Does anyone here know how to speak spanish? How long did it take you to learn? How did you learn?

Answer 1

It took me 2 years, so at the age of 2 I was speaking spanish. No, I'm not a genius, I'm a native spanish speaker. :P

Answer 2

I took two semsters or high school Spanish and could hardly read, write or speak during that first year at all.
During the third semester I really boned down and decided that I was going to learn that language. So I really put my mind to it and it was easy after that.
I live in an area of the country where Spanish is used everyday, so it is really easy to be exposed to it. I try to still read something in Spanish everyday, whether it is a newspaper, a book or literature of some kind, to learn new vocabulary and expressions.

Answer 3

I learned at university, where I had to take Spanish as an extra language for my degree. I then did a postgraduate course in Spanish. That's three years. I have continued to learn it since in all sorts of ways, particularly by watching Spanish language television every day, reading and talking to people. I don't think one can ever sit back and claim that one knows a language completely -- even one's own -- so I am still studying.

Answer 4

I did two years at evening classes before moving to Spain - when I got there I barely understood what anyone said to me but that's more to do with the Andaluz accent! After about 6 months living in Spain and doing some study at home, I was conversationally fluent and after 12 months in Spain I was comfortably fluent. It's been four years since I came back from Spain but as my husband and I met there and still speak Spanish at home regularly, I'm still pretty fluent.

I think Spanish is a great language to learn as it's phonetic so no problems with pronunciation or spelling, and it's fairly simple to get to grips with. And once you have Spanish, other latin languages are much easier to learn. Good luck and enjoy!

Answer 5

I could claim in the past that I knew Spanish but not anymore. I am living in the US and I studies Spanish (in High School) for five years and I got pretty good at it. Our teacher made us study several cultures in detail. We studied Spanish literature (novels and poetry). We saw movies, news, and telenovelas in Spanish. He used to give us pop quizzes, hold entire class conversations in Spanish, and he made us write essays. So we studied the spoken language (the basic stuff like vocabulary, pronounciation, syntax, grammer, conjugations, etc.) and then the written language also.

Over the years, after I graduated from High School, I have forgotten most of it. But still I can understand what the speaker is saying (most of it) but I can't really answer back in Spanish.

By the way, Spanish was not my first language. English is not my first language either.

Answer 6

Si!!

I learnt at school, half of the year was taught French, half Spanish. There are loads of night time or part time courses that you can do, just check out your local college. I think it's a great language to learn, it's spoken in so many holiday hotspots such as the Balearics, Canary Islands and South America, as well as Spain. I also found that knowing French helps as they both use masculine and femine forms of words.

Answer 7

I do. I've been learning since I was born, 35 years ago. And that's because I'm from Argentina, a Spanish speaking country.

Answer 8

i do and the best way to learn it is to talk to the spanish people they can teach you better than any book can. my boyfriend is mexican and speaks no english at all hardly so i had to learn the language. although we live in america i guess he should have been the one to learn english but i actually like learning spanish i have been talking in spanish for almost a year and i took french in school and i know nothing in french the easiest way is to talk to people

Answer 9

You can learn Spanish for free.
http://www.mansionspanish.com

Answer 10

It was my second language and I worked my azz off to learn it. In short you have to immerse yourself in it - by reading, listening and speaking.

Reading - Buy a good dictionary. Even if you use and prefer online dicts, nevertheless buy a hand-held one so whenever you have the urge to know what that thing's called, you can. When you're really curious a new word sticks in your mind more then when, say, you're drilling a vocab list.
Read kiddy books at first, then young adults' books, then a novel for big lunks, and write on file cards the words and phrases that seem the most important to you or pique your curiosity. Fill, say, 3 cards and stop reading. Carry those 3 cards with you, read them wherever you go, and only when you have them down cold continue with the book. 3 more cards filled? Stop reading. Learn the new cards. Go on...and on. Read newspapers too. They repeat a lot. Avoid chat rooms: a lot of slang.

Listen - To tapes or people. Ask people to repeat or write it. Don't be afraid to screw up - chicken-chits never learn languages. Never.

Speak - even to yourself. For example, say ABRO PUERTA aloud whenever you open a door, SALGO DEL CUARTO whenever you leave your room.

Other Tips:

Use mnemonic devices, i.e. memory tricks. Example? "Piso" means "floor", so tell yourself, "I gotta pee so I have to walk on the floor." (Piso - pee so.) Use whatever pops into your mind.

Can't sleep at night? Name everything in your room. Ceiling, bed, sheet, pillow...

Suerte, amigo. Trabaja duro. Te doy 2 años...