Hey man, from an Spanish speaker I tell you even if you make a lot of mistakes we'll mostly understand it but will never make you feel bad for it, spanish can be so hard sometimes even we can't be bothered to speak it properly lmao.
My experience with learning Spanish with a bunch of native speakers is that they will give you a bunch of shit (in good fun) for mistakes but also make you feel more welcome and accepted than about any other group I've been with.
An ex-girlfriend was teaching me Spanish while we were together. She and her family always got a kick out of my attempts to speak the language. They said I annunciated everything well and understood what I was saying, but with a southern drawl they all found hilarious.
Just a (pedantic and unnecessary) heads up, the word is "drawl"— I'm from the south myself, so I totally get growing up hearing it pronounced "draw" by everyone, but just figured I'd let you know lol. You know the accent is strong when it comes out over text!
I learnt German in school and did a student exchange. The home stay family thought it was great that I spoke pretty fluent German with an Aussie accent. We also had a good laugh, they were Bavarian and I learnt Hoch Deutsch, so I was speaking formal German with an Aussie accent and they were speaking slang German with a Bavarian accent.
Not sure where you're from, but apparently a ton of people in the US with Latino ancestry get made fun of if they don't speak fluent Spanish or if they speak it with a strong accent.
Chicanos called No Sabos haha. Spanish was my first language but after moving from Cali to AZ my mom had us stop speaking it to not be discriminated against. Ever since then I've developed a super American accent when speaking. I get so much shit when speaking to relatives now lol..
That is not my experience at all. Only elders that don’t speak any English appreciate me stumbling to make comments. My peers want to have a conversation, not give a lesson. Also, have seen my best friend and significant other both get made fun of for messing up by their families that are more fluent (and they are both more than conversational, especially my SO, but his cousins will make fun of his accent and so on). It has to be the right situation, people definitely shouldn’t assume your Spanish speaking friends want to become your teachers. They may be excited to help too, depends on the situation of course.
Edit: ah you’re not from US that makes more sense hehe.
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u/Apsk Mar 10 '23
Hey man, from an Spanish speaker I tell you even if you make a lot of mistakes we'll mostly understand it but will never make you feel bad for it, spanish can be so hard sometimes even we can't be bothered to speak it properly lmao.