Muchas gracias Juan por invitarme a tu podcast 🙂 Me ha encantado hablar contigo! 🥰

Alabama guy here. I recently enjoyed a Spanish conversation with a girl from San Diego. She said that my southern accent is "beautiful" and I should not try to lose it when speaking Spanish.

I find that when asking them to speak more slowly, they often reply back at the same speed, but louder. It generally only works when you are speaking with someone who is going through, or has gone through the long process of acquiring a language. I have also found out that people in generally are more helpful and patient if you are female, with guys often getting the rough end of the stick. This isn't just in Spain but in society in general. A recent example was when I was trying to buy a bus ticket in Spain and it was confusing with multiple bus names and operators, and the ticket information did not match with the bus companies and so on. When I asked at the ticket information desk the woman behind the counter had about 5 seconds of patience before slamming the counter down, which left me none the wiser, and a few minutes later a young female passenger asked the same queston, and the same worker was really helpful, friendly and patient with her. I also experience the same thing in some restuarants, where waiters often have more patience with female customers. I take note and don't return to these places as there is no need for rudeness or discrimination.

These interviews are great I learn new set phrases as well as inspiration from other non natives who have reached a good level. Thanks

Midwest here & apparently I’ve been watching too much Elite and Casa de papel on Netflix, I’m starting to sound like a Spaniard and oh well 😂😂 I’m perfectly cool with that

I’m so glad I found your channel. I have been trying to find KZfaqrs that both use English and Spanish translations because that’s what helps me the most.

I've never worried about sounding like a native. My goal is to be understood. I have friends who have spoken fluent English for years but still have a Mexican accent. It's just not a big deal to them or to me.

I absolutely love these. I'm five months in.

Estas entrevistas me ayuda mucho, gracias

Thank you I love this

What she says makes sense, but at the same time I like how you put “always” in the title. Many have achieved that goal of being consistently mistaken for a native and people continue to reach that point. I just think it’s not super important to stress over it throughout the entire process. Once someone has reached a certain point in their journey where they’re comfortable with their level and navigating the language, then maybe, if they desire, they can move onto refinements. I don’t think it’s a bad goal to have to want to sound native, just don’t get hung up on details😊

magnifica video, yo disfrute viendo! gracias por compartir

Very interesting conversion!

Regarding the translation, "mentalize oneself" doesn't make much sense in English. 😊 I assume she meant "adopt the mindset" or "mentally prepare oneself" or something like that? Where did she learn Spanish? I missed that. Sounds like Spain, with the sort of pinched vocal timbre you hear in parts of Spain, and she has that word-final thing where /s/ sort of turns into /ʃ/. But some of the "c" are /s/ where rhey would be an interdental fricative /θ/ the Castellano I've heard.

Ah, gracias, es muy util para "comprehensible input" y informacion general de aprender las idiomas.

Mil gracias por este vídeo. Es muy muy util entender todas las cosas y experiencias que la gente tiene con aprendiendo un otro idioma. Yo he estado aprendiendo español por más que 15 años y desde que el año pasado cuando yo empezaba escuchar más y más que mi español mejorado muchísimo. Entonces estoy acuerdo contigo totalmente cuando hablan sobre un método se llama Input Comprensible. Un abrazo fuerte para los dos. ❤😊

Muchas gracias por compartir vuestras experiencias 😊

¡Muchas gracias por este video! Estoy mejorando mucho de ti

Fantastico!

So lovly and very nice!!!

Ella había dicho adónde fue la primera vez que vino a España? Cuando dijo que la gente estaba dispuesta a hablar más despacio con ella que, se me hace que depende de donde estés dentro del país. Por ejemplo, costará más encontrar gente así en ciudades más grandes (como Madrid donde vivo yo 😅) porque habitualmente tiene más prisa por el estilo de vida, y además a menudo se habla inglés (por lo menos más que la gente de las zonas más del campo.) A ellos les vendría mejor hablar en inglés si su nivel de inglés es mejor que tu nivel de español o sino tienen ganas de hablarlo contigo.

Ella Suena española a mi

I always fool myself then...Everytime I read something in Spanish I always think that I understand because when something is written down I get time to process the information, I was watching soccer on Saturday, Barcelona vs Las Palmers, I understood much of what the commentators were saying, I am watching this video, I understand much of it, is it because of the subtitles. Why do I understand more than I should???

wow nunca habría adivinado que español no es su lengua materna