800 hour dreaming spanish update! ♡

[@EL_SID7]

Congrats! I've also recently crossed the 800 threshold. Keep up the great work!

[@GregandLisaLewis-vz6ut]

oooooooo, I can't wait for the next video now! Great job Jaci! I love your honesty.

[@xojaci]

@@GregandLisaLewis-vz6ut thank you so much!! :D

[@SpanishBoostGaming]

¡Felicidades por este logro! 🤩🤩 Me hace muy feliz ver personas de todo el mundo interesadas en aprender mi lenguaje y también saber que este método te está sirviendo :D

[@xojaci]

@@SpanishBoostGaming omgggg jajaj muchas gracias en serio, especialmente porque en los dias que no tenía ganas de hacer nada de input comprensible, tus videos siempre me dieron risa :')

[@SpanishWithMikeLee]

Sweet, congratulations on your milestone. 😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@xojaci]

@@SpanishWithMikeLee thank you!! :D

[@InputGuerreraEspañol]

Congrats on 800 hours. HUGE accomplishment! And I'm like you - I live in a Spanish speaking country and I obviously speak when I need to and I try to always speak Spanish at stores and stuff, but I just don't feel ready to pour it on. I kinda got ripped on the subreddit for not taking the opportunity to speak here. But I'll do it at my own pace. I can see the progress, so I'm not worried (okay, I'm a little worried 😂). And oh my gosh yes...taking 4 hours to do 1 hour! If only I wouldn't get sidetracked I could be at 1500 hours by now (I'm at 750ish)!!! It drives me nuts how much time I waste because I get bored and can't focus. I spend way too much time looking at the DS website for something I think I'll like instead of just grinding through. So I'm a dingaling. I have that Chrome add-on and I use it to look at the levels and the upload dates on the DS website, but how do you get it to add your KZbin hours? I feel like that would be a game changer for me. Keep up the great work!!!

[@xojaci]

@@InputGuerreraEspañol thank you!! :D ahh i'm sorry people tried to call you out for that! i think living in a spanish speaking country seems like an amazing opportunity and it is, but truthfully it really feels amazing when you have wayyyy more hours. so far, i've just felt a lot of pressure and sometimes being here just highlights how i'm totally not where i wanna be yet! i love living here, but it can be overwhelming at the same time :') but its whatever, it takes time and you def gotta do what feels best for you! AND SAME. its like i have probably spent more time looking for my next watch than actually watching on some days 😅 so i've gotten the chrome add-on to work by having dreaming spanish open in one tab and then having my youtube history open in the other. usually a little orange button will pop up that you can click on to transfer the time watched on a video to your DS time. sometimes it doesnt work immediately and i'll just refresh or reopen the tabs and the little button eventually shows up! hopefully this helps :) thanks once again, and same to you!!

[@lvrgirlsiah]

congratulations on 800! 🎉💗 i feel like that happened so fast!! and LOL, ambiguity, same!!!!!!

[@xojaci]

thanks!! :D hahaha its so hard for no reason lmfaoooo

[@rexshel]

estoy usando tu video como input comprensible para aprender mas ingles 😎😎

[@xojaci]

@@rexshel omg shel jjajaja que bacán :D

[@rellevisionnetwork]

Happy for you keep going. I’m around 120 I feel good about my journey

[@becoming.océane]

wohooooo congrats my dear

[@xojaci]

@@becoming.océane thank youuu 🥹

[@syth-jg8lw]

Oh hey another DS learner! Spanish is my 3rd language and the last time I studied spanish was for 30hrs almost 20 years ago in high school where I barely paid attention. I stopped translating in my head in the first 10-20 hours. Growing up my family spoke to me in one language and everyone else spoke to me another, so that might be why I don't need to take the scenic route when hearing spanish lol

[@xojaci]

@@syth-jg8lw ooooh okay, that makes sm sense tbh. i have a friend who only started learning spanish a few months ago, but she told me she already stopped translating in her head. and i was like 🤯 jdkdskjds but spanish is her 3rd language as well! def makes sense when you already have 2 under your belt, getting passed that mental block is a bit smoother. really cool! :D

[@nadaqueocultar]

Te entiendo completamente con los videos de gente jugando videojuegos! No me gusta jugar yo, pero esos videos son adictivos. Que otra persona se frustre si no le salen las cosas y yo me divierto 😅

[@xojaci]

@@nadaqueocultar jajaja si son, especialmente cuando los jugadores son demasiado chistosos 🤣 en serio así tienen toda mi atención

[@callmejobson]

Congratulation on 800 hours! I recommend Lingq for reading the Spanish content is really good. There is a lot of content there! It cool that you and your partner are learning together! We and mine want to learn Spanish together after we move!

[@xojaci]

@@callmejobson thank you!! ☺️ and cool thanks for the rec!! these days i usually just resort to books or vogue españa hahah thats so nice!! it's so fun to have someone to learn with :D my partner is actually a native spanish speaker, so i have a lil built in crosstalk partner hehe

[@TheOneChannelToRuleThemAll]

I think the biggest advice to stop translating in your head is to just ignore it. Don’t actively do it, but don’t actively try not to do it because then you are still focused on that in a way. I have 15+ years of off and on Spanish learning prior to DS and at ~640 hours I still translate in my head some but the more input I do, the less it gets over time. I also notice it way more when I try to watch stuff that’s a bit too hard. I’m confident it will work itself out in time if I keep going with input and don’t try to push myself outside of what comfortable for me (some new words and stuff but still like 98% or more comprehensible).

[@xojaci]

@@TheOneChannelToRuleThemAll thanks so much for your insight!! i'm the same, i just keep thinking the more input i get eventually it'll go away!! and its definitely minimized overtime, but its still there. i actually noticed with slower/easier content i translate in my head more because i have the time to! but with native content, theyre going so fast i dont wanna get left behind and i'm actually catching way more without translating. and then i realize im not translating and im like omg! then i start translating, and i end up lost. hahahah its so weird. your advice definitely makes sense! i just need to relax and let it flow, without forcing anything~

[@joreneelanguages]

Haha it’s so funny, I saw 800 hrs and I was like oh she’s moving so fast! And then like the first thing you said was how slow it felt 😂 I’m so excited for you to start chapter books! Are you in the minimmersion discord? 👀

[@xojaci]

@@joreneelanguages djkfjkfjk love that :') hahah i cant wait either omg!! and yesss i am!! hehe im @/xodream :)

[@aljunefernandez3730]

can you share the link for this server ? 😅

[@xojaci]

@@aljunefernandez3730 hey!! the server is hosted by @/leaf.ling_learns on instagram, so you can find the link there and more about the server!! :)

[@ThePeachGirlDiaries]

I totally agree that you basic develop a new brain when learning a new language. Super impressive that you understand a Cuban:) I love their accent but they are so hard to comprehend! Dude, Telenovelas are the best and worst. It's like all the most horrible people come together and make the worst decisions.

[@xojaci]

@@ThePeachGirlDiaries thats so funny, what you said about telenovelas 🤣 its the truest thing ever though djskdkd i keep watching them tho 😭 lmfaoooo

[@TigerThomas-oy3cy]

60 fps is higher quality video

[@BadNewz52]

Its very tough to stop translating in your head..try to translate onto pictures in your mind instead of your native language is a good excercise

[@timothymurray1236]

To be honest, I don't believe those who say on the reddit that they've stopped translating in their head after only a few hundred hours. Great vid BTW, I'm 100 hours behind you.

[@xojaci]

@@timothymurray1236 hahaha yeah, i'm just like wow they must have had 0 spanish knowledge and started CI completely from scratch? who knows fr! :p and thank you!! keep it up!! :)

[@James_zai_dongbei]

Watching and reading loads of easy stuff, and repetition in general, stops you translating in your head

[@Moreno_Cubanito]

you actually speak English very fast that would give non English speakers pause in understanding.

[@xojaci]

i definitely notice that when i'm editing my videos, like yikes i need to slow down 😅 i'll definitely work on that in upcoming videos!!