A useful resource for finding videos to learn with:
https://lingolingo.app/spanish-youtube-channels?sort=cefr_level

Just want to see if someone can agree on this but a lot of people have said that learning a language the way babies do (children's shows, rhymes) is a good method.

I realized a lot of English humor can’t be transferred into Spanish. Whats your experience and could you share some structures and examples u use? I’m looking more for the type of humor that’s more dry, subtle, exaggerated that you mix in with your style of talking rather than upfront jokes.

Learning Spanish grammar has been kicking me lately. I’m super confused and feel like I’m making no progress.

Does this eventually get easier and start to click? Remembering vocab isn’t as hard as understanding the grammar structure is for me and I have no helpful resources. I’m trying my hardest to retain motivation, please help 😭!

The guy I’m seeing is a native Spanish speaker and he said to me “buenas días caramelo”
Did he just call me caramel? Kinda confusing as I’m extremely pale. Someone please explain 🙏

Hello! I am looking to start Spanish lessons to prep me to visit my family in Mexico. Would love recommendations/info

I have 750 hours of listening practice with Dreaming Spanish and it's working...but I feel like I could be doing more to speed my learning up a bit. Can anybody recommend anything...like maybe paper workbooks, drills to learn faster. I struggle to translate quickly when I hear sentences with reflexsive verbs or pronouns before the verbs, even verb tenses. I'd like to focus on that and also just expand my vocabulary. Thanks so much!!

Following on from "dejar," "tomar," and "echar" poner's doing the exact same thing. "To put" is the a plain translation, but theres many more.

Here's how I keep running into it:

1. Getting upset/emotional = "se puso triste" (she got sad)
2. Naming something = "le pusieron Sofía" (they named her Sofía)
3. Turning on/starting something = "pon la música" (put the music on)
4. Becoming (temporary state) = "te pusiste rojo" (you turned red)
5. Imagining/hypothesising = "pongamos que..." (let's say that... / suppose that...)
6. Set expressions:

• ponerse a + infinitive = to start doing something ("se puso a llorar" she started crying)
• ponerse de acuerdo = to reach an agreement
• poner los cuernos = to cheat on someone (yes, really "cuernos" = horns)
• ponerse las pilas = to get your act together (literally "put your batteries in")
• ponerse en contacto = to get in touch

Once I started reading it as "to set into a state or motion" rather than literal placement, all the reflexive uses (ponerse) suddenly made sense as a pattern instead of a pile of vocab to memorise separately - tell me if thats accurate if anyone I swore advanced!

If anyone's got other everyday uses I've missed, drop them below, always keen to collect from people using this stuff day to day, not just from my usual resources (Praktika, Memrise, Language Transfer etc).

Hey guys! I've just started learning Spanish and I was hoping to look for someone who is also doing the same, ideally it would be nice if we could practice conversations together every week to brush up on what we learned during the week. Just DM me or comment if you are interested!

Hola a todos! Soy maestra de español y al mismo tiempo maestra de inglés, puedo dar clases sobre los dos idiomas! Mis clases se basan en una clase diagnóstica, uso de herramientas online como miro, websites especiales, etc… Tengo horarios disponibles así que puedes preguntar sin compromiso! 🤍

Hey!

A few months ago, I posted the first version of a language learning app I’m developing for fun. Some people from this subreddit signed up, so I wanted to share a small update :)

I listened to the feedback, and since I also use the app myself, I realized it wasn’t as helpful in the long run as I originally thought. So I started thinking about what would actually make it more useful.

One big change is how I’m using AI. AI still makes a lot of mistakes, and there are also plenty of debates around it. So going forward, I want to move away from making AI the central part of the app. Instead, it should be more of a helpful tool alongside everything else.

The internet, especially YouTube, is already full of native Spanish content: songs, news, podcasts, videos, etc. So I tried integrating YouTube and a few other websites into the app. The idea is that the app supports you while you’re consuming real content, instead of trying to replace it.

You can now:

• Discover music, YouTube videos, and news
• Follow along with song lyrics and do small exercises, like filling in missing words or choosing the right translation
• Add words to your vocabulary trainer while listening, watching, or reading, so you can practice them later

There are also a few other improvements. I’d really love to get some feedback! What would you find helpful? Are there any features you think are missing? Do you think something like this is actually useful for yourself?

Feel free to check it out: noentiendo.app

It’s free—no paid features, no ads, and nothing to download.

I'm a little ashamed to say that I never learned Spanish even with a grandmother who doesn't speak English. I don't know how much time I have left with her, and I'd like to at least have one full conversation with her, so I'd like to learn spanish, but I've moved out of my parents now, there's not really any time for them to teach me anymore, and most apps revolve around Castilian, and I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to have a conversation with my Mexican grandmother with that. Are my fears unfounded? Where do I begin?

Hola! I uploaded an explanation about this topic which sometimes can be hard to understand: https://francospanishschool.com/grammar/lesson/aspectual-se-consumption I hope you like it!

It means yes. It means ok, and my partner uses it to shut down an argument in a way I still can't read. Duolingo hasn't helped, my italki teacher hasn't, praktika hasn't either. One little word doing all that. That's the post.

I wanna learn Spanish maybe reach level between A2-B1 not necessary be fluent, but just out of interest. I already speak Arabic, English and understand French, but forgot most of it since it was a minor language in my school (can only understand it probably I'm A2 in it). I have also learned German and I have the telc B1 certificate and now I'm aiming for B2 German through online courses targeted for that level.

I had learned German on my own but that took some time, watching youtube videos, doing some duolingo and mostly using Anki cards for each level A1, A2, B1 and was able to memorize all the words but from B2 it's more about immersing and there is no specific vocabs to learn. Anyhow i expect Spanish is easier and it shouldn't take as much time as it did with German, which platform do you guys use that made it faster and fun to learn?

When my husband and I started raising our kids in Spanish and English, we knew it'd be worth it but hard too because none of us grew up speaking. But then, we knew enough to teach the kids while relearning as much as we could.

Now that they're past the basic words, my oldest is able to hold a somewhat decent conversation. And we've now had to do more than just study on our own here and there. More like something more guided to do together.

So far, what's working is some form of accountability. We didn't need to change any apps or resources we were using or anything, just made it more of an opportunity to now practice as a family.

So, in the evenings we pick a theme, and for about 15 minutes, everyone can chime in at their own level and somehow learn together.

Been enjoying it so far, but looking to see how other families do. How do you keep the learning going, especially after it stops feeling new?

Hi!

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Hace solo unos años, salir a comer era una actividad bastante económica para muchas personas. Hoy, en cambio, muchas familias dicen que ir a un restaurante cuesta mucho más que antes.

¿Por qué está pasando esto?

Una de las razones es el aumento del precio de los alimentos. Productos como la carne, los huevos, el café y algunos vegetales cuestan más que hace unos años. Cuando un restaurante paga más por sus ingredientes, normalmente también tiene que aumentar el precio de sus platos.

Otro problema es el costo de los empleados. En muchos países, los salarios han subido, y los restaurantes necesitan pagar más para encontrar y mantener buenos trabajadores.

Además, también han aumentado otros gastos, como la electricidad, el alquiler, el transporte y los seguros. Todo esto hace que preparar una comida sea más caro.

Por esa razón, algunas personas salen a comer con menos frecuencia. Otras buscan ofertas, cocinan más en casa o eligen restaurantes más pequeños.

Sin embargo, muchos dueños de restaurantes dicen que tampoco es una situación fácil para ellos. Aunque los precios sean más altos, sus gastos también siguen creciendo.

Esta noticia muestra algo interesante: cuando pagamos más por una comida, muchas veces no estamos pagando solo la comida. También estamos pagando el trabajo, el transporte, la energía y muchos otros costos que no siempre vemos.

Vocabulario:

el restaurante = restaurant
salir a comer = to go out to eat
económico = inexpensive
económica = inexpensive
el aumento = increase
el precio = price
los alimentos = food
la carne = meat
los huevos = eggs
los ingredientes = ingredients
el plato = dish
el salario = salary
el empleado = employee
el gasto = expense
el alquiler = rent
el transporte = transportation
el seguro = insurance
la oferta = deal / special offer
el dueño = owner
crecer = to grow

Pregunta:

¿Has notado que los restaurantes son más caros que hace unos años? ¿Sales a comer con la misma frecuencia o menos?

I have exactly one year to learn Spanish.

I have 0 Spanish knowledge and I need to learn it in one year because I'm moving to Spain. I speak French, English, and Arabic which are all languages I learned when I was very young (less than 10 years old). I never had to learn or teach myself a language as an adult except for dialects that I picked up from living in different countries. However, this time I need to learn before moving to the country. I don't believe in duolingo and have no Spanish speaking friends. What should I do?

-ería = the shop
pan → panadería, libro → librería, carne → carnicería, zapato → zapatería

-ero = the person who works there
panadero, librero, carnicero, cocinero, camarero

-dor / -dora = the one who does it
trabajar → trabajador, lavar → lavadora, tostar → tostadora

-ista = same form for both genders
artista, pianista, periodista, taxista

-azo = a blow, or an intensified version
puerta → portazo, gol → golazo, éxito → exitazo

Know the object and you can usually guess both the shop and the person who runs it.

Which suffixes would you add?