Language tips - Spain Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
But I would be told often, like, you don't speak this language very well, like, maybe you should, like, just stop speaking it. And that was hard, obviously, because I think we all go through, like, that humbling process. But despite that, I had to keep speaking, and I think really, like, even though, like, sometimes people are critical of your language or, like, correct you, like, you still have to just kind of push through that and be okay with that and really have a lot of humility when it comes to the language.
Video 2 Transcript
Okay, so first language tip. In Spain they have a different accent compared to Central America and South America. It's called la zeta. So instead of saying gracias, they say gracias. It sounds like they have a lisp. Or instead of necesitamos, it's necesitamos. And I'd really recommend learning that with the lisp because I had a lot of Spaniards that actually really appreciated it, that I was trying to learn Spanish like how they speak. So if you don't already speak Spanish, try to learn with the zeta. Also just learn as much as you can. Speak as much as you can. I don't feel like I really learned to speak Spanish until I had native companions, and I couldn't speak English, and that's when I learned all the little tiny things, and that really helps. Singing helped me a lot as well. I also carried around a little notebook that I wrote down new words that I didn't know, and I'd read over those as much as I could. So just have fun. Enjoy it. Spanish is the best.
Video 3 Transcript
The best advice I can give for learning Spanish is just to learn to love it and dive into it. I used to carry little note cards around in my pocket, and I'd write down just words all the time of stuff that I heard. Get really good at listening for words that you don't know or phrases that you want to know, and just memorize them over and over again. Speak as much as you can in Spanish.
Video 4 Transcript
A language tip that I would suggest is understanding the accent. They have like a lisp on the CI's, CE's, and the TH, so just don't let that confuse you. Just anytime there's supposed to be a C sound or like an S sound, it's just gonna sound like a TH, but they're still speaking like the same Spanish.
Video 5 Transcript
Spanish in Spain is a little different than Spanish everywhere else in the world. They speak with what's called a ceita. So a lot of people say it sounds like a list, but it's not. It's just like a th sound and it's actually super beautiful. And the people in Spain are really proud of it. So instead of saying like heart in Latin America, they'd say like corazon. In Spain they say corazon. And so I would definitely suggest to learn it with the ceita. Because if you learn Spanish with a ceita, then the people from Spain who are normally known as being more like kind of like cold, like not as open hearted. If you really try to learn their language and learn about their culture, they open up to you.
Video 6 Transcript
Spanish is a beautiful language and it's in Spain it's a very different accent than Spanish that you might hear in other places. There's some pretty crazy accents in Spain depending on where you go, especially in the south. But that being said, Spanish is definitely something to work hard at and work at, but it's not something to be worried about either. The Spanish does come. Spain is a great place to learn Spanish. You're just surrounded by it, immersed in this very pure type of Spanish and so it's great.
Video 7 Transcript
My tip when it comes to languages in Spain, I would give, is to be aware there are a lot of sub-dialects or slightly different languages that a lot of people in Spain speak. So in the area around Barcelona, there's a lot of people that speak Catalan. If you go to Valencia, they speak Valenciano. And then if you go up to Galicia, they speak Gallego. And near Bilbao, they speak Basque. And there's lots of different languages that are similar to Spanish in some ways, yet very different in others. And then some like Basque that are just completely different. So just be aware that there's a lot of sub-dialects that they speak there. And just if you know Spanish from serving in a South American country or somewhere else, it's very different with how they speak in Spain.
