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I'm taking this one, dear blog. 19 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 2: So after my little venture to South America to visit 20 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 2: Saint tod An in Uruguay, Uruguay, I have decided that 21 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 2: I am going to start speaking Spanish. I love it 22 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: permanently for no, right, it is my first language. 23 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: I'm good. I'm going to do the whole show in Spanish, 24 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 1: starting right out. No. 25 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 2: So, for twelve years growing up in Arizona, I took 26 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 2: Spanish and because we had to, and I didn't take 27 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 2: it very seriously. And it's amazing what I remember, but 28 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 2: it's amazing what I don't by not practicing it. So 29 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 2: I've decided I'm going to take this seriously and I'm 30 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 2: going to figure out a way to speak Spanish. Jason, 31 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 2: you're on over eighteen hundred days of dua lipa. Yes, 32 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 2: uh huh, do a lingo? 33 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: I know it. 34 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 2: I know it's called dou a lingo. You don't have 35 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: to text me. I'd say it on purpose like that. 36 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 2: Would you say that you're fluent. No, I'm not fluent. 37 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 3: No, but I feel like I could make my way 38 00:01:54,200 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 3: round a conversation yeahs. 39 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, no no no no no no. 40 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 2: So I'd like googled, like basically, how to learn to 41 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 2: speak Spanish as fast if you have it, like if 42 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 2: you're at an intermediate level, okay, And so many different 43 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 2: options came up, I mean literally everything from there's a 44 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 2: ninety episode series on YouTube. I forget what it's called. 45 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 2: I don't have it right in front of me. But 46 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 2: it's like, you watch that and you no memorization, no 47 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: writing anything down. It's like if you follow their methods, supposedly, 48 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 2: like at the end of it, you are really good. 49 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 2: I don't know how that's possible. There's of course, you know, dueling, 50 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 2: go and babble. I saw that one a lot. People's 51 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: as simple as watching Destinos on YouTube, which is a 52 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: soap opera. I don't think that's going to work. I 53 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 2: can see why watching videos of people speaking Spanish, if 54 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 2: you know a little bit of Spanish, might help because 55 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 2: you could sort of maybe deduce things from that. 56 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, context clues. 57 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 2: And then of course everyone's like immersion, which is not 58 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: an option. 59 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: What do you mean how? And I can't move to? 60 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 4: Well, you're gonna move, but get you some friends? Go 61 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 4: out to like restaurant that. 62 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 2: First, Get me some friends, right, That's that's just a 63 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: hard stop where you go together. 64 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 4: You guys are gonna go. 65 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 2: Any friends would be right, but I guess that we're 66 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 2: starting from scratch. Spanish speaking friends would be awesome. 67 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 4: You pick yours up. You guys are gonna go to 68 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 4: I'll totally call your favorite spot. 69 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:29,679 Speaker 2: I've seen it to Nico every day, all there, every 70 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 2: single day before. 71 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: I will know how to order, and. 72 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 4: I only speak Spanish the whole time. 73 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 3: I basically do that. 74 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 2: You'll be flowing off tacos alpus store boom. At least 75 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 2: I can eat. 76 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,839 Speaker 4: Okay, you can't take my baby too. She can learn 77 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 4: everyone learning. 78 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, all of a sudden, a baby sitter out. She 79 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 2: can be my only friend. It's fine. We communicated by 80 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 2: it at the same level as Spanish. She might have 81 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 2: known more Spanish than me at this point. Actually and 82 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 2: a half year old. No, but I'm serious, So if 83 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 2: anyone has any like thoughts about this, Yes, I realized 84 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 2: I could move to Mexico and. 85 00:03:58,280 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: And I would. 86 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: Honestly, I I think I know enough that if I 87 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,839 Speaker 2: moved to Mexico and took lessons, I think within six 88 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 2: months or a year, I'd be in pretty good shape. 89 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: I'm serious. 90 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 2: That's not an option because I do have a good foundation. 91 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: I just don't remember it. And also the tenses are 92 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 2: a little bit questionable, Like I can pretty much tell 93 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 2: you what's happening right now, what's happening right here. Do 94 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,119 Speaker 2: not ask me what happened yesterday or what I planned 95 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:22,679 Speaker 2: to tomorrow. 96 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 1: I know. 97 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 2: And the other tricky thing is, and I don't mean 98 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 2: to be controversial with this, but the dialects are different. 99 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 2: My aunt speaks Argentine Uruguayan Spanish, yes, which has they 100 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 2: used a different vocabulary, not entirely different, but there are 101 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 2: words that, like my aunt I would say something in 102 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 2: my aunt would be like, oh, we don't use that 103 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 2: word here, we use this. It's kind I'll be honest 104 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 2: with you, it's a little bit elitist. It's a little 105 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 2: bit elitist. It's like, oh, that's that's this kind of Spanish. 106 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 2: We speak this kind of Spanish. And then if you're here, 107 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 2: they'll say, oh, well that kind of Spanish is fancy. 108 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 2: And you know, I dated a a Nicaraguan girl for 109 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 2: a while and when we went to Mexico together, like 110 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 2: it was almost like she was speaking like with the 111 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: British accent or something, because the person, you know, the 112 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 2: person extual like step back, was like, oh your fancy. 113 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's like proper, that's what you learn as well. 114 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 2: So that's kind of the challenge, is I speak Spanish 115 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 2: from Mexico primarily, and so but as far as I'm concerned, 116 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 2: that's that's valuable and then I could adjust, you know. 117 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 2: But and she has my my end after ten years 118 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,480 Speaker 2: of living in South America, still has a tutor, and 119 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 2: she's like, well, you can, you can use my tutor. 120 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 2: I need to get myself to a conversational level before 121 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 2: I think the tutor would be helpful. So I'm very 122 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 2: serious about this. I just I want to I want 123 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 2: to be efficient and I want to do the right thing. 124 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 2: But you know, I don't think watching telenovellas is going 125 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 2: to do it. I don't necessarily think that it would 126 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 2: be appropriate for me to like go to class yet 127 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 2: or at all, because I think I don't know, and 128 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 2: I also don't think I would stick with that. So 129 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 2: I'm curious if anyone's done this before. I'm very sincere. 130 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 2: You know, did you use one of the apps? Did 131 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 2: it work? You know, Jason's been doing it for two 132 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 2: thousand days and it's somehow that's not fluid, and that's 133 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 2: you know, I'm a little confused about that. 134 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 3: But we only do it like five minutes a day 135 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 3: just to keep the streak, like I do one lesson. 136 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 1: You've you've been doing this for six years consecutive. 137 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 3: I know, but you could do endless amounts of lessons 138 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 3: in a. 139 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 4: Day like hours. Yeah. 140 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 3: No, No, I'm very good for fun like there's no 141 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 3: endgame for me. I'm very proud of you for doing it. 142 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 3: But I have to tell you something, Jason. If I 143 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 3: spend every day for six years working on. 144 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: Something, damn, but I'm not working fluid. No, I know 145 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: I'm giving you. I'm giving you a hard time. I 146 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: don't know. 147 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 2: And so I'm very serious about this and so and 148 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 2: I think I said that four or five times, but 149 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 2: I tend to not be very serious. But I'm very 150 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 2: sincere that this is something that I really want to 151 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 2: pursue and I just want. 152 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: To do it the right way. 153 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 2: And if anyone has done this successfully and again, moving 154 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 2: somewhere would be perfect not an option, at least not 155 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: until January first, then it might be an option. The 156 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 2: way things are going, I might be moving somewhere else 157 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 2: January first, So it's very possible. 158 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 3: Again, I do have it is that's like actual like 159 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 3: you're like learning learning like it's like real school. 160 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 2: Right, So if that's effective, then sure, I mean I 161 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 2: guess again, like you can hit me up on social 162 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 2: fred on air. But if that's the way to do it, fine, 163 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 2: If it's one of these apps, fine, if it's if 164 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 2: there's another method that you've used. I see ads sometimes 165 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 2: on TikTok is. Now it's part of my I've been 166 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 2: searching for it, so it pops up and it's like, 167 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 2: you know, I learned to speak Spanish fluently in ninety 168 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 2: days doing this thing. And it's like, if I don't 169 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 2: know how that's possible, but if it is, I do 170 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 2: know enough that maybe. 171 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: Something like that would work. 172 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 2: I don't know, so I'm actually asking for some help here, 173 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 2: and I would love your feedback on this. 174 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 5: I think it's awesome and I think too like it's 175 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 5: about confidence, is what I've been told a lot of 176 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 5: times because I'm so shy, because I'm like, I'm going 177 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 5: to say this wrong, so I'm gonna just keep quiet, 178 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 5: you know what I mean. But if you're willing to 179 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 5: put yourself out there and actually because you have to speak. 180 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 4: Otherwise, you're not going to learn. That's the thing too. 181 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 4: We think we can retain it. 182 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 5: Okay, I could hear it all day, but until you 183 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 5: open your mouth that actually say sentences and say words. 184 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 4: You're really not going to learn how to speak and 185 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 4: communicate properly. 186 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, what I'm saying, I'm fully willing to try. And 187 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 2: I've found in my experience, for the most part, with 188 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 2: Spanish in Mexico and other places I've traveled, people are 189 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 2: very willing to be patient. I did not find that 190 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 2: in Brazil, to be honest with you, like, and I'm 191 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 2: not knocking Brazil, but they were not patient with me 192 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 2: attempting to fumble through Portuguese. They weren't interested. And I've 193 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 2: been other places too where they're just not interested. France, 194 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 2: I noticed they don't. They prefer you just speaking English. 195 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 2: They would actually prefer that. Now, when I go someplace, 196 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 2: I try, because you know, I'm so paranoid about being 197 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 2: the six or five white dude that is like ultra 198 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 2: American and ignorant and doesn't try, and so I do try. 199 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 2: But I've noticed there are places where they're and I've 200 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 2: noticed in Mexico or when I speak to Spanish speakers, 201 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 2: they're often very willing to be patient. I've noticed, and 202 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 2: again this is not universal, but I have noticed in 203 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 2: other places they're a little bit less likely to work 204 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 2: with you, and they just let's just get to it. 205 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: So anyway, open to suggestions. 206 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 2: That lady on their plane must have been really fair, 207 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 2: because I know that that's why you're doing it. There 208 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 2: was such Portuguese maybe like we don't even good luck 209 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 2: with that, right. 210 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: There's no basis there's a point for that. Yeah, girl, 211 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: I can't make my mouth do those things like I 212 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: just 213 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 4: Immerse yourself in Portuguese.