how long will take me to learn spanish

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personal

Answer 1

Welcome to the forum, Jose...It takes time to learn a foreign language. It may take a couple of months before you are confortable with basic sentences and everyday phrases. However, let me assure you that as long as you are persistent and do a bit each day, the more you learn the more you will want to learn. Above all, you have friends here in the forum who can advise you and support you. You have audio and visual material here at your disposal. So it is really up to you as to how quickly you will learn Spanish. Just be patient and do not get discouraged even if it seems that you are not catching on as quickly as you would like. Think of learning a language as preparing to run a marathon. It takes time to get your body and mind adjusted to the big challenge. You are not in a rush. Just take it day by day.

*comfortable. I'm assuming this was a typo though... - Hyena27, Dec 10, 2011

Yes, I was probably thinking in Spanish or something like that...sorry! - drvicente, Dec 13, 2011

Answer 2

Hola amigo y bienvenido,

It depends on how far you want to go with Spanish. Personally, I could gain about 1000 Spanish words in less than 2 months. Of course that's not enough for me, and I think to stop learning Spanish when I can understand what Julio Iglesias sings. So, It could a good idea to put a goal you want to achieve.

Buena suerte

Answer 3

You can learn enough to say basic expressions rather quickly if you study hard every day. But I find the more I learn, the more I realize how much more I still need to learn!!!!

My advice is to set realistic goals for yourself and if you are like me, you will see that the further you go, the more rewarding it is, and the more you want to keep going with it!

Answer 4

Hi Jose and welcome to the forum. Have you seen the lessons? They are very good. Why don't you start on lesson one. If you do some Spanish every day, you will make steady progress. Good luck.

Lessons

Answer 5

I can't add much to all the great advice here so far.

Just my personal observation.

For me, it's not a goal; it's a process. As long as I'm progressing at a pace I can be proud of, I keep going. Every day. No breaks. I think that's important. Therefore, you need to feel it's a fun process, or the continuity will break, and even reasonable goals will be difficult to reach.

I don't set goals. I claim the goals in hindsight. What did I feel I can do today that I couldn't do 3 months ago? Oh, yeah, I made it. I reached a goal I couldn't predict, and it would have been stressful to have set it in advance.