I want to learn how to speak proper Spanish

Question

I want to learn how to speak proper Spanish.

Because this is a learning forum for English as well as Spanish we use proper punctuation. - bandit51jd, Mar 16, 2012

Answer 1

to all who want to learn proper spanish then you either have to go to spain, aka... castilian or find people from spain in other parts of world including usa. there is difference between castilian from spain and latin spanish and i'm currently learning castilian from friends of mine from madrid, barcelona and andalusia with the different accents all castilian.

if you want latin spanish then it's mexico and rest of latin america which i would never do

Welcome to the forum. The man who asked the question lived in New York and is likely to have met people from many Spanish speaking countries. You do not have to learn Spanish from Spaniards. I have had lessons from a Mexican teacher who had a PHD and - Mardle, Aug 27, 2017

spoke beautifully. Rae operates from lots of Spanish speaking countries. I agree that you should not use too much slang but it's like saying you must only learn English from British people. - Mardle, Aug 27, 2017

Answer 2

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look for people from spain and you will learn proper spanish - thomas4286, Aug 27, 2017

Answer 3

What a good idea!

I've been really worried I'm learning some sort of improper Spanish..

I'm so glad you've brought this to my attention!

is it latin or castilian from spain? castilian is proper spanish - thomas4286, Aug 27, 2017

Answer 4

This is a good place to start.