Do you speak spanish every day?

Question

Or do you speak it once in a while, or do you just know how to write, etc.

Answer 1

I make sure I speak it every day, even if it's only to myself. I know that might sound crazy, but it really helps.

I often talk to Spanish speaking friends or write to them several times a week. But when that does not happen, just making a conscious effort to think my thoughts in Spanish, answer family members or even the cat (lol) in Spanish, helps me to process and remember what I am learning. A long time ago, whenever I looked at the clock, I would only tell myself the time in Spanish and it helped me learn to tell time extremely quickly.

• they're some good tips I must take on :-) - AnnoLoki Sep 10, 2009

Answer 2

No, I can't do any of those things, but it's still entertaining to study the language.

• You are too funny! - Alicia-53 Sep 11, 2009

Answer 3

I listen every day....and try not to read. But speaking is very difficult for me. I tried this very evening for a "first" time at a "Meet-Up" group here in Austin for beginning Spanish speakers. I think I have to go back to just listening for awhile longer

Answer 4

I read and write every day. I speak everyday too but not so much. Every now and then my wife and I try to have a Spanish only day but it takes me so long to say things sometimes that she gets a little impatient.

We also rent Spanish movies from Netflix at least one a week and I've TVOd a lot of movies from HBO Latin. We watch a T.V. show called Veredicto Final which is like people's court but most of the people on the show are Puerto Rican and Cuban and they speak way too fast for me.

Answer 5

I'm in Madrid for 3 months so speaking every day now but am worried my Spanish will start to fade when I move back to London in November. There are lots of Meetup groups there though, so I'll have to make time to go along. Also I'll try to arrange regular lunches with my Spanish-speaking co-workers.

I'm also a really slow Spanish speaker at the moment so require a huge amount of patience from the person I'm speaking to. I'll have to start speaking to a plant or the fridge or something, just to practice talking about my day, my plans etc. Then I can get my speed up to the point where I can talk to humans at an acceptable pace!

Since I came to Spain a month ago I realised that my grammar needs lots of work, at that's something that can be studied anywhere really, as you just need a few books (and this excellent website). So on days when I can't speak to people, there's no excuse for not doing some work on my grammar at least.

Answer 6

Casi todos dias. Mi novia es mexicana y me ayuda.

Answer 7

I speak spanish everyday, but still not as much as I used to. Before I moved, it was like all day every day. In the old neighboorhood, I could go months on end without ever uttering a single word of english. All the stores, the bars, everything was spanish. I even had this job at one point bartending, everyone who came in were either mexican, cuban or puerto rican. Then we bought a new home en el campo. There was a columbian couple next door I used to speak with, but they sold their house and moved. Now I only speak at work.

• lol...I used to make my wife so crazy...I'd be walking around mumbling in spanish, or I'd just start talking to her in spanish....it took her a while to break me of that! - ChamacoMalo Sep 11, 2009

Answer 8

Uso mi español casi todos los días, pero casi nunca tengo la oportunidad de hablarlo. Estoy escribiendo constantemente en español, pero no hay muchos a mi alrededor que saben el español.

Answer 9

I do as much as possible. I try to read it some out loud every day, and also have some CDs I listen to and repeat when I drive.

I say things in Spanish at home, usually much to my wife's chagrin, because she doesn't understand a word of it.

Answer 10

I do something with the language almost everyday (e.g., study vocabulary, try to speak with my students who are bilingual, etc.).