Spanish for Camino - Do You Need to Speak Spanish?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2024
- If you're planning your first Camino in Spain, do you need to be able to speak some Spanish?
It's a common question and concern.
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0:25 Do You Need to Speak Spanish?
1:53 Tips to Learn Basic Spanish
6:46 Some Basic Spanish Words You Should Know
12:04 Summary
13:21 Outro
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Have you walked a Spanish Camino, knowing no Spanish? How did you get on? Or do you speak a bit? Any tips to share?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences.
I would like to add a personal observation: over the last ten years or so, I have found that the greatest joy of speaking at least some of the native language is that children can talk to me and I can answer. Some of the most precious memories I have from my travels abroad are those of unexpected encounters with little ones. - So, no camino without at least some Spanish for me.
Nice point 🙂
Thank you Rob! Eso es indeed 😅 I live in Muxía and agree 100%, some basic pronunciation, polite words and a smile will get you a very long way! I teach Spanish for pilgrims and it's a pleasure seeing students have a great experience and being able to communicate a bit more to fully enjoy their Camino and discover the richness of Spanish culture 🧡.
I try to learn a bit more for each Camino...... it helps a lot.
@@robscamino that's great, ¡enhorabuena 😊!
Apreciado Rob - me alegra que enseñes a tu audiencia español!!! Saludos
Lamentablemente, mi español no es muy bueno. Pero aprender es divertido
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0:00 Intro
0:25 Do You Need to Speak Spanish?
1:53 Tips to Learn Basic Spanish
6:46 Some Basic Spanish Words You Should Know
12:04 Summary
13:21 Outro
Mistakenly got a beer instead of a lemonade at 9 in the morning. I also try to use some Spanish and this year have taken some lessons in preparation for my next Camino in September
A few lessons is a great idea. It's surprising how just knowing a few dozen words can make such a different!
Here's a tip. Rosetta Stone has a line class where you can learn the basics online for a relatively inexpensive price. For about $150 (US) you can get a lifetime membership where you can learn pretty much any language they have.
Nice tip.
Hi Rob, I am currently learning some Spanish for my next Camino. I am using Duolingo which I fine a good starting tool for words. I am also using 3 minute Spanish(found on Spotify), which is ideal for me as it is repetitive and start with 2 words and builds to 3 and 4 and 5 words to build your skills and allows you to construct short sentences. I know you are walking the Via de la plata, which I have had planned for 2 years now, I am planning on starting after the Easter weekend next year. we may even cross paths and have a Vino Tinto in a bar along the way. Buen Camino
It's amazing what apps are out there! I found a really good TH-cam channel. I must get back to it! This guy seems very popular and his lessons are really well structured. th-cam.com/video/hyLl_0d0EBw/w-d-xo.html.
Rob--great video! I was a high school Spanish teacher for 22 years, so I feel confident with doing the Camino Frances, although there will be expressions and vocabulary that differ between Spain and Latin America--my immersion experiences with the language have been in South and Central America. If I do the Camino Portugues, it may be another matter. For the Camino Frances it seems like pilgrims could get by with just a little Spanish, though the more you know perhaps the deeper your interactions and conversations with people would be.
As far as foibles with the language, I remember when I went to Mexico for my college exchange program, I was living with a host family and one day my host mother asked what kind of sandwich I wanted--I said jalea and crema de aguacate (avocado) instead of crema de cacahuete (peanut butter). So instead of peanut butter and jelly (very Northamerican I know) I asked for a peanut butter and avocado sandwich--kind of weird. She actually made it and gave it to me, but then I realized my error, to my embarrassment. Also in Mexico, one of my classes at the university was Politics of Central America, and in my writing, I was always writing about the political differences and using the word "conservativo" for conservative, as in ideology. This was until my professor pointed out that this means condom, and conservative is conservador!
The differences are interesting aren't they 🙂
No es necesario hablar español, pero muestra mucho respeto por sus anfitriones.
I've been using Duolingo, which is only one of many free sites/apps, in conjunction with an Argentinian friend to learn Spanish.
And, surprise surprise, the more you practice the better you get at it.
So, do yourself a favour, have some fun, put in and learn some Spanish and everyone will be better for it.
Very true Mac Cat. I'd say don't stress about it, but learn a bit if you can. It makes things more fun as you say 🙂
@@robscamino Rob, I'm of northern Italian heritage and our dialect is so similar to Spanish that it is relatively easy for me.
Nonetheless it is easy to get complacent and inadvertently substitute the odd Italian word where I think it belongs when I'm conversing in Spanish, only to get a knowing look and a chuckle from my Spanish speaking friends.
@@-MacCat- Ah you're very lucky. I find learning languages much harder as I get older. I envy those who pick up languages as kids. I speak 'tourist' level of a few, like French, German, Spanish and Thai. But it's only VERY basic sadly. Enough to get by when travelling. I would love to be more competent.
I speak a intermediate Spanish and did find that helpful on the Camino Frances. I dont speak Portuguese but didnt really cause problems from Lisbon. Id be confident to tackle a lesser know camino route given i can get by in Spanish but with none it wouldnt be wise to walk a lesser known/frequented route.
I've only walked the Frances so far, but many people have advised that some basic Spanish is really required for the more remote routes as you say. I'd better start leaning more! 🙂
I've been trying to learn Spanish for the last ten years and my Spanish is still pretty basic but I enjoy using it on the camino, I walked the Portugese camino from Porto this year and it was great to cross the border into Galicia so I could finally hear and speak Spanish, it was like coming home. 😂
It's a great language isn't it? Such fun to speak. Till someone replies at 90 mph and I can't understand a word. I read somewhere that the only people to speak faster than the Spanish are the Japanese!
I would say Spanish is such a nice melodic language that is just a fun to speak. Even not so proper things sound nice. Just imagine a latin lover that whispers to your ear "calcetines maliolentes". (Something that every pilgrim knows on a daily basis.) That would not work in English or German. I am currently using Duolingo for my preparation.
Oh I don't know. "chaussettes immondes" or Hmmm. I take your point "Faule Socken" doesn't quite work 🙂
I think your point about 'having a go' regardless of ability is true though. Just try it. Normally you'll be understood.
Hi Rob,
You started your first Camino at SJPP (Donibane Garazi in Basque, San Juan de Pie de Puerto in Spanish). I don't know if you realised that you started the French Way in the (French) Basque Country. You saw bilingual signs, did you?
Did you realise that you ended your Camino in Galiza (Galicia in Spanish)?
Pilgrims spoke Latin, Lingua Franca in those ancient days -kinda English today.
In Galiza and in the Basque Country, Spanish (Castilian) language in the Dark Ages was not spoken. Those were the hay days of the Camino. Spanish language wasn't born yet (it's a Latin dialect like Italian, French, Catalan or Galician-Portuguese). Basque isn't a Latin language. It was there before the Romans arrived.
It would be nice that pilgrims in Galiza (Galicia in Spanish) instead of asking for a "cafe con leche" (Spanish), asked for a "cafe con leite" (Like in Portuguese, Galician and Portuguese are similar, same language). That brings you a smile. Galicians aren't Castilians: leite, no leche. I wouldn't ask you to buy me suspenders ..... Rob, it's more than that. I'm sure you get it.
You're a good communicator. You could explain that Spain is a multilingual, multiethnic state. Galicians and Basques are bilingual, they speak Spanish too. But if in Samos, Melide or Sarria you ask for a "cafe con leite" you'll get a sincere, earnestly smile. Spanish tourigrinos don't do that, they all speak only Spanish. They are in Spain, are they?
Keep on with your good videos.
Cheers
L
Very good points on Language!
Rob,
Thanks for your videos, can you put your crip sheet on line so we all have a minimum we should try for in Spain.
I hope to walk the Minimum 100 km to get my ticket next year, started following out annual trip to the Spanish Costa's where it is very hard to learn Spanish, because the Spanish they work in the tourist industry want to speak and improve there English or are non Spanish speakers, so I have a few words but would like to expand by Spanish by usage.
I'm not sure I can share it here, I'll try to work it out. Though it may not be that useful as I have the words spelt in a strange way so I can try to pronounce them correctly. I'll see what I can do. Maybe a google docs link?
The woman was saying "Eso es." Which translates literally as "That it is.". Which is a Spanish way of saying "That's right. "
Not SOS. Which, if such an occasion regretfully arises,, you should "Socorro!". Hopefully a word you need not use.
Eggs = huevos (not "hervos")
Finally, use "disculpa" or "perdon" unless you do something really egregious that requires forgiveness or penance. Then it would be "Lo siento".
Yes, it took me a while to figure out Eso Es 🙂