Why did you decide to learn Spanish?

Question

Por qué hizo tu decidia aprender a español? Why did you decide to learn Spanish?

I would be interested in knowing, plus, I hope my sentence is correct.

Gracias a todos.

¿Por qué decidiste aprender español? :) - Cordobesa, Mar 16, 2012

Thanks, Cordobesa! :) - 00cdfbd9, Mar 16, 2012

Answer 1

Porque cuando estaba en high school, la mayoria de la genta se hablaban espanol. por eso, queria aprenderlo y conocer la cultura. Tome espanol 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 y AP, y Espanol para hablantes 2. Y ahora, vivo en boston, mi vecindario es 95% latino. todos los letreros, los anuncios, la radio, todo es en espanol, mas que ingles. en trabajo, todos hablan espanol. mi novia solo habla espanol. Aqui, si se quiere conocer mas gente y tener mas oportunidades, se tiene que hablar espanol y ingles igual. Como yo escribo no es lo mejor, porque siempre estoy hablando y escuchando. Por eso, he olvidado donde se tiene que poner los acentos, como escribir palabras diferentes, cosas asi. Pero de todos los nativos que conozco, nadie se usa los acentos cuando se escriben. Bueno, buena pregunta, y perdoname para escribiendo tanto

Thanks! - 00cdfbd9, Mar 17, 2012

Interesting. I didn't know that there are that many latinos living in Boston. ;) - cheskasullivan, Mar 17, 2012

Answer 2

HI, I think spanish is one of those marvelous languages that you can feel every bit of word of it,melting down with each sound of a letter, actually I've decided to learn spanish out of PURE love, what about you?

I agree! :) - 00cdfbd9, Mar 16, 2012

Hey, Speak native spanish and i'd really love to improve my english, so...i don't know if anyone here wants to learn spanish and teach of somehow english. - hmontenegro, Apr 4, 2012

Answer 3

I speak Spanish correctly, if someone wants to learn, I can help, add me to this account: [e-mail]

Los espero !!!

Thanks for commenting. :) - 00cdfbd9, Mar 18, 2012

Answer 4

I'm trying to learn Spanish because I think it's the most practical and useful among Romance languages. It's being spoken in more than 25 countries in the world. It would definitely come in handy when you travel. Not to mention that I love Spanish films. I'd like to be able to understand what I'm watching without the help of subtitles one day, when I get better.

and novels! jajajajaj - Jonathansanzt, Mar 18, 2012

Thanks for commenting. :) - 00cdfbd9, Mar 18, 2012

and novels... after several years. :p - cheskasullivan, Mar 18, 2012

hello cheskasullivan, I'm agree...but i'm in the opposite side. I'd like to improve my english because maybe i can write it very well, but when i hear people talking english is harder than writing. - hmontenegro, Apr 4, 2012

I can teach you spanish as well as i can talk it. - hmontenegro, Apr 4, 2012

Answer 5

My attempt:

Por qué hizo tu decidia decidías decidiste aprender a español?

The "hizo" and "tu" are not needed because the "did you" is within the "decidia". That one Spanish word conveys "did you decide".

I am choosing to use the 2nd person, tú form, (preterit), decidiste, imperfect past; decidías, because I am getting to know the members more and more, so I can use the informal or familiar form. I believe you are getting more familiar with the members, too!

Por favor, corrija mi español.

it was a one time event that happened in a moment and ended in a moment, i.e., I made a decision, I decided. -- -Mariana's correction

Conozco a una familia puertorriqueña en [la] Florida. Quiero hablar a con ellos en español.

I know a Puerto Rican family in Florida. I want to speak with them in Spanish.

Thank you for your corrections! :) - 00cdfbd9, Mar 16, 2012

I learned that a moment in time can be in the preterit, muchas gracias, Mariana! - bandit51jd, Mar 17, 2012

Perfect! I don't think that you need "la" before "Florida." Sometimes, e.g., La Argentina., the "la" is required. - --Mariana--, Mar 18, 2012

Conozco a una familia puertorriqueña en [la] Florida. Quiero hablar con ellos en español. - -cae-, Mar 18, 2012

Here is my belated thanks to Mariana and Caefuego! - bandit51jd, Mar 28, 2012

Answer 6

I'm learning Spanish because it's a marvellous language, I feel it and I am really in love with Spanish culture)) I am from Ukraine and I want also to enroll for Spanish courses in my city soon. I want to get the best results - and I will do it! Alexandra.

Thanks for commenting. :) - 00cdfbd9, Mar 18, 2012

You are from Ukraine but you speak well in English. Seguro que con el español también te irá bien. - -cae-, Mar 18, 2012

Answer 7

¡Porque es divertido! Mejor que las noticias de TV es decir un asesinato aquí, un accidente allí, algo fue robado ...

(Because it's Fun! Better than the news on TV ie a killing here, an accident there, something was stolen ...)

Por lo menos aprenda algo.

Thanks for commenting! - 00cdfbd9, Mar 18, 2012

Answer 8

Decidí aprender el español porque visito a España varias veces cada año.

I decided to learn Spanish because I visit Spain several times a year.

"visito España" ;) - Cordobesa, Mar 18, 2012

That's cool! Thanks for commenting. :) - 00cdfbd9, Mar 18, 2012

Answer 9

Kat asked: Why did you decide to learn Spanish?

Bandit went with: Por qué decidías aprender a español?

I think that we need to use the preterit here, amigas, because it was a one time event that happened in a moment and ended in a moment, i.e., I made a decision, I decided.

¿Por qué decidiste (tú) aprender español?

¿Por qué decidieron (ustedes) aprender español?

Thanks, Mariana! - 00cdfbd9, Mar 18, 2012

Your affirmation is correct. Me gustó eso de "I made a decision, I decided". Realmente suena a alguien muy decidido. - -cae-, Mar 18, 2012

Answer 10

I want to learn Spanish because, when I travel, I am embarrased that I only know English. Most countries teach their children at least two languages while they are young and can learn easily. Taking one semester of Spanish your senior year to graduate is a waste of time and most students get nothing out of it. l want to be able to have conversations with people from other countries. Mark Twain wrote, "Travel is fatal to narrow mindedness and bigotry". If we only know English we have to believe what they tell us. Before I started learning Spanish and Traveling, I was so uninformed about the rest of the world.

Thanks for commenting. :) - 00cdfbd9, Mar 18, 2012