How We Became FLUENT in SPANISH! Our Story (Plus Tips) 🌎
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2020
- Learning Spanish? Looking to improve your Spanish? As 4 gringos who have become fluent, we hope this videos helps motivate you to either Learn or Improve fluency in the Spanish language.
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Also let us know if we should do a part 2 with full tips and tricks of how we learned Spanish and even lost our accents!
We are 4 North American born (non Spanish) speakers who all decided to move and fully integrate into Latin America, Dustin to Argentina, Clayton to Perú, Ford to México and Chad to Paraguay.
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Congratulations to los gringos. Aprender un idioma para hablarlo con fluidez depende 100% del interés de la persona, una mentalidad muy abierta y una actitud valiente. You have set an excellent example. Good for you. Have you thought of opening a Spanish academy or starting a Spanish speaking club of some sort?
@@annamariamann9368 Good Idea Acts 2:38 bless.
Tan lindos, Ford me recuerda a un chico que conocí que envió su empresa por un tiempo a México y así como él era adorable y amaba la dulzura de la gente mexicana 😉
Pues mejor explícito no podría ser así como ellos lo lograron es ejemplo para nosotros como latinos de aprender el idioma inglés o cualquiera que uno se proponga, congratulations Gringos.
Y si que nos inspira!!! Me encantaría hablar inglés como ustedes el español. Gracias por estos videos. Un beso desde México 😘🇲🇽👌
Learning Spanish has CHANGED my life completely for the better! I encourage everyone out there to do the same so you can connect with Latinos all over the world! ARRIBA UNA AMÉRICA UNIDA! 💪🏽
Perfect Acts 2:38 bless.
I went through the same thing but opposite language took me about 5 years to learn it and 5 years to come close to being almost perfect but I was on it all day my thoughts were in English even my dreams until one day I was listening to the radio I knew what they were saying it was a good feeling so keep up the good work my amigo ford you r funny as hell
De acuerdo Ford. Hace 20 años conocí a mi esposa y aunque pasamos por tiempos difíciles, aún no lo cambiaría para nada. ¡Dios te bendiga hermano!
I think that when you speak English, you sound a little like a Latino now. With an accent. I’m Tex-Mex and you sound like one too. 🙊 Love you Ford!! Que viva Mexico!
Soy mexicano y estos gratamente impresionado con la habilidad que te desenvuelves con la comunidad hispanoparlante específicamente de México...l'm mexican and l'm greatly impressed with the Spanish speaking community you get involved specifically from Mexico...You got it Ford... congratulations..!!!👍👏keep up the good job..!!!
Ví tantos videos de Dustin hablando español que cuando veo uno en inglés siento como si no fuera su verdadero idioma 😁
GRACIAS CHICOS. Soy una maestra de inmersión aquí en Idaho & le voy a enseñar su video a mis alumnos para que se inspiren más. Me encanta su actitud y amor al español. Saludos!
Excelente programa el de doble inmersión, mis hijos lo tomaron y ahora pueden hablar leer y escribir inglés y español. Tienen más oportunidades que los que saben un solo idioma.
Les voy*
Beginner spanish learner here and I understood what you meant without translating it :') Feeling proud of myself lol
I'm from Argentina and I swear that Dustin's accent is like my accent. He's amazing
Yeap!! He speaks Spanish with almost cero accent. Amazing!!.
I hope one day I could speak English like he speaks Spanish 😉
I can completely relate to the fact when you immerse yourself in the language, you sometimes forget in which language were you listening to, because your brain already welcomes the language as its own.
When I was reading, writing and watching tv in English, I even used to dream in english lol
It is interesting to hear how different the experience of learning a foreign language is for Americans. In Europe it is normal to learn at least two foreign languages in school. I learned english and german as a child. I have worked in both England and Germany as an engineer. Remember languages are tools to communicate with other nationalities.
It does not need to be perfect, it has to be good enough. By the way I also speak Spanish.
Yep. Dustin kind of became a celebrity in Argentina only because of how good his spanish is. Yet I don't see foreigners getting famous in the US because of how great their english is. No disrespect to this dudes. They are great, it is great They go out of their confort zone and they are very skilled. Just saying that for the rest of the World that is not native english speaking, for us learning at least one extra language is a basic necessary skill for work, travelling, and academic enviroments, and is usually very much taken for granted. Besides that still live that they share their expierence and great work.
I think that these people not only became famous due to they’re influencers but also because they were able to get the accent and the correct pronunciation from the countries they’re representing. As an Argentine, I must say that every foreign who tries to imitate the Argentine accent can’t do it. Due to the complexity of vowels and phonemes, it’s one of the most difficult accents to learn and speak properly.
In reality Spanish is NOT a foreign language of America.It predates English in the Americas. By 300 years. The three OLDEST cities in America, St.Augustine, Florida, Los Angeles,Ca. and Santa Fe , New MEXICO were Spanish speaking cities.SPANISH was the FIRST continental language of America
@@jackkeroauc272 Jamestown was founded before those cities.
yeah it's normal in europe to learn 2 languages in school but let's be honest the majority of countries suck at their second/third languages it's not like everyone is bilingual in europe far from that
Ford me distrae con esos ojitos 😍
Ford and Dustin sound better in Spanish. I think they both speaking Spanish gives them more personality. Lol
I think Dustin and Gringasho speaks better.
Clayton tbien es bien fluido
Nah they are just youtubers in spanish so when they switch to spanish they naturally get excited for the camera as you can't be boring mono tone for your channel.
I'm from Argentina and I sure that dustin speak like us. Is amazing
It does though
Soy mexicana 🇲🇽 y me gustaría aprender y hablar ingles con la fluides con que aprendieron ustedes español. 😘
CON LA JERGA MEJICANITA NUNCA JAJAJA
Yo soy una Mexican también! Nací en los Estados Unidos y yo no puedo hablar español perfectamente pero quiero aprender! Yo puedo ayudarte en inglés si quieres😊
@@ricardomenjivar1691 que estupido tu comentario. Pero mas estúpido eres tu
@@Radv13 muchas gracias, eso sería genial 😉
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I just love listening to you guys speak Spanish , I'm American Portuguese, after living in Portugal as a child, i came bk to the US without speaking any English( fake gringa 🤣) , i think i learned how to speak Spanish first watching Univision/ Telemundo, than English😆 Its the greatest feeling going to Central/S America and being able to speak to anyone, sometimes i do speak Portuñol, but people correct me and that's how you learn. Un gran abrazo para todos 😘❤
That’s cool. So you can speak Portuguese, English and Spanish?
This video will help you.ua-cam.com/video/pELNvjWPtlI/v-deo.html
Hola. Soy Freddy de Costa Rica, y me gustó su video. Soy profesor de ESL y EFL en la universidad. Voy a tomarlo como una tarea para mis alumnos y que hagan un análisis del aprendizaje del inglés. Español es mi idioma nativo, luego inglés, italiano, y ahora todo lo tengo en alemán. Muy inspirador su video. Y es muy cierto NUNCA se deja de aprender en un idioma. Saludos y pura vida Mae.
This video is so encouraging. I'm just beginning to learn and speak Spanish. I was becoming disheartened. Now I'm ready to go full force again. Thank you!
Eso de llegar a un lugar y no poder comunicarte por no saber el idioma del país al que llegaste, sí es deprimente... A mí me pasó y neta sentí que me iba a volver loca y más porque soy súper parlanchina je je.
I speak Castellano, Russian, Portuguese, and Italian! I am a true Viking!
That’s very impressive. 👏🏽 👏🏽 castellano is a goal of mine just like Latin.
Felicitaciones!
And ????
And apparently English 🙌
Nathalie Prudencio Castellano is basically just modern Spanish. “Not Catalan” or anything other language that originates from Spain.
Total immersion was the best for me too! I took Spanish in high school & minored in it in college, but was so limited in speaking until I moved to Nicaragua. The only English speaking friends I had left 2 weeks after I got there, so it was sink or swim for me. Lots of mistakes & lots of embarrassing moments, but within 5 months I was having conversations & understanding movies and music, even picking up habits como apuntar con la boca. (One of the things that helped me most was watching TV in Spanish with Spanish subtitles so the eyes and ears made the connection in your brain.)
Ahora mi esposo es de México y sigo aprendiendo el español mexicano. Se me sale siempre lo Nica! Tenemos 2 niños y es una prioridad para nosotros que ellos sean bilingües. Hablar español me ha abierto tantas puertas y me ha regalado tantas experiencias y amistades - me cambió la vida!
Depending where you go and who talk to...in Mexico yes..we have different regions where they speak Spanish totally different, l mean with their own accents, with different sounds that makes you think am l in Mexico?...for instance the Spanish spoken in Merida, Yucatan, Mex....it's different compared to the Spanish spoken in Mexico, City...it is just an example...but also, like l say, same like in English..there is proper Spanish as well...and the degree of culture or education counts too..if you talk to a lawyer..a doctor.... their Spanish it's not gonna sound like regular Spanish... that's why l say...depends who you talk to and where you go to...(region).... people from Veracruz don't talk like northerners... people from Chichuahua or Monterrey .... anyway congratulations you speak Spanish very well... excellent...👍
some help to keep practicing my English please
I really need to start speaking in Spanish to my daughter so she can really immerse in Spanish and learn it. She's taking Spanish classes in school she's in middle school. I made the mistake of not teaching her since she was a baby. She has been hearing it though so she understands it more than she can actually speak it, since I mostly speak Spanish to my husband which I shouldn't. The best thing I can do for both of them is speaking English to my husband since he wants to improve his English he's from Jalisco, Mexico and immigrated when he 16yrs. old. He is not as fluid as he would like to be but he doesn't really practice English much. I should be speaking in Spanish with my daughter so she can really learn it. I was born and raised in Houston, TX. My father forced us to learn Spanish. My father is Mexican and my mom is Salvadoran.😊😘
No worrries. Since she has been hearing Spanish, and understands it, she will be able to learn to speak very quickly and very well if she decides to.
One of my best friends is Mexican and the other best friend is Salvadoran. I'm Chinese. :) My Salvadoran bff didn't grow up speaking Spanish either. I don't know why her parents didn't teach her. But she watched a lot of Spanish TV and taught herself how to speak it. So, if your daughter really wants to learn it and you're now willing to engage her, she can definitely become fluent. It's not too late. She's still young enough and her brain is still able to absorb it a lot faster and easier than fully grown adults. Meanwhile... I can barely speak Spanish (despite multiple attempts at learning it -- I didn't meet my Spanish-speaking BFF's until after my multiple attempts and finally I just gave up trying). And because I no longer live in the insular Chinese immigrant bubble that I grew up with (my other BFF is white), I'm quickly losing my Chinese speaking abilities too. It's making me super sad because I'm so proud of being the sibling with the better Chinese (my younger sister used to speak terribly but now she's the one who can speak it better than me, because she's still at home with my parents, while I moved out and across the country... where my new friends in my new city are also not Chinese speakers LOL). Not sure what I'll have to pass onto my children someday but I figured I could take Mommy and Baby Chinese lessons??????? LOL
I made the same mistake 🙁 in my case my husband speaks very little Spanish. His mom is from Mexico & growing she only spoke English to them because she wanted to be fluent since she immigrated to U.S. Me on the other hand was immersed in Spanish with all adults around me growing up so I learned English when I started school. My kids don’t have many people around them talking spanish. I should have talked to them from day one. Made my home Spanish & then they’d learn English at school. My son is taking Spanish in middle school & it’s a joke. I’m making an effort to really focus on this now. It’s so much harder than people think especially when it’s what you’re use to. If I knew what I knew now I’d have started only Spanish with them since they were babies
S L Consume Chinese media. Articles, books, videos...
Look for people to talk with online.
@@momovaryacting8798
Yes! I completely agree.
Excellente ! Gracias. Empecé hace 4 años. Fui a la Universidad de la Habana por dos semanas para estudiar español. Todavía yo no puedo entender mucho cuando otra personas están hablando rapido 😐
Felicidades !!! Escribes muy bien en Español , los consejos que dan los chicos es lo mejor . Estar siempre con personas locales
Hombre, no te preocupes por que cada person aprende en diferente tiempos! Me dar tres veces para obtener la idioma! No quitarte mi amigo :) en vez, tu segues!
Man I love this video!! Everything that you guys are saying is true! That’s how I learned English. I moved to Chicago and I did what Ford said I chose to limit my interactions with my Spanish speaking friends. And I pushed myself to only use English. Eventually I became fluent and I stop translating in my brain. Great video guys!! 🇭🇳
Aprendo español y no es fácil pero yo trato
My family is from the Dominican Republic but never taught me Spanish and it’s always been my goal to study abroad and live abroad with a host family to fully immerse myself and learn after graduating school. You guys are such an inspiration, loved this video 🥳
That was an excellent presentation with practical and creative steps in the language learning process. Thanks for the transparency each of you shared.
I just love the 4 of you, I've enjoyed your channels so much. However, I've been following Dustin for years and actually did one of my projects for Spanish class on him so I have a huge portion of my heart devoted him and his love for spanish culture. Keep it up guys, the videos are wonderful. Btw, I got you all beat been speaking and learning Spanish for 22 yrs since jr high.
Great job, fellas! I'm from Atlanta, too, and I my experience is pretty much an exact mirror of what you guys experienced and I love giving the same WONDERFUL advice that all you so eloquently and passionately provided. Keep up the great work and shout out from a fellow latin-gringo. You all are rockin' it out.
So wonderful to hear, that you have the dedication in learning another language and not only that, but our culture. Languages open many doors. I speak 3 languages and it feels great to be able to communicate with other cultures.
Eso es chicoss!! Motivando e influenciando a otros para mejorar 💪🏼
I really admire you guys. That’s how I learnt English too. I moved to the US 7 years ago, and I decided to learn English and in 3 years I was speaking fluently.
I have studying spanish in New York the past year and I am so grateful for finding all of your channels. Your videos have been super helpful to improve upon my vocabulary and sentence structure!
Hi Guys! I’m a Mexican in beautiful USA . And I really enjoy your channel!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻
You are right, it’s extremely important to immerse yourself completely into the new language that you are trying to learn. I never went to school but I was determined to speak English no matter what . I watched only English speaking channels ( with subtitles or caption on) and I tried to make new American friends. I remember the struggle in my first years just trying to communicate with basic English sentences... tough stuff. And yes, I’m still learning English. But the effort paid off!
Estoy convencida que aprender un nuevo idioma te hace de una mentalidad más abierta y te abre a un Nuevo Mundo de posibilidades ilimitadas. Nuevos sabores, ideas y esa sed insaciable de conocer otras culturas, gente idiosincrasias etc. The sky is the limit! By the way, I love all your cute accents and Spanish slang. 😉😍😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻keep up the good work,🤗🤗😘
Dustin ! Un porteño de Nueva York !! Jajaja bien !!
Me encantó el vídeo chicos!! Vamos conociendo siempre un poquito más de uds. Muy buenos consejos. Me encanta que amen Latinoamérica❤️💞 Los sigo desde Argentina🇦🇷❤️
Awesome video guys, thank you so much! Listening to the stories of people who have accomplished what you’re attempting to do yourself, is very motivating. 👍🏾
Am really glad I stumbled across this UA-cam channel. I tried learning Spanish two years ago and then suddenly stopped because I didn't believe I could learn it. Now that I watched this video I am gonna do whatever it takes to learn it this time. Thank you for the content. Can't wait to watch the rest of the channel!
Dustin habla ingles con acento argentino!
Que chèvre este video chicos! Me encanta conocer un poco de tus experiencias! The struggle is for really real learning Spanish and 💯 identify with some of the same stuff you guys have gone thru. I have a huge heart for Latin America and have my sights set on returning to mi Bonita Perú for another year once this covid craziness allows it. Currently utilizing “italki” with some awesome language tutors. Practicing a lot and making mistakes along the way is the only way to do it! Looking forward to that “tips” vid next! 👏🏾
Thank you for posting this video. And huge thanks for posting Spanish subtitles! Genius!!
I’ve studied Spanish for decades and I have passable fluency. But your stories show that you must dedicate yourself even shutting out all English communications for months to achieve the ease, the fluidity the vocabulary so you can “be yourself” in both languages! So inspirational! You guys are killing it!! 🔥💯
When I came to live to the US, many of the your recommendations I did. I think all those points are very important when learning a new language.
Awesome video!
It's amazing to see different cultures come together like this. Thanks for sharing your videos to the world .. much respect to you guys🙏 aber cuando los puedo conoser en persona y para tomarnos una Fria🍻
I have never commented on a youtube clip before but I feel compelled to do it after watching this. It was inspirational! To see four American guys sharing their viewpoints and tips for learning Spanish is genuinely inspiring for me. I hope the younger generation watch this and realise how incredibly cool it is to be able to speak another language. Thank you
Great video chicos!!! Ford great advice bro!
Ford Quarterman Me subscribo hoy a tu canal ...Eres el mejor !!! 🇲🇽
¡Saludos muchachos desde Puerto Rico! Me encanta su canal mi respeto y aprecio hacia ustedes. En mi caso particular trabajo todos los días para mejorar mi ingles.
I am so excited to have viewed your video. I wish I had come across this when I taught Spanish in high school and middle school. It would have really impressed my make students that learning Spanish is possible and puts a authentic male voice to it. As many of my classes were predominantly female with a third male. The boys felt awkward speaking, though some who embraced it really flourished! I’m going to pass this video to my former teacher friends-it would be a great motivator for the boys and even females students to understand how to really learn a language the student needs to invest themselves--it’s no passive ! Thank you so much!
Estoy acostumbrada a escuchar los 2 idiomas y me encantan. Saludos from San Diego!
Hola chicos!
Gracias por estos videos! Recién los conozco y me han caído super bien!
Sigan haciendo videos y siendo ustedes mismos :)
¡Saludos desde Venezuela!
Ford & sus amigos, gracias por el video muy interesante! The hubby & I are retiring to the state of Jalisco this summer so that will begin our immersion process. I've studied Spanish off and on throughout my life but never seemed to get better. I realized some years back that immersion was the only way so I'm excited about this move and the opportunity to learn. I appreciate the four of you explaining you progress in learning the language. I never realized I was expecting to just learn and be done with it. Duh!!! I now get it that I MUST COMMIT to learning wholeheartedly AND CONTINUE to learn throughout the remainder of my life time. So appreciate you guys!!
Great video! Very similar to my story. But don’t hate on “gringo” Spanish teachers. We’re usually people just like you guys!
Vendido!
Primera vez que veo un video de su canal y quedé fascinada y totalmente motivada a seguir aprendiendo otro idioma.
Me suscribo. ☺️
This is awesome guys and congratulations on those awesome accents! I fully agree with what you said about the learning process - I went through some of that but the other way around! I'd only add what worked best for me: reading actual books and media. You can start with something you've already read, that way the actual story is not an issue and you can focus on idioms and vocabulary (I read the Harry Potter series in English/French at 16 and that took my fluency to a whole new level). Great content guys, keep it coming! Un abrazo de una 🇵🇪 en 🇬🇧!
Great video !!! Muchas gracias !!! Y si agradecemos que hayan aprendido español 🙌🏼 Saludos !! 🇲🇽
Oozing passion here in this video for the language. This is incredibly motivating.
Awesome, guys! 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇪🇸🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇪🇵🇷🇺🇾🇻🇪
I want to thank you guys for finally telling us your stories on how y’all learned Spanish & got envolved. Secondly I wanna say PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE everyone besides Ford, please put English subtitles along with your videos. It would be nice to understand, as I’m still freshly new to learning Spanish. It was nice to finally know there are other Americans like myself with the same love for the language& culture. Then to not be able to relate & experience the way everyone does because I’m not able to understand your videos because of not having English subtitles ..and it’s shitty because some of you have really good content and I’m not able to understand and continue watching☹️
I totally loved you guys talking about your apreciation for Latino Culture. Keep on with the good efforts
This was so inspiring! Thank you for sharing!
Back in the days when I arrived at the USA 🇺🇸 I had a hard time speaking English and I felt so happy to have people who were very helpful and amazing to correct me and even write English words in my notes. Truly connected with the stories here. Much appreciation and love for all of you. #WeAreOne 👏🏽 👏🏽
Yay Clayton LDS ♥ that's how my hubby learned too! Gracias chicos por su amor a nuestras culturas.
Es muy grato encontrar personas que más que tener una mentalidad abierta tienen un corazón abierto ♥️. Saludos ✌️
Dustin, you are the best!! Vamos Argentina!! Abrazo chicos😉
Genial chicos, muy inspirable!!!😉
Thank you so much 😊 gringos tv 📺!!! We appreciate your work 😍😍🤗🤗🙏🙏🙏!!!
My mother language is spanish and it's nice to see people that are interested in our language and culture. Excellent video!
I absolutely LOVED this video guys!!! Keep up the amazing work!!! You definitely have a new subscriber....I’ve always been terrified to take risks.....That’s gonna stop now. Thanks so very much for ALL of your hard work. It’s really appreciated....
Anytime Warren! We really appreciate the feedback.
Reading out loud helped me improve my pronounciation when learning ENGLISH, very good tip Clayton !!!
Hola chicos, saludos desde Mexico; yo tuve la oportunidad de ser estudiante de intercambio en Maine para aprender ingles y, definitivamente la inmersión es lo mejor. Recuerdo mi "aha moment", sucedió una mañana de diciembre, me levanté para desayunar y entendí todo lo que la familia estaba platicando sin tener que traducirlo en mi mente, ¡fue maravilloso!, me llevó aproximadamente 4 meses lograr eso y como un mes después, empecé a hablar en inglés sin tener que pensarlo...me sentí realizada...¡cuídense mucho!
Aprender español ha cambiado mi vida. He estado hablando español mexicano durante dieciséis años porque crecí rodeado de mexicanos todo el tiempo y me he estado comunicando con ellos aquí en el mercado mexicano. ¡Conozco muchos acentos mexicanos en México todos los días! Viva méxico. 🇲🇽👍
Orale locos!!!! Great video.
This was great! Thank you for this video.
Hola! Recién los descubrí y me encanta su actitud acerca del aprendizaje en general!! Yo estoy trabajando de mejorar mi nivel de inglés y me motivo su pasión! Gracias ☺️
Bien muchachos, Felicitaciones muchos exitos, se que lo lograran
Thank you guys, I’m Peruvian and I live in the States for 13 years. English is for me like Spanish for you guys and I was looking for a video like this from any English speaker UA-camr since my wife is American and I want to watch this video with her, hopefully she gets inspired. Initially I was selfish trying to get better with my English, but after 6 years being married I wonder why she is not interested in learning Spanish, but now that we have kids I’m worried they won’t be bilingual. The funny thing is that when we go to Peru she is able to talk or at least try to communicate in Spanish with my family and friends if I’m not around.
Saludos desde Oregon.
Finally someone gets it. I like that you guys understands that there isn't anything wrong with speaking spanish or any other foreign languages and appreciate your effort to learn it.
Video motivacional 💪🏻 Gracias chicos por sus palabras
Excelente video!! Buenos consejos han dado😊👏
This is so inspiring! I just posted a video sharing my progress after just 2 months of Spanish. I'm excited to keep working at it and hopefully make more progress!
Los mejores gringos saludos desde 🇬🇹🇬🇹
THIS IS WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE. He dicho que voy a ser bilinguë si es la ultima cosa que hago and you all have inspired me to go even harder! Please continue doing what y'all are doing
This is awesome and important info. Thanks guys
Nice!!! I was looking for some videos like this to help my girlfriend to improve her Spanish speaking skills! Thanks for this video!!!
I think all of you are amazing for learning a different language and stepping outside your comfort zone. Spanish is such a beautiful language and I'm so happy I'm bilingual. I'd love to learn even more languages and I will take your advice to immerse myself in the other languages to learn them.
Saludos a todos desde Venezuela 🇻🇪 son un grupo de chicos muy simpáticos... yo tratando de entenderle (English). Se cuidan besos bye.
WOW….You gentlemen have really inspired me to get off my rump and learn Spanish. I know my entire name is Spanish, however, I was born and raised in Hawaii and I do speak a little Hawaiian. My husband and I are moving to Mexico in May 2022. My husband is Argentinian (born and raised in California) and speaks a little Spanish already. Anyway, I’m so happy I stumbled on your UA-cam channel and I am excited to continue to follow your channel.
Gracias por interasarse en las las diferentes culturas y lenguas diferentes a la de ustedes su decisión de hacer material para los que están interesados en aprender aprender otro idioma llega a un tiempo en que más lo necesitamos
Muy buena iniciativa, gracias x ser parte de la cultura latina... S es un honor saber k la hispanidad no tiene limites.
Love you guys thank you for that passion in our language
Gracias por contarnos su experiencia, la cual se puede aplicar con cualquier idioma que queramos aprender. Thanks guys!!!
Escucho y escucho esta conversación , me estas ayudando con mi Inglish, gracias chicos ,son una joya, Que Dios los Bendiga y cuide siempre ,que lindo ejemplo a seguir .nunca cambien para que sigan inspirando a otros.
You guys are completely different than everybody and that one means so much for y’all who are watching you guys. Learning another language is literally good for us, I’m from Cancun, and all that I have to say is that I do speak Spanish perfectly for obvious reason, but I also do speak English and Portuguese which means so much for me, just keep on it, and never give up at all. 👋🏼
More videos like this please! Me encanta.
related so much to so many things that you guys said, great video and great tips. Thanks
you are also living my travelling dream ahaaha congratulations
¡Gracias por este video! Estoy de acuerdo 100% con ustedes. Me gusta como explicaron la necesidad de tener una obsesión. También me gustó cómo dijeron que es necesario evitar el inglés para aprender. No había pensado en eso y ahora voy a usar este punto para explicarme mejor. Buen video :)
I totally agree!! The best way to learn a new language is by immersing yourself in the culture. Even if you aren’t able to travel or live abroad, we have access to so much at the palm of our hands. Learning a language is like when you’re a kid and you’re learning to speak. You learn by just hearing your parents and listening to your environment; and you repeat what you hear. With that being said, to learn another language try and do as much of your normal activities in that language; for example pop culture: movies, shows, music. You can try to listen to some news if possible. Try to surround yourself with people of that culture so you can practice, as well as people who might also be trying to learn the language; and reach out to people that you can practice with via messaging. I completely agree with the reading. In general, reading aloud, whether in your native language or a foreign language, has been proven to very good for you. It helps with articulation and comprehension. One of the things I always tell people who are trying to learn is just to try reading aloud. Many times people tell me how they get frustrated because their words don’t come out as fast as they do in English; there is less fluidity because they are constantly thinking of the next word. The benefit of reading out loud is that you don’t have to think of the next word. The conversation is already there. So, I always say when you first start reading; try to read just for pronunciation. Don’t worry so much about how quickly you comprehended the text because it’s not your first language. Then you can go back and read again for pronunciation and comprehension. Sometimes you have to break it up a little, but repetition is key to learning. Many times text written in other languages might be longer. For example, I notice sometimes when I’m reading Spanish that I could read what seems to be a paragraph for a sentence, that in English might just be one sentence; a couple lines. I find that other languages can be more descriptive and words just have more emotion attached to them. With that being said, this can make it a little more difficult to comprehend Spanish text if it’s not your native language; but not impossible. It’s why I tell people don’t get discouraged just immerse yourself in culture; when reading try the text first just for pronunciation, as when we were kids learning to read and sounding out the sounds that made up the word. Then go back to the text for articulation and comprehension. I love this video guys; thanks for sharing. Es sumamente importante poder compartir estas experiencias porque así vamos aprendiendo. Y la vida es eso; un aprendizaje. No se si hay algún libro en español que sea su favorito o algún escritor latinoamericano o eurolatino, tambien se vale, que talvez puedan hacer un video y tener una charla sobre eso. Pueden hacer recomendaciones de literatura, cine, series, música en español; en fin una charla muy cultural. De pronto alguien no ha encontrado la serie o el filme que le llama la atención en español pero mediante una charla de pronto se abre un interés; solo una sugerencia chicos. Hasta la próxima. Cuídense mucho vale😘
Valuing other people from other country's language is key - it's a sign of respect. Trying to speak other people's language shows that we care and they see it that way. For example, I studied in Italy and was always trying to speak to the locals in Italian and they appreciate it as opposed to speaking to them in English...bravo to all of you for trying and learning Spanish!
Muy inspirador !
¡Gracias por su video y compartir sus experiencias! Lo compartiré con mis estudiantes para que se entusiasmen. Saludos desde Guatemala
You guys are awesome! Makes me feel good that all you guys took the time to learn Spanish. Estan hermosos Chico's sigan adelante! Me encantan los gringos 😍
Wait a min....he came at me with those blue eyes and argentino accent and damn
Thank you! guys for loving my first language, Spanish! I came to the USA from the Dominican Rep. in 1979 with my husband, and both of us only spoke BASIC ENGLISH. Our "Aha! Moment" was when we realized that only INMERSING OUTSELVES in the American culture by READING NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, BOOKS, listening to MUSIC and TV PROGRAMS, as well as CONVERSING WITH EACH OTHER IN ENGLISH (that was hard!)...all that helped us to become fluent in conversations and comprehension. We spent a whole year speaking and writing ONLY in ENGLISH!
Que orgullosos se deben sentir chicos! No es muy común que un Americano hable un segundo idioma. Si, es muy difícil y más de adulto, diría que de los 17 o 18 años en adelante siempre vas ha tener acento, pero creo que acentos hacen a la persona muy interesante. Y si, la inmersión es definitivamente la mejor y más rápida manera de aprender un idioma, un gran sacrificio pero siempre hay que sacrificarse para lograr algo. También pienso que hablar otro idioma enriquece tu vida de una manera increíble! Te da la visión de dos mundos en todos los sentidos! Soy Colombiana y hace más de 40 años que vivo en EEUU, así que imagínense! 😍 Love it! No me imagino tener uno solo! La vida sería muy aburrida 😒
Chicos! Buen trabajo! Saludos desde Costa Rica!👏🏻👏🏻
I’m 2 months into learning Spanish (started during lockdown) and it’s coming along nicely, often I watch Spanish UA-cam videos and am amazed at how many comments I can read and understand, learning Spanish does not take years unless you want to speak fluently, it just requires dedication