Can Spaniards Speak English? 🇪🇸🇬🇧

[@raphaeljaques2]

I'm Brazilian and I love your videos. 👏👏

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Thank you! Which city?

[@raphaeljaques2]

@@InstantEnglishUK Sao Paulo 😁

[@davidivlev1294]

I also can speak with a British accent, not just American accent. I love both accents. 🇺🇸🇬🇧I can spell the words in British English or American English. Basically, it doesn’t matter for me. When I go to the UK again, I can speak with a British accent.

[@edinaldopereira2285]

As usual, a very different way of teaching English! Congrats!

[@InstantEnglishUK]

THANK YOU!!!

[@Sahriaraktarmoon]

Really good quizzes .

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Thanks, where are you from?

[@barawen_who]

The kettle is a little tricky as we don't use them in Spain

[@RefugioAnarco]

In the public schools in Spain, English isnt taught well, all courses start teaching the verb to be, the list of irregular verbs and basic vocabulary. Speaking isn´t taught in depth and exchanges/trips to Anglo-Saxon countries are made. I didn't have a full conversation until I was 25 years old and where I felt comfortable. In fact, I know more polyglot Americans than Spaniards who speak English. According to official data only 25% of Spaniards speak English fluently. And in my immediate family only I know English (american english, of course, the best)

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Interesting 🤨

[@iliaspapaspis4661]

Greetings from Greece...🇬🇷

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Lovely to meet you

[@viktorull]

I'm Brazilian and son of spanish (my dad was born in Valencia, but at his 3 years old he moved out here to Brazil) and it's amazing to see the people from my second citizenship in this vídeo!! Saludoss 🇧🇷🇪🇦

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Amazing comment!

[@alexisalonsojaimesolorzano3602]

I love those videos

[@alihushenmahi6444]

I love this vedio brother ❤

[@lohanaernandes4186]

Eu conhecia o "kettle" como "boiler". Morei na Índia e era comum chamarmos assim.

[@dsa-fv3hv]

Thank you🎉

[@tusharsadik2532]

I've enjoyed from Bangladesh.. 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩..... And also invite you to visit our beautiful country... 🥰🥰🥰

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Thank you

[@EudesBezerra-s1n]

Great video class

[@Giuliana95Videos]

They did pretty good!!! 😁 Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Did you see the Buenos Aires video?

[@Giuliana95Videos]

@@InstantEnglishUK yes! 😁

[@Tente69]

I love your videos! BTW, I think is time to start saying paella (pie-aye-ya) correctly. Please! LOL

[@InstantEnglishUK]

In English we pronounce is differently haha. In Spanish, I would say it like pie aye ya

[@Tente69]

@@InstantEnglishUK PA as in Parsley, E as in Egg, LLA as in Yard. ¡Mucho mejor así! :P

[@Bars-lv2un]

@@InstantEnglishUKBro, when will you come to Kazakhstan and check my English?)😊😊😊

[@InstantEnglishUK]

@@Bars-lv2un I need to make a lot more money first 😎

[@GlobalEnglish-2025]

This video is helpful; thank you. 謝謝。

[@7MPhonemicEnglish]

We have an idiom in parts of the USA - 'a$$ over teakettle' or 'tail over teakettle'. For example; 'I looked around the corner just in time to watch him fall tail over teakettle down the stairs.' When I was a kid, we had a "whistling tea kettle."

[@marinoarias2721]

Thank you for your video 📷 I see from Domican republic , I learning English

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Keep going!

[@cat_omaha732]

If you can learn the grammar it will help a TON - that’s the biggest challenge to speaking English so well that we wouldn’t notice you aren’t a native speaker. (For example: I AM watching from THE Dominican Republic, I AM learning English.) You got this! ¡Puede hacelo!

[@Um-ArR]

​​@@cat_omaha732Yeah. But "I learn English" would be correct. No? He's just saying the fact that he learns English

[@miguelangelperez2849]

Those folks have pretty good English! Cheers from Colombia 🇨🇴

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Did you see the Colombia video?

[@davidivlev1294]

I enjoyed watching this video, it was marvelous. ☺️ You did a great job mate! It was interesting to see how Spaniards speak English in Spain and I have to say I was impressed. People speak English quite well in Spain. I wish everyone could speak English in this world. Btw, in some countries the majority of the population speaks English very fluently and it makes me happy. If you visit Norway and the Netherlands you’ll be surprised how good people speak English there. In fact, people speak many languages and this is so cool. Well, speaking about myself, I am bilingual and I only speak two languages fluently English and Russian. I know many people would say that I am from the USA because I have an American accent, but I am not from the USA. I am from a small Baltic country and those who heard my accent thought that English is my first language and no one would believe that Russian is my first language because everyone spoke that language in my family and it was the first language I learnt and when I was a teenager I learnt English and I have a native level of English now because I can say anything I want, I can talk a lot and write. I use native slang, idioms and etc. Of course I dunno everything, but no one can know everything even in their own language and I’ll be honest even Russian is difficult for me because there are so many words I don’t know and I’ve never used them in my life. When my grandma tells me about different Russian words, I don’t understand cuz I’ve never heard of them. If Russian will use the words I dunno, I won’t understand them. In my opinion, the most difficult languages are Chinese, Russian and Arabic. Though I speak Russian as a first language, but sometimes I find it difficult to fully express all my thoughts and therefore I always think in English and all my thoughts are in English. When I forget some Russian words, I can’t remember them and I can say these words in English, but unfortunately Russians will not understand me if they dunno English. Moreover, there are only some Russian who are fluent in English and in Russia English isn’t widely spoken unless you meet foreigners. My particular interests are Acting, modelling and teaching English to people. Maybe one day I’ll learn some languages in the future. I speak some Spanish, but at a conversational level and another language the same, that’s it.

[@ivanovichdelfin8797]

Desearía que todos pudieran hablar español también 😊

[@sevillabonita1980]

You're hire.😂

[@AbelPujol]

As a native Spanish speaker I can assure you that this video does not represent the average English knowledge in Spain.

[@InstantEnglishUK]

🥲🥲🥲

[@MuhammadIdlan-tm8td]

English or Spanish

[@Kizibegui]

Hater😊

[@kremit6479]

To be fair, it may be more common in Madrid because it's the capital.

[@rharesh4451]

I can speak fluently in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Malay, Tamil, Malayalam and a little bit of every other language. Muchas gracias amigo. 👌👍

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Amazing! Where are you from?

[@DAVID-ud3rg]

Great vídeo! Thank you

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Thanks

[@thaizahonorato]

In my opinion, it is tough to recall simple objects we use daily.😂

[@InstantEnglishUK]

It’s tough?

[@thaizahonorato]

@@InstantEnglishUK yes, sorry I misspelled the word😂

[@Nisar2323]

Love from pakhtunisitan❤❤

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Where is that?? 😎

[@MuhammadRamzan-iz1sl]

For Spaniards English language speaking is something like an environmental and aware of English language however British English is very good and well-suited for Spaniards 😅😅😅

[@EudesBezerra-s1n]

From Brazil 🇧🇷

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Obrigado

[@danipolyglot]

6:10 was Sofía Vergara's spot on voice

[@Devilla64J]

Spanish people speak almost perfectly 🎉 hope one day Azerbaijani people also can do that😅

[@Devilla64J]

@@learnscapade6670 the same in French but French people seem like hating English 🤣

[@sayiphulaph6114]

Love from North East India ❤

[@m374l01d]

3:58 "Chupete" - Frase épica de Paloma, 2024

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Haha love it

[@jesserodriguez6601]

Love these videos It may have a better format if you had like an iPad under the camera with the photos so that y'all arn't facing down most of the video !

[@InstantEnglishUK]

True! Thanks

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Just have to buy an iPad haha

[@supportnetwork7005]

I find the British guy very attractive. Even though I'm English proficient, I wouldn't be able to focus on the questions. He's hot.

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Thanks

[@gulam_raza_pnp]

Great 👍👍

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Thank you!

[@hariskhan291]

You forgot mention that Spain won the euro championship 2024.

[@InstantEnglishUK]

I did … 😞

[@Elvia-ingles]

Tus playas son impresionantes

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Inglaterra?

[@andreytarletskiy1377]

Their speaking level is pretty good, but vocabulary leaves something to be desired. Go to Russia. There is vice versa situation there.

[@barawen_who]

We don't use kettles, and maternity levels are dropping dramatically 😂

[@CarlWayne1975]

"Kettle" is funny. I'm American and I would never have guessed kettle. Actually, I don't know what that was called. lol. Another one is "pacifier". In America we do use that word but I think it's kind of older. Many people say "binky" or "sucker" too.

[@barnabyrt1012]

He's so handsome😍

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Cheers

[@chrisredfield9079]

Zorra y zorrow easy piece

[@maneeratchannoi9613]

❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍

[@Kiwi-bw7he]

Man U need to come to Morocco Haha

[@L_Rief]

I'm from in Indonesia

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Amazing!

[@PsycheTellTheCase]

Soo, english or spanish? 🤭🤣

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Both

[@nunas64]

There you are. They do speak good english. As for english people speaking other languages that's another story. We all know at least one famous english person who lived in another country. For years and can not speak the basics.

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Luckily I’m fluent in Spanish 😁

[@hariskhan291]

When will you come to Pakistan to test our English.

[@InstantEnglishUK]

When I have more money 🥲

[@hariskhan291]

@@InstantEnglishUK wow you have a lot of money.

[@InstantEnglishUK]

@@hariskhan291 i dont… if I did I would travel to Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@hariskhan291]

@@InstantEnglishUK I know a lot of people don't want to come to Pakistan due to security concern.

[@hariskhan291]

I live near the capital city Islamabad. I am from Rawalpindi. I no in cleanliness Pakistan has got poor record. Pakistani food is quite amazing. You will love it. We have biryani rice and also pulao rice. Then we have chickpeas.

[@HridoyMahabub-vc1ox]

l'm Bangladeshe I like it.👏

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Amazing!

[@paulohenriqueg]

Nice. 🇧🇷

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Thank you

[@ThomasSchwitzer236]

English or Spanish=)

[@InstantEnglishUK]

👀

[@alok.ff5191]

5:09 💀💀 Some people say p**** too

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Pardon?

[@sulaimansunda]

When you go to indonesia??

[@InstantEnglishUK]

I wish but it’s so far I can’t afford it

[@bencarljamin3571]

Does he seriously not know why it’s called a dummy or is he just embarrassed to say?

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Who me?

[@JC-1405]

@@InstantEnglishUK The reason it's called a dummy (you said in the video you don't know why) is because the word 'dumb' nowadays means stupid, but the original meaning is linked with an inability to speak, which is what happens when you put a dummy in. Deaf people used to be labelled with the offensive term 'deaf and dumb' for this reason.

[@vanillaaylol]

Why didn't anyone joke about English or Spanish?

[@InstantEnglishUK]

What do you mean?

[@veraahllof]

What would all that be in Spanish? 😊

[@mab_dlm]

Do you speak British English or American English .

[@InstantEnglishUK]

British

[@elpirusky9711]

I don’t know being spanish somethimes they ask me “English or spanish” and I was like IM NOT GAY”

[@InstantEnglishUK]

pardon?

[@allamazing3778]

Please come to India someday lol

[@InstantEnglishUK]

I would love to

[@elpirusky9711]

I actually think than this not represent the real English level in spain because they were special individuals causa even one of then had a wonderful British accent being Spanish so that’s too much strange in madrid cause I’m living here I can assure u than it doesn’t works like that

[@InstantEnglishUK]

thanks for the comment

[@FactChannelUnique-e5t]

Please bro come to Bangladesh to know the English accent of the people of Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@InstantEnglishUK]

I would love to one day when I have enough money

[@FactChannelUnique-e5t]

@@InstantEnglishUK Where are you from Originally?

[@sulaimansunda]

United state right​@@FactChannelUnique-e5t

[@ChimiChimiChurryPie]

Next try: British people butcher Spanish words. Paella= pie aye yah. Repeat. LL=yuh

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Sorry but we don’t have the LL sound in English, same with Madrid. We don’t say madRÍD, we say Madrid 😎 I know a lot of Spanish speakers say LonDON with an O sound at the end but it’s LonDUN with the schwa sound. It’s just how it is when you speak your own language. In Spanish I definitely say paella with LL sound 😁

[@lonadlm-df6gy]

Hoover.

[@josemiguelcarrizo7373]

Who pays you?😊

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Nobody unfortunately

[@gabrielfernandesrocha-c7l]

Kettle

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Well done

[@saskia0.1]

You speak Spanish?

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Yes I do 😎

[@saskia0.1]

@@InstantEnglishUK that’s pretty cool!

[@lafandenuel5605]

please, don't think ill of the average spaniard male's vocabulary just because he doesn't know what a vacuum cleaner is. Come on, it's Southern Europe. Mums, grans, siss, GFs and wives do it. And id you're into money or delusional that you are (quite common around here), the cleaning lady will.

[@InstantEnglishUK]

He just didn’t know the word in English… he knew what it was

[@alvaromunnoz]

los españoles no tenemos el deber de aprender inglés ... es una lengua extranjera de aprendizaje voluntario ... como el francés, itamiano, alemán, etc ... los ingleses se permiten el lujo de venir a examinarnos como si fuéramos una colonia suya .... Gibraltar extendido a toda España ....

[@InstantEnglishUK]

It’s just a unique way to teach English to my audience, while at the same time offering locals a chance to practise their English. It’s just a bit of fun, I’m clearly not implying that they HAVE to speak English. Nobody in the video took part that didn’t want to 😎 please chill out 🥲

[@davidivlev1294]

En mi opinión, aprender más idiomas es muy bueno y puede que tengas más oportunidades. Inglés es un mejor idioma en el mundo y otros idiomas también muy hermosos.

[@davidivlev1294]

Nobody forces another person to learn a language if he doesn’t want, but why some people are against other languages? I can’t understand that and how can they not like English? It’s just ridiculous and doesn’t make sense. Stupid people, I hate those who against others. I mean, languages, cultures, religion and etc. Other people just disrespect other nations and etc. I can learn another country’s language and it’ll be good for me, but I don’t force others to learn my languages.

[@thaizahonorato]

A ver, pues pienso diferente ya que el inglés es un idioma muy hablado a nivel mundial, así que todos deben aprenderlo.

[@jd2948]

Relajate un poco, nadie te ha obligado a aprender nada, ni nadie ha venido a examinarte. Puedes continuar con tu cabeza metida en la tierra.

[@abeeltenista]

Your sample is not representative, those spaniards are performing like top 10% in the country, average level is way lower. 😅 Worcestershire should be a banned word. You can't simply put a thousand letters and pretend they are not there. If you want funny results, you should ask for "pronounciation". Ironically, it's hard to pronounce. Pacifier is a dummy name. Sounds like an american brand of shotguns. Hey, did you get the new Pacifier 3000? It comes with extra 5 shells capacity, much better than the old 2000 model!

[@InstantEnglishUK]

I think you’d be surprised with tourism driving the economy a lot of people are learning or can speak English 😎

[@abeeltenista]

​@@InstantEnglishUK I am from Spain, the only surprise here is the level of English shown by my fellas.🤣Not representative AT ALL.

[@gatosandwichera]

As a fellow Spaniard (who is also an English teacher) I can confirm what the commenter says. These people speak waaaaay better than most spaniards of the same age range

[@Emimadd]

Well, you don't know how to pronounce "paella" correctly 😂

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Haha in English it’s said like that, same with Madrid. We don’t say madRíd

[@bmgmusa07]

0:01 any Spaniard want to comment on his pronunciation of paella?? You can't let a Brit enter your country and question your skill of knowing his language and at the same time butcher yours 😂.

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Haha in English it’s pronounced like that, if I were speaking Spanish, I would say it with the LL

[@tomassantiagootero1707]

1. No solo tenemos Paella 2. No a todos nos gusta el flamenco. 3. Preguntar solo en Madrid no vale, es insuficiente. 4. ¿Y vosotros sabéis hablar español? Bye!!

[@barawen_who]

*sabéis 😅

[@InstantEnglishUK]

Si hablo castellano 😁

[@rharesh4451]

Nice, but I wonder if you can pronounce a difficult or long word in Spanish, I'm sure you can't right unless you know how to speak Spanish. Everyone speaks their mother tongue fluently for example can you pronounce the following words fluently in Malayalam slang Vythysthamaya and Vilapidippula I'm you'll struggle to pronounce it right. For goodness sake don't underestimate other races who can't speak English fluently. In Malaysia instead of pacifier we say nipple as simple as that. Idiots think they know everything, while wise people know that they know very little. Medical student Malaysia 👌

[@InstantEnglishUK]

It’s just a fun challenge. I am actually using the video to teach English but I’m a different way that is hopefully more entertaining than a simple whiteboard and talk to the camera video. And yes I do speak Spanish 😁

[@7MPhonemicEnglish]

In the USA, some of us will use 'Hoover' as a verb, such as 'He hoovered up that plate of wings in about 30 seconds.' We also recognize Hoover as the foremost brand of vacuum cleaner traditionally or historically. Oh, but we'll say 'Hoover' as opposed to 'Hoovugh'. O, buɂ wɛ'l seɛ Hqvr az upozd tu Hqvu.