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[–]yousaythosethings 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

That's great! What are you using to learn?

[–]Gearbeta 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Duolingo, I talk to tutors on Italki and sometimes I watch telenovelas. If people speak slowly I can hold a conversation with people but there's a lot of words and grammar concepts I don't know, so still a work in progress lol.

[–]yousaythosethings 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Good for you! Is there a particular country’s Spanish you’re trying to learn? Spanish can be tricky because unlike with say French there’s not just one dominant country to use as the standard and there’s so much variety and nuances across countries, regions, and within countries. It helps if you have someone in your life to speak with and then you just model after them. I’m definitely jealous of people who learn languages in the context of a relationship. It’s like having a cheat code.

[–]Gearbeta 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I wasn't trying to learn any particular country's because from what I hear Spanish is much like English in that people from different countries that all speak Spanish can understand each other, there's only minor differences. Like American English vs British English vs Australian English. And considering that I still need to learn a lot of basic things I think focusing on a particular dialect is out of my league at the moment.

[–]yousaythosethings 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I mean it’s definitely the same language and not different dialects but one thing to think about is that one major difference with the US/UK/Canada/Australia is that we were raised with each other’s media so you pick up on some major vocab differences and the small grammar differences. With Spanish there are way more countries and none is more dominant over all others but one might make more sense based on your location, who you interact with, and goals. Vocabulary can vary pretty extremely. I’d also say there are more grammar differences across Spanish-speaking regions than with the English-speaking countries.

[–]Gearbeta 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Mexican Spanish is probably more common where I live since there's a lot of immigrants from there here. As for vocab, I just need to learn more vocab in general.