Top 5 Spanish Tips for Expats [Learning Spanish Abroad]

[@SpanishandGo]

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[@kimcook376]

I found this video helpful. I have lived in Mexico for three years now and it’s so true what you said about listening to Spanish whether it’s TV or Radio. As well as your other tips. It was reassuring that you are also still learning. My partner is Mexican and he is the only person who speaks English in his family for the most part. So I needed to learn to communicate in Spanish. One point I would add is to speak Spanish at every opportunity. By speaking the language you learn faster. Be ok with making mistakes and find someone you are comfortable with so you can practice. I speak Spanish at the grocery store, restaurants malls etc. I have a friend who she practices her English with me and I practice my Spanish with her. So she speaks to me in English and I speak to her in Spanish I learned a lot that way too. Just my thoughts and experiences. Thanks for the great video!! Love your channel ❤️

[@pep590]

Great video Jim. And I want to add as this video really puts it in the forefront as to what I wish to say. I watch a lot of different channels on language learning or just on news, etc, but you yourself have a very clear way of speaking as you annunciate all of your words so clearly and that sure helps in so many ways. Your Spanish is so clearly spoken that I wish more native Spanish speakers spoke as clearly as you do. Just wanted to pass that on, my friend.

[@SpanishandGo]

Thanks so much, Paul! That really means a lot. I appreciate your support as always. ¡Un saludo desde Puerto Rico! -Jim

[@panamafred1]

Great tips, thanks. My #1 tip is to learn the sounds of the Spanish vowels. My tip #2 is to learn where the accents are in words. If you do these two things, you can pronounce words so that Spanish speakers can understand you. One of my Panamanian neighbors speaks fairly good English. But one day we were talking and he mentioned his "ka-TAGE." It took some time, but I finally realized that he was trying to refer to his little house, his "cottage." Put the accent on the correct si-LABLE! My tip #3 is, if you don't know the Spanish word, don't just plug in the English word. I was in a pharmacy today and heard an expat say, "I need una medicina para my allergies." The pharmacist didn't have a clue! If I don't know how to say what I want to say, I look it up in Google Translate and practice it in the car _before_ I go into the store.

[@jacobcawse616]

Thanks for these helpful tips. I will keep these in mind when listening and speaking and practicing.

[@SpanishandGo]

Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching! -Jim

[@CandyOh1]

Good video! Glad to see you back! Enjoy! And keep on expatting! 😊❤️❤️❤️

[@blackdiamondMM]

Thanks so much for this video! All your videos guys are so helpful! Please continue to make them. Me and my husband wish to move to the Canary Islands and we struggle to learn the language. The website with those radio channels is great! Keep up the good work! Cheers!

[@scottieholland8028]

Great video Jim, It's good to see that you guys are still making video's and thank you guy's for all of the lessons it has helped me a lot and I still go over some of you video's to learn and to understand about different slangs of Spanish specking people.Until then I will be looking forward to you next learning video.

[@SpanishandGo]

Hi Scottie! Good to see you in the comments section again. I’m glad the videos continue to help you! We have a plan now for uploading more consistently. Stay tuned! We have much more to come. -Jim

[@ilovecarnitas]

so good and helpful. just found you all. where are you now? new videos?

[@phildodd5532]

Thanks, Jim ! Well done.

[@SpanishandGo]

Thanks, Phil! -Jim

[@ExpatCaroline]

Thanks for sharing this video. This is the number one thing that expats say they need the most help with. I always tell people to watch videos, many people don't believe me when I tell them it is a great tool. I also love the suggestion about anticipating and preparing for certain questions. Great idea and nice tips.

[@SpanishandGo]

Glad you enjoyed it. 😊 Thanks for watching! -Jim

[@Buruquena23]

Even us native Spanish speakers have a hard time understanding some people from other countries. I’m originally from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 but reside in Washington State. I don’t have problems understanding people all the way from Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela, Spain and even Equatorial Guinea. But I have real difficulties with speakers from Perú, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina. I don’t know why.

[@mle3699]

Great video, Jim. Gracias.

[@SpanishandGo]

¡Gracias a ti! -Jim

[@sammymarrco2]

ha estado demaciado tiempo desde el video ultima, gracias

[@SpanishandGo]

Así es, Sammy. Lo siento. ¡Eso cambia ahora! Vamos a publicar videos cada semana de ahora en adelante. Un saludo. -Jim

[@adrianm111]

@@SpanishandGo Yay!!!

[@YoSoyAitoX]

Ha pasado demasiado tiempo desde el último vídeo :D

[@saishhabakhru2374]

Thank You so much!! Rly helped Gracias!

[@SpanishandGo]

Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching. -Jim

[@dwalker6868]

Thank you for sharing the link to the radio stations

[@SpanishandGo]

Happy to help! Thanks for watching. -Jim

[@karzclub333]

Hi, i speak spanish and is funny watching people saying spanish is hard xDD

[@blackdiamondMM]

The Spanish grammar is very difficult, not like the English one. Tenses, conjugations etc.

[@dant6067]

"Que significa concha? That means shell, right?" I love the innocent look on your face when you say that 😂

[@SpanishandGo]

😂

[@TheSwettman]

Good video. Regarding the word "significa," it should be pronounced seeg-nee-FEE-ka, right? I was pronouncing it the way you did, but after I thought about it, since there is no tilde, it seems like the emphasis should be on the next-to-last syllable.

[@SpanishandGo]

Thanks for watching! I don't remember how I said it in the video without going back, but there is no accent, so the stress should be relatively even. You can always compare on SpanishDict to make sure: www.spanishdict.com/translate/significa ¡Un saludo! -Jim

[@YoSoyAitoX]

"Mande" in spain is "Perdone?" o "perdona?"

[@buddhasteachingsatishjadha4610]

Hola

[@harlyredhonda9938]

Love you guys ... personal question why don’t you grow a mustache? ....Jim ...Lol

[@SpanishandGo]

Because when I was 13 I swung from a rope swing that broke mid swing. I crashed onto my face, splitting it open. Literally there was a hole through my lip. This left me with a terrible scar just to the left of my nose. Hair doesn’t grow there. I think the best I could pull off would be a hitler stash, and I don’t think anyone wants to see that. 😂 Thanks for watching! -Jim

[@RobinWilkinson]

HAHAHA! Just looked up concha!!!

[@SpanishandGo]

😅

[@RobinWilkinson]

@@SpanishandGo I can always count on you guys to broaden my vocabulary. Thank you. :-)

[@SpanishandGo]

You’re welcome! I hope you put it to good use. 😆

[@charlee_hotel]

Lol no. Y’all aren’t “ex-pats”, but immigrants. Or wait a moment…y’all think you’re too good to use the word “immigrant”?

[@SpanishandGo]

Ah yes, the battle over words is especially difficult on the island. The definition of “expat” in the dictionary is a person who lives outside their native country. When I’m living in Mexico I’m an expat. The definition of an immigrant is a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. I don’t plan to live in any country permanently for the time being. So guess which one of these two definitions fits me best? If you guessed the former, congratulations! 🎉

[@smb931]

@@SpanishandGo By the way, you shouldn’t use the word “locals” when referring to the citizens of the nation you decided to inhabit for the time being. It makes you sound like a bunch of colonizers, extremely arrogant