How to Piss Off Colombians - Beginner Spanish

[@DreamingSpanish]

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[@Nishinga.]

Does Shelcin offer one on one lessons?

[@JaimeSpanishJourney-ku1ns]

Second month listening to dreaming Spanish and just reached 300 hours. Currently in Colombia Medellin taking Spanish classes and all my teachers are shocked to hear that all I’ve been doing is listening to Spanish. Thank you DS

[@chadhenry1230]

Damn...that is wildly impressive! Sounds like every waking moment was Dreaming Spanish haha

[@JaimeSpanishJourney-ku1ns]

@@chadhenry1230 you wouldn’t believe it 😅 but I can say now it was totally worth at the end. I’m really happy with my results so far.

[@josiaszimmerer8814]

That's impressive! Full time Dreaming Spanisher

[@Mtm7033]

300 hours in two months? That’s amazing.

[@TheFeljoy]

Hey, how is learning Spanish going for you? :) I’m planning to do something similar and travel to Colombia + Central America this winter. I don’t think I can manage 5 hours per day😂 but I’m doing something every day and would wish to reach a simple conversational level while I’m there at least. Are there specific types of language school/course that you can recommend?

[@Gutierrez-zy5mm]

I'm surprised this channel has not pass 200k subs, easily the best Spanish learning channel on KZbin. Muchas gracias!

[@318.Camswrld]

Seriously it's so underrated

[@sn00pyd00py]

Shel is easily my fav. DS member. Always a joy watching your videos!

[@cw8790]

Andrés for me wish he had more easy videos

[@TheMiliPro]

Sí es muy graciosa 🤣 Me alegro que nos esté mostrando ya su personalidad

[@g-raffasaurus2350]

Same here! She is excellent at what she does and the most entertaining :)

[@staceygodbee08]

Mine too

[@neloangelo8]

Yet again your edits are top tier lol keep it up!

[@Freerunx3]

what a wonderful video, my spanish is not great at all and I understood nearly everything, thank you so much for your work

[@A_friendwithoutbenefits]

Most Colombians: gets offended when people confuse them with Venezuelans Also most Colombians: thinks every Asian they see is a Chino

[@TsavoTouring]

😂

[@vivahernando1]

😂 that’s almost every Latin American country though

[@A_friendwithoutbenefits]

True. I just think if you're ignorant yourself, it gives you less right to be offended if people are ignorant about you lol. Most Latinos outside of Mexico don't like it when people think they're Mexican, yet they assume every Asian is a Chino, to the point that in Latin America 'chino' is used interchangeably to mean 'Asian', when it should really only refer to people from 1 of 48 Asian countries: China. Well then, if you gonna use that word with all Asians, don't get offended if we call you Mexican 😆

[@vivahernando1]

@@A_friendwithoutbenefits this is true and I never really thought about it. I'm half Mexican so ...

[@ca21st]

Shel & Andres are the quirkiest and the most interesting , oozing with personality. Of course the rest are great too

[@Monolo-wc5jo]

Andrea la mexicana has the most personality

[@jcwoodstl]

She is a phenomenal teacher. My (spoken) Spanish comprehension ability is horrible yet I can understand everything she says.

[@hlixio]

Awesome video. I was engaged the entire time. Great job!!

[@Moni633-00]

This was so funny! I cracked up laughing at every punch! 😂 Poor panda. 😂

[@Jeffery_Holmes]

Shel, of all of your videos that I have seen, this may be my favorite!

[@emilioramirez010]

That poor panda.

[@Moni633-00]

I laugh every time I think of that panda. 😂

[@FoB39]

Top tier edits as always shel

[@AndresDS_el_sevillano]

"O" de.... ORANGUTÁN 🤣

[@SeñorSpanglish]

¡Gracias por los consejos y el conocimiento cultural, Shel!

[@JEANDURAN13]

me encanta sus videos amiga

[@hasankeser]

Sometimes it is urgent to find a common way of communication and in that case, knowing English is useful and preferable. I am not English native speaker. In my country, people mostly get angry when others say that Turkey is an Eastern, Middle Eastern country or confuse us as an Arabic country.

[@str1k3r8]

Otro video genial, muy divertido y educativo

[@gurpreetbal1]

Thanks for providing tips on how to piss off my ColUmbian friends. I'll let you know their reaction 🙂

[@HampshireSports]

😂

[@g-raffasaurus2350]

Jajaja!! :D

[@ElMantis0]

Te estaré vigilando 🗿

[@aruda10]

OMG, the edits in this one are hilarious!!😂😂 Great job, Jostin (or Alma)!!

[@Moni633-00]

I agree. I cried laughing at this one. The combination of Shel’s personality and the editing is top notch content.

[@TheMiliPro]

I think Shel edits on DaVinci Resolve & has an Epidemic sub based on the video loops in the background so she may edit some of her own stuff. The quality of how her videos are shot whether inside or outdoors shows she’s into film

[@aruda10]

@@TheMiliPro Ah, good to know, thanks!

[@g-raffasaurus2350]

Ese fue un video excelente, gracias Shel! Aprendí mucho no solomente de la cultura colombiana sino también sobre la cultura latinoamericana en general! ¡Qué revelador! 👌👌👏👏🙌🙌

[@Davran2742]

Saludos desde Columbia Británica, Canadá :)

[@gg13308]

great information. I enjoyed arepas when I visited Colombia…thanks

[@wojciechgasiorowski628]

me encanta ese canal y eso es el primero video que he visto de tu canal, y lo siento por mi mal espanol, pero soy de Polonia, Europa y no puedo usar este idioma muy bien, pero ha entendo casi todo lo que has diciendo en ese video cuando tu acento es so "pure" - no se como escribirlo en espanol xd gracias por tu video y por supuesto voy a suscribir a tu canal y voy a ver mas videos que vas a hacer :D saludos de Polonia, eres hermosa :)

[@mrh3578]

Gracias por ayudarme aprender sobre de cultura de Colombia. Lo que más interesante a mi es sobre todos los acentos. Pero, es como aquí en Estados Unidos tenemos un montón de acentos ingleses también. Ojalá que puedo visitar tu país en el futuro.

[@AnkitaMaheshwari86]

I had a co-worker ask the waitress to speak in English when I was on a work trip in France. Omg, it was so embarrassing and the look that she gave him was priceless. It is personally one of my pet peeves being an American, the arrogance that some people have expecting everyone in the world to cater to them. Especially as a lover of languages, it really grinds my gears.

[@GigiRoss]

😂😂😂 great job Shel!!! You are too funny!!!

[@videomelanie]

Your content is great! Thank you.

[@LilyEstes]

I died laughing at each punch 🤣 she’s too funny!!

[@tengoats0]

I always spell it correctly , but I can't say it correctly because there is a Columbia in my state in Maryland so it comes out that way,, but I spell it with an o , her vids are great

[@Miami7]

I understood every bit of that!! Yay!! She makes it easy to learn!

[@commentsboardreferee7434]

Voy a ir a Columbia

[@sethblackburn5346]

:-))

[@algernoncarling7983]

ColOmbia !!!!

[@commentsboardreferee7434]

@@algernoncarling7983 jajaja!

[@seanwithford7560]

Eso es lo mejor, gracias como siempre Shel!

[@Rusia-16]

Soy ruso y hablo español pero no hablo ingles ! Todas las personas estan sorprendidas de eso ! Yo digo que no me gusta ingles, me encanta el idioma español. Todos piensan que el primera idioma que necesito aprender es ingles! El idioma español es lo que esta en mi corazon.

[@rikiti_kitavi]

Tienen razon. Ingles es un idioma de comunicación internacional

[@blackveganarchist]

@@rikiti_kitaviEso es técnicamente cierto, pero si no se utiliza en la vida cotidiana, más vale aprender lo que te gusta. No siempre hay que ser el más práctico. Está bien divertirse y valorar otro idioma.

[@rikiti_kitavi]

@@blackveganarchist para eso estudio español

[@boink800]

In Latin America, you will say "buenos dias" and "buenas tardes" (or even "buenas noches") many, many times in one day. It's part of the culture. Just remember, after 12 pm it goes to "buenas tardes".

[@brianc-i2i]

Hmm.. I thought it switched after lunch/siesta time, so early mid afternoon.

[@tocinoamericano]

Just say "buenas" and you don't need to know what time it is

[@boink800]

@@brianc-i2i That's for Spain, not Latin America

[@brianc-i2i]

@@boink800 Fair enough.. I'm more familiar with Spain. It's the same in Italy, you say buona sera after lunch/when the shops reopen about 4pm.

[@TsavoTouring]

It varies from person to person and place to place, and locals will even mess it up from time to time.

[@scottlarson1548]

I spoke in a friend's English class (a bunch of 10 and 11 year olds) in Medellín about the city I come from, Portland Oregon. The river here is the ColUmbia which I pointed out is spelled with a "u". I told them if they spelled it with an "o" most people here wouldn't even notice.

[@nathannelson2018]

I've mistaken "Columbia" for "Colombia" more times than I can count. I've learned my lesson

[@edwinmijaresviolinistorche6859]

La batalla eterna por las Arepas jaja, para mi como Venezolano, es de los dos países, somos países hermanos, saludos 🇻🇪🎻

[@michaelnino5082]

Columbia California as well.

[@jamesedwards1588]

Gracias por compartir este cuento. Lo disfruté mucho. Me he suscrito a tu canal.

[@factionzer0]

Este video es uno de mis favoritos. Vuelvo a este video porque me gusta ver a Shel pelear con el panda y Jostin. jajaja 😆

[@ca21st]

Missed the ace Ventura bit with the bird stroking though !!

[@ryankayaulai5142]

Did anyone else notice the reference to the previous DS video on Colombia? ('creo que Jostin necesita un golpe')

[@chlopak_z_osiedla]

That was great! Entertaining!

[@alexanderv7096]

In Germany, as well as Northern European countries and the Netherlands, you can get by very well with English. As soon as Germans notice that someone struggles with the language they automatically switch to English. Learning German for a short trip no vale la pena 😅

[@boink800]

For one of the most populous countries in Europe, they speak English quite well in Germany. Much better than in Italy, France or Spain, for example.

[@peteymax]

Yes, but it’s better and more polite to be patient and allow the person who has gone to the trouble of learning the language to continue and give them the chance to practice and improve their target language. Germans tend to okay in that regard. The Dutch are very impatient. The Spanish are generally patient and helpful (except of course in any country where someone is under pressure to get their work done).

[@boink800]

@@peteymax In Latin America, the people are very polite and very helpful with your Spanish. There's none of that Dutch arrogance.

[@aldozilli1293]

You should still learn some words. I did GCSE German (UK) and got a D so not good but out of respect will try my best with what I have. We can switch to English but at least u show an effort if its just Guten Morgan, wie gehts sprechen sie deutsch

[@lartrak]

@@boink800Quite true, though I'll add it does get a bit exaggerated I feel. If you're not in a decent sized city, you will run into people with weak english, and quite a few who don't really speak any. Around a third of Germans don't speak English, though they tend to be older, more rural, and in the former East Germany, so tourists run into them less. They're not Norway or the Netherlands.

[@pierreabbat6157]

He visitado Colombia y Columbia (Carolina del Sur). Mientras estaba en Colombia, los otros en el carro discutían los varios acentos en Colombia.

[@cre8talk]

Muchas gracias ❤

[@tilektilek9134]

Este video fue muy divertido muchas gracias. Y tambien cuando enstrajeros ir en mi pais hablan en ruso no me gusto ese, y dice por favor habla en mi idioma ❤❤❤.

[@berenicepizzala5888]

Holà Shell ! Me gustan muchos todos tus videos ! No me gustan las mismas cosas qué tu ! Soy frances 😊

[@jonnyphiv3]

I know you mentioned Maryland, but don't forget the USA's capital: Washington DC (District of Columbia). Also, in Washington state, we have the Columbia River.

[@whiterabit09]

I am watching advanced Spanish vids at the moment on Dreaming Spanish website. A beginner Spanish series for tourists would be great for situations they will probably encounter: customs, getting a phone card, ordering at restaurants, using public transport etc

[@boink800]

And learning how to pay a bribe to the local police.

[@EnglishwithJoe]

That would break from the method

[@v.kut7307]

Me encanta Columbia ❤

[@Katie-sg6sw]

Colombia!!!! 😂

[@peteymax]

Colombia en irlandés es An Cholóim, con un ‘o.’ Estoy aprendiendo castellano para viajar por todo de Suramérica, incluye ColOmbia. En Irlanda es muuuuuy importante ser educado y decir Por Favor y Gracias. Cuando vaya a Colombia me pongo ropa elegante 😅.

[@darkknight9991]

I'm unsure if it was intentional, but it's funny that you mention how people in one country don't all speak the same way in point two. Yet, you labeled Michelle's accent as "Mexican" rather than specifying her regional dialect, as you did with Agustina lmao.

[@TsavoTouring]

Good point.

[@chandie5298]

Great video....enjoyed it very much!! Huge fan of Dreaming Spanish. ..................... per the topic Germans refer to their own country as Deutschland, Latin-americans refer to that country as Alemania and in the US the country is called Germany. It’s a non-issue, as long as everyone in the conversation or reading the text understands the reference. That being said, I try to accommodate the audience. All of these things are actually based on local culture. It’s not rational to expect other cultures to adhere to one’s own cultural norms. That runs counter to the entire concept of “local culture” and “cultural norms”. It’s actually a far larger topic. The rational conclusion of the much larger topic is this: Each culture can refer to things (country names or anything else) according to their own cultural norms. Where they run afoul of reason is when demanding that all other cultures adhere to a single culture’s “cultural norms”. Each culture has a right to its own cultural norms. But the point of this video is listening practice. The content is engaging and well made so it accomplishes the purpose. P.S. I could provide another example that is EXTREMELY common, but it would blow up this comment thread and distract from the entire point of the video, lol.

[@chandie5298]

inb4 someone points out the obvious. Yes, I know my response does not really address the topic in the video and I was clearly trying to post on a topic of which I have an interest. The actual topic of the video would be more akin to the US being spelled "The Unyted States of America".

[@ericgarside2011]

una vez, le escribí a mi amiga Colombiana y la autocorrección cambió a la "u". Me disculpé y me dio mucha vergüenza. Gracias por este divertido video.

[@amberthomas3973]

This. I came here to say, autocorrect is not our friend when writing "Colombia." :(

[@brianfitzpatrick9780]

Cuales la palabra correcta para gente que no bailan? Aguacatao? O similar?

[@TsavoTouring]

It’s sort of amusing that Colombians are offended by the “U” (which is understandable)… but Spanish speaking countries have their own random names for other countries: Alemania, EEUU, Ingleterra, etc.

[@kanikasharma2074]

Asombroso video 💗🫶🏻💗🫶🏻💗🫶🏻💗🫶🏻💗🫶🏻💗🫶🏻💗🫶🏻💗🫶🏻💗🫶🏻💗

[@maxhexen]

Pero Shel! no sé bailar xD Gracias por este video de nuevo :) eres muy facil a entender

[@tool4rage434]

8:10 nice segue, Shel 👌

[@JWinch]

Why Columbia is the spelling of places in the USA: Columbus is the Latin version of the explorer's name. In the time when these cities and the Ivy League university were named, Latin was the lingua franca (like English is today). Colombus is a spelling of the explorer's name in Italian which was never the lingua franca of any time period. It is actually kind of odd that Colombia which was named by the Spanish when the Spanish version of his explorer's name is Colon.

[@lll3lll3]

Muy linda y suave❤❤❤

[@Coen79]

Shell es mi persona favorita de Dreaming Spanish 😀 5:52 En polaco, Colombia significa KolUmbia 🙂

[@AlmazZiyadxanova]

Has hecho exelente vidio. Muchas gracias❤

[@JehanKateli]

Soy aguacatao.

[@justajuan]

soy mexicano (nacido en canada) y puedo confirmar que la arepa "Colombiana" es de Rusia, una cuidad ubicada en el centro de Paris, London

[@AlmazZiyadxanova]

Saludos Cabombia, desde Azerbaycan

[@jarija8944]

I like how clear you speak it’s so good for my brain and it doesn’t give the usual headache 🥹🤍 thank you

[@emilblagoychev2786]

Muy Bien!

[@ItsISKA]

me gusta colombians , soy de marruecos 😍🥰😘

[@aurajaimesdaza4009]

El acento paisa es de Antioquia, Armenia y Pereira. De que parte de Colombia eres?

[@jaym8437]

The pic of skai jackson sitting is taking me out🤣🤣🤣

[@porqler0]

Muy buen vídeo Shel...tienes mucho carácter 😡...no maltrates al pobre conejito 😉😅

[@porqler0]

Perdón es un oso panda...😅

[@EnglishwithJoe]

I didn't know arepas were not from Columbia...as I type I am shirtless! Obrigado pelo video!!

[@lionwarriorking]

triple insult😂

[@perronefran]

Te amo mucho mucho mucho Hermosa Shel de Colombia ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@Petteriks]

Kolumbia... there, I said it!! 🤭

[@TheMiliPro]

It’s an easy mistake to make. Colombia said in Spanish and Columbia said in English have the exact same pronunciation

[@Petteriks]

@@TheMiliPro in Finland it's Kolumbia with a K if it makes any difference 😁✌🏼

[@karlachtzu5087]

Ist Kolumbien...

[@g.e.whitman]

one day I will visit Columbia, Missouri

[@emmaziminski]

As an American it pisses me off when people write Columbia instead of Colombia, too! Love this content Shel, as always.

[@vidazsolt9685]

It's an interesting factoid. We here in Hungary say it as "Kolumbia". I didn't know you people hate it :). On the other hand, I support that if you want to _live_ in another country, you have to learn the language. But as a tourist... don't tell me you're gonna learn hungarian first if you come to Budapest :).

[@boink800]

The arepa is the greatest snack food ever made. I will move to Colombia to be able to eat arepas three or four times a day ... arepa with cheese!

[@joekinnn1703]

Funny - my friends and I there always called arepas - "hockey pucks" .but actually, arepas are much harder and less tasty.

[@pierreabbat6157]

Arepitas de maíz tostado, para papá que está acostado. Arepitas de maíz caliente, ¡arepitas para toda la gente! (Colombian version of pattycake)

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

You will be Gordo in no time 😂

[@trippinggranny]

la arepa de chocló es deliciosa!

[@Procanin]

Soy culpable de no bailar, soy aburrido no mas fiesta para mi 😢

[@Skippy756]

Yeah, came across as a bit nasty

[@Procanin]

@@Skippy756 todo bien, lo sé que necesito aprender. El gringo que no bailar es 👎

[@TheMiliPro]

Maybe just an outgoing culture, they don’t like introvert traits-that seems to be the hispanic stereotype anyway!

[@Skippy756]

@@TheMiliPro It’s just a simple cultural difference. Where I’m from, if someone was sitting alone at a party, people would try to make them feel welcome. In Colombia, you make fun of them, make them feel like trash, then reject them.

[@emilyinoregon6967]

Yeah, I have plantar fasciitis. Guess I'm a boring person who won't get invited back to any Colombian parties lol!

[@stevenc123]

We need a video of Augustina in Columbia.

[@KhrabriyMarsianin]

Какая милая девушка. Linda chica!

[@jg2049]

Pero cuando tu vas a ir a Alemania, los alemanes solo hablaran inglés contigo😂😂😂😂 los siento... ❤️

[@boink800]

Se habla inglés muy bien en Alemania.

[@jg2049]

@@boink800 pero con un accidente muy fuerte yo también 😌😂

[@TsavoTouring]

I found it sort of hilarious how many Columbia stores there are in Colombia.

[@wj9155]

Hi, Hi. Cometi un error. Pero ... gracias a eso estoy en el video!!! Escribo en polaco "Kolumbia". Besos

[@inati7]

Imagine if we in Poland would expect that tourists learn a bit of Polish, that's crazy, in the end they would communicate in English anyway, because it's simply too hard for someone who just comes here for few days

[@Infamous_4k]

Omg when she hit that guy 😂😂

[@mantikor8334]

ojalá puedo viajar a columbia algún día

[@mikoajbadzielewski3396]

05:03 en polaco Kolumbia😛

[@TheWayIDo24]

that Orang Utan is soooo cute. 😘

[@andrewdurhamenglish9977]

Colombians who get pissed off about "Columbia" don't realize that in order to pronounce the name of the country as it is, it must be spelled with a "U" in English ("short U" , not a "u" as in Spanish). If you spell it with an "O" it's not going to be pronounced as they expect it to be pronounced, either way, you're screwed. Most Colombians don't even realize what the sound of the "short U" is.

[@rikiti_kitavi]

En mi lengua natal decimos Columbia

[@waynekerr7838]

pobre panda LOL

[@g-raffasaurus2350]

Tienes MUCHA razón acerca de los extranjeros que van a otros países y esperan que los locales que hablan otro idioma hablen inglés. A mí también me cabrea mucho y soy de Nueva Zelanda, donde el inglés es el idioma principal. ¡Hagan un esfuerzo al menos gente! No te avergüences a ti mismo y al resto de nosotros, los gringos.

[@rexshel]

Bajsjsusjsjjsjsjsjsjsjsjs la imagen de 10:34 me encanta jsjdjsjsj

[@purdysanchez]

Obviously. You have to acknowledge people and be nice. Isn't that just common sense?

[@BryanO92]

To explain the "Columbia" spelling, you may not realize it because you may not have seen them used in an English context, but this is actually the correct spelling for place names in the United States. "District of Columbia" and "Columbia University", for example. In the past, I have spelled "Colombia", meaning the country, and my spell checker suggested "Columbia" instead.