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4 and A Half Year Spanish Progress - My Recent Embarrassing Moment + My Upcoming Travel Videos!
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2024
- In this video I show you all my progress in Spanish after learning the language for 4 years and 6 months. I hope you all can see that I've made a lot of progress.
If you're interested in learning Spanish, check out my book here: www.amazon.com...
En este vídeo os muestro todos mis avances en español después de aprender el idioma durante 4 años y 6 meses. Espero que todos puedan ver que he progresado mucho.
Si estás interesado en aprender español, consulta mi libro aquí:
www.amazon.com...
The difference from your first video is phenomenal. Inspiring.
Gracias!
Mike, lamento muchísimo lo de tu papá. Qué suerte has tenido de tener a una persona tan impactante en tu vida. Lo describes como una persona fuerte, un superhéroe. Sin duda, has heredado esas cualidades y él está muy orgulloso de ti y de la persona que eres. Gracias por el contenido y mucha suerte con tus viajes y con todo, amigo.
Leo en serio muchísimas gracias 🙏🏾. Este comentario ayuda bastante. Que estés bien también!
Your Spanish has improved so much from your first speaking videos. Your hard work is so impressive and motivating. I'll be 62 in a month and have been retired in Mexico for 6 years. I finished my master's degree at almost the same age as you are now. I quit my doctorate program on day 1 because it wouldn't have helped me in my career and I thought, "What am I doing???!!!" But if it will help you in your career and/or you're going to do it anyway at some point, I say do it now. You're on a roll and it will be easier to just keep going since you're already in that sort of mindset/lifestyle. Time really goes so fast and your education will all be behind you before you know it. Look how fast 4.5 years of Spanish learning has gone. I think it will be harder to go back to school and get back into the swing of things if you wait. And you'll have that hanging over your head. You are so young and you will most likely (God willing) have years and years to enjoy traveling as much as you want and you'll be mostly debt-free, still at a very young age. It sounds like you'll still be able to travel some while you are working on your doctorate, so it's not like you're going to stop living your life. Many people get their doctorates while working full time and raising families, so surely you can still fit in some travel. Try to think about yourself at 35 because it will be here before you know it. Do you think you'll be happier that you traveled a lot more or that you traveled a lot less but have your doctorate. Only you know.
Thank you so much for the kind words and thank you for the advice as well. This makes a lot of sense and puts things into perspective 🙏🏾
I agree with this comment wholeheartedly. I'm 55 and I can tell you Mike you will never regret getting an education, traveling or being debt free. We have owned two homes and paid both off as early as we could at my insistence. My mom was a slave to her house because of a divorce and other reasons. She died young (57) and I just didn't wan't that for myself. My dad also passed away very suddenly from cancer at 74. Go and enjoy every day!
@@willajohnston4606 Thank you so much for these insights Willa
I also agree wholeheartedly with this amazing advice. I'm currently 41, and am finishing up my doctorate in Spain. Twenty years ago, I was so eager to find a job and be independent after finishing my Spanish degree, I went straight into the workforce as a hospital interpreter. The pay wasn't so great, so I eventually went back for a masters 5 years later. I then transitioned into lecturing, which paid better but still not well. My mentors hinted at me considering getting a doctorate, but never really explained why. Nor did they explain how inexpensive college is at public universities in Europe!
Knowing what I know now, I would've moved back home with my parents, saved my money for a year or so, and went straight into a masters and then a phd program somewhere in Europe. By your age I would've been poised to make six figures. My brain nor my body are as agile as my twenty something ones were haha. NB: many European universities offer 100% or partially virtual options.
Another option regarding the property: do you currently house hack (rent out bedrooms)? That could allow you to pay the mortgage down quickly as well. The key to financial independence is partially being debt free, it is also a question of having multiple income streams so that your assets are greater than your liabilities. If you haven't already, read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" (en español). It's an amazing book.
Go for it man. With your positive attitude, work ethic, and with youth on your side, the sky is the limit! God bless you.🙏🏾
Eres una gran inspiración para mi como estudiante de Inglés. Tu nivel de Español es fuera de serie!
Mil gracias May y que sigas aprendiendo inglés!
No es la boca lo que es importante amigo. Son los oídos primero. La boca en segundo lugar. ¿Por qué? Porque en un país donde no residen familiares y amigos hay que hablar con extraños. El problema de hablar con una persona desconocida, como en el ejemplo del que forma parte, es que no existe un punto de referencia común. Mike no habla mal español en este caso. El problema es que él no está relacionado con estas personas y les resulta extraño. Complicó el problema porque no se calla y escucha. Está atrapado en la trampa gringa de tratar de salir de una situación de la que no sabe nada. ¡escuchar!
One day I’ll be able to understand more of this 😅🙏🏾
Así es! You will get there!
If you go to Costa Rica, depending on where you are, you can walk right over to Panamá or basically do both trips on one.
My family is from Volcan/David etc cerca del caribe y Costa Rica. It's beautiful.
I would love to do this and I have the time. Would your family be interesting in showing a gringo around their neighborhood jaja?
@@MikeBen jaja puedo preguntarles.
@@osoperezoso2608 Por fa!
Your videos are amazing, my favourite channel for learning Spanish. Thanks for all your work 🙏🏼
Thank you Jake! This motivates me to continue uploading regularly! Que sigas aprendiendo!
Me hace reír porque siempre públicas estas actualizaciones en mal clima. No sepan el calor que estamos experimentando aquí en Atlanta. Se nota que estés aumentando tu español cada dia. Te felicito
Qué abrumador, ¿verdad? El calor es una locura ahora mismo. También muchas gracias
Hola Mike, les deseo a ti y a tu familia mucha fuerza con la salud de tu papá. Tienes razón en todo, esta vida es corta y no debemos esperar para disfrutarla. Además, gracias por compartir tu viaje de español. He estado siguiendo tu canal durante 3 años. Cuídate, hermano.
Muchísimas gracias Jacari del corazón y gracias por el apoyo desde tanto tiempo. Que sigamos mejorando y disfrutando de la vida que tenemos 🙏🏾
Ustedves un estadounidenses muy amable y educado, porque algunos de ee.uu vienen aqui y son muy mal educados, a todos nos han mentido alguna vez lo bueno es que usted se dio cuenta que la muchacha mentia, siento lo de su padre. Saludos desde cali colombia
Muchismas gracias Emilse y tienes razón con respeto a mis compatriotas. Es por eso que a todos lugares a los que voy, intento dejar una buena impresión de mi, de mi familia, y de mi región del país al menos. Hay que decir que muchos lamentablemente con su compartamiento tratan de arruinar nuestra reputación…
Que te vaya bien y espero poder volver a Colombia también!
I think advanced degree is a very good idea given that a masters degree is now treated as entry-level in many fields. Since you’rean educator, you might want to explore a a doctorate of education (EdD). There are many excellent programs online that you can do while still working (Drexel, Laverne). They are typically three year programs. It is not easy working and doing school work at night and on the weekends but from my own experience, it has paid off very well. I would not suggest a PhD program because they’re typically five-year programs and they don’t pay as well as moving into administration with an EdD. Just my two cents, take it for what it’s worth. Your Spanish is amazing!
Thank you for this solid advice! I’m highly considering the EdD as well. Thanks!
Hi Mike, Great video. I initially subscribed to your channel because, as an Intermediate Spanish speaker, I wanted to see someone who was ahead of me in the learning process, someone ambitious and serious (that's you). I obviously don't know you, but from your videos you come across as curious, thoughtful, and talented. From my perspective after 35 years in the world of business, your enthusiasm -- combined with those previously mentioned traits -- makes you a better potential employee, so much more than having a PhD (unless of course it's a requirement for a specific job). With that in mind I think you'd be able to find an opportunity, career wise, with "only" a Masters. More to the point, and more importantly, life is short. You obviously have a passion for languages, Spanish in particular, and cultures as well. PhD programs will always be there if you decide to do that in the future.
Good luck with your decision, and thanks for all the videos.
Saludos,
Bruce
Bruce, thank you so much for the advice, this makes a lot of sense. Thanks for watching since early on ad well!
Hey Mike. Just bought your book. I’ve tried many things to study Spanish and I’m hoping your book will help me get to your level too. Thanks!
Thank you and please let me know your honest feedback once you get into the book! With consistency, practice, and time, you will get here! Que sigas luchando!
muchas gracias para tu canal! he estado aprendiendo durante el ultimo año y medio, y tu canal me ayuda mucho con mi comprensión escucha. Gracias de Toronto Canada hermano🥂
Mil gracias a ti hermano por el apoyo. Que sigas aprendiendo!
Me gusta mucho tu canal. Eres una de las personas que me dio ganas de empezar realmente a estudiar español. Qué triste escuchar sobre tu papá, pero ojalá todo vaya bien. Muchas gracias por tus consejos
Muchas gracias y que sigas dándole duro!
Gracias por publicar este video en español. Tu hables claro.
Great comprehensible input 🙏🏿
Muchísimas gracias Jordan!
@@MikeBen Lo siento a eschar tu papa. Yo tengo fe el salud mejor. Perdon mi grammar yo aprendido
@@vJorddan No te preocupes Jordan y mil gracias en serio
I’ve been following your journey from the start. I started a year prior but you’re better than me! I love it, it’s motivating. I’ll be in GA this year, I don’t know how to reach you other than comments lol but it would be cool to meet if that were something you were interested in. We all will continue to watch you grow. Keep up the excellent content.
I really appreciate that hermano 🙏🏾 and yes that is no problem at all. I meet people all the time this way. Can you send me an email,
MikeSpanish404@gmail.com
¿Cómo que no vas a volver? Necesitamos una tercera parte de la história 🤣
😂 no me quiero meter un más problemas. Fue muy raro jaja
Stay cool out here...because this week in Atlanta has been ridiculous.
Yea it’s been a wild one
Vaya, qué historia lo que pasó con esa chica y su familia! Espero que tu padre se mejore y que grabes un poco tus viajes pa’ nosotros
Que raro no? Y muchismas gracias en serio 🙏🏾
¡Felicitaciones! Hablas español como si hubieras nacido en un país hispanohablante.
Muchísimas gracias Paul cómo siempre por el apoyo! Que estés muy bien!
Hey Paul: I just watched your video about the 5 books you recommended. Thanks
Cualqueir cammino que tomes, no hay duda que tendras exito! Lo siento mucho por la salud de su padre.
Muchísimas gracias 🙏🏾
Que increible tu progreso
Mil gracias Luis 🙏🏾
@@MikeBen que opinas del acento venezolano del español 🙏🙏
@@LUISUNBREAKABLEMUSIC Me encanta pero los de los barrios de Caracas son difíciles de entender, no por el acento ni por la velocidad, sino por la jerga. No estoy acostumbrado pues. Tengo unos conocidos acá que son de allá y a veces me toca pedir que me repitan cuando hablan. "Guácala" por ejemplo jaja
@@LUISUNBREAKABLEMUSIC Me gusta mucho pero a veces es difícil entender los de los barrios de Caracas. No por acento ni por la velocidad, sino por la jerga que usan. Conozco a unas personas de allá que viven acá y muchas veces me toca pedir que me repitan lo que dicen cuando hablan. Por ejemplo, me tenían que enseñar la palabra "Guácala" una vez que me acuerdo
Nueva camera 🎥 🎉
Si, DJI asomo Pocket 3
Hi. I’ve been watching your videos almost from the beginning. And can understand everything you say. I consider myself to be fluent in Spanish as well. We started learning Spanish at approximately the same time. But please tell me something? Why are you so much more advanced than I? In terms of the smoothness in which you speak. I still studder searching for the right words and conjugations a lot. I speak Spanish everyday, as my wife doesn’t speak English at all. She only speaks Spanish. Maybe it’s just me. To me, my Spanish sounds terrible.
I think we all learn at different speeds and we also learn different things at different rates. For example, I have many friends who’ve been learning for less time than I have but their vocabulary is much more expansive either academically or slang related. Why? It could be exposure, just time, or a propensity to pick those things up faster than me but there are variations to all of our learning speeds. I will say, I make an effort to have in depth- full Spanish conversations very often and I am constantly reading and listening. If you’re doing the same I’d say it’s just a natural delineation and therefore nothing to worry about. As they say, comparison is the thief of joy. I imagine your Spanish is very good so no te preocupes
Hi Mike,
Pregunta: how many times a week did you use italkie to speak with natives? I’m trying to gauge how often I should speak with a native. I want to get to conversational level by the end of the year. I have been on this journey for 4yrs and haven’t gotten there yet!😅
It ranged from once a week to three times a week, every week. If you do that, it should help tremendously
@@MikeBen ok. I’m definitely doing that! Thanks!😊
Yo Michael can you explain to me the difference between *entonces* and *así que*? I saw in your first video you said *no miro muchos videos sobre este, entonces español es muy malo…* Would it be wrong if entonces got replaced by *así que*?
Definitely, I’m sure there are some differences but generally they can be used interchangeably as “so” in English. Either could have worked there. Great question
A México a diferentes estados amigo Mike
Unas recomendaciones? Ya conocí al Yucatán pero Guadalajara y Merida me llaman mucho la atención
@@MikeBen puebla Oaxaca Sinaloa Michoacán Monterrey
Chihuahua they have a cool accent
Do you recommend your book for adults beginners and one more good book
I do recommend my book for beginners. Mine and madrigals magic guide to Spanish are indispensable IMO
After a year and a half in Mexico I listen to you speak. To my ears you do not sound like what I hear now everyday.
Someone who does not reside in Mexico for a year or more, even if they were born and raised in Mexico, do not sound like the people that reside here.
I will never sound like a Mexican or any other native Spanish speakers. Not that any of you ought to give up...but I have.
Here is the thing speaking is overrated. Now 95 percent of the time I am listening.
In the United States eloquent verbosely with comic wit is fashionable because people in the US are TV talkers.
People just say what is popular and the ability to twist a nuelogisam from some form of popular media is the rage.
And You Tubers who talk, talk, and talk well get paid.
But listening 95 percent of the time is what one must do if one is not rooted in the land.
Here is an important issue in Mexico and in the US. Listen to the contrast:
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Why is sounding like a Mexican, when you aren’t Mexican a goal. In my opinion it’s a bad and impossible goal. You aren’t Mexican, nor am I, we didn’t grow up there, nor do we speak Spanish as a first language. Doesn’t change the fact that we can learn, communicate, understand, and use the language just like natives can. My calculus teacher was from Brazil. She didn’t sound anything like any of my fellow Georgians but she was able to become a college professor in this country without sounding like us. I hope you see my point here. Check out my video titled, “why you will never reach native level fluency and why that’s ok”. I like having a little accent personally. I want to speak well but I want them to hear me and know that I’m not from there.
@@MikeBen I am very polémique. However, I would like to think it is because I am listening to the intellectuals in the Spanish Academies.
And by the way the United States and Canada also have Spanish Academies.
The national academies work independently but report to the main Spanish Academy. But the location of the Academy in Madrid is historically but has nothing to do with the Academy of Spanish as spoken in Spanish. That falls to the government of Spanish. Which can elect the standard language of the nation's choice.
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Hello @mike ben
I have problem about forgetting Spanish and very hard to find someone who speak Spanish in my country. Can you recommend any site or app for finding someone to talk or practice by myself like a technic such as reading or other skills etc. ı am open to any recommendation recover my Spanish again. I am trying to reach exciting contents because I am getting bored too with similar things.
Yes I can, try Italki, Tandem, Preplay, Baselang. The first two, I’ve used personally, the other two I’ve heard good things about. I understand your struggle with motivation. If I didn’t live in the U.S. or a country with a large Spanish speaking population it would be tough to keep me motivated as well
@@MikeBen thank you so much
Do you have plans to take the D.E.L.E. C2 level?
I actually do, I’m going to finish grad school, get an additional certification that should take a month then I plan to study for it and take it. I have study materials that I’ve already purchased. I’ll keep you all updated with that
@@MikeBen Awesome. That is also one of my big goals. Looking forward to your inspiring progress.
What up mike
What’s up 🫡
La tuya es una situation dificil y ninguna opcion vaya a estar mejor que la otra. Un docotorado (recentement termine el mio) require casi TODO tu tiempo y tu mente. Y adicionalmente es importante que gastes tanto tiempo sea como posible con tu papa. Un doctorado pueda esperar. PERO, la mas edad que tengas, la menos energia vayas a tener de gastar de cosas como una educacion. Es DEMASIADO facil de convirtirse en comodo. Cual quiera eleccion que tomes, tomala con confidencia y pidas a dios que sea la correcta.
Muchísimas gracias por los consejos en serio 🙏🏾
No es la boca lo que es importante amigo. Son los oídos primero. La boca en segundo lugar. ¿Por qué? Porque en un país donde no residen familiares y amigos hay que hablar con extraños. El problema de hablar con una persona desconocida, como en el ejemplo del que forma parte, es que no existe un punto de referencia común. Mike no habla mal español en este caso. El problema es que él no está relacionado con estas personas y les resulta extraño. Complicó el problema porque no se calla y escucha. Está atrapado en la trampa de los gringos. Ellos piensan de tratar de salir de una situación de la que no sabe nada con la 🗣️ voz...hablar, hablar, y hablar... Gringos no escuchan.
¡Escuchar!
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Que dios te bendiga con paz y felicidad 🙏🏾. Gracias por la información
If you’re not coming to Texas we don’t wanna hear it
My life circumstances this year have ruined something that I hold in high regard in my life…
My word…lol
I’m coming to Texas lol
Me siento triste para escuchar eso sobre tu papa 🙏
Gracias, vamos a estar bien 🙏🏾
perfecto🙌👏👏👏👏👏👏
Gracias Frances!