Nice bro! Good video. I'm now at 2,300 and 1.5 mil words read. Feels really good where I'm at and I'll continue counting hours until 3k. However, i lowered my hours to 2 a day. I'll continue watching content cause it's just what i do now in my life. I can now speak with all of my family back in Panamá, my mom and I now exclusively speak in Spanish, and every random Spanish person thinks I'm native. Couldn't be more happy.
I woke up and watched the entire video. Great overview. Very inspiring. Maintaining my daily streak and doing at least 20 minutes a day has inspired me a lot. It’s really nice knowing that I don’t have to actively do anything to improve in my target language. At first it was a slog but now I really look forward to doing as much listening as I can everyday
31:55 - i specifically remembered the youtuber mike ben using that glove analogy so i went and found the video again, its called "How Do You Know When You Are Fluent In Spanish? (Or Any Language) - I Am Fluent Now!" matt vs japan might have also said it but idk
Tienes el exacto objetivo que yo, pero en mi caso con el ingles. Yo soy cubano y acá se hacen un poco mas complejos ciertos recursos comunes en el resto de mundo, pero ahí voy. Tengo como aliado que siento pasión por el idioma que quiero. Gracias por compartir tu experiencia. Un abrazo.
Thanks for sharing your story!! This is super inspirational for me. Also there was a ton of good advice for learner content! I also started binging Luisito Communica at around 250hrs. I like his channel a lot. His GF Ary Tenorio is also very good, especially for me since I am focused on learning Caribbean Spanish more since most of the people I meet and interact with here in the US are from these countries. If you've heard of any good YT channels or podcasts with these accents/dialects I'd be super interested in learning about them because I am struggling a bit to find interesting content from countries like DR PR Venezuela Cuba Panama etc.. GL on your continued language learning journey!!!
I don't know of many channels or podcasts from that region. I would recommend asking in the Dreaming Spanish Discord server. However, I do know of Ducktape and 3Peso, which are like Buzzfeed and Jubilee respectively. I also know of the podcast Wilferland. All three are Dominican.
Hey, great video man. Really appreciate hearing from someone else's experience before starting the journey with comprehensible input myself. Quick question regarding accents. Should I stick to only 1 accent from the start (Mexican, Colombian, Argentinian etc)? Or can i just mix and match and focus on a single one later? Around how many hours until you should pick an accent? Thanks
It doesn't matter what kind of Spanish you listen to initially! I recommend listening to everything until you have a low intermediate level. I also recommend continuing to watch content from other regions if you see something that interests you; there's no need to ONLY listen to one kind of Spanish. I started focusing on content from Mexico at 300 hours.
Hello. Thanks for this content. Curious about your tracking methods. How did you time everything? And what do you use to track hours. Also, how do you track words read? And wondering if you track your reading time and add that to the input hours total?
I'm tracking on Polylogger. However, I'm currently working on my own tracking website with extra features that I would like to have. When it's done, I'll switch to that. Hopefully, I'll have it available to the public in a few short months. For things like UA-cam videos or Podcasts, I just check my watch history at the end of the day and log the time for each video. In the section where it asks me to write what I did, I put: (Tag) Activity Name For example: (TV) Silvana Sin Lana I only track conversation practice if I do it online because I can easily see when I start and stop by looking at the clock. I don't track my time spent speaking in real life. I track words read in Google Sheets. Kobo usually has word counts for the books I read. If they don't, I check the word count for the eBook using an extension in an eBook program called Calibre. I don't add my time spent reading to my total input time.
@NiyonLearns thanks for replying to all of my questions! Will be anxious to see your tracking site. I am currently doing everything with pen and paper because i can't decide. 😊
@ After reaching 1,000 hours of listening practice, I began speaking and did a light review of the subjunctive and imperfect past. I felt like I already knew how to use them, but I wasn’t fully confident. The review helped solidify that confidence.
Maybe this will sound silly from a stranger, but I’m proud of you! Really amazing!
Nice bro! Good video. I'm now at 2,300 and 1.5 mil words read. Feels really good where I'm at and I'll continue counting hours until 3k. However, i lowered my hours to 2 a day. I'll continue watching content cause it's just what i do now in my life. I can now speak with all of my family back in Panamá, my mom and I now exclusively speak in Spanish, and every random Spanish person thinks I'm native. Couldn't be more happy.
Gracias, yo tambien siento más orgullosa sobre mi herencia mexiciana desde aprendiendo español. Ahora, tengo casi 1.200 horas de input.
I woke up and watched the entire video. Great overview. Very inspiring. Maintaining my daily streak and doing at least 20 minutes a day has inspired me a lot. It’s really nice knowing that I don’t have to actively do anything to improve in my target language. At first it was a slog but now I really look forward to doing as much listening as I can everyday
Also great job and thanks for making this
Muchas gracias amigo! Don't ever delete this video. I'm going to need these resources when I get my hours up to those levels. :)
Excellent. Very grateful that you decided to do this in English. I'm looking forward to hearing about your ongoing journey with languages.
Your story is really interesting, I'm learning English and I'd like to reach a good English level.
31:55 - i specifically remembered the youtuber mike ben using that glove analogy so i went and found the video again, its called "How Do You Know When You Are Fluent In Spanish? (Or Any Language) - I Am Fluent Now!"
matt vs japan might have also said it but idk
Tienes el exacto objetivo que yo, pero en mi caso con el ingles. Yo soy cubano y acá se hacen un poco mas complejos ciertos recursos comunes en el resto de mundo, pero ahí voy. Tengo como aliado que siento pasión por el idioma que quiero. Gracias por compartir tu experiencia. Un abrazo.
Thanks for this! Keep pushing forward!! 🔥🔥🔥
Primer comentario, muy bien bro excelente video. You're so good!
Thks for the info.. good job with your progress! .. I've just started learning with Ds 28 hours in now 👀 wish me luck 😂✌🏾
Thanks for sharing your story!! This is super inspirational for me. Also there was a ton of good advice for learner content! I also started binging Luisito Communica at around 250hrs. I like his channel a lot. His GF Ary Tenorio is also very good, especially for me since I am focused on learning Caribbean Spanish more since most of the people I meet and interact with here in the US are from these countries.
If you've heard of any good YT channels or podcasts with these accents/dialects I'd be super interested in learning about them because I am struggling a bit to find interesting content from countries like DR PR Venezuela Cuba Panama etc..
GL on your continued language learning journey!!!
I don't know of many channels or podcasts from that region. I would recommend asking in the Dreaming Spanish Discord server. However, I do know of Ducktape and 3Peso, which are like Buzzfeed and Jubilee respectively. I also know of the podcast Wilferland. All three are Dominican.
@@NiyonLearns Awesome I'll check these out!
Hey, great video man. Really appreciate hearing from someone else's experience before starting the journey with comprehensible input myself. Quick question regarding accents. Should I stick to only 1 accent from the start (Mexican, Colombian, Argentinian etc)? Or can i just mix and match and focus on a single one later? Around how many hours until you should pick an accent? Thanks
It doesn't matter what kind of Spanish you listen to initially! I recommend listening to everything until you have a low intermediate level. I also recommend continuing to watch content from other regions if you see something that interests you; there's no need to ONLY listen to one kind of Spanish. I started focusing on content from Mexico at 300 hours.
Hello. Thanks for this content. Curious about your tracking methods. How did you time everything? And what do you use to track hours. Also, how do you track words read? And wondering if you track your reading time and add that to the input hours total?
I'm tracking on Polylogger. However, I'm currently working on my own tracking website with extra features that I would like to have. When it's done, I'll switch to that. Hopefully, I'll have it available to the public in a few short months.
For things like UA-cam videos or Podcasts, I just check my watch history at the end of the day and log the time for each video. In the section where it asks me to write what I did, I put:
(Tag) Activity Name
For example: (TV) Silvana Sin Lana
I only track conversation practice if I do it online because I can easily see when I start and stop by looking at the clock. I don't track my time spent speaking in real life.
I track words read in Google Sheets. Kobo usually has word counts for the books I read. If they don't, I check the word count for the eBook using an extension in an eBook program called Calibre. I don't add my time spent reading to my total input time.
@NiyonLearns thanks for replying to all of my questions! Will be anxious to see your tracking site. I am currently doing everything with pen and paper because i can't decide. 😊
Also one thing I didn't catch... How long did it take you to get this far after you started Dreaming Spanish?
If you're asking how long it took me to reach 2,000 hours of Spanish in months and years, it took me about 2 years.
@@NiyonLearns yup that exactly thanks!
Verbs?
@@friedchicken892 What do you mean?
@ Did you do any verb practice? Like practicing conjugations
@ After reaching 1,000 hours of listening practice, I began speaking and did a light review of the subjunctive and imperfect past. I felt like I already knew how to use them, but I wasn’t fully confident. The review helped solidify that confidence.