how difficult is to learn to speak spanish?

[orgulhodopara]

could I learn enough to carry on a convo in 6 mos?

 

[Ace70 V2]

depends on how hard you work on it and your learning curve

 

[Mookieftw]

It also depends on how you're planning on learning.

 

[Heisenberg]

can you roll your R's. If not, you are fucked.

 

[Snowfist]

I backpacked through central and south america for exactly 6 months. I could carry on a conversation with a native speaker for an hour sometimes.

The key was taking classes for a couple weeks to get a basic grasp of the language. After that I found I learned quite fast. I suggest checking out the website duolingo. I am using it for french right now. It's pretty fun! A decent way to gauge whether you should invest in learning the language with classes or a trip.

 

[Prime Yossarian]

If you live in a spanish speaking country and put the time in, you'll be fine. I learnt to get my point across in 6 months, albeit with less-than-perfect grammar.

I can speak fairly fluidly now after living in Spain for a year.

Co

 

[Diktaattori]

Que?

 

[FlowWithTheGo23]

It's a lot easier if you're surrounded by it. I learned it in high school and all of that, but they just sort of teach you to read and write it. My girlfriend is Spanish though, and being around her family has made my Spanish grow by leaps and bounds. Just hearing it all the time gets you used to hearing it, and it trains your "ear" for it. Before, the pace of the language was just so damn fast...now I can stay in a conversation.

 

[Admles]

It's possible, but prepare to put in the hard yards.

Check out http://www.fluentin3months.com/

 

[Goodfoot]

Get a copy of Rosetta stone and hang out in a mexican restaurant that isn't Taco Bell. You'll be fluent in a month. :icon_lol:

 

[Rjay]

I'd be cautious about any claims that you can be speaking a language competently in 6 months, even with fulltime study. Most people who claim they can are much worse than they think. Say they speak language good the, but actually all mess up grammar this consider language speaked good? You can understand whats being if you think hard, but it's still pretty messed up.

 

[Heisenberg]

Get a copy of Rosetta stone and hang out in a mexican restaurant that isn't Taco Bell. You'll be fluent in a month. :icon_lol:

And if you were in band you could play Ranchera music.

 

[goleta83**]

Here's what my bootleg copy if Rosetta Stone taught me. Un avioneta

 

[mommas homeboy]

Basic skills aren't that hard to pick up. But you'd be shocked to find out how many forms there are for each verb.....it's over 60 when you add in the I, you, he/she, us, they, and you all.

 

[gopackgo555]

Spanish is historically the easiest major language to learn. You're lucky that you don't have to learn English

 

[GoatGoat]

It's a lot easier if you're surrounded by it. I learned it in high school and all of that, but they just sort of teach you to read and write it. My girlfriend is Spanish though, and being around her family has made my Spanish grow by leaps and bounds. Just hearing it all the time gets you used to hearing it, and it trains your "ear" for it. Before, the pace of the language was just so damn fast...now I can stay in a conversation.

This is exactly correct, in my experience. I took 4 yrs in high school and 2 1/2 yrs in college so was pretty competent when I went to Spain for a semester. However, I wish I would have just taken the basics in school and then gone to Spain to learn it since you it was so much easier to grasp being immersed in it.

 

[Edwin]

Here's what my bootleg copy if Rosetta Stone taught me. Un avioneta

And that's not even accurate, it's "Una avioneta."

Learning Spanish is harder than learning English. Spanish has words have accent marks like for example:

 

[ralphc1]

Must be fairly easy. I know a 4 year old that speaks it.

 

[Vincent86]

Out of all the languages to learn, I'd say Spanish might be one of the easiest and might also be very useful considering it's a world language

dos cervezas por favor

 

[lapollarecords]

it was pretty easy for me. much easier than english. nobody notices I'm not a native speaker when I'm speaking spanish, while I sound like Niko Bellic in english.

there is a big difference in spanish from Spain and latino spanish though.