I understand but I can’t speak - Intermediate Spanish

[@araknus7863]

I always get hyped when you upload videos on language acquisition itself.

[@servantrose]

I love learning about acquisition and I'm trying to become a linguist, but also acquire spanish ^^

[@somesongs123]

Yes same! My favourite topic. More of these please :)

[@dancersbythesea5656]

Yes! I am a speech/language pathologist and I often work with children who are still trying to acquire their native language (due to a processing disability or similar cause). I use some of the same strategies that second language learners need. I often ask the parents, "If you were learning a second language, how would you want someone to speak to you?" The answers are pretty simple (and the same)...slower, with context, interesting, repetition of frequently used words...etc. Ah...Then, they understand how to interact with their young child. It works!

[@cuauhtemocxocoyotzin9282]

It's not that I can't speak, it's that I can hear all my mistakes now so it makes me not want to.

[@unknownentity9468]

YES exactly^^

[@Chinitadabratt]

Exactly and I feel like el gato caught my lengua

[@lailja21]

Sí...es cierto...y también me parece difícil y me da vergüenza.. sin embargo...hay que "keep on truckin'"😊

[@Chinitadabratt]

@@lailja21 si si te lo prometo 🫶🏻🫶🏻🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

[@asuwish7640]

An instructor said, one must be willing to speak like a caveman in order to learn a language. 😅 If you're speaking to friends, they know you're learning, thankfully.

[@NadaMohamed-ul5qr]

Since i started watching your videos I can understand more and also speak of course not perfect but definitely my level is getting better in both understanding and speaking . Thanks dreaming Spanish

[@sodacan1090]

How’s it going

[@Muppetkeeper]

So many of my “language learning friends” are obsessed with the thought that speaking is a learning experience, they think that I am crazy to learn by listening. I’ve started to ask them “when was the last time you learned anything by speaking rather than listening?”

[@electricfishfan]

😂

[@reefspanish4701]

I am around 100 hours of input now, from your videos, and others. I have maybe spent like 100 hours on other things with the language, like going through a textbook, trying to read basic stuff, anki and listening to music. I still think this channel has been the biggest part of my growth. While I still sneak in a bit of book work here and there, or review some flash cards, I have basically studied 0 grammar on my Spanish journey. After about 3 months of Spanish I am already at the level if not better than I was after like 3 years learning Japanese while in highschool lol. All I can say is, its going to suck if I decided to learn another language in the future, there just is not a big enough database of comp input videos like your channel has for other languages. Man you should try and branch out into other languages, hire other teachers, have Dreaming Spanish, Dreaming Japanese, Dreaming Russian.. etc. These videos are just such high quality!!

[@therankingworld7627]

Im waiting for dreaming french

[@restythenurse]

++++ Comprehensible INPUT supports my lazy mind 😂 but it works I’m 2 weeks in and I understand words now 🥵🥵🥵

[@reefspanish4701]

@@restythenurse Continue bro, I have come so far in a year, I am actually engaged to a Guatemalan woman now, and am moving to Guatemala.

[@restythenurse]

@@reefspanish4701 Felicidades amigo! Si, voy a continuar aprender palabras.

[@roylerroycerickson]

Hi pablo im on 315 hours now nearly at my target I set for my self for listening to an hour a day for a year and I can already have some great cross talks with spanish people all over the world Venezuela ecuador and chile are what I find most challenging but spoken to some lovely people thanks to you.

[@xXRaspberryBeretXx]

Where have you found your crosstalk partners? I find a lot of ppl expect me to speak in target more

[@roylerroycerickson]

@@xXRaspberryBeretXx I go on tandem and Yes you often get people who want try and speak to you in english If they wont change To doing cross talk after I explain to them why I just look for other partners. I often say my teacher recommends to do it this way and he is fluent in Japanese Thai english french and so I trust his advice plus the results you get cant really be argued with as you will rapidly (at least more quickly than I would have ever expected) become good at understanding people speaking to you. I find a lot of people are quite happy to practice with you once they realise they are learning new words aswell from listening to you. If you do it well and introduce them to new words it will be win win.

[@xXRaspberryBeretXx]

@@roylerroycerickson Thanks for taking the time to respond. Very helpful answer. I usually use HelloTalk

[@theflypilot]

How are things going? I'm at 260 hours and started cross talking a couple of weeks ago! You have any advice?

[@roylerroycerickson]

Follow pablos advice. Cross talk is great just make sure you don’t count on it for your input as it is difficult to coincide with people. I have made great friends doing it though maybe get them to agree to a time every week to do it. Try to keep watching videos films actively every day in the car is not enough watch easy films KZbin videos etc input. Keep recording your hours will keep you honest. Dont question or over think things like grammar

[@judyrustine]

My 6th grade intermediate student loves these videos and looks forward to the break time when I turn one on for him.

[@Kevflar]

Interesting stuff! Especially the first part where you explain that you always understand more words than you can actively speak. Regarding some people here in the comments saying they are experiencing it the other way around: could it be that they are really confident while speaking and are not worried a bit with the mistakes they are making combined with a language partner who speaks unclear/fast?

[@wndshldptnt]

My family is from Venezuela and i have been exposed to lots of Spanish. I understand half of what I hear in Spanish, and it's difficult to understand other accents sometimes. I want to learn so badly, but in my mind there is a disconnect. I'm going to try to learn more with help from my mother and videos like this, + Spanish classes in school

[@ErykKrzeminski]

Thank you, Dreaming Spanish! You're helping me so much in my journey to fluency! =)

[@jaredmartine3572]

Me siento mucho mas confiado en mí mismo. Puedo entender aproximadamente 70-80% de lo que veo o leo aunque son palabras y estructuras de gramática que no reconozco. Puedo hablar más y más todos los días y tus videos son de gran ayuda. Lo siento si hice cualquier errores.

[@fishywishydishywoo]

Estas son buenas razones. Muchas gracias Pablo! Me di cuenta que tengo que hacer mas "output" tambien. Como hablar con nativos o quizas escribir historias en español. No sé pero tengo que hacer algo para estar mejor.

[@TakeitSpanish]

Hola, Pablo. ¡Qué buen vídeo! Me encanta que los profes seamos capaces de reconocer lo difícil y frustrante que puede llegar a ser querer hablar en un idioma nuevo y no poder :D

[@jamesmccloud7535]

I really like the new design of the website. I'm thinking of purchasing the premium to watch more Dreaming Spanish! There seems to be a ton of interesting topics there.

[@mifa_gmgt7155]

Muchas gracias por la información- tengo mucho miedo cuando pruebo a hablar y este video me ayuda mucho 🥰

[@norikosato7823]

After reading some comments here that say "I can speak but I can't understand", I am a bit confused. If you can't understand this level, don't you think you have to go back to the lower level?

[@ventana100]

No sé cómo terminé aquí porque mi lengua materna es el español. Supongo que es porque veo videos como este pero para mejorar mi inglés. A mí me pasa exactamente lo que describe la persona del video, pero en inglés. Ni se diga de cuando tengo qué hablar o escuchar a alguien por teléfono, mi nivel se reduce al mínimo. Independientemente del idioma que aprendamos, es difícil para todos. Ánimo, que como dice la canción "somos arrieros y en el camino andamos."

[@romanroman1780]

Tengo el mismo problema.. soy ucraniano aprendo español e inglés .. entiendo pero no hablo

[@asuwish7640]

Speaking on the phone is awful for me. Many consonants are muffled or altered by the mic/speakers/digitalization of cell phones.

[@clarencehammer3556]

Otro problema es que simplemente no tengo nada que decir or añadir a la conversación. No hablo mucho.

[@kjergens1]

If your platform also provided crosstalk partners, that would help a lot. Just something to think about!

[@juicyjfan]

That would be amazing. A Facebook group would help alot

[@essencelove9130]

¡Gracias Pablo!

[@scotthullinger4684]

If you can understand, but you can't speak, then trust me, you're half way there - This is how infants learn language. They comprehend FAR more than they speak. So how do you learn to speak? By actually speaking. Meaning by having real conversations on may different subjects with native speakers of the language.

[@espartaco2028]

El problema es que hay cuatro regiones del cerebro para communicarnos verbalmente y cada una tiene que desarrollar independiente a las otras. Una confusión que ofrece internet es con los profesores que nos dicen que ellos solos tienen "la manera correcta" para aprender un idioma. Hay que escuchar y repetir (de entrada y de salida) y luego, hay que leer y escribir - Al comenzar. Entonces, se puede cambiar el método de salida en combinación: escribir y hablar qué has escrito. Pero una persona no tiene estas opciones ­¡si no aprende la gramática primero! Es muy fácil la gramática y luego puede escoger como quisieras recibir (escuchar o leer) y la salida (hablar o escribir). Puedes escuchar todo el día y nunca poder hablar ni una palabra. Puedes leer hasta que los ojos exploten y nunca puedo escribir ni joto de una palabra. Cada entrada y cada salida tiene que desarrollar independiente. No soy perfecto, por supuesto pero, puedo hablar en conversación todo lo que he escrito aquí perfectamente. Empecé a estudiar el español hace 9 meses. Mi pronunciación, sí, es perfecta. Su canal me ayuda mucho por la manera que hablas claramente. Muchas gracias. El sonido de su voz es muy agradable.

[@DreamingSpanish]

Yo aprendí a hablar inglés escuchando solamente y a escribir leyendo solamente, así que lo siento pero no tienes razón.

[@christopherbailey9562]

Siento que este video fue hecho para mi :)

[@spiderwatson9583]

Muchas gracias por el vídeo! Me ha ayudado muchísimo, porque siempre tengo dudas. Llevo aprendiendo español un año, pero me cuesta mucho de hablar :-(...

[@marcelpiljar8015]

funny audio match: "curva" in my native language (slovak) means "puta" :), however it is written with K instead of C at the beginning of the word

[@marcelpiljar8015]

@@just1ooking 😂👍

[@rizkanta1257]

Hahahaha siii, he oido mucho de esa palabra por internet 😆

[@SethMVO]

No idea why, I have the opposite problem. I can speak and read Spanish really really well, but I need to concentrate with 100% brainpower or listen multiple times to understand even simple things.

[@olegpetrov2617]

I know why, i had the same long time ago.

[@alwayslearning7672]

Listen a lot more to podcasts,natural speech etc...C.I

[@purdysanchez]

Different skills. It's the same reason some people can play music or read, but can't play by ear.

[@tedcrowley6080]

No tengo amigos hispanohablantes, y no vivo en un lugar hispanohablante. Es difícil hablar con extraños.

[@erin8575]

¡Yo también! Estoy de acuerdo, es muy difícil.

[@AysarAburrub]

i learned English to native level fluency without ever stepping foot in an English speaking country or having anyone to talk to. You can learn from videos, movies, podcasts etc. and speaking will come naturally after consuming input for so many years. I practiced speaking by reading books out loud and thinking to myself in English. It would be better to practice with native speakers of course but you dont really NEED them.

[@monklife5885]

Apps like Italki are good too. You can hire a tutor to talk to in your target language.

[@hunterkelley6429]

Qué pasa si no puedo entender o hablar español? 😬

[@jandamskier6510]

¿De dónde eres, y ¿cómo aprendiste el español?

[@DreamingSpanish]

Soy español. 😂

[@olegpetrov2617]

@@DreamingSpanish España es buen país, me gusta. Gustó visitarlo.

[@peterm13]

best😎

[@dancersbythesea5656]

¿Podría explicar por qué puedo hablar español, pero no lo entiendo? Hablaré español y luego la gente piensa que puedo entender todo lo que dicen, pero no puedo. Parece que pueden estar hablando demasiado rápido o que algunas de las palabras no les son familiares, ¿O ???? ¡Me gustan mucho tus videos! Gracias por tomarse el tiempo para compartir con nosotros el aprendizaje del español.

[@araknusinmersion4089]

I was the same at one point. I got better when I took a vow of silence until I can understand podcasts

[@JustKoll]

Same for me I thought I was the only one I’m trying but I still can’t understand much but can speak a lot

[@jeffrichard5740]

With me its the other way around: i can speak a bit, but do not understand a word in daily situations or even movies…

[@JeremyBenfield]

I'm opposite. Hablo un poco de español pero no entiendo nada.

[@jamesmccloud7535]

Probably because you speak what you clearly understand. What you can understand will always be higher than what you can speak, otherway around is impossible. If somebody said to you exactly what you've written down right now, there is an extremely low chance you won't understand, unless you're deaf or the person whispered it. So it's not really then that you can speak but you can't understand that's the issue, it's that you should be focusing on gaining comprehension first by expanding your vocabulary and getting a feel to how people speak and the words they tend to use.

[@jackhoverson2799]

ponga un bass en esos brazos

[@travzss]

my problem is the other way around, i can speak but not understand

[@lastdays9163]

Yooooooo!!!!

[@englishwithashley]

It’s the opposite for me 😩

[@canchero724]

What? You're saying that you speak Spanish fluidly but not understand anything? You are a unicorn

[@englishwithashley]

@@canchero724 I don’t speak Spanish fluently, but I speak it better than I can comprehend it.

[@advancedorange4818]

@@englishwithashley then how do you know what you are saying?

[@juicyjfan]

@@advancedorange4818 ya idk how that works.

[@englishwithashley]

Y’all are just rude. Teaming up on me because you can’t understand a struggle that is actually more common than you think. Have a good day.

[@clarencehammer3556]

Después de tantos años todavía me falta mucho voacbulario pero podría hablar más de lo que hablo pero no me atrevo.

[@NewLife2028]

What you´re saying here is that what we´re being told by the majority of KZbinrs are lies, and I agree. The quantity does equate eventually into the quality. For example, I´ve seen your videos where you say to AVOID grammar. Now you´re saying one of the reasons some can´t speak is because they don´t have the grammar, and I agree with the latest. The other thing I´ve heard is not to make word lists, with which I fervently disagree. My list of 14,000 entries has provided for active vocabulary, mediation and in-context learning. I´ve gone over all Spanish grammar three times in workbook studies up to level C1, because one must! You can´t say all we need is comprehensible input and then explain that we can´t speak because we don´t have vocabulary and grammar. Obviously, we needed them MORE than comprehensible input. I´m two years in and I´ll be fluent at the third. My way worked for me. 16,000 words in context and all the grammar.

[@DreamingSpanish]

Not having the grammar meaning not having acquired it. Grammar ≠ grammar rules. We never suggested that you should learn grammar rules.

[@Davran2742]

Yo soy todo lo contrario:puedo hablar, pero me cuesta entender.

[@JustKoll]

Same I’m working on understanding but I can’t get any progress

[@Fitnessvaarta]

Puedo hablar más pero no puedo entender mucho si los nativohablates hablan rapidamente 😂

[@larsattack]

I’m the opposite. I can speak but can’t understand

[@hombresuperinteresante8224]

How do you know you can speak if you can't understand what you're saying?

[@larsattack]

@@hombresuperinteresante8224 I can speak better but find it more difficult to comprehend what natives say

[@hombresuperinteresante8224]

@@larsattack Can you read most everything in Spanish?

[@infiel20]

If you don't understand what you are saying then how can you claim to be able to speak?

[@jaredmartine3572]

@@infiel20 I don’t think he means that he doesn’t understand what he himself is saying, but when the person he is speaking to responds to him he has trouble understanding because of the speed of which they speak and the accent maybe.