Realistic Method & Progress // Nathaniel Drew & Johnny Harris teach me Spanish

[@nadiacenteno-alvarado2413]

¡Lo hiciste muy bien! Lo más difícil del español es que las palabras tienen género (las plantas, femenino vs. plants) y eso lo aprenderás poco a poco. PERO TE ENTENDÍ ✨🤘🏽 y eso es lo que importa

[@hallease]

😭 Gracias! Entendiendo es muy importante. Un dia a la vez

[@natalieajax-lewis4752]

This is impressive. I've been learning Welsh (I'm born and raised in Wales) for just over a year and my reading and comprehension is pretty good but I'm terrible conversationally. I don't speak Spanish but you seem to be progressing really well. Well done 😊

[@hallease]

Thank you!

[@feebaby88]

Congrats on your progress! I’m a native Spanish speaker and you’ll definitely be B2 fluent by July. ¡Sigue adelante!

[@AnaRodriguez-wn8qq]

Estoy impresionada! Your Spanish is so good already! I’m a native Spanish speaker and I learned English when my family immigrated to the US when I was a child. Language learning is so easy as a kid. Even tho I’m a native Spanish speaker, I definitely lose fluency when I’m not speaking it regularly. I want to teach my kids Spanish, so I want to try the thing where I try to fully speak Spanish 100% of the time in my household and have my partner speak English. Who knows what will really happen, I want to try lots of things but probably won’t have capacity to.

[@hallease]

El padre de mi sobrino es de Mexico. El Habla espanol con my sobrino sobre 70% de el tiempo. Mi Sobrino entiende espanol pero yo no se si lo habla. Algo es mejor que nada.

[@quiquejc]

Nosotros planeamos hacer lo mismo con mi hija yo hablaria inglés y mi esposa español. Vivimos en Centro América entonces cuando comenzó a hablar mi hija no quise perderme las primeras conversaciones y termine hablandole en español. Pero paralelamente fui muy cuidadoso en el contenido que veía en televisión y siempre en inglés programas que hablaran correctamente y que fueran acorde a nuestros principios. A los 4 años cuando en la escuela le comenzaron a hablar en inglés en dos semanas hablaba perfectamente bien el inglés solo de haber escuchado el idioma en la tv y hablarlo con su maestra. Apartir de entonces comenzamos a hablarle ambos en inglés y cambie el idioma de los programas a francés. Ella le enseño inglés a su hermana pequeña y ahora ambas son completamente bilingues de 7 y 5 años, también entienden bastante frances. Su idioma nativo irónicamente ahora es el inglés que es como hablan entre ellas pero aun asi hablan perfectamente español. Con el francés es un poco mas difícil por que nosotros no lo hablamos entonces apesar que tienen el vocabulario y lo entienden no lo hablan fácilmente, me parece que necesitan que se active en ellas hablándoles para que se comuniquen. Pero te recomiendo que pongas tu tv en el idioma que quieres que aprendan con programas tipo cuorious George en el que hablan adultos correctamente.

[@victorysampson]

THE COLLAB I DIDN’T KNOW I NEEDED! Pero ya puedo hablar español jaja Edit: It’s not a collab but I’m manifesting 16:49 OMG You’re making the mistakes I used to make! Muchas*** y Negra*** Mucho amor Hallease, tu ‘ta’ haciendo maravilloso.

[@hallease]

¿¡De veras!?

[@redcane]

Oooo! Look at you! Currently learning Vietnamese. One thing I do when I'm learning to speak at B2 is I also listen to content that has native speakers talking/singing that way I can get used to the speed of speech and it's easier to pick up shorter ways of saying things.

[@hallease]

Did you start doing that from the jump or after you had gotten a decent amount of vocabulary?

[@redcane]

@@hallease probably after getting some basics. Something about hearing a familiar word or two in the midst of the unfamiliar gave me the thrill of wanting to know more. That was part of my motivation, something like 'be able to sing this song and speak the words out of the singing context'

[@jackiee7921]

I don't know if I would say I'm trying to learn Spanish, I really don't put much time and effort into it. What I have been doing though is that whenever I watch a show or a movie, I watch it dubbed in Spanish. I have enough of a background to know what's going on and I pick things up along the way. I wouldn't say it's efficient but it's kinda fun for me at least!

[@hallease]

I need to get more vocabulary and conjugations down before I can do that. I tried earlier on and it was just a mess lol

[@redcane]

Doing that helps me too!! I'm here to enjoy the language as I speak it, y'know

[@suewilliams3253]

@@hallease Spanish subtitles with Spanish programming really help....you can see the words even though the speech is too fast to understand. Try it and surprise yourself !!

[@priscilagurney1009]

So impressed! I am Salvadoran born, grew up in Canada, currently living in the states (oh the identity confusion). I feel super lucky and blessed that I learned Spanish as a child and kept it up. In Canada I really only used it at home and with extended family and church. Moving to the states I use it soooo much more and it is incredible to see how much good I can do by just being able to communicate with people in the language they feel most comfortable with. Your pronunciation was great! I have so much respect for people who learn a new language as adults. I definitely understood you and am excited to watch more of your stories en español! Y por supuesto seguir viendo los que haces en inglés también!

[@Lignerology]

Hey, love the video. Just wanted to suggest that you use the word "Morena" instead of "negra" to identify/describe yourself. There's people that will use the word "negra" too loosely to refer to you and the black community. Negra means N** I'm Afro-Latina with albinism. In the Afro-Latin community we are trying to fight the never-ending disease of racism. 💜

[@courtr1588]

There are still many Black populations all over Latin/Central/South Am & Spain who prefer the word negro/a because moreno/a encapsulates basically everyone who ain't white. Many notable figures like Celia Cruz, Marta Salgado, Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata, Victoria Santa Cruz, Amara La Negra, Jennifer Parker (it goes on) have talked about being negra and done activism concerning gente negra. Of course every person thinks differently and there is no wrong opinion for how one wants to regard themselves. My comment is just to give another perspective because I wouldn't have been able to find the homies in online groups/spaces or read amazing books written by Black Latina & Spanish women if I wasn't using the word negra to identify myself and to search for them. :s

[@hallease]

Interesting! It seems that there's a mixture of identity questions that comes up within the Afro-latina population just as much as the African American population in the US. IE being Black vs being African American.

[@courtr1588]

@@hallease Yep! You're probably loaded with your web series and other work but after your Spanish has improved I could totally see you dropping a fire video on the topic in the future! 😍💯

[@dominiquethomas9603]

This was so refreshing. I am going to start using this method as I attempt to learn Spanish. Also the end was so funny! I love it

[@BobbyBermuda1986]

Thank you for acknowledging that Spanish is still a colonizer language (just like French and English) forced upon conquered folks, and NOT the heritage language of the indigenous peoples of Latin America.

[@ItsRadishTime]

debemos tener un zoom en español porque quiero practicar también. tengo un título en la lengua y literatura española, pero no he hablado con frequencia desde que me gradué (y ese año que vivé en Nevada). Solía tener el nivel c1 de CEFR pero tenía que trabajar para recuperarlo ahora.

[@hallease]

🌾🌾👀🌾🌾

[@Sewnover]

Thank you for the resources and ideas to try. I have been passively learning French for years and I recently began to take an active approach.

[@CyanAnn]

I have such a hard time commiting to learning a language but hearing other people learn my language fills me with so much happiness!!! I can't wait to follow your spanish-learnin journey! Ganas!

[@hallease]

Que significa "ganas"? Google translate says "desire" but that seems wrong.

[@CyanAnn]

@@hallease it might be a me thing, but it's a shortening of "dale con ganas" which means "give it your all" but is also used as words of encouragement!

[@sheccabaw]

I'm not a native Spanish speaker, but I think your accent is really good! And I love that you're trying really challenging structures (like "if you speak Spanish") instead of limiting yourself to what's comfortable. This sounds like such an exciting journey. Buena suerte!

[@catiekc7165]

Hallese i was so excited to see this video pop up! im half puerto rican, and after my grandparents no one in the family learned spanish. so, its my mission after graduating from undergrad this spring to dedicate the summer and the gap year before grad school to teach myself spanish, so when i go to the bodegas in the bronx with my family members i can actually connect with the people there, and hopefully one day live in puerto rico. best of luck, im rooting for you!

[@hallease]

😭 This is so wholesome.

[@redaleta]

ok, I will try again. Motivation is my main stumbling block. Last time I tried to learn another language I used the Duolingo podcasts to train my ear.

[@hallease]

The motivation has to be strong, making this video pushed me more as well. It might be worth it to create a blog or some space where you chart your progress.

[@keshnadonia]

This is so cool. I speak creole and can understand a little bit of French. I always said I would pic up more French.

[@missygrando1965]

So cute you are. My biggest dilemma with speaking spanish was my accent. I went off in a essay once about how ESL students do not leave ESL classes sounding American so why is all this pressure put on my super southern sounding self. Call you extended family more and try it. Also, watch more spanish shows and movies.

[@AqilahSafia]

Ahhhhhhh que chevereeeee ! Buen trabajo hermana ! Estoy aprendiendo español ahora mismo y he estado subiendo videos en mi canal sobre mi camino también! I started learning Spanish last year *for real* lol and honestly the most important thing is staying consistent and making sure you’re speaking as much as you can ! Talk to your plants, talk to yourself , talk to your husband (even though he doesn’t understand , teaching is a great way to learn ) and eventually with a tutor and natives . Wishing you the best with your journey!

[@AqilahSafia]

Oh and read in Spanish too! That’s also very helpful 💕

[@hallease]

He actually does understand Spanish and speaks it okay so I've been trying to talk to him more too. Thanks!

[@AqilahSafia]

@@hallease oh that’s dope ! Sorry I made that assumption , that’s my bad . But no problem , I’m excited to see where you’re at a year from now.

[@britota]

Amazing video. Love how dynamic it is and the content is so cool. I speak 5 languages, (Spanish being one of them) and there’s 2 more that I learned in high school, German and French, that I always say that I want to become fluent in, but never have the motivation to do so. This video is giving me that motivation vibe, girl. I cannot wait to see your evolution compilation video!!💪🏾🥰

[@alisonburgos9151]

Bravo!

[@piecebypiece5081]

Nice video! I love italki, not so much for learning but for practicing and seeing how far I've progressed. Plus it can be really inexpensive! Good luck. Looking forward to more videos!

[@WilsonRidge]

Miro el video de Johnny Harris tambien. Voy a hablar espanol en 2021. Estudio espanol en escuela secondario, pero tengo 23 anos ahora. Hay mucho tiempo de escuela secondario. Mi motivacion es mi hermana y mi (niece) de Venezuela. Vamos on este (journey) a juntos. (Very broken but I'm trying!)

[@hallease]

Entiendo! Su motivacion es fuerte!

[@courtr1588]

Hallease! We gotta connect sis! Your videos helped me with my loc journey (coming up 3 years locked in a few months) so lemme help you with your Spanish! 😭 My family is from San Antonio but I now live in North Texas. My Grandma's father was an Afro Mexican man and although my Grandma never learned Spanish, you could notice the 'Mexican' in her cooking and of course as my family is from San Antonio the Spanish language has always been close to my heart. I write all of that to say that that's why I started learning Spanish for what will be about 6 years ago in a few months. Now I'm pretty good at it but like any language (even our native one) there's always room to grow. Tuve un día muy relajante. Vi unos vídeos de KZbin (incluyendo el tuyo) y leí un poco de un libro que fue escrito por una mujer negra de españa. Mi hermana me ayudó peinarme. ¡Ahora mi pelo es azul y estoy muy feliz! 😄 relajante = relaxing incluyendo = including el tuyo = yours escrito = written peinar = to do someone's hair pelo / cabello = hair ps. You're doing great!

[@hallease]

Blue hair thoooo

[@pisangkepok]

Ohh I miss learning new languages

[@wendelljones8077]

Late to the party but I thank you for making this video. I’m about to start on this journey of learning Spanish so my girlfriend’s family and I can better communicate. However, your video also gave light on how I need to find motivation for myself personally. So I truly thank you for that. Plus, the last ten seconds...✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿. Lol if it’s okay, I will be using that.

[@jaspervanbruggen]

Hi Hallease, thanks for your video. I totally agree on starting with the 1000/2000 most common words. However, I am not sure where to find a reliable list of the words (including the gender). Where did you find this list? Thanks!

[@MrsMaliB]

Thanks for sharing! 1000+ hours seems about right to become naturally fluent and to begin not only communicating, but thinking, dreaming and understanding native speakers. I would highly recommend watching telenovelas, listening to music and consuming content in Spanish or any desired language you wish to learn. Its been 10+ years since I lived in Spain, but my brain can easily switch to Spanish because I continue to be consume Spanish content. Buena suerte!

[@valeriasannchez]

My tip for you is to be corageus and try lo live around people who speaks spanish for at leats 3 months or try chat with someone you find cool without speaking english at all. It has to be somebody who's NOT willing at all to even pronounce any english word. Spanish only talk. It will push you out of you confort zone. Is annoying to fail but it will give you a beautiful native accent.

[@suewilliams3253]

Hallease, Love, love, your channel and your journey ! Am a new subscriber in the last 3 months, but a voracious one...i went all the way back to the beginning of your content....and now you are reaching out to the other half of Texas,...and beyond our shores....you go girl!! Tengo muchas ganas seguir tu viaje como aprendas Espanol. Como todo, vas a hacerlo con toda tu ganas y toda tu Corazon .!! Suerte!!

[@KishanthJavegar]

This was a great informative video Hallease...I'm currently learning Portuguese after living in Portugal for the last 6 months, and still finding it tricky especially with the pronunciation and grammar. But will definitely try your tips and techniques. Thank you. :-)

[@MindfullyMindy]

Okay, I am pausing at 7:42 in order to allow you to be cognizant of making one mistake most people make, and that you just did twice. I have spent the last decade of my life with the bunch of people that you are unknowingly sliding: Interpreters. See, the difference between an interpreter and a translator is that translators are for the written word, where as Interpreters speak or sign a language. So, just so you, and any other viewer who cares to read this and go “Oh, I never knew that” there it is.

[@kathleenbolanos]

My husband is Costa Rican My motivation is not to be Lucille Ball 🤣 but actually be able to communicate with my new family and help my children learn both our languages

[@ohheyitsasiaj]

I subscribed off the strength of your intro video & music. You look like a cool person & you remind me of one of my closest friends. Blessings, thank for the awesome video :D

[@naniroch]

Wow, Que progreso el que hiciste 😀👏🏽 definitivamente una gran inspiración, en este momento de mi vida estoy aprendiendo una lengua indígena, y quiero seguir este método. Me encantó el punto que mencionaste sobre ponerse metas tangibles y ser realista en como alcanzarlas! Muchas gracias por tu video! Saludos desde Colombia

[@LeReVid]

Good vocabulary, just need to practice on conjunctions... la práctica hace al maestro

[@edthebro9528]

Lol only 22 seconds in the video and you got an immediate subscribe from me 😂 the editing and lighting is so beautiful!

[@hannahmccall446]

"your loquaciousness is befuddling me" aaaaaaaand i click the like button

[@valeriasannchez]

Or you could try to speak with people who speaks portuguese or italian and is also trying to speak spanish. Is super fun

[@nadiao8815]

This was great! how's the proficiency now @Hallease

[@hanilsart]

Was the class helpful that you watched? I am trying to decide if I should buy it because it seems good but it is a lot of money..

[@quincybowiejr]

Not us having the same aspirations. You’ve gained a new subscriber in me, can’t wait to see the growth! ¡Buena Suerte!

[@desiraeriddick3005]

Good luck!

[@ipsilonia]

buen trabajo :) es mi sueño que en el futuro puedes decir tu intro completamente en español

[@pazangheben]

Hola Hallease! Mi nombre es Paz y te sigo desde Buenos Aires, Argentina. Soy una reciente seguidora tuya. Me encantan tus videos porque expresan tu deseo de contar historias. Espero que sigas aprendiendo español, ahora ahora vas muy bien! Sigue así. Have a nice day! Bye

[@hallease]

Gacias!

[@Angrymobs62]

Soy Negra tambien! LOL

[@AzizaMiller]

Does your husband help you?

[@CuriousJoyce]

I had this video saved in my Watch Later for a couple of weeks now. I'm so glad I watched it when I did. I found my motivation to learn Spanish. Let's just say..i was able to use it to get help for someone (I don't know much yet, but I knew just enough for the moment and now I want to learn more) Thank you for this video Hallease. You always make great and "just in time" content ☺️

[@salet7990]

Que buen español tienes

[@caseyames58]

210 BABY!!!

[@Angrymobs62]

So true, and your voice is beautiful!

[@hallease]

Thanks!

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

I'm surprised you're not speaking spanish with Chris more often. 500-600 hours seems pretty low to really be proficient. It might just be me, but however long it takes a child to learn to talk and actually hold a conversation is more accurrate.

[@hallease]

Yes-ish, their brain is still developing on a different plain than an adults.

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

@@hallease I guess I do just have a harder time learning another language.

[@_Bianca]

This was really fascinating. I like CEFR. I like what all there is to be learned from this video about tangible outcomes!

[@DanikaRay]

Wow! I just came across your channel, and let me say that I absolutely love your energy. It has always been a goal of mine to communicate in other languages in order to experience other cultures more authentically and increase my cultural competency. I've especially wanted to learn Spanish so that I, too, can communicate with my extended family! Also, being someone in the BIPOC community with parents in the LGBTQ+ community, hearing you include that detail about your sponsor felt so liberating. You weren't shy about sharing a detail that may mean a lot to others. I LOVE IT!

[@ladonnawashington1643]

I’m sooooooooooo glad I am a subscriber. You inspire me. Your reasons for wanting to learn mirror mine. I felt as if you were reading my mind. I don’t know the language YET! Good Fortune to you Hallease! You’re well your way!!!

[@Eve.Daniels]

SAME (but for Swedish) - Knowing it doesn't mean jack if we can't communicate. I 'know' some swedish, but like not enough to actually talk to someone. Funny thing is I just made a video about this last month about how my swedish sucks and I really need to get better at it XD working on it!

[@vidchatsofrandomness]

Thank you so much for sharing your motivation breakdown for learning Spanish! I'm taking the same course and have been struggling to create a schedule for myself. Your progress is sp inspiring!!! I will definitely save this for whenever I need a pick-me-up! Keep up the good work! 😊🎉

[@litua13]

Woooow loved this. Yo estudio Español en universidad pero es must dificil para mi 😬 I would love another update video in a few months or whenever! I think you spoke pretty well at least in comparison to my own level of Spanish 😅.

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

It's hard to be fluent in a language when there's no one to converse with on a regular basis. I used Rosetta Stone to "learn" Italian and Portuguese but I ended up not having anyone to practice with. I wish I could actually converse in another language.

[@allanlgeorge]

How's your language journey going now?

[@hallease]

Slow. Chipping away at Pimsleur currently because the residency is keeping me very busy

[@simplybeeda]

I love how to broke everything down into bitesize steps that are actually attainable. I had to learn Dutch when I moved, and managed to do so mostly because I was submerged in the language. I recognised the language grading you used because that's what hey use here, but I never thought to use it in my personal quest to learn a language. This video was very inspiring, makes me want to pick up a new language.

[@viviangunsettcecco]

Muy efectiva tu comunicación en español! You did great! Keep the practice!

[@insulaarachnid]

Unfortunately I do not speak Spanish. I was wondering if Hallease were to include reading Spanish Language books/novels when reading for pleasure, would that help her to think in Spanish?

[@hallease]

I had my first dream in spanish the other night, it was super weird LOL

[@insulaarachnid]

@@hallease It probably indicates how much you are absorbing though right? A weird but positive indicator :-)

[@hallease]

I believe so

[@suewilliams3253]

@@hallease That is fantastic!! The language is becoming part of you! In my 20s I was in the town of Atenas, Costa Rica living with a family in a Spanish Emerson program. My supervisor from Goshen College came to visit, and I couldn't help it....i was giving him long answers in Spanish instead of English...we all got a good laugh out of that!

[@declanoneil6417]

I wasnt expecting this KZbinr fusion event

[@hallease]

🙋🏿‍♀️

[@lifeaskel]

This video is so wholesome, I love it. I'm also learning Spanish! As of right now I'm level B3. I can understand a lot more than I can speak but that's because over the course of my learning I wasn't finding many opportunities to speak with native speakers (the pandemic has made that even harder). In order to increase my speaking proficiency, I joined a program called Pura Buena Onda - a virtual school for conversational Spanish. It's an affordable monthly membership for classes and I'm only on my third one so far and I've seen a huge improvement! Of course, I supplement it with listening to podcasts, reading, doing grammar activities in a workbook, etc. But this is the biggest way I've been able to get over my speaking apprehension and find other Spanish learners to communicate with. Good luck on your journey, can't wait to see how you continue to progress 😃

[@hallease]

When did you start actively using Pura Buena Onda? Had you already hit a certain vocabulary level and conjugation level?

[@lifeaskel]

@@hallease I just started last month. I'm on my fourth class, but I did study Spanish for years in high school and college so I had a basic foundation. I entered the program at level B3 but am finding greater proficiency with every meeting.

[@moomoochela6911]

Tu pronunciación es muy buena, aunque tienes pequeños errores de gramática, entendí todo lo que dijiste c: Buena suerte ♡

[@hallease]

Gracias! Quiero trabajar mi pronunciación mucho. Y la gramatica es muy difícil porque el género de las palabras. 😭

[@ricardocurin7603]

si quieres aprender español de verdad, aprende español chileno.... es una de las variaciones mas complejas que hay, pero si lo dominas, dominas el mundo! saludos

[@blackgirlburntout]

I just watched Johnny's video and im also learning to communicate in spanish! And same i also had 2 years of spanish in high school but not have a conversation with a native speaker and would love too!