónde hables y expliques en español?
He hecho videos en español pero no se trata de este tema. Creo que la mayor parte de la gente que verá este video será principiante. Que crees? Quieres que haga este video en español? Déjame saber y gracias por comentar 🙏🏾
Nice achievement. Congrats What is your mother tongue? Mine is Hungarian, quite far from Latin languages
Mine is English. Not too far away. Very impressive that you’re learning with a Hungarian base. How far are you now in your journey?
@@quicktempa Thank you. I am an absolute beginner in Spanish, but I am almost bilingual in Italian/Hungarian. And I think, Spanish is a beautiful language, and much more useful than Italian.
This is perfect. As someone who has messed around with DuoLingo for a few months. There's a few good things there but I'm not trying to invest years into DuoLingo and still not be fluent. Thanks for keeping it real as to what you have been doing.
Glad to help. Let me know if there’s anything else I can assist with.
@@quicktempa Honestly bro just following your journey is good as it is good to see what things real guys have done who never spoke Spanish or learned it in school. The thing you said about DuoLingo really spoke to me.
@@amiyrbarclift1640 I appreciate that 🙏🏾 glad to be of service
How long were you studying on average per day? I'm on month 2 and i have about 100 pages of madrigal's left. I still can't understand much in vids or podcast. Children book's are also difficult to go through.
Really just depends on the day and at what point in my journey. Early I wasn’t doing more than 15-30 minutes because I just didn’t know enough it was more frustrating than exciting. After I could have conversations and fully understand podcasts and stuff I could talk and listen for 1 hour + without much effort so it was easier to “study” for longer
At the phase you’re at I would really recommend you get with a native on italki or find one in real life and spend your time there learning new stuff. If you’re not understanding what you’re hearing it’s wasting your time. If I listened to an hour lecture on rocket science in English I would get nothing out of it because it’s too high above my level
@@quicktempa I’m still at the point where i havent memorized conjugating but i think ill get it very soon. Thats a good idea. I need to get over my fear of doing it
@@user-fq2mh1pd9v There’s no need to have fear 😃 once upon a time you didn’t know English either and you just talked the best you could & your parents and other adults corrected you until you talked like them
@@quicktempa For sure haha. I'm still at the point where I can only say very simple things like Where is the bathroom, i am tired, and very simple things like that. I feel like maybe too early for italki. I know you mentioned you did it early with your friend. I'm guessing that was a lot of english as well in the beginning?
do you know spain spanish or mexico spanish
Neither. “Neutral” Spanish is closer to Mexican Spanish if you had to pick though
Hello, you have such a good video. But if you would receive my critique, I would have loved to watch without the curse words. I know it seems like everyone curses, but not everyone. I don't, and hearing them really bothers me. And, because I don't know when they're coming, it's not like I can skip those parts.
It's your channel, your choice. But it does leave out some of is who would like to be a part of your audience and follow your Spanish journey.
Respectfully & Kindly
I’ll keep it in mind, but I am who I am. I wasn’t raised the same as you and I’m sorry curse words bother you that much but, they mean absolutely nothing to me. I’m not calling anyone out of their names or disrespecting anyone they are random cuss words. It would have the same meaning if I said “dang” or “heck” even though those words aren’t considered cuss words. I also leave out people when I’m not my genuine self in my opinion. Lots of people like that Im genuine. But I will keep it in mind and I’ll try not to cuss when I do educational videos about Spanish.
duolingo does the past tense.
Keep in mind the duo lingo of the present is not the duolingo of the past. I’m sure it has improved. At the time I tested out of the entire app with flying colors and I couldn’t even hold a convo in real life. It’s just not the same
14:30 what is that guy called?
lightspeedspanish
Hello, congratulations on your channel, hello everyone, I am a native of South America, if you are interested in practicing Spanish, we can do it and that way I can also learn your language. Only write me.
Where are you from?
@@quicktempa Hi man, I from Ecuador and You?
@@moyon369-ec9 I’m from Texas, but I live in Colombia now. What part of Ecuador are you from?
@@quicktempa I am Quito
@@moyon369-ec9 cool 😁 one day I would like to visit your country
The imposter syndrome is so real but you gotta just go with it.
Very true. How is your journey going?
Do you speak any French?
I do not
You graduated in 2010🧐
Yeah what’s up
So duolingo isn’t worth it?
Depends on where you’re at in your journey, but either way it should be a supplement at most. You get better at conversations by having conversations
@@quicktempa Thank you so much, I’m practically a novice😅
@@Kim.K.Edwards if you need help with anything let me know and I’ll be happy to do it
@@quicktempa thank you so much appreciate it!!☺️
@@Kim.K.Edwards no problem
1st thing st8. You didnt learn to be fluido in spanish in 1 year . Stop capping . You already condradict yourself saying You have Taken spanish in school and Duolingo over 10 years ago. So put your video title with an honest title that explains how i learned spanish over 10 years and how i could have done it a Lot faster . Nobody , got it ? Nobody learns spanish from 0 to fluent in a year . Doesnt happen .
Nowhere in my title is the word fluent. Speaking doesn’t mean fluent. I’m sorry that you woke up and decided to be a negative person. I’m always honest and tell everyone that most people on youtube are scammers. Hope you have a good day & get over whatever is bothering you in life.
@@quicktempa hey My Bad . I'm glad your you're learning spanish . But your title does Say how You learned spanish in a year as You go on to Say You had hs spanish and years of learning before You got advice and improved in a year a Lot . I mean Zero disfespect bro. I'm just tired of seeing many people who Say they learned or how they learned spanish in 30 days only to find out they had it in secondary , high school, college , went abroad ect . People need to be honest . We Will never be at C3 level in spanish . Most of US arent Even at c3 level in native language including myself . In your video You said " me and My wife ( or girlfriend) rather than My wife and i , so i imagine English is your native language and You make mistakes in speaking properly . As do i. It's all good . Keep learning . I wish You the Best in your Journey on You tube . Id prefer to learn from people more like myself rather than professional or Harvard university grads that some can be condescending and get oppurtunities that many never Will get nor afford . God bless
@@seanslattery6366 Yeah the point of my story was that I couldn’t have any conversations with all my efforts on apps and school until I just started trying to speak. I just wanted people to know that no matter who you are you can reach a level where you Can speak somewhat effortlessly. I don’t care about classifying my level or using the word fluency, I just talk and post my full Spanish convos on here so people can see the mistakes I make and know that you can reach a solid level even while making mistakes.