Learning Spanish - Reasons and Tips

[@louandbarb]

It's amazing to find a ten year old video that is as fresh and educational as when it was filmed. Thank you Steve for all of your wonderful content.

[@Thelinguist]

Thanks for commenting. I would also like to learn Catalan one day!

[@eledulu01]

In Spanish, we use "¿" for indicating we are about to read a question, so we know that it's necessary to change the intonation in order to sound like a question, otherwise, it can sound like a statement, an affirmative sentence. The same occurs with an exclamation ("¡").

[@BladeboyGames]

I have to agree with some of the Comments on this video. Learning isn't easy, nor is it hard. It's time & dedication. I use to think that learning Spanish was impossible, because I felt like I wasn't learning much as a result of me not putting in enough time on studying the language, plus the lack of motivation. So I saw Spanish as being hard, A half od year later I tried studying Spanish again, this time I learn so much and obtained a good lvl of fluency, because this time I was motivated and made time to study everyday a few times a day, doing study material, review and listen and watch movies and songs in Spanish. So for me learning Spanish ha nothing to do with difficulty, but just how much time and dedication you put into learning it.

[@caiopereira1289]

Dude, Hell yeah. This type of mindset "oh this language is hard" is bullshit. Study and enjoy the process, youll become better and better. Just keep on moving forward

[@iosebaart]

Spanish is my mother language but if it wasn't I'd totally learn it after this video, I feel flattered. Thanks a lot for this series of videos!!!

[@erikpineiro4833]

soy hispanohablante y solo te puedo admirar y felicitar por la gran cantidad de idiomas que manejas!! Bendiciones y Gracias por usar su tiempo para compartirlo con nosotros, en mi caso particular estoy aprendiendo francés y mejorando mi inglés bye.

[@Whittaker996]

Spanish is awesome. And when I decided to move on to Catalan (mainly for my girlfriend who's from Valencia) spanish proved itself as a real key to other languages. I must admit, I've grown to prefer the catalan language and culture more than spanish ahaha, but Spanish is still that language that I never get tired of. Greetings from Manchester England Steve!

[@sodacan1090]

How is your level now

[@jaimebenito620]

As you know, many Spanish statements and questions can only be told apart from the intonation, unlike in English, where your "do" at the start provides the necessary clue. If a question starts on one line, but the only question mark is on the next line, chances are you'll read the question as if it was a statement... Before you realise you're made a mistake. The ¿ provides an univocal signal, plus both symbols allow us to change the and emphasis in the middle of a sentence wit absolute precision. In English you have to resort to shall tricks to do this.

[@zlatanmustacevic9261]

There are a few things for how to learn Spanish Decide precisely why you want to learn Spanish Try to speak Spanish in your everyday life Decide what method works for you best. (I discovered about these and more on Alijha language course website )

[@marcosandri8207]

the reason why he's saying that it's because other languages (such as Italian) have the same "intonation rule" but they don't use the question mark at the beginning of the sentence

[@carlos412]

indeed, we don't miss the upside down question mark or the exclamation mark at a front of a sentence or a word, we don't use it when we're chatting on the internet for example, we only use it at formal stuffs, like at school, when you write an essay or a test, you have to put those marks, but they dont do any difference really, they are just there idk why

[@rhc9145]

Very good video, I almost understood you everything, I try to learn Eglish and you speak very easy, thanks Steve.

[@gammondog]

You're a great booster of the Spanish language. Very inspirational.

[@juniorporfirio6112]

spanish is my mother tongue it's an amazing language but I think that at first it could be difficult for some people to learn it, but like steve says by repetition anybody can learn a language. grandioso video

[@JohnDoe-nk1dd]

Yes. In Spanish an upside down question mark is placed at the beginning of a question and then a regular question mark at the end of the sentence.

[@wadek798]

I have a decent grasp of Spanish and now want to tackle Portuguese

[@GrittySpanish]

Motivation!!!!! thats it right there, it's really easy to get boreddddd and just give up..

[@Jeremyramone]

+Gritty Spanish problem I have is that the conversational tempo of Spanish is quite swift so I get lost trying to hear what is being said. but I will not give up, been studying Spanish for a few years now and I ve improved but it can get quite frustrating when I cant understand what someone is saying because it sounds too fast...

[@AnonHancock]

I'm studying Spanish as my partner is from Seville. Your description of Spain was spot-on.

[@SteveKaufmann]

I fully agree. Learning any language is a long road. However if the voyage is pleasant and enjoyable, we don't mind.

[@futurez12]

Hi Steve, thanks for the video! I'm about 4 months into learning Spanish and it's going slowly thus far. It's my first time learning a new language, I'm 32. I'm a subscriber at lingq now and have tried a few beginner 2 lessons without much comprehension, they were quite difficult, especially listening to the audio but I'm trusting that eventually it'll come together. Love your vids, as others have said make them as long as you want, your advice is invaluable!

[@sodacan1090]

How is your level now

[@supermonk3y07]

Hehe I feel exactly the same as you. Also, he forgot to mention that there are a lot of people who speak it in over 22 countries (almost 500 million total). So you can have fun speaking it with so many people. Also some of the Latin American countries like Mexico, Argentina and even to a lesser extent Chile have large economies and are emerging nations

[@HomeroGraco]

...continuing, with the inverted marks at the beginning, one can correctly pronounce a question or exclamation, making it sound more natural for listeners. The marks also need to be inverted, otherwise one could misunderstand them as part of the previous sentence, which they're not.

[@Thelinguist]

Si hombre es un video superficial de 10 minutos. No es un tratado en profundidad sobre la cultura hispana. Sólo digo lo que me viene a la mente. Si este te decepciona, no tengo nada que decir.

[@CiroGalli]

8:26 You don't know why we open a question with the inverted question mark? That's because positive statements and questions have no difference when it comes to their construction. So, how is a reader supposed to know whether he should read it with a positive statement or question intonation? I'm pretty sure every language has a way to indicate whether what you're reading is a positive statement or question. Even English. In English you don't open a question with an exclamation mark, but you do use question words and auxiliary verbs. Thus the reader know how he should read it.

[@piotrczajkowski8687]

Ciro Galli Not really. In Polish you can build identically similar sentences, which differ just by the question mark. For example: "Jesteś studentem." and "Jesteś studentem?" Meaning respectively "You are a student." and "Are you a student?". I have to admit, though that in Polish there are lots of various syntax structures and this is just one of them.

[@CiroGalli]

Piotr Czajkowski​ No. In polish to make a question that has a yes or no answer you have to begin it with a "czy". So the grammatically correct question should be "czy jesteś studentem?"

[@seanpaulson9098]

He's taking about the one at the front of the language.

[@Thelinguist]

Learning: The Human Brain and the School of Life by Manfred Spitzer. Cheers.

[@davidcanoart]

Si, tienes mucha razón, sin embargo yo prefiero poder poner el signo, así queda claro y sabes que entonación poner. Además: en español es correcto enmarcar una frase con la apertura de la admiración (¡) y el cierre de la interrogación (?), o viceversa, en casos que compartan claramente lo admirativo y lo interrogativo, como ¡Quién te has creído que eres?. También es correcto poner dos signos ¡¡Hala!! o simplemente uno al final como en inglés! Interesante, ¿no?.

[@violinistx100]

I was taught that the upside down ? and ! at the beginning of sentences was to clarify as you read is an exclamation or question at the beginning before you read to the end of the sentence.

[@tenmilechicks]

I like your videos...they are practical and to the point... spanish is what I would like to learn and you have helpful tips for beginners... thank you for these videos

[@davidcanoart]

Hola Steve, me ha gustado mucho el vídeo y que bien que te guste tanto mi país. Un apunte solo, ya que dices que no sabes por qué nosotros usamos el signo de interrogación y exclamación al inicio y al final de una frase. Bien, en inglés, para preguntar, cambiais el orden del verbo y el sujeto: I can do it / Can I do it?. En español no se cambia, se dice igual y es por ello que necesitamos el signo al principio, para poder identificar que se trata de una pregunta: Puedo hacerlo / ¿Puedo hacerlo?

[@mypastyface]

I am in Spanish in school but of course I don't learn anything in school. Spanish interest me and I started studying at home but don't know where to start. If i should start with reading, audio books, or what. I was looking at Pimsluer but i can't learn Spanish just from a audio book.(i suppose it would be a good start)

[@lucasmarcolino2840]

For Brazilian person learning Spanish isn't as difficult as you think, because when you're struggling to learn a language you must think in your target language, however to Latino people is so easy to understand what people are saying in Spanish because of similarity of both languages and that is my main aim now, learn as fast as I can Spanish.

[@anthonyaferrara]

Thanks Steve! I am trying to convince my son to study Spanish in college so that I can work with him on it together.

[@HomeroGraco]

I just wanna add a comment about Spanish inverted question and exclamation marks at the beginning of a phrase. One time I heard from a professor that they use this system to help a reader to easily note that a phrase is not an affirmation, but a exclamation or a question and correctly tone the sentence. For example, in other languages when people read loudly to an audience, is quite common to note only at the end of the phrase that it wasn't an affirmation...and it sounds a bit weird.

[@SteveKaufmann]

You just have to stay the course and not worry about you don't understand. I hope you enjoy the process. If this is your first foreign language, it will take longer for the brain to get used to the new language.

[@Marbach19]

We use the upsidedown question mark at the beggining of a sentence to kind of open the question and then at the end of it to close it ¿-----------?

[@javierrojas758]

Excelente, hablemos español! Let's get started

[@SteveKaufmann]

Gracias por la explicación. Sin embargo, en portugués, que es muy similar al español, no se usa el punto de interrogación o exclamación al inicio de una frase. Bueno, cada idioma tiene sus particularidades.

[@anthonymadden9470]

Great great vid! The first four minutes were really beautiful and tuned into why I want to learn another language. It's about culture and people and opening up other worlds. Committed to learning Spanish after this. ¡Viva espana! :)

[@musicaEnvasadaa]

Hola Steve, un dato interesante la gran mayoría de los países de habla hispana utilizan el tu en lugar del vos para referirse a una persona.

[@elietrinidad6633]

Eso no es cierto, no solo en argentina se usa hay mucho paises que lo utilizan

[@vellmaycary7476]

En varios países se utiliza el "vos" también No solo en un país!! 😑

[@SteveKaufmann]

I can speak about Arabic since I don't speak Arabic. However, I would like to learn Arabic because of the rich culture connected with that language. When I do, I will make a video in Arabic and I will speak about .

[@skipfuego6339]

I'm Panamanian I speak English, Italian, Spanish in that order...Spanish has some advantages but it doesn't really teach you how to breakdown a lot of words quicker, how to decode words and the usage of certain letters when you're reading other languages quicker like Italian and French...For Example, Good Morning in Polish it's Dzien Dorby but the breakdown in English is Jen Dohbri (jean dobrah)

[@zweiosterei]

Muy buenos consejos Sr. Kaufmann. El español es un idioma muy bonito y muy rico. Me gusto particularmente su analisis del idioma con respecto a las posibles dificultades de este. Como un plus, si estudias español puedes leer El Quijote de la Mancha en su idioma original. Saludos desde Peru :D

[@saruulbayarbatkhuyag6047]

There is not any tip except it is easy language to learn!

[@justinwr092]

Learning Spanish now and loving it. I like using LingQ to read Stephen King novels in Spanish :-)

[@sodacan1090]

How is your level now

[@justinwr092]

doing really well. I'm almost at the 1-year mark and I haven't skipped a day on LingQ. About 9000 known words and I'm very happy with my comprehension level. @@sodacan1090

[@streaky2011]

Great video, thanks for posting!

[@_noahrh]

Steve, I would love to see you do a video about how many Anglicisms are becoming used in Spanish (and I'm sure other languages!). I don't know how I feel about it. For example, I just was listening to a Spanish guy, and he said "Yo pensé que el show fue muy cool! Escribanme con el hashtag..." etc etc. There's like an English word all the time with modern things. It is my second language, I absolutely love Spanish, I just wish English wasn't butchering it! I am moving to Madrid in 3 days! Woo!

[@klarity1111]

Spanglish is becoming more and more common. Perhaps it will one day be our native tongue?

[@Heinekeem]

¿Podrías hacer un vídeo explicando cómo se puede aprender a hablar mandarín por cuenta propia?. ¿Qué recursos hay disponibles?(aparte de tú website). Por dónde es preferible empezar a atacar al monstruo. Tiempo requerido para aprender por cuenta propia, con una inteligencia promedio. Gracias.

[@johnswitzer2199]

Thank you so much for helping me along everyone with this journey. You mentioned the exclamation point and question mark in the front and the back of the sentence and not knowing why. I don't know either. But, if I were to imagine why they are in the front would be to make it easier to express the writing. Sometimes in while we are reading out loud to others in English, we have to quickly look to the end of the sentence to see the exclamation point or question mark to see if we put more energy into it or make the sound of a question. I am excited. I subscribed and I will keep watching your videos. Thank you :o)

[@erikpineiro4833]

I will help you!! but I am native speaker so I do not understand english at all.

[@johnparr5772]

Steve what is the name of that book, you mentioned it some months ago about learning and the brain?

[@tailiu223]

Trinidad and Tobago, French Guyana, Suriname and Guyana, these South American countries do not speak Spanish, not just Brazil.

[@anruohan]

mandarin toma 2 años y medio para un nivel intermedio (mas o menos un B1) no depende de la inteligencia depende mas de la actitud y de las razones detras de aprender

[@manoelotavio90]

Gosto muito de ver estrangeiros que falam a minha língua! Eu sou um fanático por português, e acho que deveria ser mais estudado por pessoas que queirem uma segunda língua, ou até mesmo por aqueles que querem falar mais de 4 línguas! Até mais!

[@letthelanguagecome6999]

Any youtube channel or blog where I can find materials? Like texts and audios to read and listen at the same time?

[@tstthomason]

I like how you listed anime before business when talking about Japanese. I see you ;)

[@Thelinguist]

Испанская "Р" как в русском языке. Много аспектов произношения очень похожих.

[@MegaArsi]

Thanks a lot for this motivating video.

[@demarcomixon]

Is it a good idea to take Spanish and French at the same time.

[@Thelinguist]

I prefer to focus on one at a time.

[@elizabetha.p9038]

lindo el video, buena enseñanza, espero que usted me enseñe ingles, pues que bien que este enseñando nuestra idioma.

[@nessarodriguez4865]

such beautiful way of explaining it, thank you :)

[@jimbattle3455]

Steve, I just noticed that when I slow down a movie by 20 or 30 percent using VLC media, I can understand about 95 percent of what they are saying in Spanish. Is slowing down videos or asking Spanish-speakers to speak slower a good thing to do? Will I ever be able to understand them no matter how fast they speak?

[@bladimirrs6154]

hey don't worry that's normal when we are learning a new language we understand a certain amount of the language but as you get more used to the language and you listen more and more eventually you will understand people no matter how fast they speak, it happened to me in english, and now i can understand people when they speak faster , you only have to train yourself to the sounds of spanish through listening as much as you can but the key is to listen to native spanish speaker. if need more tips on how to understand when people speak fast, just let me know.

[@jimbattle3455]

Thank you, Bladimir, I need all the help I can get. So please give me more tips.

[@bladimirrs6154]

you're welcome. ok. email me here this is my email : [e-mail] i'm on google in case you're interested in practicing speaking or need some help with your spanish.. i also need to practice my english speaking as much as i can.

[@djt6fan]

Please do "About learning Swedish"!

[@azooz11y]

stev why u dont speak about arabic?

[@pavelmichalek7302]

Hi there, can someone recommend me some good Spanish speaking NEWS radio stations? Some I could find online?

[@Thelinguist]

I often listened to the COPE podcasts. Just google for it.

[@Thelinguist]

They are great, just no transcripts unfortunately

[@AnitaNiniel]

I can Recomend you "Cadena Ser" www.cadenaser.com/ Also you can check the National Spanish Radio (channel 5 is all about news) www.rtve.es/radio/radio5/ :) Hope you find them interesting

[@tomatoseed1]

***** Google News in slow spanish, Spanishpodcast.org is another great free reasource but is not specificaly news

[@miinu5630]

I already know Spanish cuz It's my native language but idk. It's kinda interesting to watch it ❤️ By the way, thanks for all your videos because they're help me a lot 😊🍒❣

[@FulanoChelo]

As a native spanish speaker I also find a little absurd and funny that we are the only ones who use opening exclamation and interrogation simbols ¿¡ actually in informal writing we don't even bother to use them, there's no practical need.

[@7339memo]

I paid for the LingQ, but keep asking me to upgrade to use the apps further example clicking the blue words it takes me to the upgrade page 😟

[@Thelinguist]

If you are paying you should not be asked to upgrade unless there is some problem in which case please email support at lingq. Thanks.

[@ohkaryukai]

I was so against learning Spanish for the longest time. For some reason I just thought it was an ugly, ickly language. But lately, I've been changing my opinion. Portuguese is still better in my opinion though =P Great to hear your story, Steve. You are definitely right about all the advantages learning Spanish has.

[@salmig99]

Good videos... but the caption above verges on tautology... if one didn't have "the motivation".. Why would one want to learn Spanish in the first place?

[@Thelinguist]

Sal Migondis There is a difference between "Gee I would like to be able to speak Spanish", and really throwing yourself into the task.

[@Tiseytooreal]

+Steve Kaufmann - lingosteve you are right

[@bimsterfls]

I like the longer videos haha

[@bimsterfls]

Great video

[@kathtrimarchi6266]

If anyone, who speaks english, wants to practice the spanish with me, i would be glad to help (I'm a native from Venezuela). And of course, it should want to help me with my english.

[@norsiomar9106]

Hi! I would like to learn spanish and want it to practice with someone. Me puede ayudar?

[@kathtrimarchi6266]

Norsi Omar of course. K.khloe88

[@norsiomar9106]

Kath Trimarchi is this for skype?

[@kathtrimarchi6266]

Norsi Omar yes, is for the Skype

[@Khaled_Fadl]

i have a question if you don't mind .. after i finish spanish it will be easy to learn french ? is learning spanish make me ahead to learn french or not ?

[@Thelinguist]

Khaled Fadl Yes because much of the vocabulary and grammar is similar.

[@morenopena2974]

+Khaled Fadl Hi Khaled, I am native Spanish, and I learning English if you want we can interchange [e-mail] is my E-mail

[@livezvin8134]

+Khaled Fadl hi everyone ,if anyone else wants to learn about how to speak spanish language easily try Megarno Spanish Software Magician (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my cousin got great success with it.

[@Chelsea2009FC]

Yes, once you learn spanish french will be a whole lot easier.

[@jhfcoll]

Spanish language is one of the most studied in the world. And the second most spoken in the world in terms of native language by the number of countries that speak Spanish .If someone wants to learn Spanish " Argentine " and helps me improve my English bad , we can share knowledge . I am from Buenos Aires. Greetings

[@jguillermooliver]

Se dice argentinian y no argentine, es una apodo de los ingleses y no para bien.

[@diegodiego1234]

No, el termino despectivo que usan los ingleses es "argie" que tampoco es taaan terrible, es como un diminutivo. "Argentine" fue el gentilicio original acuñado por la enciclopedia británica, y no era nada despectivo. "Argentinian" fue la palabra que inventaron los yankees, que ni se gastaron en consultar la enciclopedia británica para enterarse que ya había una palabra y pusieron a lo cabeza el "ian" que usaron para un montón de paises del continente.

[@soniffy]

Otra característica está en su propio nombre "Español"... La letra "ñ",única en nuestro abecedario.

[@SteveKaufmann]

I suggest you visit LingQ to work on your Spanish. Let me know how it goes.

[@Bozewani]

Yo estudiando Espanol para tres razones (1) una novia colombiana (2) trabajo en organizaciones internacionles seis lenguas oficiales de Naciones Unidas y (3) cultura mas fascinate

[@josejn2007]

Te voy a corregir un poco tu texto: "Yo estoy estudiando español por tres razones: 1) Tengo una novia colombiana. 2) Trabajo en organizaciones internacionales de Naciones Unidas que tienen seis lenguas oficiales. 3) Me fascina la cultura hispánica." Saludos.

[@Bozewani]

gracias Joseph para los correciones de Espanol

[@josejn2007]

Roman Soiko Teniendo una novia colombiana, vas a dominar muy rápido el español. ¡Éxitos! Having a colombian girlfriend will help you master spanish soon. Sucess!

[@Sebastian37s]

Roman Soiko Si quieres puedes agregarme. Skype: Sebastianedux. (I'm a Sp. Native Speaker ;-)

[@Tiseytooreal]

Roman Soiko muy hermoso y yo estudio español en mi casa y me encanta la cultura de español

[@mikeifyouplease]

I BELIEVE the reason for the up-side-down question-mark at the beginning of a Spanish sentence is logical and necessary. Unlike English where you often change a sentence from a statement to a question by reversing the subject-verb order, Spanish tends NOT to do that. Most Spanish sentences are subject-then-verb order. Therefore often the ONLY way you know whether a sentence is a statement or a question is by context or vocal inflection. First of all, in written language, there is NO audible vocal inflection. And often, especially in a solitary written-sentence, there is no discernable context. Therefore, the up-side-down question-mark, preceding the sentence, is required and necessary to indicate whether the reader is contemplating a statement or a question. ¿That is clear?

[@marcelgonzalez1376]

I enjoyed this video! Learn Spanish!

[@vacpass3597]

Mr Kaufman. Your Spanish is that of an high school dropout. But thank you for recommending italki.com Every evening I have 1 hour tutoring with a teacher from Mexico City.

[@musicaEnvasadaa]

los países que utilizan el voseo son Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay y costa rica, los que recuerdo

[@musicaEnvasadaa]

es solo un dato como para tener en cuenta. si te acostumbras a usar el tu, como en la mayoria de los piases de habla hispana, puede q te llame la atencion cuando escuches hablar a un argentino, uruguayo o un tico.

[@musicaEnvasadaa]

lo que si creo es que si vas a un pais que usa el voseo , lo mejor es no utilizarlo si usas el "tu" , porque igual te van a entender y puede resultar confuso para uno mismo tratar de recordarlo. es mi consejo al menos de mi experiencia

[@musicaEnvasadaa]

si, va estar bien. sino puede generar confusión en recordar cuando se usa. el mejor ejemplo es que cuando un español viaja a un pais donde se usa el voseo, no cambia para hablar con la otra persona. Mucho menos un aprendiz de este idioma

[@jguillermooliver]

En argentina se usa el "usted" para situaciones formales y el "vos" para informales:

[@cotygv]

Soy de argentina y esta correcto utilizamos el voseo pero si hablas con el tu entendemos igual.

[@vkim5]

where the actual tips?

[@mumpygumboo8554]

His tip is that the motivation makes it easier to learn, and he is giving reasons why one should be motivated to learn and go visit these great cultures.

[@noor37130]

muchu gracias por su ayuda

[@egamers1978]

You see, for me Español is simple due to the flow consistency and etiquette of the formalities of that language.

[@elietrinidad6633]

I'm latin i only to hear these great poligrot

[@dionsanchez24]

not been rude but in the beginning of the video you said haiti speaks spanish. just to correct you they speak french and french creole. but very interesting video sir steve

[@Thelinguist]

I said no such thing.

[@Thelinguist]

maybe it wasn't clear. I said that lots of people speak Spanish, "all of Latin America , except Brazil and Haiti, and Spain ."

[@tirsodemolina5019]

Steve Kaufmann - lingosteve also Suriname and Guyana and a couple more, and Spain isn't Latin America

[@MyGuitarAD]

Jerry Kim He didn't say Spain is in Latin America. - And he just skipped all the small countries that don't speak Spanish.

[@tirsodemolina5019]

Admittedly I was having some fun with the pedantry, but I'd expect some more cultural and geographic sensitivity from someone like Steve. Yes he did skip all the small countries (but he remembered haiti?) which is why I called him out on it because he said ALL of Latin America. And he did imply that Spain is a part of Latin America by saying "all of latin America except [A, B, and C]", but I agree at this point nitpicking is not constructive since most likely he was mashing together two different thought processes on the fly to say that Spain is not a part of America.

[@OliNorwell]

I'd suggest replacing the word 'easy' with 'straightforward' :) Sure Spanish is relatively straightforward, but it still requires a couple of years of solid passionate effort, with a huge desire to improve (for a typical person who also has a job/studies that aren't Spanish related). 'Easy' for me, means a task that you can do with minimal effort and near certainty of success... like going into a supermarket and buying a pizza....

[@SteveKaufmann]

I meant I can't speak about Arabic since I don't speak Arabic.

[@DwarvenHydra]

Don't forget the all important siesta! Yes, isn't Spanish supposed to be the most regular romance language?

[@tirsodemolina5019]

Steve, you don't need to spend the first five minutes trying to convince us why we should learn Spanish, especially when the video is called tips for learning Spanish. Most of us know why we learn it and each has to decide for himself if it is worth the effort. I understand that motivation plays a large role in determining your success, but that applies to language (actually pretty much any subject) in general, not just Spanish.

[@mumpygumboo8554]

Well, I guess you should make some videos yourself then, eh?

[@sodacan1090]

How’s your level now

[@arualHM]

A mí parecer, el español es relativamente fácil para las personas que lo aprenden solo para conversar y no para utilizarlo a nivel profesional porque incluso para nosotros, los nativos, este idioma tiene demasiadas reglas que sino fuera por la carrera que escogimos y que nos exige precisión léxica nunca corregiríamos.

[@samproximax1790]

youre amazing, sir :)

[@Bozewani]

Espanol es muy facil la problema grande es los conjugaciones de verbos

[@f3nomeleven434]

acuerdo!!

[@Dameitrix-Antenium]

se entiende tu idea, pero unas pequeñas correciones....español es muy facil,''el problema es grande con la conjugacion de los verbos porque hay muchos'' asi seria mas correcto pero como tu lo pusiste si se entiende saludos

[@Dameitrix-Antenium]

Joe Peso seria mejor.....de acuerdo o estoy de acuerdo contigo saludos

[@f3nomeleven434]

Gracias waldo

[@sergioandres8041]

Joe Peso even when the word "problema" ends in "a" it is a male word, so it is "EL problema" :)

[@ev4043-x6e]

Эта испанская "Р" она как в русском языке или отличается ? Гласные дык вообще точно как в русском. Как будто произношение очень похоже...

[@Rulza]

I agree.

[@TheAtos1984]

😊😊😊😊😊

[@JulieBall-dg2ci]

'd's are not pronounced easily by English speakers. They are muted..almost like a 'th'

[@Thelinguist]

much like Spanish

[@JohnSmith-gu2yl]

Spanish does have dipthongs....

[@fernandojimenez5206]

Sí tiene, pero fonéticamente se pronuncian las vocales separadas

[@MakoEve]

mmm...I'm in a problem where basically I can understand Spanish, yet I cannot speak it well D:

[@marioespana9468]

Me puedes entender?

[@airolg90]

I have the same problem like you, but with English.

[@espr7564]

Who wants to eat dinner at 23.00?? 😱

[@avestictradition]

No és pas tan difícil un cop saps espanyol. I ja hi ha una comunitat de catalans a Vancouver, Steve (casalcatala.ca) Salutacions des de Burnaby.

[@animex5554]

Hey Steve Kaufmann Why not learn Filipino. Its easy for you because you know Spanish. And why don't you learn languages such as Greek and Arabic