Spanish Class - SNL

A Spanish class gets disrupted by two new students (Ana de Armas, Marcello Hernández).
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[@pegah_di]

Mikey nailed the uncomfortable awkwardness 😂

[@tgardner11]

he is SO GOOd at playing up cringe/awkward moments. Reminded me of that dating game show skit they did years ago with Regina King!

[@LindaC616]

I have seen colleagues experience this when they place a heritage speaker who "never took it before" in their classes 😅

[@psychedelicpegasus7587]

It's giving "pop that beanie back on" energy.

[@JeMangeLaPoubelle]

His specialty!

[@costanzafaust]

He's so good that you can actually watch his soul leave his body as he dies inside.

[@adrianlechuga6049]

“Estoy kidding” made me lose it 😂

[@YourMomSaysHi_Jinx]

Hahaa that’s when I lost it too

[@reganwolf4405]

😂😂

[@hannahs5663]

He didn’t even conjugate it correctly. Estaba kidding.

[@BaraAnne]

I use to laugh at gringos in Spanish class. So hilarious.

[@birdman5172]

@@BaraAnne So then that would make it OK to laugh at 'beaners' in English class, right?

[@CurstSaden]

English is my first language. Taking Spanish class in America was very much like taking the class in this video. The teachers mean well, but there's a whole side of culture and complexity in Spanish that they totally miss. Loved seeing these three let their culture shine in this sketch!

[@ashleybrajae5676]

I agree with you, I’m a teacher, that is Black and Puerto Rican, who teaches film, but this is why we have to have more teachers of colors in the classroom to represent and teach our cultures correctly! Loved this so great to watch!

[@PlannedObsolescence]

@@ashleybrajae5676 White people can't speak Spanish? Spain is in Europe. Most people from Argentina are white.

[@TheFallingFlamingo]

It just depends on the school and districts standards... Every Spanish teacher I had growing up either was Hispanic or lived in a Spanish speaking country for a significant amount of time. They would bring in souvenirs from their travels, cook us traditional food, and could not only speak fluently to the Spanish students, but often *corrected* them on their speaking and, more frequently, their writing. For reference, I grew up in central Indiana.

[@effix9097]

I started learning Spanish independently of school during the pandemic as a middle schooler. Fast forward a couple of years, and I’m a couple of years ahead of most students taking Spanish classes, and I can tell that our school definitely has better teachers than most districts, since basically all of our language teachers have lived for prolonged periods of time in the country of origin for their selected language, but even then, I can still notice issues in the way my fellow white second language Spanish-speakers, the teachers specifically, speak, mostly revolving around z and s not being pronounced the same way, the letter r being pronounced by the uvula, etc.

[@chuyocaca4153]

research Hispanic countries as oppose to Latin ones?.. and you'll get a better notion as to why all of them have the Spanish language in common but not necessarily the same slang!

[@Nakautoga]

I love it when in 3:16 you see Marcello's lips mouthing Ana's line. Marcello's Spanish contribution to the sketches is so refreshing. Probably one of the best recent additions to the SNL cast. Much love from Fiji!

[@toddmiller243]

Funnylooking, no quality there, YET!! I think he'll make it though!!

[@morgan564]

​@toddmiller243 I think he's absolutely hilarious, he's contributed some brilliant sketches

[@toddmiller243]

He sucks!!

[@jandm4ever716]

@@toddmiller243lol ok troll. If you think he sucks why do you watch these videos. Stop spewing negativity into the world, we already have enough of it

[@damienrowley443]

@@jandm4ever716:) I’m glad that you said it.

[@arturogutierrez5934]

As a mexican who studied on the US, this is sooo accurate. Btw, I love Ana speaking on her cuban accent about tostones and batido de mamey

[@BenIsShiny]

I could listen to ADA speak all day

[@MelissaVanStee]

And the Miami girl snapping action when she wasn't getting called on 😅

[@greengopost]

Yes, Mikey Day trying to say ARROZZZ is legit all of us gringos :D

[@carloshbello]

Only time we will ever hear someone say “ropa vieja” and “mamoncillo” in SNL I guess

[@saxoeeee]

I’ve never tried any of these dishes but they sound so good!!!

[@isisatlantis3168]

I love when Mikey Day plays the flustered, overwhelmed guy. 😂😂

[@jimshorts86]

He definitely took over the role from Beck Bennett without any difficulty.

[@blackcat_5821]

i love it when Mikey day

[@wintyforever]

Mikey day is quickly rising to the top of SNL. I love everything he’s in. Marcelo is going to be huge too.

[@MrsNubianaries81]

Pop that beanie back on is all I can hear when he's in this type of role😅

[@slyasleep]

Like everytime. Every. Time.

[@loreiglesias685]

As a cuban, it’s so exciting for me to see Ana talking about things I relate to

[@Locurazul333]

Somos, dos, Lore.

[@A.J.1656]

As an American, it's exciting to see Ana. lol

[@JohnSmith-dm1wo]

Like selling cocaine. That would be a real representation of you people

[@glennjenkins7907]

Cuban in Florida does not count.

[@loreiglesias685]

@@glennjenkins7907 dude, I was born, and I still live in Cuba, shut up

[@ramonpineda7514]

That sarcastic "yummy!!!!" Was funny big time! 😂😂😂

[@trynottodie3317]

I'm pretty sure this sketch was actually based off a stand up set by Marcello Hernández about him schooling his Spanish teacher when he was younger just like this. Super cool that they let him have this level of input and super funny sketch!

[@cheesyrichard]

The funny part is the white guy teacher.

[@jonsnow5907]

? It’s very hard to come up with skits. If anything they were like “please let’s do your skit”

[@goombapizza6335]

@K E It is 99% identical to Marcello's bit on his stand-up about this exact same thing. So he definitely wrote this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3_UaJeDlpqJrMk

[@trynottodie3317]

@@goombapizza6335 bingo

[@106andie]

Had the same experience 😂

[@sophiakwongmyers8909]

The brilliance of this sketch is that the dialogue in Spanish has to be familiar enough so that non-Spanish speakers can still understand the jokes. Mikey killed it with the super-gringo Spanish 201 accent and vocabulario. The sketch with Marcelo and Pedro Pascal is gold -- I hope this is a recurring bit with all the Latine hosts.

[@alfalfaforever]

Latino or Hispanic. Latine is contradictory to Spanish language. ‘Latine’ is something people made up in the US.

[@Ochreification]

Please don't butcher Spanish by saying dumb shit like "Latine" or even worse, "Latinx".

[@NathanLGrossman]

I'm sure you mean well, but only Gringos say Latine.

[@badideabearcub2747]

@@NathanLGrossman or Latinx

[@fleacero]

Hispanic means that you/your family come from a country that speaks Spanish (culture), and Latino that you come from Latin America (Mexico, Central & South America and the Caribbean). Hispanic denotes culture and Latino geography. A Brazilian is Latino but not Hispanic, a Mexican is both Latino and Hispanic and a Spaniard is only Hispanic.

[@rinellet]

the “estoy kidding” gets me everytime 😭😭😭

[@Mrraugut]

As a former Spanish teacher [and native speaker] I found this so hilarious.

[@braxtonbobo4004]

And this is why we need more Latino hosts

[@tatianaarrieta6927]

Yes 🙌🏻

[@harrisone79]

How about just funny talented people.

[@PrincesaSae]

@@harrisone79 both things are possible, Harrison...

[@Ganggangbuzzbuzz]

Pedro’s Spanish was hilarious and super relatable as 1st generation immigrant

[@harrisone79]

@@PrincesaSae what's right is acknowledging she's talented regardless if she's latina, Asian , or any other race or gender or designation people prefer. That's how you move forward and lift people up. Not rooting for a team let's you do that.

[@eleni1968]

This is absolutely hilarious. This reminds me of a Monty Python sketch where the British Instructor is teaching Italian to a room full of Italians.

[@drphot6050]

Not as good but still funny

[@asym52]

@@drphot6050 Better.

[@Wayzor_]

All sketch comedy takes inspiration from MP.

[@asym52]

@@Wayzor_ It's true what you say!!

[@andrewf2]

My friend say why would he say I am Gino from Roma when he come from Milano... or the bit in that sketch when Graham Chapman stands up wearing the lederhosen and asks Terry Jones in perfect German where he could find the German language class.

[@victoryosvanyabreucarales2093]

As a cuban native speaker this hit me so hard, it's very interesting always to see the experiences of my compatriots around the world, and makes me feel very proud of my roots, cause no matter where we are we keep living our cuban culture and maintain our style.

[@djnation408]

2:31 the snapping finger lol love it!!

[@sgrant4558]

I love how now that Marcelo is on the show, we get a lot more Spanish content, especially when the host is also Latino/a. I just wish they had done it more too when Melissa Villaseñor was a cast member, or at least more exploration of her Hispanic culture in skits.

[@weirdnewworld1736]

She's so talented but wasn't given the right roles to shine in.

[@Casper15CTRP]

Could she speak Spanish? I am aware she’s Latina but never knew if she could speak Spanish

[@sgrant4558]

@@Casper15CTRP Good question! I believe she can but not fluently. Maybe a lack of confidence in that area contributed to less skits of that nature. Still super under-utilized as a cast member though, and it would've been nice to have more skits where she got to explore her Latina culture. Legit the only one I can think of rn was the one she did w Selena Gomez.

[@ricardo_alonzo]

@@Casper15CTRP the girl is from whittier and she's 2nd or third Gen. She speaks a little and she's learning, per a stand up routine of hers I saw wheres she's talking g about her abuelita.

[@canaisyoung3601]

According to one of her stand-up sets, Melissa Villasenor's Spanish isn't that good. She knows enough to understand her mom, but not the rest of her family, who are Mexican and only know Mexican Spanish.

[@hayleyleiberman8491]

They did such a good job with showing how Spanish is taught in America. I was able to understand all the gringo Spanish with my 4 years of high school Spanish, and about 2 words total when Marcello and Ana were speaking. Glad those 4 years of my life weren't a total waste 😅

[@seffishestopal5950]

@@jimgravesus Thank you, Einstein!

[@MacSultana]

@@jimgravesus It sounds like heavy Cuban or Dominican Spanish. Right?

[@corvus2512]

What is gringo Spanish? Like Spanish from Spain?

[@MacSultana]

@@corvus2512 No, gringo Spanish is the Spanish spoken by the teacher in this sketch. The dialect of the very White suburban American high school Spanish teacher. :)

[@hayleyleiberman8491]

@@corvus2512 Yeah, what MacSultana said. It's a slang term used to refer to white people with bad Spanish accents. It's sometimes used in a derogatory way to essentially call someone a yankee who can't speak Spanish well

[@JustCallMeBo1]

*From 6th to 8th grade this was my experience with Spanish teachers* 😂 *When I got to 9th grade my teacher was Argentinian, then Ecuadorian, Peruvian, and Ecuadorian again. They did in fact change my life* ❤

[@hollyc-ch5hu]

haha same my teacher was cubana and at the time i was scared because she would fully immerse us in spanish without translations but i learned so much more from her than any other teacher

[@Handygrrl]

I cant stop watching this! Ive lost track of how many times ive watched, but it doesnt get old...so hilarious 😂

[@El_car4]

Me neither lol

[@alexanderpeters5758]

I love it when he uses his Spanish in the skits, so funny and unexpected

[@RaymondHng]

Mikey's Spanish?

[@soccerzz5]

Who?

[@BeeWhistler]

@@soccerzz5 The "kid," I assume. And I agree.

[@jimmysvane837]

😂 I agree and his facial expressions are pure comedic guld! He is my favourite current SNL cast member.😂

[@BaraAnne]

reminds me of my brothers

[@user-dr2yz8um3d]

If only my Spanish classes were this interesting Gotta love Ana’s commitment to her native language

[@raiideasofficial]

She came to USA as an adult

[@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3]

Repent to Jesus Christ “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.” ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Y

[@yeeaahBUDDY]

​@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 the devil is the enemy? God is the one who is a serial mass murderer all throughout the bible. What a stupid religion. Maybe stop randomly posting your fear-mongering religion in videos that have nothing to do with it.

[@Quincyslayer]

Lots of love for everyone then. Isn't almost everyone committed to their native language? XD

[@ArsenGaming]

@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 No

[@Misa54321]

This was similar to my experience in high school. Thankfully, the teacher was kind enough to ask everyone up front if they're advanced speakers so we could be placed in a different level of Spanish class.

[@joselinamador3757]

It’s so insane to hear words like “mamoncillo, duro frío, batido de Mamey, etc” in freaking SNL 🤯 as a Cuban this is like peak representation, blew my mind 😭😭

[@codyhiginbotham6616]

Petition to get Ana de Armas & Marcello Hernandez in a Spanish speak movie together; or any movie together

[@SuperRobertoClemente]

Or just give Ana de Armas all movies

[@starlightstudio14]

or married, just kidding

[@Dizzydawne]

Chill 😂 it’s just a sketch

[@JS-xu1so]

oh stop

[@tbam73]

Um, why?

[@ANGEL143600]

I never thought I'd see a Colombian singer, a Dominican, and a Cuban all on one SNL skit. I am loving the representation SNL is giving. Thank you!!!! Love this skit too, so funny :D

[@dayleslie426]

✨️unidad✨️ 😂

[@sandraguzmanmontes6290]

Me too it was awesome.

[@toritori5835]

So so good! 🥰🥰🥰 Just a tiny note: Marcello is Dominicano (padre) y Cubano (madre).

[@ANGEL143600]

@@toritori5835 Oh dang! I thought Marcello was just Dominican! He's such a cutie! Didn't realize he's half Cuban too! :D

[@miguelgibbs]

As a Colombian I was so proud.

[@williamfulgham2010]

I love the sound of real Spanish. I have lived in South Texas for several decades and I can speak Tex-Mex, but that's a lot different.

[@Yeyo_ofthemo0n13]

Este es uno de los mejores sketches que tiene SNL 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LuisandraDiaz]

This is a perfect example of the difference between speaking a language and speaking a culture 🤣💜

[@kylewit924]

I really like that! Might have to use it sometime. Thank you!!

[@the406seadonkey6]

English speakers can say the same about Latinos/Latinas that 'speak' English. Fucking hypocrites.

[@chicharitobeige7517]

Speaking a culture? I don't speak mexicano... Wait... Actually I do! A huevo jijos de su pinshi madre!!!!!

[@dereksamuel4618]

Excelente y maravilloso comentario.

[@santiagogarza8121]

I mean, the teacher doesn't speak the language either

[@blueturtle3623]

Speaking as someone who has sat in a classroom while a teacher butchers my language to the point of not being able to understand them, I got a sick thrill out of watching Mikey get upset and scared.

[@latinolawdog5067]

Now you know how Americans feel when we hear immigrants butcher the shit out of our language. We get a sick thrill out of watching you struggle too. Turnabout is fair play, yes? If you can say it, I can too.

[@brianshockley6429]

Funniest thing is still Cheek’s song Mexican American: Mexican Americans love education so they go to night school. And they take Spanish and get a B. 😂 I was a Spanish minor and lot of friends and classmates who were Hispanic got B and Cs and I’m like dude your fluent how you not passing 😂

[@laurao3274]

​@Brian Shockley I saw that too in my Spanish classes in high school. It's because feeling a language in your soul does not mean that you know that language on an academic level. Like conjugating some of the lesser used verb tenses, like the subjuntivo pretérito pluscuamperfecto, or even knowing what those terms mean. I do lots of language exchanges, and I get questions all the time that stump me, because I've never had to think about how XY&Z work in English. For example, I had some guy ask me about verbal phrases. My initial response was, "What the heck is a verbal phrase?" Then you also have to consider dialectual differences. Native speaker or not, you gotta study the vocab list. For example, in my Spanish 1 class, we learned that doll=muñeca. Except no one says that. All the native speakers got it wrong on the test.

[@sleepy.timaeus.arts.]

@@laurao3274 "feeling a language in your soul does not mean you understand it on an academic level" reminds me of the jokes about native-english speakers failing english class. im sure the same could be said for other art forms (bc language truly is art), like cooking or dancing. there will always be a more "structured" side with rules and terms you dont quite understand if youre used to only doing these "from the heart"

[@RachelLaReina]

@@brianshockley6429 it is humorous at first, but it’s useful to know that a lot of Latinx parents are immigrants to the USA, so their children know Spanish just by speaking and listening, but they never take classes to understand the WHY of Spanish structure. They are not in schools where they are reading Spanish materials or writing in Spanish (American education system, where English is the dominant language in a school), and access to Spanish books for children in the US is hard. Also, many immigrant parents want their kids to focus on English. I had a Mexican girl in my AP Spanish class and she could speak and listen, but it was humiliating for her because she could not read a word to save her life or write, and I can empathize with her that the situation made her feel detached from her roots or ashamed… Think about it from your perspective as a native English speaker studying a foreign language. The PASSIVE skills (listening and reading) might be easier for you because you usually learn Spanish grammar and pronunciation first. The ACTIVE skills to produce the language (speaking and writing) are harder for you because you did not grow up surrounded by the language input to need to use it. Everybody has different levels of speaking, writing, listening, and reading. Also, you can be a native speaker and still not know all the complexities of your language. We learned English as kids and we didn’t need books to be able to speak or listen, so basically, the rules are “intuitive” to us, but we cannot explain WHY some things are the way they are. For goodness sakes, many people say “I of eaten” instead of “I have eaten”, mix up their homophones, and can’t use the right pronouns (he vs him). The SAT also proves that we do not know a lot of vocabulary outside of standard everyday use. If you know the European levels of language (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, and C2), most native speakers cannot score a C2.

[@Wintersincla]

The whole skit was great, of course, but I really loved the ending with Devin, Marcelo, Michael, Molly, and Punkie dancing (along with Ana and Karol G and the extras). They seem to be having so much fun and it’s awesome to see the newer cast members rising up to carry the show into its next era.

[@AI-io9vl]

They talk so fast even I who speaks spanish couldn't keep up😂😂

[@astyle2k]

As soon as he said "uh oh" I knew it was over 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@honeybadger7105]

“Eeeeyyyummmmyyy!!” 😂

[@lacarte2008]

Right!! 😂😂

[@BeeWhistler]

Soon as they walked in, you had to suspect! lol

[@dustinkelly6391]

This is absolutely hilarious.... When I was in high school we had a man named mr. Williams trying to teach us Spanish... But all of us were Hispanic and grew up in households that only spoke Spanish... I swear I got A's on some of my papers because he couldn't understand what they even said LOL

[@markh.6687]

It is very hard to think and speak at the same speed/tempo of a native language speaker. I know some high-school German, but can't translate native speakers in 'real time' like a normal conversation. I would have to ask them to please slow down their conversation and maybe I could get most of what they'd say. (But I could listen to some Latinas read a box of cereal all day, never mind look at them :) ).

[@hanghad7645]

@Nicholas TV Scammer

[@carmelapelaez2700]

Don´t you think something is missing in a history which a "Dustin Kelly" grew up in a households that only spoke Spanish?

[@aengusog3415]

@@carmelapelaez2700 ????

[@juho5282]

@@aengusog3415 The implication is pretty clear. Or is that what you're asking?

[@jshontwine9622]

Bro Mikey’s characters that get in over there head are the funniest. “Uh ohhh”😂

[@cheesefactory4234]

Student: "como se dice 'I'm in love'?" Me: "Same." 😉😏❤️

[@bnlatin23]

This is how my Spanish teacher felt while I was in class . I just needed a language credit . 😂

[@LindaC616]

They should have placed you higher or waived the requirement 😅

[@Mskittenlover12]

Lol when I was in middle school back in the early 2010s, there was a girl in my Spanish class who didn't even know much English. Her family only ever spoke Spanish. They also happened to live in the same apartment complex as me so I knew who the whole family was. I literally did not understand why she was in that class. I assume her English is better all these years later. She was just starting to learn then.

[@LindaC616]

@@Mskittenlover12 in high school, I have no idea why they do it, but they do. Maybe they just walked their classes to do better on standardized testing so that the schools get more money. At the college level, heritage speakers who take 100 level are really just trying to get an easy a. Most heritage speakers who grew up speaking it, as long as they are not passive bilinguals, easily learn how to spell it and where the accents go. There is no reason for them to start at a basic level

[@mchevre]

@@Mskittenlover12 Hey maybe she was still learning, just in a different way than the rest of the class. Like, when looking at the book show Spanish words and their English equivalents, perhaps while the rest of the class is learning new words in column A and referencing column B to see what it means, she's looking at column B to learn new words and referencing column A to see what it means. Know what I mean?

[@lucky-13gof47]

I would have loved to have a classmate in my class who could have helped me. My teacher was from Puerto Rico and talked very fast, made it hard to learn. Thank God for Kid Frost!

[@marvelpovs2814]

Love how she does the Cuban accent perfectly I forget she’s Cuban some times I’ve lost my accent over time 😭

[@Servantofthearts]

I came so young that i lost mine & developed a American accent

[@williamrodriguez6407]

Vamos seguí hablando español y no perderás el acento cubano vamos

[@charlizesakura4468]

You want to learn Miami Cuban accent then watch Scarface 👌👌

[@StudMacher96]

“Miami Cuban accent.” I didn’t even know that was an accent 😂

[@chancemiller9340]

Why don't the Cubans pronounce "S"s at the end of words? Did France control the island for a period of time?

[@CS-qc7np]

I like this sketch because it highlights how the Spanish language is very localized too. Class is for learning the basic, but to really learn you have to immerse yourself into the specific country’s culture that you’re visiting.

[@kareninalabama]

3:43 I love how you can hear Hugo and Maria laughing at Mikey Day! 🤣

[@MsJanetWood]

1:40 ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Hugo says, *"My favorite food is grilled chicken with rice and beans and sweet plantains, just like my grandmother used to make.Plantains add a sweet flavor to a well-salted dish."* _Mi comida favorita es un pollo a la plancha con arroz y frijol y platáno maduro, como lo hacía mi abuela. Los platános le dan un sabor dulce a un plato bien salado._ 2:35 ENGLISH TRANSLATION: María says, *"My favorite food is a ropa vieja, with tamales, with tostones. For dessert, a Durofrío, a mamey smoothie, just in case, the mamoncillos, I love them, because they are like a mix between a lychee and a spicy lime and a little sweet too. They are so so rich. TRUE?"* _Mi comida favorita es una ropa vieja, con tamales, con tostones. De postre un Durofrío, batido de mamey, por si acaso, los mamoncillos, me encantan, porque son como una mezcla entre un lychee y una lima picante y poquito dulces también. Son tan tan ricos. Verdad?_

[@MsJanetWood]

I had to look up "Durofrío". Apparently, it is homemade ice cream. "Ropa Vieja" is a Cuban dish with meat and vegetables. "Tostones" are fried plantains. And "tamales" are meat pies.

[@RaymondHng]

@@MsJanetWood The mamey sapote, is a species of tree native to Mexico and Central America. The tree is also cultivated in the Caribbean. Its fruit is eaten in many Latin American countries. The fruit is made into foods such as milkshakes and ice cream. Melicoccus bijugatus is a fruit-bearing tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native or naturalized across the New World tropics including South and Central America, and parts of the Caribbean. Its stone-bearing fruits are edible. It is also called Bajan ackee, genip, guinep, genipe, ginepa, kenèp, quenepa, quenepe, quenette, chenet, skinup, talpa jocote, mamón, limoncillo, canepa, skinip, kenepa, kinnip, huaya, or mamoncillo. Lychee is a monotypic taxon and the sole member in the genus Litchi in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. It is a tropical tree native to South China. A tall evergreen tree, it bears small fleshy sweet fruits. The outside of the fruit is a pink-red, rough-textured soft shell.

[@virgilhawkins5680]

This is the way.

[@sonicuzumaki]

They gonna think ropa vieja means old clothes yo. That would be similar to shredded beef 😂

[@somethingaboutthewoods]

Thanks guys! It’s nice to learn :)

[@Elmo9001]

Michael Longfellow dances exactly how you imagine Michael Longfellow would dance, and I appreciate that.

[@rosalieo5045]

That's what I was gonna say

[@iLoveToBeM3]

Best part

[@b-meaker99]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one that caught that

[@canaisyoung3601]

What, very white, but at least trying?

[@moiclarence]

No melanin 😹😹😹

[@karmaalegre6478]

This skit was phenomenal! 😂 SNL, Thank you for the representation. ❤🎉❤

[@bolotabr12]

It’s funny to see the teacher stressing out 😅

[@rajithmaligaspe]

You just know Marcello wrote this sketch cos it refers a bit from one of his standup routines. And Mikey's as hilarious as always!

[@natashafigueroa9198]

I just saw that yesterday!

[@israeldelarosa5461]

@@natashafigueroa9198 Which one? Can you share a link?

[@acediscovery]

@@israeldelarosa5461 It's this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3_UaJeDlpqJrMk

[@naomimorales5362]

@@israeldelarosa5461 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3_UaJeDlpqJrMk

[@wintyforever]

@@israeldelarosa5461 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3_UaJeDlpqJrMk

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

The SNL writer are killing this season best sketch of the night seeing Marcello ,and Anas De Armas speaking Spanish as Spanish students was so fun ,and brilliant😂👏🏽👏🏽.

[@Wildcat612]

This is based on a story from college that Marcello Hernandez tells in his stand-up routine! Props to him for this one!

[@GZP1023]

Too bad its not funny

[@devonalomar9012]

😕

[@joeorca5087]

Totally loved this....the beauty of different dialects. Cuban, Mexican, Chilean argentinian Peruvian Honduran Guatemalan and many other including Spanish from Spain ....

[@darthsanchez]

I'm a native Spanish speaker but learned English while my father was doing graduate study in the U.S. Upon my return to a Mexican high School, my friends were very eager to introduce me to their Mexican English teacher, you know, because I has just returned from the U.S. and was now bilingual. The teacher's face went pale when she realized this and I quickly understood what was going on, so I decided to not expose her and just said a brief HI and then changed the subject.

[@vr4076]

Love the Latino era in SNL 👏🏽

[@henrytawnn8694]

Same here! I want more Spanish speaking hosts. Marcello has been amazing.

[@kellygreengables3936]

Yes, it's adding much needed representation and diversity to the cast and the sketches. And it's always fun when the cast members share their culture in a comedic way.

[@ajkelvin]

this year alone we had Ana de Armas, Pedro Pascal, Jenna Ortega, and Aubrey Plaza

[@daniellederer293]

@@ajkelvin Jenna Ortega and Aubrey Plaza are Latina?

[@ajkelvin]

@@daniellederer293 Si Señor

[@carloslabradads1967]

I'm from Cuba and we are just like that! Our accent is pretty much impossible to understand if you don't know our idioms or if you are not used to the speed. But It's very fun and joyful and the video portraits that perfectly. I love it when I see these types of representations of my country

[@soccerzz5]

Well they are cuban, no need to fake it 😅

[@covfefe_drumpfh]

I once had a Cuban co-worker. For the record, I am Puerto Rican. At the club we worked, we'd speak in super fast Spanish. Our other co-workers and the customers would be all _y'all speak so fast!_

[@jonrods7015]

I’m Puerto Rican I’ll take that challenge on speed

[@francoortiz7686]

Chile here: Who said speak fast?

[@jayg5391]

Other Latinos have trouble understanding Cubans lol

[@mjbartending]

03:24 You know this morning I came in feeling boi know, but now I'm starting to feel I see I see 😂😂

[@spanishclasses4013]

He visto este video varias veces, y me muero de la risa. ¡Gracias! 😂

[@sasdrusbaslisto9538]

"Loma abajo y sin frenos" just melted the part of my heart that harbours my Cuban idiomatic pride

[@stellaborealis4846]

I’m Chilean, we have a different idiomatic expression for it, but “loma abajo y sin frenos” makes a ton of sense and sounds so very poetic. I love it

[@mikehawk9918]

they’re both speaking spanish with a cuban accent. as a cuban person, it’s rough even for me to understand it😭

[@covfefe_drumpfh]

I have zero issues understanding any of the West Indian Hispanic accents. Está bien, no tengo problemas porque soy oriunda de Puerto Rico.

[@danielaodp3572]

Yo soy cubana, y los entendí perfectamente 😂. Los cubanos hablamos muy rápido, tengo amigos mexicanos y de otros países de habla hispana, que a veces no me entienden, dicen que hablo muy rápido 😂.

[@enzop2835]

Ño, los Americanos te han infiltrado jajajaja

[@gabrielaortiz8046]

You must be Cuban American 😂

[@KP-us1ld]

Somehow I doubt you're Cuban then lol.

[@Shernicet]

I would've loved to have a lit Spanish class like the ending 😂

[@EddyGraphic]

As a Latino who went to school in the US this is spot on 😂

[@mial1323]

This actually happened to Marcelo when he went to college. It’s one of his bits from his stand up comedy. So funny. Glad SNL writers used it. And I’m sure he had so much directive input! So proud of our hometown Miami boy!!!!

[@elchasai]

Who is Karol G?

[@laurencorrales2223]

@@elchasaiA Latin pop singer

[@elchasai]

@@laurencorrales2223 ok, yeah and they are famous in the US? Have most people you think heard of this person before?

[@laurencorrales2223]

@@elchasai I’m surprised you haven’t heard of her. She’s very famous.

[@elchasai]

@@laurencorrales2223 I think probably only among people younger than most

[@classictraveler]

Marcello and Ana are so cuban. I love it😂

[@rayarena879]

Actually, Marcello is only half-Cuban. His father is Dominican.

[@tocororo]

​@@rayarena879 Well. He still "so Cuban" 😌🤣

[@0ctav1uz]

Aprendí en México y me cuesta entenderles ;-)

[@classictraveler]

@@rayarena879 he is from Miami though and the Cuban culture is dominant here. Specially the talk lol I hear the Cuban more than the Dominican when he speaks spanish

[@jasonlogan5622]

@@rayarena879 Jerry: Is there a difference? Kramer: I don't know!

[@hildaolea8501]

Love this...😂😂😂..there should be more skits like this

[@gregoryuk]

Spanish Teacher got owned. Best sketch.

[@Daya_Love]

More sketches with Cuban and Miami references please!!! I’ve NEVER felt so represented before. I cried of joy and of laughter! Thank you for this!

[@newvibes789]

Don't count on it. Liberals are racist in a different way where don't really hate Hispanics they just ignore them like hell. Took them 40 years to hire a Latina!!

[@skxlter5747]

You've been represented for years bruh chillax

[@beautifulcorpse8202]

@@skxlter5747 seriously tho 💀😭

[@jjennifer_]

@@skxlter5747that is absolutely not true cubans aren’t represented at all if u think we are give me some examples because i’m cuban myself and the only one people know about is scarface which the main actor wasn’t even CUBAN

[@jjennifer_]

@@beautifulcorpse8202no we haven’t

[@gabyac936]

I love how Ana was saying a whole Cuban menu😂.

[@AndoAprendiendoGuero]

I really feel like the only prerequisite for Spanish teachers in the US is the first unit of Duolingo

[@love2lovesum1]

If I became a Spanish teacher. 😂🤣

[@monicasmith923]

This is hilariously correct and I’m enjoying the Spanish 😂!! SNL, please do this more often.

[@victoriahernandez1125]

😂😂😂son graciosos y lo mejor Karol g

[@monicasmith923]

@@victoriahernandez1125 Exactamente!

[@KB-ke3fi]

I grew up in South Texas, so I have a hard time trying to find this as a comedy skit. Everyone knows Spanish here as well as English.

[@sebastiandacuhna]

si monica ojala hicieran mas spanish sketch pero con mas nacionalidades hablando uffff seria de locos

[@harlandproductions]

so fake

[@cicalinarrot]

Oh, the energy, the fun, the sense of community that Spanish speaking cast/guests bring to this show...

[@magali.bazzano]

So true!

[@cicalinarrot]

@Lord Rama dude, you need some serious help. You're spreading white supremacist tropes in a comment about an SNL skit. Something went horribly wrong with your life. There's still hope for you but you need to seek help now.

[@VincentTapia]

Yeah, this hit hard! 😂

[@fc4660]

Marcello did a stand up on this. He took Spanish class at College to finally be top of a class 😂

[@jg2722]

I love hearing more Spanish on SNL, it means a lot to me 🇲🇽

[@JacobSnell1234]

And its nice because it's done in a way where it is still funny to people like me who don't speak Spanish.

[@pikachuhutch234]

You can look at the Spanish dub of SNL.

[@realtijuana5998]

_Mucho_ means "a lot" to me.

[@JacobSnell1234]

@@pikachuhutch234 They know English too. It's not an issue of not understanding English, it's touching to him/her to see Spanish being made more visible.

[@pikachuhutch234]

@@JacobSnell1234 ok.

[@BrandonCole_edohi]

This was both hilarious and painful at the same time.

[@russ7270]

It brings me back memories from my ESL classes’ days! Shout out to all the ESL students!!

[@dancerdude83]

Marcello is such an awesome addition to the recent cast

[@ShervyseSmiles]

The fact that I’m taking Spanish classes right now makes this even funnier! My teacher is Puerto Rican and she be telling me all the things the Spanish books got wrong 🤣

[@nataliacruz6218]

It's probably because the book is Spain Spainish

[@laurao3274]

To be fair, Puerto Rican Spanish is a very distinct dialect. Depending on your book, you're probably learning either Mexican Spanish or Spanish from Spain.

[@courtr1588]

@@laurao3274 Honestly, even the textbooks have outdated language a lot of the time!

[@Uriah625]

I suppose it’s similar to when I was in Ireland. My friend was dating a gal from Spain. She could talk with him and the others, but had a very difficult time understanding me. It dawned on me that they likely learn the king’s English. The other part I found interesting is one night she had a Chilean acquaintance over. After he left she explained how she had a tough time talking with him due to the language differences. I asked her a bit about it and she said that even within Spain there is a considerable regional language difference, to the point that she had a difficult time communicating with people from other areas. As an English speaker I find that fascinating. Although English may very slightly from region to country, it doesn’t seem that drastic. On the other hand, Spanish seems to very wildly even in one country and certainly to another.

[@trumpetmusic5672]

Hopefully starting with "asi asi" ?

[@Rosalyn_Damiana]

I am a native Spanish speaker who teaches Spanish and this is how it be my classroom. All levels of learning acquisition and different experiences. It so beautiful and it builds inclusivity. I wish more Language teachers where actually native speakers or closed to fluent so we can challenge all learners.

[@20DosSaludos]

Most are fluent or at a near native fluency. At least in good schools

[@petermclaren15]

Any chance you would be willing to translate the Spanish? I'm really curious about what they were saying.

[@jakemarcus9999]

Armas means “darling” in Finnish. 🤭 I love to hear her speaking Spanish

[@reinaldoguerra2823]

I just love how we can get mind-twisted some english speakers who think they know how to speak spanish, and then they just start to feel "caliente" XD. Btw as a cuban I love to see a representation of oír country at SNL

[@iancuspinera1160]

Gotta love how Ana explains the way cubans say “I’m in love”. As a mexican I’ve never in my life said “estoy enamorado”, just “estoy empelotado” or “estoy ganchado” lol spanish is difficult because of how we never use the standard spanish and slang is so common in every hispanic country.

[@totaldramaisland322]

Yes! Cuban Spanish has so many metaphors for practically everything. We commonly speak in figures of speech 😆

[@JorgeEscobedo-pz5yf]

I´m mexican and I´ve never heard that before, Empelotado? ganchado? What´s that? Which part of Mexico talk like that? I´m curious

[@PockTechTR]

@@JorgeEscobedo-pz5yf Mexico City, empelotado used to be slang back in the 90’s, not everyone knows the meaning tho, so don’t worry if a lot of people don’t get it

[@tercerimperiomexicano4487]

​@@PockTechTRcomo habla la chaviza.. 😏😂

[@PockTechTR]

@@tercerimperiomexicano4487 cuando digo empelotado muchas personas ni entienden, ahora esto es en CDMX Y MONTERREY, no se si aplique en demás estados

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Mikey day pulling out a will Schuster impression was hilarious 😂.

[@thebatt6183]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 ending was awesome

[@ryuzakiii789]

I’m in love the way she rolls her r’s

[@JuanWayTrips]

As someone whose family is from Peru and I was forced to take Spanish classes in school, this is so damn true! Especially in grade school (high school teachers were better at least). It wasn't until college when I took a Spanish class for bilinguals with a Cuban professor where I finally met match 😅

[@fundifferent1]

Yeah we had a spanish teacher exactly like this except he was older lol.

[@aucarter]

In my Spanish class, there were 2 Spanish speaking kids who almost flunked! 😂😂😂

[@brennathecatlover4360]

@@aucarter how like did u guys learn the book Spanish literally no one uses irl?

[@SayAhh]

¿Por qué para bilingues? ¿No seriá más apropiada una clase de literatura? And it's not about meeting your match. Fue una escuela, no un juego de ajedez.

[@LindaC616]

As someone who has witnessed this, I feel ya!

[@zeroshadow2468]

You gotta love it when that teacher who think he knows everything is outclassed by a couple of student.

[@fundifferent1]

Not really. I don't like to watch people get embarrassed like that. Kind of mean.

[@deepspace812]

A couple of students with an "s".

[@nickelpickel3924]

​@@deepspace812 calm down, probably just a typo. No reason to get your tighty-whities bunched up in a knot.

[@itsmeprasad1987]

@@deepspace812 now you know why he wants to bamboozle his teacher lol

[@MattScofield]

^AI

[@extropiantranshuman]

1:50 sounded like he likes orange chicken with beans as a meal. The rest I didn't catch.

[@jnne4048]

manifesting more culturally diverse/multilingual skits like this one (and the one with pedro as an overprotective mum) where the actors are showcasing their heritage!! props to ana, marcello and pedro for repping the hispanics👌🏾👌🏾

[@mishterkhalid3117]

would be cool to see more racially diverse Latinos. Ana and the other guy is white. why not bring Latinos of black descent or native descent? oh because racism. they can only have white Latinos.

[@lookingtowardsthesun]

2:43 That look on a person's face when they realize they're not as fluent in a language as they thought they were 😳. Lol, Mikey nailed 😂!

[@jasonkerman1514]

Mikey Day is hilarious. He absolutely made this sketch. Few people can act out awkwardness better than he can. Loved it!

[@nunyabiz6925]

Im latina and can relate to the teacher so much. Embarrassing😂

[@Bohemianus]

Masterpiece!

[@BackwoodsFilms]

Mikey struggling to roll those R's in "arroz" is golden!

[@idyll13]

this is 100% señor chang

[@rainecormier2935]

"Senor Chang, will you put a stop to this?" "I'll allow it"

[@RaymondHng]

@@rainecormier2935 My Spanish teacher in junior high school was a Japanese-American guy.

[@LindaC616]

I barely watched that show, but I got the reference 😅

[@thebelligerentbostonian7524]

Mikey Day was (as usual) _brilliant_ !!! That scramble to pronounce the RRRRROLLING "R" was hysterical 😂🤣😂

[@MakimasGoodBoy]

Yoooo I don’t think I’ve ever laughed this much from an snl sketch

[@panfiloeschebarnaze2188]

As Cuban I can confirm: I’m in Love! - Estoy.. Loma abajo y sin frenos” 😅

[@aashnadiva]

This is my third time watching this sketch. It is pure gold! I keep coming back to it and am always smiling the whole time watching it. Shout out to Marcello for taking his real life experience and turning it into this sketch.

[@Yambo36]

Agreed

[@User68618]

Same😂😂😂😂

[@HellSpawn86]

As a Mexican American who grew up with Spanish as my first language I found aspects were relatable, but I still had a different experience. I took Spanish classes from middle school through college. Most of my teachers were White and had an American accent, but I also found they taught formal Spanish which seemed to be derived from South America. We did have discrepancies in the word choices, but the teachers always had a firm grip on what was "right or wrong" in their class-rooms and we had to adhere to how they wanted to write. They never really backed down or felt uncomfortable and they definitely made us native speakers feel inadequate. On the other side, while we had better command of the accents and conversation, we didn't necessarily have better writing or grammar. Most of our parents went to school up to 3rd grade and were farm laborers. I did need to learn the grammar for many jobs where they expected excellent and well written translations. I only say this because it's complicated because there are aspects where where native speakers do get to be in command and aspects where formally trained people get to be in command.

[@totaldramaisland322]

I never took Spanish as a foreign language because I was born in Cuba and spoke Spanish fluently at home, but I was drawn to German in high school. I remember learning all of the grammar rules in class and actually ended up improving my English grammar as well despite being fluent. Language classes are a huge asset to any student because it teaches you the logic behind language which goes beyond basic communication. Definitely an eye-opening experience! :)

[@RaymondHng]

@@totaldramaisland322 Learning a foreign language makes you acutely aware of what features your native language has and doesn't have.

[@20DosSaludos]

You mean heritage speakers, not native.

[@RaymondHng]

@@20DosSaludos I think I meant first language or primary language.

[@totaldramaisland322]

@@RaymondHng Exactly right! Linguistic aptitude is fundamental to describing everything we sense and yet students (who aren’t taking foreign language classes) stop receiving that education in elementary school. I remember asking my high school English composition teacher the grammatically correct way to arrange a complex sentence I was writing and she told me that she wasn’t allowed to cover grammar lessons anymore…. The English language is so vast, we should be regularly brushing up on its rules.

[@Diego-wp6yc]

Ahhh, Ana de armas! Te amo!

[@themegaremixer1054]

Ana de Armas reminds me so much of Riley Ried!!!

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Who ever pick out Ana's outfit is doing a good job.

[@onfingertips]

yes soooo pretty

[@cartooncentral263]

Agreed. I love the crop top.

[@H-Vox]

I'm weak in the knees

[@K4R3N]

She could wear a trash bag and still look good

[@jenniferbullett7254]

​@@K4R3N Right!!! She absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@abrahamlincoln8477]

This is exactly how I describe my Spanish degree to people: Imagine a foreigner learning English from 19th century poetry and grammar textbooks and then having a conversation with you. I've definitely been Mikey more times than I care to admit 😂

[@AR-zm8kd]

Lmao. This is gold

[@elliemaxineperalta3763]

Loved the "estoy kidding" part. Caliente.