See the 3 month progress report here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gteVlJCpq5y4YZs.html

Don’t study a language because your audience wants you to, do it because you get joy out of doing it, take as much time as you need mate.

I've said this before but what has always made your channel stand out is how real you are about integrating language learning with your other personal goals and just the realities of life where language learning can't always be the top priority. Wishing you the best for your goals for the next few months!

A healthy man wants many things. A sick man wants but one. You are right to focus on this most important thing. I look forward to watching you do it.

Days of Fitness and Swedish.

I think it’s a good thing to only do and prioritize one thing at a time. When you later are at the weight you wanna be at, you don’t have to focus much to maintain it and can prioritize Spanish again! That’s how my brain works at least

Hey Lamont, you're probably not gonna see this comment but I still wanna thank you for your informative and motivational way of sharing your language learning method with us. This month I started my first internship in Italy (I'm from Germany and study at a university in Vienna, therefore, not a native speaker when it comes to Italian haha). Before the internship started I was really worried that my Italian wouldn't be good enough, but I understand everything they say (even if they talk very fast or use very specific/ technical terms) and I almost never have problems expressing myself! I got most of my knowledge about the input hypothesis through your videos and they never stop motivating me. I believed in the input hypothesis for quite some time now but seeing how much my Italian has improved in the past two years is really amazing. I am so happy that I can finally confidently say that my Italian-skills are almost at the same level as my English-skills. So thank you again and to all the others: this method really works, you just need to stick to it and put in the work. Außerdem viel Erfolg bei deiner neuen Mission sportlicher zu werden, wenn du mit genauso viel Motivation dranbleibst wie beim Sprachenlernen wirst du bestimmt erfolgreich sein! Saluti da Genova :)

Don't worry man I did the same a couple years back. Decided to put Spanish on the backbunner a little bit as I focused on my weight loss Journey. I have no regrets as I ended up losing 55 pounds in 6 months. Do your thing man and good luck on the journey. Also don't feel pressured to stick with a language because people are excited about it. I and probably most people here just enjoy your video style and finding things they relate with your ups and downs. It doesn't matter what language you learn or stop learning Imma stay foollowing your content. Also I would like to here about your weight loss journey as well.

Best of luck man. I love how you keep us up to date with your life. It's very real and honest and helps people see what it really takes to get good at a language. Sacrifice has to come somewhere!

The best diet is the one you are willing and able to follow. The best physical activity is the one you are willing and able to do.

This sounds like a really authentic and down-to-earth approach of achieving one's goals. I wish you all the best for this challenge, Lamont! Once you will have succeeded, this will serve as an inspiration and positive case study to show what one can achieve by focusing on the right things at the right time and being honest about one's present priorities to oneself. Best of luck and success!!

Ojalá retomes el español en algún momento pero con tiempo y, sobretodo, con muchas ganas de hacerlo. I’ve been following you for a very long time and I love that you share these kind of things some other language learning channels wouldn’t. Buena suerte con todo!! :D

I wish you the best with your weight loss journey and in perfecting your Swedish! I'm glad you didn't write off Spanish totally. I didn't stop my Spanish but I added Tagalog to my list of languages to learn. I'm preparing for a family reunion in the Philippines in 2 years. Haha!! Mass importante! 😂

I‘m excited for you! Good luck with your challenge 💪🏾

I like that you said "getting a better physique". I lost like 50 kg (people told me I lost weight before I stepped on a scale so I don't know exactly but it's close to 50 measured) so I know for a fact that diet is most important in losing weight and this is what I did and then I did the "kill a whole bag of m&ms" thing but this was then my lunch or dinner. That way I could lose weight without exercise, eat shit every now and then and all is good. Until I got T2 diabetes. Which could probably have been avoided by not eating this insane blood glucose spiking meals and moving my lazy ass a bit more...

I've been following your videos for some time now (probably since about the time you shelved French), and I have always really enjoyed them. Even if I don't always agree 100% with you, I find you often say outloud what is going through my head but am afraid to say. Language learning is hard, and while it's a shame you have to put Spanish aside for a bit, I was very impressed with how far you got with it in such a short period of time. I'm learning Spanish as a necessity (I'm an American living in Spain) so I often have to sacrifice other goals I may have (language learning or otherwise) for the sake of surviving in a foreign country. Fear not, I will still be following your progress, regardless of the goal. Good luck

Muchísima suerte man 💪

Good luck on your journey! Also, I don't know if this only applies to people that have become more comfortable with running, but I find listening to my target language while running to be significantly more effective than normal listening. It feels like a cheat code to get into that reading flow state where you easily visualize the story in your head. Hope you may find this to be the case as well. Note, I do not find this to be the case with any other type of exercise.

Just remember fitness is as much a marathon as language learning. Don’t go too hard at first, let your body adapt slowly. I do think 2 lbs/week is a bit much, though. If you’re worried about not liking food, check out people like Greg Doucette who gives ideas how to make more calorie efficient versions of the food you like.

Totally understandable, I can't speak for others but I enjoy your content regardless of what it is centered around. Go and get fit and come back with Spanish whenever you feel ready again :)

Great! I am 99% (nothing in the future is 100%) sure that you will inspire me to also lose weight, get more fit and to feel better. Looking forward to your first upload on the subject, thank you!

Good luck on your journey! I understand these concerns.

Nice video and good luck on this journey

This was a powerful honest raw video and I really needed to hear it. Thank you for sharing.

Great reminder to focus on things that matter! I don't know much about health, but doctors sometimes warn against rapid weight loss. Knowing you, you probably did your research thoroughly already. Looking forward to the next video!

I've found ways to mix fitness and language learning. I listen to audiobooks in German and Spanish while exercising. I listen to ASMR in Arabic while doing yoga. I also listen to guided meditations in any language before sleep. I put most things on repeat so I can get those 50 repetitions like you did with the Spiderverse.

I've watched your videos off-and-on for years now and I have to let you know: The delivery and conciseness of your videos has drastically improved. You used to rant for 20+ minutes with interspersed nuggets of wisdom. I used to find it hard to sit through the full video but would force myself because those nuggets really helped me. Now, your videos rarely go over 20 minutes and you nearly always state the structure of the video before diving into it. That makes the content much more digestible and easy to follow. Happy to hear you are prioritizing fitness and your health. Also I agree that you should make your life in general easier, including the choice of language you study while creating the new habit of fitness and healthier eating. One thing I'll suggest is, make sure you make the diet plan work for you. Best advice I ever heard was: increasingly incorporate healthier foods into your diet but don't aim to fully substitute out all of your daily meals with healthier alternatives. Obviously this doesn't apply to folks who have urgent health-related (the life-or-death kind of) diet needs. For folks like yourself and me, it's much more sustainable to gradually incorporate healthier foods without fully cutting out the yummy food that also happens to be unhealthy.

I've found it interesting that I followed this channel initially because of your Swedish learning which I also started 2 years ago. I maintained my interest because after my success with Swedish led me to revisit the 3 years of Spanish I learned in high school because I can actually use it at work. I will probably be right there with you in weight loss because I could also stand to lose approximately 9kg as well. In the past, my weight loss has started with discipline to change unhealthy eating habits, which is always more difficult at first, but the trick is, once you've established better eating habits you eventually reach a point where you don't want that soda or extra slice of pizza. That was something that led to significant weight loss over six months and frankly, I'd like to feel less dependent on soda again, so here I go too!

I have been taking a break myself from Spanish but mostly out of procrastination, but I started working out and that has become my habit of focus. The plan is to now reintegrate Spanish doing Anki while going on long walks, listening to audiobooks on lessons at the gym, take part in an in-person spanish class. The gym and exercise is a good habit bundler but it should be mastered first.

Buena suerte amigo! Like others have mentioned one thing that makes you stand out among the other language youtubers is the connection with fitting language learning in with your life. Also it's almost scary how similar our journeys are, I've been hardcore studying Spanish because I live in California which is basically Mexico. and between doing that AND life I've been gaining weight as well and have been trying to figure out a way to get in shape, and learn Spanish along with the rest of my life, full time Job and school ...etc. but have been struggling. I literally made the decision yesterday that I would take a break on Spanish and just try to improve my JPN which is already upper intermediate level because it's less work for me, and puts me in a better mood. I am with you in this Journey, -20 lbs in 90 days. Rather than kind of do 20 things at once, narrow down your goals and crush them.

Lamont means “freedom units” when he refers to the US system of measure. (/s)

You know what’s weird… I too have been cutting down on my Spanish learning time and doing more healthy cooking and exercise. And what’s crazy is that with the healthy changes I feel more energetic and am doing more Spanish now after just a few weeks! I think my bad eating habits made me so gluggy and tired… now with heathy eating I feel great and have more energy to learn! So you never know… Best of luck mate! You got this!

Good luck on your fitness journey! I was also slightly overweight, so I understand your reasoning. Obviously, you know what's best for you and I think it's great how you communicate with your audience😃

“Mass importante!” Good one! 😂And good luck on your new challenge!

Really cool, I'm excited to see how it will go!

I’m going to continue learning Spanish! I love learning languages. I speak English and Greek fluently ... and I’m nearly fluent in Portuguese and Spanish!

You are a beast language learner, and Good luck with getting fit! You can do it!

I do like how your focus is often on understanding yourself than the task you're doing, that's where the growth occurs

I'm in the same camp! I integrated exercise at least twice a week now which cuts into my language learning time but i think it's a necessity to allow me to have another outlet as well. This makes complete sense.

Count your calories man. It’s absolutely imperative. Calories in vs calories out. Turn in into a fun numbers game

Creo que estamos en una situación muy similar, al menos tu con tu familia, trabajo y necesidades no puedes enfocarte en tus metas al cien porciento, lo mismo me pasa a mi con cuidar mi alimentación, estudiar idiomas como Japonés o Francés, dar clases y mantenerme al día con la universidad, te entiendo y te extrañaré en nuestras clases de Español jajaja, que estés bien, saludos :)

Thanks to you now i decide to learn french. As a native spanish speaker your way of aproach learning lenguages i like it alot. And it works! So now that your point goal is to change your body. Focus on that Have a good one buddy! I know your going to do well on this new goal. Hope to see the result of your hardwork.👍 So

I like your videos bro, really cool way of weaving in your niche to a new topic, cheers

El español puede ser un idioma muy difícil y demandante, tomate todo el tiempo necesario Me encontré tu canal hace unos días porque empecé a aprender sueco, así que deséame suerte 🤞

Good luck! Even though I've been working out (lifting) for over 7 years, ironically I currently enjoy it more than I ever have before despite the occasional draggy periods and I hope it will be enjoyable for you as well!

That's a big step man, but very inspiring to see you sacrifice for your own health! Spanish will always be there when you come back to it, might even invigorate the love you have for it to spend some time away from it. Good luck and all the best！

I started working out 3x a week for a couple weeks now, but I’ve really been lagging it in my diet and portions. I got to get myself back on it. I shall challenge myself to do better as well. Rooting for you too! 👍

I'm on day 17 out of 100 on my way to learning Spanish. I get up first thing I do Duolingo in the morning then I hit the bilingual word search Then I watch Spanish teachers on KZfaq or I go over to lingo pie and watch a few shows I'm learning anywhere from 20 to 100 words everyday. I carry around a list from the words that I didn't know and I look at it two or three times a day at the end of the day I look at the flash cards againand then look at it again in the morning when I wake up. I do all this and I still make time to go run with my dogs or go for a walk. You can do it too man you don't have to make learning Spanish videos to learn or share what you've done you can be accomplished within yourself without having to share it you got this man.

I totally appreciate your honesty and this is what I love about your videos. Even if you changed the concept of your channel, let’s say to a healthy cooking channel, I would still watch your videos, because I really like your mentality. Wish you best for your goals.

I did write a big clarification of a few misunderstood points in this video and then I realised that the Channel Members' cut has all of those clarifications, so... It's quicker if you just watch that. You also get to vote on stuff that "ordinary" people don't: kzfaq.info/love/3_iSRqqZ7DTVlBNd9lv8jAjoin Also for the people who think that counting calories was invented by "big food" or something. It was invented by physics: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pqh7jbSJnKyviYE.html

I feel like I've gone the same way! 2 years ago I went all in on Spanish, got a pretty good level in 8 months, then decided to start Russian. I managed to be better little by little, but I haven't had the energy or the passion I had while learning Spanish. I kept trying for 1 year. Then, I started lifting because I was starting to get fat for the very first time of my life, and this became a totally new passion for me. Since then, I've tried to dable with a few languages, like Greek and Dutch, but never made it very far. I wondered why, and I just realized that language learning was not a priority anymore. I'm way more focused on lifting, nutrition and I've recently picked up running, and I just love that lifestyle. I feel great. Changing focus in that kind of period is not just good, it's necessary and opens the door to so much more :) Best of luck in you're journey!

Great to hear your reasoning, though you don’t need to justify your decision. Putting your health first is a good decision. I think one thing people don’t realise is that after a short time, maybe a few weeks to a month, you stop craving so much unhealthy stuff. So, it becomes not that much of a burden to reduce the sugary stuff. Problem is, I’ve found, that the minute you go to a party or similar and someone offers you cake you find yourself wanting to please them even though you have little craving for it, then wham that one slice brings back all the cravings and you’re back on the vicious sweets cycle. The other issue is extreme tiredness, have a sleepless night and the next day you will find yourself craving sweets. Give into it then the sugar addiction is back. But, even despite that you will still feel like eating a lot of healthy things and actually craving them once you’re body adapts to more healthy food and exercise, such as fruit and vegetables. So, it’s really just the first couple of weeks that are tough. At least this has been my experience. One other thing I did, not sure if this is nutritionally sound but it helped me, was at the beginning I told myself I was giving up obvious sugary things (such as sweets, chocolates, deserts, but I didn’t bother to figure out and eliminate every product that might have some hidden sugar in it). But, I decided that I was allowed any kind of savoury junk food I liked. Obviously, this isn’t healthy long term, it was just so I could get a lot of the unhealthy sugars out of my system to start with. I actually found doing that meant that I started to crave less junk food in general anyway. I’m not a nutritionist so this might be bad advice, but, this helped me. I just wish people wouldn’t make such a big deal though if you refuse cake at a party, they interrogate you as to why you aren’t eating the birthday cake and say things like, oh you deserve a little treat sometimes,but, what they don’t realise is once I ate one sugary thing suddenly all the cravings were back, like an alcoholic may not be able to have one beer. Even if you say simply I don’t feel like cake today, people hassle the hell out of you, because it’s perceived as rude not to eat a slice of the birthday cake. I think some people want you to stay unhealthy like them.

Hey! your videos are so helpful, you got me motivation to learn spanish and improve my english (as an italian) Wanted to ask how many languages do you think you're fluent in?

I become increasingly grateful that my parents role modeled excellent physical health with good food choices and absolutely daily exercise, no question. So all my mental pursuits are the Add-on habits to my day, but it starts with food and movement. Wishing you well! Mom was half Swedish, me too. 😉😎💪🏽👍🏽

This is an excellent plant. It’s crazy how having just a few extra things to do can make me not able to stick to healthy eating. Excercise is fine and I do that regardless but when I am stressed about something I always compensate with extra calories and justify it by being busy. Once you get in the rhythm of a healthier lifestyle you will smash Spanish even harder! Best of luck.

It's funny that I'm in the same position, but opposite of you in the language department. I've started working out again, and Spanish is my strong language (high B1/low B2 after years of disuse), and I'm low A1 in Swedish. I've found I can listen to short Swedish podcasts (Lätt Svneska med Oskar) as I ride the bike since the only concentration I need there is keeping the pace up. Best of luck on your journey.

You got this lamont, i'm here For it :)

Ngl this video is right on time. My partner and I had agreed to go to the gym tonight... we had forgotten XD Cheers mate

I am completely new at the beginning of learning Latin language. And I wonder how, how long, you would learn Latin language also.

I literally just restarted gym tonight the same day this was uploaded! After leaving it in September last year.

me encantan tus videos ! espero que seras mas feliz ! y que recojas espanol de nuevo cuando estas listo :>

Good luck with the fitness goals. Spanish will be there waiting for you when you are ready ;).

I was trying to learn the bass and Spanish at the same time with a really great Spanish KZfaqr bassist. It just didn’t work out from being too low level in both skills.

Hows the working out going? I was thinking of combinding working out with watching a movie a bunch of times in the background.

You're an incredible person. I really respect your philosophising, your integrity, your articulate speech and the quality content that you offer for free. I've learnt a ton from your videos. We have the opposite challenge. I have ADHD and I know what I could be doing and how much joy it would bring (the same kind of things you're doing) but it's so hard for me to build the momentum and make those changes, whereas I have a great physique and national/regional success in 3 different sports. My brain is flabby and my body is ripped, your brain has an 8 pack and your body is a bit flabby. I'm a Personal Trainer, if you want any guidance or a free workout plan, I'd be happy to help. If you'd prefer to take a deep dive on your own, or hire an expert in your local area, that's cool too.

I’m lucky in that I’m just as interested in this topic as foreign languages. Hope you make KZfaq videos on it. My experience is that weight loss is all about the diet and literally nothing to do with exercise but I am better about exercising than dieting so I am going to test that. If I can do exercise for 6 days a week 45 minutes to an hour will I lose weight without changing my diet?

It's definitely a good priority to make. If you get sick, everything else is going to become very insignificant in comparison to that struggle. So, if you're seeing some risks, it's important to adress them as soon as possible. I assume you're maintaining (thus inevitably improving) your Swedish in some way. But I still think it can be a good thing to push the Swedish a little higher before going for Spanish, which you will now be doing the way it seems. I think most of us want to be damn good at our learned languages. So, why not solidify and boost that advanced Swedish level even more, especially since it's somewhat effortless?

You are very good at explaining things. I believe you will acomplish your new goals. Good luck with it!))

Good luck. Don't make the mistake of going to extremes. Any fitness level you achieve has to be maintained. Getting there is easy. Maintaining is the hardest part because you're at your ideal fitness level and health level, but you underestimate the toll it takes on you to maintain that ad infinitum. Overtraining can be problematic and interfere with language learning because excess fitness taxes your central nervous system past a certain point. You may be able to maintain a high level of fitness for months or even a couple of years, but eventually you'll hit your limit and it'll come with a array of negative mental/physical downsides, from depression, anxiety, to injury, etc. It can also cause brain fog and reduced concentration which isn't ideal when you're trying to use your brain for any intensive type of study, or even just plain immersion. I used to work out 5 days a week but I had to slowly whittle that down to 2 days to maintain a good fitness level while being able to pursue my language learning goals. Lifting heavy also taxes your CNS more, so opt for moderate reps and weight versus low rep, heavy weight. Don't fall into the trap I did and save yourself a lot of angst.

I've found similar to learning languages with fitness start small. So on day 1 of your new exercise routine don't run a 10km marathon and do 50 pushups. Do like a 15mins workout. I started doing daily planks about 3 months ago and now Im doing pushups and squats and dips. But for the first month I just did 1 plank every morning just to build the habit. Then I added more exercises as my fitness level improved.

Hey Lamont. Love your videos. I grew up hearing French for 5 years (5-9 then studied it at school. Here in Canada they can't even produce bilinguals from immersion schools. Traditional language learning is a failure; it's a business. I can pronounce French well but I'm not fluent. I'm hoping I can go back and finish it off properly after I finish Spanish. I arrived at a point in Spanish where I could speak clearly but couldn't understand

It would be so cool if this channel transformed into a fitness channel 😅

I just added working out to my daily tracker next to Spanish french and Hungarian....and ukulele... I never touch the ukulele...born fluent in Hungarian and Spanish is going good after 3 solid years... I get you totally

"Physical education complements education in virtue and knowledge. Moreover, both virtue and knowledge reside in the body. Without the body there would be neither virtue nor knowledge." I really need to start getting in shape too, especially over the pandemic I've gained loads of weight and still haven't recovered. Wish you all the best in your pursuit!

Your weight loss goal is completely realistic, I've done something similar. As long as you do some research and do it sensibly you'll be fine. Looking forward to seeing the progress.

Always looking forward to the next video you upload. Which is also right now. Please keep uploading. Good luck on your weight loss journey..........ye

I needed this video. Back to the gym baby.

I have lost 22 pounds in the last 9 weeks. I had a health scare that forced me to get serious about my prediabetes condition. I did not count calories and my only mandatory exercise is a walk of 1.5 to 2 miles about 20 minutes after completing breakfast. I cut down on carbs; eliminated added sugars; and increased fiber and Omega 3. I only eat in an 8 hour window each day. I made some mistakes such as radically increasing fiber instead of doing it gradually and that led to bouts of constipation. Still it has been an interesting exercise that included a lot of research, planning, and more time on shopping, cooking and other food prep than I had been used to. Good luck!

I am sure you will do it!!! And being 9 kg lighter you will feel much better! I discovered that my brain works much better when I eat less. But it is difficult to stay on track; there are so many temptations, ice-cream and cake in my case. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Renaissance Periodization helped me more than ant other resource over the past 10 years. They have books and a YT channel. They have a playlist for borh nutrition and training principles.

We all support you 🦾🦾🦾

Good luck! 👍🏻

Maybe you’ll find some interesting podcasts about running, fitness or health in Swedish you can listen to while running. I really liked the video. But didn’t notice any outstanding thing about the editing neither negatively nor positively. It was just very pleasant to watch. And I like your thoughts on the topic. Wish you the best for the challenge! Maybe you can include some kind of “punishment” for bad food choices? For example for every TimTam you eat you have to pay your son 10$? (But you actually seem like someone who sticks to strict rules, when you once decided on have these rules.)

Good for you! I can see how difficult it would be to be a beginner in both, totslly get your reasons.

A good man making a decision based on some honest self-reflection. 👍🏻

@DFNS I lost 30 lbs on the Carnivore Diet and never felt very hungry. It was the most restrictive diet I tried and yet also the easiest. It’s hard to feel deprived when you eat steaks and bacon regularly. Since I was a child, I pretty much always wanted to eat. On Carnivore, it could be 2 or 3 pm before I’d think: “I guess I should eat something.”

Watch Lamont become a huge fitness influencer Wishing you the best with your new and important goal!

Very good to prioritize your life like that. Maybe I should do the same, I’ve definitely ballooned myself as well over the past couple of months 😅

hell yeah, I started doing bodybuilding again few months ago, working every muscle group until failure, followed by partials. 99% of gymgoers get out of the set when it starts to feel slighly unconfortable so it feels good to be in that 1% that go all the way. The results have impressed me despite my mediocre genetics. Last time I stalled and lost motivation due to frequent joint pain, then I discoveres joint training, started working my knees, wrist, elbows, lower back. That got me back into the game.

Good luck, sir.

Could be fun to see how your Spanish improves. It’s been documented that having a break and coming can actually help improve a language. So who knows? And eat plenty of potatoes. Filling, nutritious, low calorie. Potatoes helped me lose 20lbs in 6 weeks. Followed the Starch Solution.

I lost 40 lb coming down from 220 To 180 in three months by just bicycling on the weekends eating lemon wedges for breakfast and skipping out on soda.

Could try zero carb / carnivore. Seems to work wonders for people, including myself (although I do it for gut / autoimmune issues not weight)

I had the same problem. I’ve found that not allowing myself to immerse while I eat (or consume any content really) and then getting a walking pad for the bedroom so I can watch German shows while active did wonders. But yeah I totally agree I wouldn’t be able to maintain two languages at once with my current lifestyle so I get it.

Best of luck🍀🤞

Good luck. I lost a lot of weight in my 30s, almost entirely through changes in food habits. I am happy to have lost that weight, since I imagine I might be struggling for my life now if I hadn't, but if I could go back and do it again, I'd have put a greater emphasis on fitness. If you can, do both. If forced to choose, focus on food over fitness, but if you can, do both well. Best wishes.

Good luck with your weight loss journey! One of the things that helped me eat healthier is finding recipes I like. They say Abs are made in the kitchen. The best way to slim down is lifting weights. Muscle burns more fat. Also don't focus so much on the number on the scale. I know several people that lost 2 sizes from lifting but their weight stayed the same. Progress pics are important because the scale is a liar. I totally agree with not wanting to listen to Spanish in the gym. I've heard a lot of youtubers say to listen to your target language while exercising. I like to listen to music I enjoy when working out. I want fitness to be fun not a chore.

This is a wholesome video

Go to a build a bike shop at whatever town you were in build a bike and ride it everyday. Use the excuse that is not too far away and ride everywhere everyday you just have to leave earlier than you used to. You can get a high-end good quality bike at any town that has a University at a build a bike shop or you can just buy it straight across and save a ton of money . If you get a fork extender and a stem that pivots (adjustable stem) you can curve the bars backwards up higher so that you can sit back further on your seat and more upright when you ride and make it more comfortable on a road touring 21 speed bike. That's a fork extender for a bicycle and a stem that that adjusts. Best of luck

Sounds like a cop out. Don't give up man. You're progressing well in Spanish