Can you speak Spanish Fluently?
Anybody here fluent in Spanish or are you just a beginner? I am a beginner.
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I say I am a beginner but I'm probably a little farther along than that now. I don't really know where I am as far as levels. I can order a cup of tea successfully most places. I can usually understand most of Sunday morning's sermon at church. Does that make me casi intermediate? I still make too many mistakes and need a lot of help on verbs. I'll get there. ha.
Después de tomar una botella de vino tinto hablo español casi perfectamente. Con acento escandinavo, claro.
After drinking a bottle of red wine, I speak impeccable Spanish . Bit of a Scandinavian accent, perhaps.
Hi! I'm a native Spanish speaker 
El español es mi lengua materna (y a veces el inglés) lol!
As you can see by the answers, "fluent" means different things to different people. To me, it means " speaks like a native", and that is a very high bar. I consider my self to be intermediate.
I'm a beginner too.
I have lived in Mexico for almost five years and speak Spanish 24/7/365 but I will never be fluent. All my friends and family are Mexicans and do not speak any English.
He vivido en Méxco por casi cinco años y hablar solo en español 24/7/365 pero nunca voy a ser fluido. Todo mis amigos y familia son Méxicanos y ellos no hablan nada de inglés.
Español es la idioma a mi esposa. Yo nunca fui a estudiar en clases solo con ella y mis amigos. Por cosas diario estoy más o menos fluente pero cosas más complicado cuesta mucha para mi. Inglés es mi propia idioma y yo vivo en Costa Rica.
Here in La Paz there is one American (US citizen) who I consider fluent in Spanish. He was raisd as a child in Mexico city so he learned Spanish and English as a child. He is fluent and is my standard for fluency. Unfortunately a standard that I will never achieve. But that is okay. I am satisfied with my level of Spanish and it suits my everyday life. I still make lots of mistakes but everyone I meet understands me and most compliment me on my Spanish. But I still learn new words almost daily a few of which stick and others don't right away. I think my Spanish will be a lifetime project.
Native spanish speaker
I was never even close to fluent. But I had 4 years of Spanish in High School, one year of Spanish in college and was well on my way to being fluent when I moved to Hawaii where very few people speak Spanish. And I started to forget a lot because I never used it. Now I am back in Chicago, and through the miracle of the internet I hope to hone my Spanish skills. I probably will never be fluent, but that's ok.
My life's greatest triumph was over lunch in a works canteen when one of the boys said something about my being English. "Asi" says another "creía que fueras Chileno comun y silvestre." That was around 1970 and I've certainly lost that ability long since. The message is - it CAN be done.
I'll never speak like a native because I wasn't raised speaking Spanish, but I'm very happy with my speaking skills.
I speak everyday to the people of Guatemala and I'd say that I'm close to 90% fluent in everyday language and 50% in special terminology, e.g., legal, business, technology.
There are various level of fluency. for the learners. Native like fluency may not be possible unless the person has spent a lot of time in a place where is spoken.(Though I know some English learners who are pretty darn close even without stepping foot in English speaking country= Social fluency Can talk about most everyday general subjects. Professional fluency can get along in the a work enviroment where the language is spoken know the general work vocabulary and specialized vocabulary of the field. H Academic fluency same as above but for school work.. I consider myself the first one because I lack specialized knowledge . I make some mistake, but generally I am understood, and even when I am not I can easily explain what I meant and make up sufficient workarounds to make up for a lack of vocabulary. I have a broad vocabulary so I don´t have search for words in my areas of knowledge. I can construct complex sentences with ease. So I consider myself to be very fluent is fluency is defined a smooth accurate use of the language. I would like to improve my professional fluency a, so I would feel more comfortable about using Spanish on the job.
I'm still improving my English skills - I did get very close to perfect in Danish - but I doubt I will achieve the same in Spanish.
Todavía estoy mejorando mis conocimientos de inglés - Me llegó muy cerca de la perfección en danés - pero dudo que voy a lograr lo mismo en el español
