I had a problem of the Spanish accent

Question

Most of my friends are Spanish and they are very nice to me. But the only problem that i am facing now is that i am not that familiar with their accent. it makes me hard to have a better communication on them,Please tell me or just give me a simple tips for me to be able to communicate with them clearly.

Edited version for our Spanish members learning English.

Most of my friends are Spanish and they are very nice to me. But the only problem that I am facing now is that I am not that familiar with their accent. It makes it hard for me to communicate with them. Please tell me or just give me some simple tips for me to be able to communicate with them clearly.

Should be, "it makes it hard for me to communicate better with them" - pesta, Oct 1, 2010

Please properly capitalize your pronoun "I" - this is a learning site for Spanish and English. - pesta, Oct 1, 2010

Your post title should say, "...problem with the Spanish accent" - pesta, Oct 1, 2010

Also capitalise the beginning of a new sentence. Reasons as stated by Pesta. - Eddy, Oct 1, 2010

Answer 1

Like Janice said, it's always a matter of time. When I first arrived in the US for a school year, everything sounded like gibberish to me, and it was very frustrating. But at one point I suddenly started to understand things a lot better, so you just need a little patience. If anything, tell them to speak a little slower and vocalize correctly.

Answer 2

I think that if you listen a lot and "give yourself some time", your ear will soon be accustomed to the new accent.