An American's first impressions of Madrid, Spain | American learning Spanish

[@amazagx]

Madre mía!! Qué simpática eres!! Bienvenida!!

[@caballoloco100]

Minute 5:40 That is the right attitude: never be afraid of making mistakes when speaking in Spanish, as Spaniards appreciate the effort you put into it.

[@miguimau]

100% Most of the "expats " and tourists won't bother to learn much Spanish.

[@CalvinLXVII]

Buena actitud la tuya con el idioma. Mucha suerte en tu permanencia en el país. Bienvenida!

[@carlosabianfernandez2058]

Welcome to Madrid Bridget.I live near the Retiro Park.

[@nasspeaks]

I can relate sooo much to persons responding to me in English when I speak Spanish sometimes and I’m like whyy I wanna practice haha but it doesn’t always happen. Buen vídeo, me encantaría ir a España para practicar más mi español también ☺️

[@bridgetvslanguage]

Haha exactly!!

[@AlvaroBlancoK]

Probablemente, gran parte de las personas con las que interaccionas en Madrid no habla ingles o poquito, soy de Madrid y lo se ^^. En Alemania hay mas gente que habla ingles (mi madre es alemana y desde pequeño usaba sobre todo ingle para comunicarme con mi familia alli) Bravo por ti! disfruta y animo!

[@DiegoJacaranda]

Bienvenida a España. Hablas muy bien en español.

[@bridgetvslanguage]

Gracias!

[@alfoar7583]

Perfecto acento..Enhorabuena.

[@miguimau]

Por un segundo me pregunté ¿qué hace en un robot en el estanque de El Retiro? XD

[@juanjosegarciaromero8051]

España 🇪🇸 Bella 😊😊😊

[@felixcanas9446]

Don’t worry for your pronunciation in Spanish, it’s perfect. English speaking people usually have a very strong accent but you don’t. Good luck here, I’m sure you’ ll enjoy it here since you have a very nice and humble actitude.

[@javierrodriguezgonzalez3426]

Baby 😍🌹

[@kennethwdc]

Regarding the Germans ability to speak English, if you search for English Proficiency Index you'll find that the Germanic countries have a very high proficiency in English compared to the Latin countries of Europe, which have a moderate degree of proficiency. In fact, Austria is ranked third after the Netherlands and Singapore. I was in Germany in the 80s, Austria in the early 90s and again in Germany in 2013 and I didn't notice them switching automatically to English. I'm guessing with the availability of English language media now through the internet their level of English has gone through the roof and they're responding in English because it's the simplest way to communicate. I haven't been there in 11 years so I'm curious to know whether they're going to respond to me in English as well.

[@bridgetvslanguage]

I figured it has something to do with proficiency. Though to be fair, even in very basic exchanges, I haven't found any Spanish speakers switch to English yet despite likely knowing the vocabulary for the interaction

[@19piolin82]

Que aprendan español ellos.

[@franciscomolledadelvalle9853]

Hablo Italiano con los embajadores, en francés con las mujeres, en alemán con los soldados, en inglés con los caballos y en Español...con Dios. Carlos 1 de España y v de Alemania.

[@19piolin82]

@@franciscomolledadelvalle9853 Eso era antes de saber que los que eran los más superiores soldados eran los españoles, que se pasaban a los alemanes, suecos, franceses, turcos, Ingleses e italianos por el arco del triunfo.

[@magna_sur4875]

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