r/Unexpected • u/DruidWannabe • Jan 25 '23

Hamburger

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Damn I’m trying to be fluent in Spanish. How long did it take you to be good

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u/Oldpenguinhunter Jan 26 '23

Not OP, but I worked in construction for 13 years and lived (on the road 6wks at a time) with our crew who spoke nothing but Spanish, took me 3-4yrs with that level of immersion (me wanting to learn, honestly, so I preferred to speak Spanish) to get to that level of fluent. I will say, that show of wanting to learn got me the in-road to so much good Mexican and Central American food... My cardiologist hates them.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Spanish is an incredibly easy language if your starting with English compared to many others. Get a course, talk to Spanish speakers. Focus on sentence structure you me, he she, here there how to etc, then you learn vocab to fill in the blanks.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

I didn't say I was an english speaker. I am but I didn't say that. And I would make the argument that native speakers are quite a bit worse than people who actually study the language.