El 90% de los que vemos este vídeo somos los que hablamos español para ver qué piensan los americanos de nuestro idioma jajajaja

Why am I watching this? I am native in spanish lmao xdxd

"Mira, ven a ver para que veas."

Spanish people: I can speak hella fast in spanish Chileans: hold my beer

Like si eres Hispanohablante y viniste a ver lo que piensan de tu idioma

I'm actually watching your video to practice my English listening 😂

If you use a chilean video, make sure to use 0,25 speed

Guinea equatorial por aqui!!🇬🇶

Me hace gracia que todos los comentarios son de gente que habla español escribiendo en inglés y no veo ningún anglosajon lo que refuerza el estereotipo de que como el resto del mundo es el que se termina adaptando al inglés casi la mayoria de los estadounidenses no se interesan por aprender español XD (?

The best thing about Spanish is that most words are pronounced just as they're written, and unlike in English and several other languages, Spanish doesn't have special sounds (like the th, etc.). Plus, it only has 5 vowel pronunciations.

No sabía que el español era muy rápido al hablarse, lo escuchaba tan normal jajaja, tengamos compasión por nuestros hermanos no nativos del idioma, hermanos hispanohablantes jaja

Yo soy de Puerto Rico y mi novio de Estados Unidos, él está aprendiendo español pero el pobre está aprendiendo español mexicano por una profesora Colombiana y lo practica conmigo (español puertorriqueño) así que tiene una gran mezcla! Hahaha xD

that exact thing happened to me. I had been feeling pretty good about my progress in learning Spanish. I went to a town about 20 miles away (that had a high population of latinos) to shop at the Tienda and practice my skills. I walked in and the employees were speaking to each other so fast that i had no idea what they were saying. My mind dumped everything I had ever known into the garbage. I felt so completed ignorant and out of place. i just wanted to go home and crawl under the blanket. I bought a few piddly pieces of candy and left. I was about to head back home almost in tears. I decided that i was not going to waste this trip and turned around. i went to another store. The employee and I were the only ones in the store. He stuck up a polite conversation and when i answered in Spanish he smiled and we were able to have a full on conversation in Spanish for about 5 minutes or so. I was truly happy that I did not allow my experience in the first Tienda to set me back.

i speak spanish🤔what am i doing here?😂😂😂

I'm from Dominican Republic, here we talk quickly however when we're talking with a Spanish learner we try to speak slowly and clearly. No worries if your Spanish ain't perfect, Latin people gonna understand what you're trying to say. Good luck and make your best effort dude. I'm trying to improve my English and trust me i always have thought that my English is a shit, i try to improve my English every single day thou, and be confident when i'm talking in English.

Like si entendiste todo lo que dijeron esos youtubers al Principio cuando hablaron rápido 😅😅

Don't feel discouraged if you don't understand Spanish, oftentimes we Hispanics don't understand each other, but we don't think "my Spanish sucks" we just think: "Wow Chileans speak really weird" (I keed, I keed, I love Chileans) It's no different than an American listening to a Scottish or an Australian person with a heavy regional accent.

Al menos pronunciamos como escribimos, que para mi es una gran ventaja a la hora de aprender un idioma. Muchas veces ni lo mismos ingleses saben alguna veces como se escribe una palabra en ingles si es la primera vez que la oyen

Eso mismo pensamos los hispanos del inglés ..estudie inglés y aún es difícil.saludo desde República Dominicana

Con que aprendan a pronunciar bien la R es un gran avance , saludos desde Buenos Aires jeje

One other tip: be aware that many native Spanish speakers run their words together: quieropedirunfavor. When you are learning the language you learn it as: quiero, pedir, un, favor. Being aware that we tend to run our words together in Spanish will help with the anxiety which short circuits your brain upon listening. When you practice speaking the language try saying the sentence as if it were one long continuous word: "Amimegustairalcine" instead of "A mi me gusta ir al cine". Oddly enough, if you begin to speak this way, your ear and your brain will start to tune in to how the language is spoken and help you with that hurdle of understanding.

Es sad que a mi me pase lo mismo pero con el inglés jajaj

Well, the same advice I give my students (I'm an English teacher in Mexico): Beginners: 1. Read kid's stuff like fairy tales or any other material intended for children, as they use very simple vocabulary (Reading). 2. Listen music with clear lyrics, choose artists like The Beatles and Madonna or any other whose pronunciation is clear enough to identify all the words you listen to and at the same time sing reading the lyrics (Listening and reading). 3. Watch cartoons and movies with subtitles in the same language of course, like in my first point, the vocabulary for kids is more simple (Listening and reading). 4. Play video games, in some cases it helps a lot, believe me I've been surprised by the progress that some of my students make just by playing video games (Listening and reading). 5. Write essays, letters, e-mails, messages or chat as much as you can, preferable with native speakers (Writing). 6. Use "pictionaries" rather than dictionaries, images are much better than words to understand concepts and ideas, our brains tend to work better with images (Association). 7. Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk and talk as much as you can with as many people as you can find available to practice, again, preferable with native speakers, and if you can't talk to someone "talk to the walls and stones" but SPEAK, SPEAK and SPEAK a lot, this is the skill that many of us value the most when learning a new language (Speaking). I won't lie to you, Spanish grammar is a pain in the butt it has too many rules and it's really a challenge for most of learners around the world with a few exceptions like the people from the other Romance languages speaking countries, in general Spanish grammar is hard but not impossible, good luck!

I'm Mexican and I'm learning English and I just want to say that I'm not able to understand fast English and surely it's because of the same reasons, but I'm able to understand every single word from some english speakers people like this guy, and that keeps me motivated. Sorry for my English

"Que difícil es hablar el español, cuando todo lo que dices tiene otra definición" amo ese video PD: me gustó tu vídeo, sigue así 😉✌

First time I hear a person from Ecuatorial Guinea speaking Spanish and I can confirm that they speak it better than us.

Amigo ésos son trabalenguas y muchas veces nosotros que hablamos español tampoco lo entendemos, Ánimo yo también estoy sufriendo con el inglés.

Estamos orgullosos de tener un buen idioma como lengua nativa y poder enseñar a otros hablantes en proceso a entender el español de la manera correcta

Todos los que están aprendiendo español, no se preocupen , muchos de los nativos tampoco lo hablamos perfectamente , es decir, a veces decimos mal una oración, o no lo hacemos bien la reglas gramaticales es más , hay muchos que no pueden diferenciar entre 'ay' 'ahí' 'hay'.

2:42 Don't worry people, we native Spanish speakers didn't understood that either xd

Spanish is hella fast... Native Spanish speakers: Chilean spanish is Hella Fast xD

I’m 16 and I love the Spanish culture and really want to learn it but the language is so fast that my mouth is just incapable of learning it

youtube youre drunk, i already know spanish.

Tiene gracia que los anglo-parlantes consideran que la dificultad del español radica en la velocidad de este idioma cuando a nosotros nos pasa lo mismo con el inglés. Además, en Inglés usais muchísimas contracciones para acortar las palabras y a mí al menos me da la sensación de que os "pisais" al hablar por esto mismo, por lo que cuesta más aún diferenciar las palabras que pronunciais. Además, los ejemplos mostrados en el video no son representativos de la realidad, ya que o bien son youtubers que hablan rápido en sus vídeos para llamar la atención o bien se ve a personas que recitan un trabalenguas, los cuales incluso a los hispano hablantes nos costaría recitar y que tendríamos que practicarlos unas cuantas veces para pronunciarlos correctamente sin errores.

Even for some native spanish speakers is hard to understand other native spanish speakers from other countries (it happens to me) 🤷🏽‍♀️🙈 It's all about practice and patience 😁 Nice video!!

0:57 I'm japanese and indirectly you've got me proud of being japanese. Thanks man haha

I'm Russian. I speak English and I am Learning Spanish in High School. Is is so hard to understand. Help me!

más lento por favor = despacito

At times it's even tough for native speakers of Spanish to understand each other. You're doing a great job dude

3:36 Don't forget our brothers from "Guinea Ecuatorial" in Africa 💙

Una posible razón de por qué hablamos tan rápido puede ser que por lo general las palabras en español tienen más cantidad de letras que otras lenguas, especialmente el inglés. Comparen la cantidad de hojas de un diccionario Inglés y otro de español. Entonces, el mundo que vivimos es veloz, necesitamos alcanzarlo.

Hablo español y pude entender esto... ¿QUE ME PASA?

Estoy aprendiendo francés (el español es mi lengua nativa) y me sentía frustrado porque sentía que los franceses hablaban rápido. Así que busqué "fast spanish" y me encontré con este vídeo. Me hizo sentir un poco más tranquilo saber que otras personas tienen el mismo problema con mi idioma. De hecho me sorprendió mucho saber que, de hecho, el español se habla más rápido que el francés. Así que llegué a la conclusión de que no debemos sentirnos tristes: aprender un idioma nuevo es un reto para todo el mundo. Yo juraba que mi idioma era súper fácil y ver este vídeo me ha demostrado que los problemas que tengo con el idioma francés los puede tener un francés aprendiendo español. Felicitaciones Jim, excelente vídeo. P.D: Si quieren practicar su español escrito, pues dejen un comentario debajo. Si hablas francés de manera nativa y quieres aprender español, pues mejor todavía. Así podemos intercambiar información.

Favorite tip is adjusting the speed as now I know how to do something new. Thanks for sharing!

The reason why Spanish can be spoken so fast it's because of two reasons: 1. The very simple phonetics. Unlike English which has like 20 vowel sounds Spanish has only 5 vowel sounds. Nothing more than that, so the speakers can accelerate the pronunciation because there is less space for misunderstanding/miss-hearing. 2. The pronouns declination. In Spanish a Verb will never repeat its form. What I mean by that is that for example in English you say "They run" and "I run", so the verb doesn't change most of the time. In Spanish the verb ALWAYS changes for each pronoun, and also for each tense (Spanish also have more tenses than any other language I know, at least 7 on the top of my head and we use them all), which allows the speaker to focus less on intonation and more on grammatical forms to be precise about the idea to be transmitted, hence allowing the speaker to make less pauses and keep the speed. This is why many people think we speak like a Machine Gun.

*¿¡¿¡Y ahora a quien le toca sufrir?!?! Muajajajaja* 😈... *Native spanish speaker here.*

Hello, i am spanish student of english language, and i can say you that you can be a very good teacher of english for people who want to study that language. Good work!

Spanish: many different dialects, hard to understand Arabic: hold my beer

Sabes, me doy cuenta de que estoy bendecido por haber nacido hablando este idoma but then i remember I speak english as well and I feel even more blessed 😂 i like how you try to help people, everyone is able to pull it off 💕😊 spanish ain't hard, spanish is awesome and beautiful

It might seem difficult but Spanish learners have a big advantage over English learners: Pronunciation rules never change, there are no contractions and there are only five vowel sounds. The only thing more difficult is picking up slang and words used in certain regions.

I recently moved to Puerto Rico and work with people who switch to English only because I’m in the room - but soon no more! I’ll be referencing your videos a lot starting now. Gracias!

Muchas gracias mi amigo💯

I'm Brazilian and I have a good time understanding Spanish native speakers it might be because Portuguese and Spanish share more than 80%+ of their lexical, making them multinteligible. 😊 Saludos desde Brasil

There is no way I could learn Spanish from listening to it while I sleep. Just listening awake is hard without the Spanish subtitles.

Having grown up in the US, I find it admirable how you make the effort to articulate and enunciate our spoken language. It’s a thing of aural beauty.

4:45 as a native Spanish speaker I can say it IS difficult to understand puerto ricans ._.

Try Chilean Spanish, the real deal.

A veces ni los españoles entendemos a los españoles xdxdd

I'm a native ARGENTINIAN (that's how you say it) speaker, your video was amazing, thanks for helping me on my English listening 😊

Que bien.¡Usaré este canal para aprender inglés! Saludos desde Costa Rica 🇨🇷🤙🏻

Para mí como brasileño es más fácil comprender el acento mexicano que el argentino.

No se como llegó este video a mis videos sugeridos pero me gustó mucho. Me parece interesante saber las dificultades que personas que hablan otros idiomas tienen al conversar con nosotros. Los tendré en cuenta! We can all improve by working together! XD Edited to add an extra thought: Pretty much every single native spanish speaker has the exact same problems while speaking to a native english speaker. No matter where you're from, everyone will relate.

La verdad yo seguí los consejos de este video ya hablo muy bien el español, gracias mi hermano

Thank you for these great insights and tips. I am going to try the slowing down of the video.

Watch Disney movies in Latin Spanish, that will improve a ton your understanding. Good luck and keep up, spanish it's a beautiful language!

The Spanish is a language whith many diverse of words for a same thing Because I love my language and is the best of all ❤️

Ha! Cheers from Córdoba, ARGENTINA! And it's argentinian, you said it right at the end. Good tips bro!

learn Spanish with a person who is fluent in Spanish greetings from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Just try it. Be part of this community of people who speak so much Spanish that they know how to speak how well they differentiate the types of Spanish We will wait for you.

Hay alguien de España?

ni esta dificil yo lo hablo desde los 3 años :v

Amazing video. Me encanta mucho la forma en la que explicas

Lo gracioso de haber visto este video es que aunque tenía los subtítulos en español, yo trataba de no leerlos para escucharlo a él en inglés y aprender, y justo cuando empieza a hablar de los subtítulos estos mágicamente desaparecieron! Así que este video fue más una clase de inglés para mí! 😄

En mi pais (RD) se habla el español muy rapido y es divertido tratarlo de hablar lo mas rapido posible

I've come across with plenty of people who say the same like you. A foreign language always is gonna be tricky but once you're getting used to listen it turns into straightforward I've got almost the same problem in English all of you tend to speak with contractions and it's pretty difficult to understand them

i remember my mother & i were talking in spanish once, everything was flowing out ~normally~ and a lady asked us why were we speaking so fast. i never realized how fast we talked until then it’s the small stuff you never realize until someone points it out.

Im laughing a lot cause im from Spain and Im only watchin' this videos to practice my english comprehension xD

"You need to get used to the flow and rhythm of the language" (2:33), my friend, you just nailed it.

Thank you so much for these tips. As a native spanish speaker and having lots of international friends I can use these tips to slow down and speak in a more comprehensive way. Thanks again, I'm aware my language is one of the most difficult to learn and understand.

Pero si ustedes también hablan bien rápido, no manches xD como decimos acá en México, el comal le dijo a la olla :v

I'm a native Spanish speaker and I'm watching this video to improve my English listening skills.

Actually I'm improving my English with your videos and that's so funny!! Haha 🤣 Thank you a lot.. Must think about visiting Colombia... 🇨🇴 🍃🌴

As a Spanish speaking individual, I am really suprised at how English speaking people find Spanish hard to understand. I mean, Spanish have IMO a clearer pronunciation, we have just 5 different sounds for our 5 vowels, the same combinations of letters are always pronounced the same way... the only hard thing is grammar. On the other hand Spanish people have serious problems to understand English because the amount of different sounds English vowels have depending on the word, in example, an inexperienced English learner mistakes words like "eat"/"it", "heat"/"hit", "sheet/shit", and so on... Sounds we can't tell apart. Besides, there's that laxity of English pronunciation: same combinations of letters result in the most random pronunciations... so when you come across a new word you can never know how it is pronounced. And do you really think that Spanish speakers speak faster than English speakers??? Really?? English words are ALWAYS shorter than Spanish words!

Wow que genial ,y yo que pensaba que era más difícil inglés ,saludos desde México

I love your content, yall.

Thanks so much for watching guys! What was your favorite tip from the video? Improve your Spanish with our podcast! spanishandgo.com/podcast And if you're joining us for the first time, get our Spanish Phrase Power Pack ebook for free at spanishandgo.com/getstarted Special thanks to those who joined us for the premiere of this video. You guys are awesome! ¡Saludos! -Jim and May

I wish I could learn Spanish in my sleep! But with a three-year-old in the house, I don’t think I get enough sleep for that... 😆😂 I remember moving from Florida to North Carolina and struggling to understand the accent, even though it was my native language!

Te entendí muy bien, me agrada que hables relativamente lento el inglés , excelente, me sirve de práctica, excelente video

thank you

Yo soy argentino y vi La Casa de Papel con subtítulos porque a la mitad de los personajes no les entendía nada

Me encantó este vídeo. Se lo enviaré a unas amigas de Indonesia que hablan inglés pero quieren aprender español.

A los que hablamos Castellano no pasa lo mismo: estudiamos inglés, pero a la hora de escuchar a hablantes Anglosajones NO ENTENDEMOS NADA.

Good tips to learn spanish. Saludos desde Bogota, Colombia.

It depends of the area, I am Spanish and I know my language is difficult, and it’s even harder when you try to understand certain people with different accent (don’t you dare to visit Argentina If you are afraid of quick speakers LOL), and we constantly use abbreviations in the south of Spain. When I study English (I even have some English videos in my channel as a way to improve my skills) is more difficult to understand people from rural areas of UK instead of people from big cities. English and Spanish are both the most used languages around the world so they are worth to learn. Regards from Spain.

Y a mi me parece que los ingles hablan super rapido xDD Lol

Thanks for the tip on a previous video about the book Madrigal’s Magic Key To Spanish by Margarita Madrigal! It is a wonderful book for making Spanish easier and creating order out of the grammatical rules and verb conjugations. I bought a copy from Amazon and it has made a huge difference and a wonderful companion for Duolingo. I also watch Spanish language movies and telenovelas and listen to music with lyrics in Spanish. It all helps. Love your videos! Gracias!

Your advice is very hepfull

Él tiene razón, concéntrense en un área, ni siquiera nosotros sabemos qué significa en otros lados alguna palabra que se escribe y pronuncia igual donde vivimos xD ... aunque si van a viajar entonces olviden esto :v

I am looking for an English native to help me with the language in conversations and I can help him improve his Spanish.

Your third advice is actually useful for every language student. I'm chilean, so I speak chilean spanish, and I want to learn english, but it is difficult to me because US' speakers are different from England's speakers, etc. Now you mention, it will be easiest to choose one region first, then start learning. At school here they used to teach British's english (at least it was so when I was child, on 80's). So then we can't understand the US' speakers at all 😅. So, it's a very good advice you gave us. Thank you very much.

I was watching a video on KZfaq about Pedro Albizu Campos, and in spite of having learned Spanish due to my mother, classes in school, and Spanish speaking church, I had no idea what was being said due to the fact I am used to a slower pace. Thanks for the tip.