1,700 hours here. Glad to see y'all are still pushing. I don't really remember where I was at mentally etc at 600 hours. I do know that I didn't really start to speak speak until about 900. But tbh, if you're in Spain, why not! You all are doing great. Keep going. If y'all ever want to chat about the process etc, I'm around.
That is absolutely fantastic! Just out of curiosity approximately how long did it take you to get to 1700 hours? At what point or how many hours do you think you had in where you really felt like everything really clicked into place and you really felt like you were progressing?
Wow!! 1700!! That is amazing! We'll keep going because we want to be like you when we grow up! Thank you so much for the offer! We might take you up on that!💖💖
@@alb91878 clicking in general...idk honestly. Probably at around 800-900? But it depends on what you mean by "clicking". Is this being able to understand native content, speech, being able to understand TH-cam...yeah it depends. As far as how long, I did about 3.5 hours a day up until 1500 then I slowed down to 2 hours a day. I did 3.5 for about a year and 2 months. Now I'm on 2-2.5 and it's much more sustainable lol. I'll be cruising along until I feel like it's sufficient. I'm looking for a certain level and I'm not completely there yet.
@@GregandLisaLewis-vz6ut haha no problem! 600-700-800 are very difficult to get through. It takes a lot of determination. As long as you have good reasons to do this and find interesting content, you'll be fine.
I came across your channel by accident. I just barely started, I'm at 6 hours on superbeginner. You guys are fun and bring excitement to the process! Thanks for posting stuff! It would be cool to watch you have a conversation with someone, like your air bnb host, and see how that looks! Pretty awesome stuff!
Hey Ken! So glad you found us! We hope to record some conversations in the future. We definitely need some more listening time under our belts though. You're going to be so glad you started DS. Go check out the DS Subreddit. There are tons of people telling their stories of success there too.
You both are such an inspiration for me and your videos are a delight to watch. Please, keep them coming! I'm currently at 445 hours and I totally share your excitement for this wonderful journey. 🙂
This is awesome news! I’m so happy for you guys. It’s so exciting to hear that you guys were able to speak and understand comfortably. I’m trying to talk in spanish with friends but its a bit of a struggle. One of my friends said not to overthink because my written spanish is good and I can read in spanish, but speaking and listening is where I am focused on improving.
Literally in the same scenario, some days the Spanish flows and others I really struggle like you said but I think im too hard on myself but idk maybe it’s good 😂
Yeah, I have to think in order to come up with a proper sentence so it doesn't flow at all. Overthinking is still an issue for us too. We gotta keep pushing through it though!
Recently added a few things??? Wait, WHAT??? You know I'm dying to know! Great job on your Spanish conversations! How fabulous to see it paying off! Very exciting stuff you two!
haha!! It's not too drastic! haha! We did want to talk about what we are doing now that we are at level 5 FINALLY! We'll record something this weekend.
This is a wonderful update. I have been intentionally trying to find groups and online meetups to speak more so I understand the joy of feeling like you can carry on a conversation with another person. Its definitely like a high and motivation boost. I plan to stop in Malaga during my sabbatical next year so as always i love looking at your videos for encouragement and learning how you are settling in! I'm still under a 100 hours of Dreaming Spanish but i participate in groups a lot more for my learning.
I love these updates! I'm going to Spain in October 2024 and I should hit 600 hours by the time I go. It's nice to know that I should be able to understand some things. Currently at 378 hours but it feels like I've been in the 300's forever 🤣
You both are so awesome! Stories like these fuel the entire community especially those who may be experiencing doubt. I'm around 600 hours too so it's kind of neat to live semi-vicariously through you haha. Here's to the next 600!
Freaking awesome guys! Love your channel! I’m about 2.5 years into my Spanish speaking journey but I love watching you guys because it’s so fun watching your growth and the ups and downs of the language learning process. I still speak Spanish daily but I’m actively learning Portuguese now and my experiences mirror you alls. So happy to hear your progress and that you’re seeing the fruits of your labors. Keep pushing…you’re getting to the super fun part now.
Hey Levi! Thanks for this encouragement! It does feel like the fun part. The videos are keeping our attention now and these small rewards are helping. I want to one day move on to another language too. I was thinking French and Greg was thinking German...but we'll see.
@@GregandLisaLewis-vz6ut I believe that living in Spain and having ease of access to those countries as well as many native speakers there with you guys will definitely push you all to do it. I’ve been told this several times and I’m seeing the reality of it myself, but they always say that “The hardest language to learn is the first one.” Not including your native language obviously; once your start learning something else you’re already very aware of what works for you and you’ll have the confidence that you’ll get there as long as you’re consistent and patient. Once again, keep up the great work and the inspiring videos!
Thanks for this from Canada. At about 300 hours......like you guys have good days and bad days with comprehensible input process and wonder if it is working........but your videos are encouraging....so thanks.
So glad it's helping! Trust the process. Somehow it gets easier and easier. It's moments like this that give us hope that one day...we will understand at a native level and be able to speak! Let's keep going!
Well done as always. It's not just those who are behind you in hours who enjoy updates, it's just cool to see how everyone's journey is going. I'm just shy of the nice shiny 1000 hour mark, but I have not had the chance to visit a Spanish speaking country. There are a few people who speak volleyball at my son's volleyball club, which I've got roped into, but hard to get any conversation going there. So I really look forward to a visit eventually and the chance to have these kinds of experiences.
oooo 1000!!! I can't wait to get there! Hopefully, you can squeeze your way into a conversation with the volleyball parents. Or at least ease drop and see if you understand them haha
You guys are awesome! I just started dreaming Spanish this month and just trying comprehensible input all together 😊. About halfway through level 1 now and keeping strong! 1 hour a day and 1 1/2 on weekends. I recommend anyone who wants to learn any languages through comprehensible input to use the wiki online. Many comprehensive input is found there, it really helps you find resources. And in different levels of difficulty. I am watching the kid show Salsa I found on there along with the super beginner videos it’s so perfect and goes together quite well. I even added many different level resources on the Spanish tab that I found through Reddit and searching on TH-cam. We are in this together!
Ok...WHAT!! I had no idea this Wiki thing was a thing! So you type comprehensible input wiki and it comes up with different languages! Then you search from there. Dang...You guys are amazing!
This video (and the DS community in general) fills me with so much joy! Happy to see y’all experience some success after only 600 hours 🙌🏽 I’m coming up behind y’all at ~70 hours and can’t wait to get there!
Congratulations - thanks for sharing. Being able to genuinely engage in conversation is really the goal!! It will also be interesting to compare how much quicker your son will learn by being in a more immersive environment around with Spanish speakers at different levels. 🤔
Thanks Girlie! We were so excited. It's been the only thing that has worked. I wish I had known about DS and CI sooner. We are hoping the immersion will help the boys. 🤞🤞🤞
Improved A LOT! I used to have to google translate cooking instructions of packages but now I don't. Every once in a while, we don't know some vocabulary on menus so we look those up on Spanish Dict. Signs are no problem. When we go for walks, we read the signs out loud. Our boys think we are annoying! hahaha!
You both are on a great learning journey. I see more in the comments of praising versus information. I will and like to be real on learning Spanish. (Gringos/Gringsas) are learning a language to communicate yet you will never know all communicated to you from a native speaker. The proof is in your situation, they said (lead, egg plant). These are nouns that you would not know on a regular bases in Spanish to understand when spoken to you by a native Spanish speaker. This will happen with verbs, nouns, propositions, etc. This is why it is a long journey to learn how to communicate situations in this spanish language but more importantly understand clearly when spoken to you from a native Spanish speaker. I am sure they said a lot you both did not know or understand in spanish. It is a journey of experience and immersion. I live in Baltimore and my baseball team has Latin players. One particular player from the Dominican name is Mateo. I have him recorded doing an interview with an English speaker interviewer. Mateo speaks real good English when he knows what you are saying and his response is clear in English. When he was being interviewed, what he did not understand when spoken to him in English, his interpretor told him in spanish and he responded back in English very well. So I am glad you both brought up not understanding what was said at some point and time. Lead and Egg plant I have never known or said in Spanish because it was never needed to know. Matter of fact (berenjena...Egg plant) I would never remember that like my own language because it is not ingrained in my brain like a native versus Egg plant in my own language I was born in. Have not said Egg plant in years but I have heard it for years so it is ingrained if I never say it another 20 years based on recall. Good stuff you both and keep building vocabulary.
There were definitely words we didn't understand when he was telling us stories but we were pleasantly surprised that it was like watching a DS video...we completely understood the gist of what he said so that was huge. 👏 Regarding knowing all words...I see that. I see people on YT who seem fluent but from time to time say...como se dice...because it would take years to know all the words. Makes sense. Thank you for your support! We appreciate you!
this experience sounds so rewarding!! i'm at about 500 hours, and some days i feel like this aint working hahah but other times i am able to communicate and understand others with more ease :') anyways, excited to see what its like when i'm at 600!
Thank you for these videos! I've really been enjoying them and I love the little updates where you tell us what our you're at and how you feel that you're progressing and sometimes how you go back and re-watch the beginner videos and realize how much more you know now. It's really helped me feel motivated to do the same thing. I've been watching their channel for about 9 months I think and have really enjoyed their videos a lot and have been thinking about subscribing to their website. The two of you have really helped me feel good about taking that plunge! I'm going to do that this coming payday and I'm really excited about it thank you so much for everything!
Awesome that you’re becoming so comfortable with the language. I’m still level 3 in DS. Never studied Spanish in school. Still I’m surprised that you didn’t know the word for eggplant. An Andalucian speciality is Berenjena de miel. I might be spelling it wrong. It’s fried eggplant with caro syrup. Delicious!
That's it! Berenjena de miel! Its so dang good too! We never had it before so it was our first time seeing it or noticing it on the menu. Now we know...expanding our vocabulary daily! haha!
Your host sounds really cool. I’m going to Korea and Japan in a month and I’m excited. Ironically I’m thinking I need to work on Spanish and German now too. Last time I travelled I met a lot of speakers of both languages and wish I wasn’t so rusty. But that means I have one month to cram 4 languages 😂. Argh. I didn’t have a date 6 months ago but I knew this day would come. Why didn’t I study more 😂.
Oh Wow! A month! How exciting! Haha.. 4 languages all at once does seem a little extreme! haha. I'm excited for you. Your knowledge will be tested soon!
Hey! We learned vocabulary from just listening to Dreaming Spanish videos. We did look up words that we heard a lot though. But they stuck in our brains because we kept hearing them over and over again in their videos. We don't use flashcards. I did before hearing about Dreaming Spanish but it didn't help much. So listening to Comprehensible input changed the way we learned vocabulary.
andar and caminar are basically interchangeable. pasear not so much. Like when you say, I am going for a walk to think, or walk the the dog, etc, pasear, is used, not caminar or andar. me gusta pasear cuando necesito pensar. paseo mi perro cada día por la mañana.
I have thousands of hours I’m almost b2 and I’ll tell you what I still can’t fully understand series or music. Trust me it’s a long road but keep going
Oh I was just thinking after having a Japanese free talk lesson that the best way to think in a language is to go talk to a native in that language. For the rest of the night and even the next day my brain was dwelling on Japanese. It seems like it’s true for you two too.
No problem, in Spanish, as you know, the pronoun se is used a lot and in different ways. In English, when we ask someone "how do you say ....?" we really mean "how does one say ...?" but as you know, very few people say that because it sounds old-fashioned or snobbish. But in Spanish, they do say "how does one say ....", it's not old-fashioned for them. It also works for other Spanish questions/statements where in English you could say "one" meaning you. Knowing how to use se is one of the keys to sounding natural.
Gracias! You are 100% right. I actually said Como se dice but obviously I need to work on my pronunciation 😂 Thanks for following along and we always appreciate the input!
I'm still probably, and depressingly, a0 in french but ive found my experience is reading ability comes first, then understanding the general meaning of what someone is saying and finally speaking. Like you don't need to understand grammar too deeply to get the gist of what someone is saying but to speak yourself, you will have to use the rules. I still have a hard time with all three
Agreed. The goal is to master or at least be decent at all three. I noticed when I read, I understand it better if I don't focus on the grammar and just read it quickly like I would in English. We'll get there eventually!
In my experience, thats the key is talking with people that dont know any English. People who only speak spanish naver gove up on your Spanish because they don't know any English
At 300 hours, I have enough Spanish to pick up chicass in the street in Spanish. Sometimes people say my Spanish is great. Other times people are really unimpressed lol.if people are patient with me and want to talk to me, I'll generally understand about 70% and be able to get most of the rest from context or gestures or tone something like that.
I'm sure you've talked about this somewhere, but what kind of visa are you on? It seems like there aren't a ton of options if you want to bring your kids.
Speaking Spanish with someone who speaks (little to) no English is always the proof to me that I have learned something
Exactly! One of the reasons why I like going into smaller restaurants or secluded parts of town, so we can practice.
1,700 hours here. Glad to see y'all are still pushing.
I don't really remember where I was at mentally etc at 600 hours. I do know that I didn't really start to speak speak until about 900. But tbh, if you're in Spain, why not! You all are doing great. Keep going.
If y'all ever want to chat about the process etc, I'm around.
That is absolutely fantastic! Just out of curiosity approximately how long did it take you to get to 1700 hours? At what point or how many hours do you think you had in where you really felt like everything really clicked into place and you really felt like you were progressing?
Wow!! 1700!! That is amazing! We'll keep going because we want to be like you when we grow up! Thank you so much for the offer! We might take you up on that!💖💖
@@alb91878 clicking in general...idk honestly. Probably at around 800-900? But it depends on what you mean by "clicking". Is this being able to understand native content, speech, being able to understand TH-cam...yeah it depends.
As far as how long, I did about 3.5 hours a day up until 1500 then I slowed down to 2 hours a day. I did 3.5 for about a year and 2 months. Now I'm on 2-2.5 and it's much more sustainable lol. I'll be cruising along until I feel like it's sufficient. I'm looking for a certain level and I'm not completely there yet.
@@GregandLisaLewis-vz6ut haha no problem! 600-700-800 are very difficult to get through. It takes a lot of determination. As long as you have good reasons to do this and find interesting content, you'll be fine.
Wow. You got the famous question when you are trying to find a specific word. "¿como se dice?"😊
I came across your channel by accident. I just barely started, I'm at 6 hours on superbeginner. You guys are fun and bring excitement to the process! Thanks for posting stuff!
It would be cool to watch you have a conversation with someone, like your air bnb host, and see how that looks! Pretty awesome stuff!
Hey Ken! So glad you found us! We hope to record some conversations in the future. We definitely need some more listening time under our belts though. You're going to be so glad you started DS. Go check out the DS Subreddit. There are tons of people telling their stories of success there too.
Thanks so much for the update. Your videos really keep me going. I'm in the upper 400's now....I'm crawling and scratching to get to 600 :)
OMG, I know! It feels like that...There is some weird black hole between 400-600 hours! haha
This was such a wonderful surprise video! I’m at 52 hours and yall definitely motivate me to keep going!!
Thank you! Keep going...Trust the process!
You both are such an inspiration for me and your videos are a delight to watch. Please, keep them coming! I'm currently at 445 hours and I totally share your excitement for this wonderful journey. 🙂
Thank you so much! 445 is amazing! On your way to Level 5!
This is awesome news! I’m so happy for you guys. It’s so exciting to hear that you guys were able to speak and understand comfortably. I’m trying to talk in spanish with friends but its a bit of a struggle. One of my friends said not to overthink because my written spanish is good and I can read in spanish, but speaking and listening is where I am focused on improving.
Literally in the same scenario, some days the Spanish flows and others I really struggle like you said but I think im too hard on myself but idk maybe it’s good 😂
Yeah, I have to think in order to come up with a proper sentence so it doesn't flow at all. Overthinking is still an issue for us too. We gotta keep pushing through it though!
Recently added a few things??? Wait, WHAT??? You know I'm dying to know! Great job on your Spanish conversations! How fabulous to see it paying off! Very exciting stuff you two!
haha!! It's not too drastic! haha! We did want to talk about what we are doing now that we are at level 5 FINALLY! We'll record something this weekend.
This is a wonderful update. I have been intentionally trying to find groups and online meetups to speak more so I understand the joy of feeling like you can carry on a conversation with another person. Its definitely like a high and motivation boost. I plan to stop in Malaga during my sabbatical next year so as always i love looking at your videos for encouragement and learning how you are settling in! I'm still under a 100 hours of Dreaming Spanish but i participate in groups a lot more for my learning.
You are so brave doing those meetups and groups! You're not going to have any issues by the time you get here!
I love these updates! I'm going to Spain in October 2024 and I should hit 600 hours by the time I go. It's nice to know that I should be able to understand some things. Currently at 378 hours but it feels like I've been in the 300's forever 🤣
ah man! You're going to be shocked! What part are you visiting?
You both are so awesome! Stories like these fuel the entire community especially those who may be experiencing doubt. I'm around 600 hours too so it's kind of neat to live semi-vicariously through you haha. Here's to the next 600!
Hello fellow 600'er!! Congratulations on getting to Level 5! Race ya to level 6. 😁😜😆😂🤣😳😳🥴🥴😵💫😵💫🫣🫣😭😭
Freaking awesome guys! Love your channel! I’m about 2.5 years into my Spanish speaking journey but I love watching you guys because it’s so fun watching your growth and the ups and downs of the language learning process. I still speak Spanish daily but I’m actively learning Portuguese now and my experiences mirror you alls. So happy to hear your progress and that you’re seeing the fruits of your labors. Keep pushing…you’re getting to the super fun part now.
Hey Levi! Thanks for this encouragement! It does feel like the fun part. The videos are keeping our attention now and these small rewards are helping. I want to one day move on to another language too. I was thinking French and Greg was thinking German...but we'll see.
@@GregandLisaLewis-vz6ut I believe that living in Spain and having ease of access to those countries as well as many native speakers there with you guys will definitely push you all to do it. I’ve been told this several times and I’m seeing the reality of it myself, but they always say that “The hardest language to learn is the first one.” Not including your native language obviously; once your start learning something else you’re already very aware of what works for you and you’ll have the confidence that you’ll get there as long as you’re consistent and patient.
Once again, keep up the great work and the inspiring videos!
Thanks for this from Canada. At about 300 hours......like you guys have good days and bad days with comprehensible input process and wonder if it is working........but your videos are encouraging....so thanks.
So glad it's helping! Trust the process. Somehow it gets easier and easier. It's moments like this that give us hope that one day...we will understand at a native level and be able to speak! Let's keep going!
Well done as always. It's not just those who are behind you in hours who enjoy updates, it's just cool to see how everyone's journey is going. I'm just shy of the nice shiny 1000 hour mark, but I have not had the chance to visit a Spanish speaking country. There are a few people who speak volleyball at my son's volleyball club, which I've got roped into, but hard to get any conversation going there. So I really look forward to a visit eventually and the chance to have these kinds of experiences.
oooo 1000!!! I can't wait to get there! Hopefully, you can squeeze your way into a conversation with the volleyball parents. Or at least ease drop and see if you understand them haha
You guys are awesome! I just started dreaming Spanish this month and just trying comprehensible input all together 😊. About halfway through level 1 now and keeping strong! 1 hour a day and 1 1/2 on weekends.
I recommend anyone who wants to learn any languages through comprehensible input to use the wiki online. Many comprehensive input is found there, it really helps you find resources. And in different levels of difficulty. I am watching the kid show Salsa I found on there along with the super beginner videos it’s so perfect and goes together quite well.
I even added many different level resources on the Spanish tab that I found through Reddit and searching on TH-cam. We are in this together!
Ok...WHAT!! I had no idea this Wiki thing was a thing! So you type comprehensible input wiki and it comes up with different languages! Then you search from there. Dang...You guys are amazing!
Can't wait til I visit and you guys teach me Spanish 😁😁
Za-A-Looooon!!! We miss you little one!!
This video (and the DS community in general) fills me with so much joy! Happy to see y’all experience some success after only 600 hours 🙌🏽 I’m coming up behind y’all at ~70 hours and can’t wait to get there!
Seriously, the DS community is so cool! I hope Pablo knows what he has created out here. Thank you and let's keep going!
Congratulations - thanks for sharing. Being able to genuinely engage in conversation is really the goal!!
It will also be interesting to compare how much quicker your son will learn by being in a more immersive environment around with Spanish speakers at different levels. 🤔
Thanks Girlie! We were so excited. It's been the only thing that has worked. I wish I had known about DS and CI sooner. We are hoping the immersion will help the boys. 🤞🤞🤞
You guys are amazing. I was curious how you would describe your reading ability out and about in Spain? Signs, menus, instructions etc
Improved A LOT! I used to have to google translate cooking instructions of packages but now I don't. Every once in a while, we don't know some vocabulary on menus so we look those up on Spanish Dict. Signs are no problem. When we go for walks, we read the signs out loud. Our boys think we are annoying! hahaha!
Aaaaaawwww, I so love this. So glad to see you guys on this journey.
Thank you soooo much!!
Love seeing you too progress, keep up the great work 😀😀😀
Thanks Mike!! Hope your Spanish learning is going well too!
This was a great video! Thanks for the motivation and wow, from the little bit of Spanish you spoke, I can hear that your Spain accent is there!
Oh dang...Thank you so much for saying that! 😊
Awesome!! 🎉 Love your updates!!
Thank you so much Erin!! 💖💖
Y’all have fallen in love with the process
Si Senor! Nos encanta mucho!
You both are on a great learning journey. I see more in the comments of praising versus information. I will and like to be real on learning Spanish.
(Gringos/Gringsas) are learning a language to communicate yet you will never know all communicated to you from a native speaker. The proof is in your situation, they said (lead, egg plant). These are nouns that you would not know on a regular bases in Spanish to understand when spoken to you by a native Spanish speaker. This will happen with verbs, nouns, propositions, etc.
This is why it is a long journey to learn how to communicate situations in this spanish language but more importantly understand clearly when spoken to you from a native Spanish speaker. I am sure they said a lot you both did not know or understand in spanish. It is a journey of experience and immersion.
I live in Baltimore and my baseball team has Latin players. One particular player from the Dominican name is Mateo. I have him recorded doing an interview with an English speaker interviewer. Mateo speaks real good English when he knows what you are saying and his response is clear in English. When he was being interviewed, what he did not understand when spoken to him in English, his interpretor told him in spanish and he responded back in English very well.
So I am glad you both brought up not understanding what was said at some point and time. Lead and Egg plant I have never known or said in Spanish because it was never needed to know. Matter of fact (berenjena...Egg plant) I would never remember that like my own language because it is not ingrained in my brain like a native versus Egg plant in my own language I was born in. Have not said Egg plant in years but I have heard it for years so it is ingrained if I never say it another 20 years based on recall.
Good stuff you both and keep building vocabulary.
There were definitely words we didn't understand when he was telling us stories but we were pleasantly surprised that it was like watching a DS video...we completely understood the gist of what he said so that was huge. 👏 Regarding knowing all words...I see that. I see people on YT who seem fluent but from time to time say...como se dice...because it would take years to know all the words. Makes sense. Thank you for your support! We appreciate you!
this experience sounds so rewarding!! i'm at about 500 hours, and some days i feel like this aint working hahah but other times i am able to communicate and understand others with more ease :') anyways, excited to see what its like when i'm at 600!
500 to 600 takes fooooorrrreeevvveeeer but something crazy happens! It's worth chugging along. I'm excited to see what you think when you get there!
Thank you for these videos! I've really been enjoying them and I love the little updates where you tell us what our you're at and how you feel that you're progressing and sometimes how you go back and re-watch the beginner videos and realize how much more you know now. It's really helped me feel motivated to do the same thing. I've been watching their channel for about 9 months I think and have really enjoyed their videos a lot and have been thinking about subscribing to their website. The two of you have really helped me feel good about taking that plunge! I'm going to do that this coming payday and I'm really excited about it thank you so much for everything!
Yes, go back to the material you think is too easy and see how it feels. Or rewatch a favorite video a few times. Thanks for watching....you got this!
@@GregandLisaLewis-vz6ut thank you so much!! I will do that!!!
Awesome that you’re becoming so comfortable with the language. I’m still level 3 in DS. Never studied Spanish in school. Still I’m surprised that you didn’t know the word for eggplant. An Andalucian speciality is Berenjena de miel. I might be spelling it wrong. It’s fried eggplant with caro syrup. Delicious!
That's it! Berenjena de miel! Its so dang good too! We never had it before so it was our first time seeing it or noticing it on the menu. Now we know...expanding our vocabulary daily! haha!
Your host sounds really cool. I’m going to Korea and Japan in a month and I’m excited. Ironically I’m thinking I need to work on Spanish and German now too. Last time I travelled I met a lot of speakers of both languages and wish I wasn’t so rusty. But that means I have one month to cram 4 languages 😂. Argh. I didn’t have a date 6 months ago but I knew this day would come. Why didn’t I study more 😂.
Oh Wow! A month! How exciting! Haha.. 4 languages all at once does seem a little extreme! haha. I'm excited for you. Your knowledge will be tested soon!
Hi guys. How do you personally learn vocabulary? How many words a day? From which sources? Do you use flashcards?
Hey! We learned vocabulary from just listening to Dreaming Spanish videos. We did look up words that we heard a lot though. But they stuck in our brains because we kept hearing them over and over again in their videos. We don't use flashcards. I did before hearing about Dreaming Spanish but it didn't help much. So listening to Comprehensible input changed the way we learned vocabulary.
andar and caminar are basically interchangeable.
pasear not so much. Like when you say, I am going for a walk to think, or walk the the dog, etc, pasear, is used, not caminar or andar.
me gusta pasear cuando necesito pensar.
paseo mi perro cada día por la mañana.
Cool...Super helpful!!!
@@GregandLisaLewis-vz6ut All good stuff...In the future I would like to do a TH-cam with the two of you just to talk about Spanish if you both agree.
Im at 300 hours. Some days I feel like I know everything. Some days i feel like I know nothing 😂
OMG! SAME! Still! haha It's such a roller coaster. Let's enjoy the ride!
I have thousands of hours I’m almost b2 and I’ll tell you what I still can’t fully understand series or music. Trust me it’s a long road but keep going
@@Trillvil1 thank you 👌
Oh I was just thinking after having a Japanese free talk lesson that the best way to think in a language is to go talk to a native in that language. For the rest of the night and even the next day my brain was dwelling on Japanese. It seems like it’s true for you two too.
It was a high for sure! We definitely talk Spanglish in the house though. lol. One day it will turn into just Spanish. 🤞
Do you all live in Spain now?
Hola! We are in the Malaga area. We are going through the Visa process now but we think we’re going to settle here in the south.
Just a helpful fyi, in Spanish it's more natural to say cómo se dice rather than cómo te dices. How does one say, rather than how do you say.
Thank you!! 💖💖
No problem, in Spanish, as you know, the pronoun se is used a lot and in different ways. In English, when we ask someone "how do you say ....?" we really mean "how does one say ...?" but as you know, very few people say that because it sounds old-fashioned or snobbish. But in Spanish, they do say "how does one say ....", it's not old-fashioned for them. It also works for other Spanish questions/statements where in English you could say "one" meaning you. Knowing how to use se is one of the keys to sounding natural.
Gracias! You are 100% right. I actually said Como se dice but obviously I need to work on my pronunciation 😂 Thanks for following along and we always appreciate the input!
@@GregLewis-fl3lr Sorry, I thought you said te, my mistake. Good luck with all your learning.
❤ No pasa nada!
I'm still probably, and depressingly, a0 in french but ive found my experience is reading ability comes first, then understanding the general meaning of what someone is saying and finally speaking. Like you don't need to understand grammar too deeply to get the gist of what someone is saying but to speak yourself, you will have to use the rules.
I still have a hard time with all three
Agreed. The goal is to master or at least be decent at all three. I noticed when I read, I understand it better if I don't focus on the grammar and just read it quickly like I would in English. We'll get there eventually!
In my experience, thats the key is talking with people that dont know any English.
People who only speak spanish naver gove up on your Spanish because they don't know any English
That is so true! As always...thanks for following along.
At 300 hours, I have enough Spanish to pick up chicass in the street in Spanish. Sometimes people say my Spanish is great. Other times people are really unimpressed lol.if people are patient with me and want to talk to me, I'll generally understand about 70% and be able to get most of the rest from context or gestures or tone something like that.
Sounds like you are doing really well! It's amazing how just listening has gotten us all this far!
I'm sure you've talked about this somewhere, but what kind of visa are you on? It seems like there aren't a ton of options if you want to bring your kids.
A digital nomad visa. Spain just started allowing it somewhere around January 2023. So it's still fairly new for them.
@@GregandLisaLewis-vz6ut Thanks!
Hey guys! Wondering if you could add an email address to your channel contact info so we can contact you directly.
Added!!
@@GregandLisaLewis-vz6ut Unfortunately the email bounced :(
@@GregandLisaLewis-vz6ut Unfortunately the email bounced :(