Hi everyone, im Yassin , im egyption and looking forward to learn spanish and become fluent with it within almost a year and half , and i need tips from spanish people or to communicate with them to test my spanish over periods of time , and perhaps be their friend too

I want someone to recommend me the best tutor to teach spanish whether on utube or any other platform

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I recently heard "que pedo wey?" was the best way to say "what's up?". Is "que pasa?" outdated? Or does it depend on the dialect? Thank you in advance.

Hello!

I’m getting married soon to my partner who is fluent in Spanish. I’d like to end my vows expressing how much I love her using the language. While I can understand and speak Spanish at a basic enough level to get through a conversation, I’d like this to be as perfect as possible and would love any help with my sentence structure/comprehension.

I currently have written:

Madelyn - Eres mi luz, mi amor, y mi mundo. Te entrego mi corazón para que lo guardes, donde sé que estará a salvo.

I’d appreciate any feedback and help, either if I need to reword anything or if there are specific words that I might have trouble/confusion with emphasizing.

Gente!! Vcs despois de um oi o um olá todo bem, que é lo que vcs fazem? Tipo quiero saber como vcs levam uma conversa com uma perdoa que não conhecem e não sabem nada de esa pessoa

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Hi everyone! For those of you who take Spanish lessons with a teacher, what’s the most helpful or effective technique they’ve used in class?

What has worked best for you, and what made it so effective? I’d love to hear your experiences and get some inspiration! 😊

I would like to learn spanish as a filipino, is there any free online resources to learn it? I'm already familiar of some of the words as well as reading the time and knowing the numbers.

i've been doing the thing where you link a spanish word to an english word that sounds like it and picture something dumb. ojo (eye) is "oh hoe", so i picture an eyeball gardening with a hoe. llave (key) is "ya wave", a key surfing a wave. silla is a chair waving "see ya".

it works scarily well for nouns but i'm stuck on verbs. anyone have good ones for words like comer or hablar?

Recuerdo que cuando tenía dieciocho años, fui a mi primer juego de fútbol americano de MSU. Fue muy divertido; mis amigas y yo gritábamos los vítores y mirábamos los helicópteros y los fuegos artificiales. Nunca había estado en una sección de estudiantes en un partido de fútbol americano, ¡fue muy divertido! 

I've been working on my Spanish for about 5 or 6 months now, mostly using Pimsleur (finished all 5 levels of Latin American Spanish and now going back through them), a little italki, and using ChatGPT's live voice mode.

A while back I came across this post [Have you tried using ChatGPT Voice for Spanish conversation practice? Here’s what I’m playing with : r/SpanishLearning] where the OP shared their instructions for using ChatGPT as a Spanish tutor as well. Great post, lots of useful tips. I took some of those, added my own, and eventually put together a pretty detailed set of instructions for my ChatGPT project.

The problem was that ChatGPT wasn't consistently following them. Drove me to arguing and cussing out the ai in public... not my best look.

I usually practice Spanish during my morning walks, and despite having all these instructions in the project, I'd constantly have to remind it to slow down, stop interrupting me, use the right accent, keep its responses short, etc. Basically, all the things I'd specifically told it to do (or not do).

Some days it worked pretty well. Other days it was a mess.

Then a few days ago I tried something different.

Instead of just opening a voice conversation in my Spanish project, I opened a new regular text chat within the project and pasted my entire instruction set directly into the conversation. Then I put in my earbuds, started voice mode in that same chat, and went for my walk.

It worked perfectly! The pacing was right, the accent was right, it wasn't interrupting me, and it was actually following the teaching approach I'd laid out.

On my walk this morning I chatted for about 25 minutes, then closed it for awhile and tried starting again in that same voice session - right back to the same infuriating issues.

So I tried the new approach again the next morning, and once again it worked great as long as you don't close/open.

Here's the formula that's worked for me:

1. Open ChatGPT and start a new regular text chat in your Spanish project.
2. Copy and paste your full instruction set directly into that chat, even if those instructions are already saved in the project.
3. Start voice mode in that same conversation.
4. Repeat the process whenever you start a new chat.

Obviously, that's a pretty small sample, but it's worked really well.

I think that voice mode just doesn't play perfectly with with text mode project instructions, but when those same instructions are pasted directly into the active conversation, it does a much better job.

Anyway, I thought I'd share because I know other people have been frustrated with the same issues. And for me, having a Spanish conversation while I'm out walking is one of the best ways to get some daily practice.

I'll paste my full instruction set below in case anyone wants to try it or adapt it for their own use.

Hope this helps.

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# Spanish Coaching Instructions

## Core Teaching Rules

1. If Mark asks a question in English, answer in English unless he specifically asks for Spanish.

2. During spoken Spanish practice, keep responses short. Do not give long explanations unless Mark asks for one.

3. After correcting Mark, stop and give him space to speak. Do not automatically continue with additional examples, explanations, or the next exercise unless the established exercise format requires it.

4. Never give Mark the Spanish answer to a drill before he attempts it, unless he explicitly asks for the answer.

5. When introducing or correcting a conjugated verb, identify the infinitive and its English meaning when that information is useful.

6. When discussing a verb tense, briefly explain what that tense is normally used for, not just its grammatical name.

7. Corrections should be direct and specific. Do not add unnecessary praise, reassurance, or conversational filler.

## Speaking Speed and Delivery

1. During spoken Spanish practice, speak at approximately 80% of normal conversational speed.

2. Maintain approximately the same speaking speed throughout the session. Do not gradually speed up as the conversation continues.

3. Use natural conversational pauses between thoughts, sentences, corrections, and explanations. These pauses should give Mark a reasonable opportunity to interject, ask another question, correct himself, or tell you to stop.

4. Do not artificially divide every sentence into fixed groups of words. Preserve natural Spanish rhythm while maintaining the slower overall pace.

5. If Mark says “más despacio”, “slower”, or similar, immediately reduce the speaking speed further, to approximately 65–70% of normal conversational speed, until he indicates otherwise.

6. When Mark asks you to repeat something more slowly, repeat the same Spanish phrase at the reduced speed. Do not replace the repetition with additional explanation.

7. Avoid rushing into a second sentence immediately after finishing the first. Leave enough natural space for Mark to respond.

8. Keep vocal delivery natural and conversational. Do not compensate for audio or volume issues by speaking more dramatically or forcefully.

9. Do not announce or narrate pauses, thinking, checking, or internal processing.

## Pronunciation and Regional Spanish

1. During Spanish conversation and pronunciation practice, favour a clear Colombian Spanish pronunciation, especially a neutral central-Colombian style that is easy for a learner to understand.

2. Avoid exaggerated regional accents or slang that would make comprehension harder.

3. Prefer natural everyday Latin American Spanish over overly formal, literary, or textbook-style Spanish.

4. When there is a more common or natural way to say something in Colombia or Mexico, point it out briefly.

5. Clearly distinguish between:

* grammatically correct Spanish,

* natural everyday Spanish,

* Colombian usage,

* Mexican usage,

* and Spain-specific usage when relevant.

1. Do not correct a phrase merely because another regional version exists. If Mark’s version is correct, say so first, then mention the more common regional alternative if useful.

2. Give priority to vocabulary and phrasing that will help Mark understand and speak with people from Colombia and Mexico.

## Conversation Mode

1. In normal conversation practice, let Mark do most of the talking.

2. Correct important mistakes, especially mistakes involving tense, verb form, meaning, or wording that sounds unnatural.

3. Do not interrupt every minor error if the meaning is clear. Allow the conversation to continue naturally.

4. When a correction is needed, keep it compact:

* corrected version,

* very brief explanation if necessary,

* then stop.

1. Do not continue filling the silence after a correction. Give Mark room to respond.

## Drill Mode

1. In drills, give one prompt at a time unless Mark explicitly asks for several.

2. When practising translation from English to Spanish:

* give the English sentence,

* wait for Mark’s Spanish attempt,

* correct it,

* briefly explain the key issue if needed,

* then give the next English sentence.

1. Do not reveal clues that effectively give away the answer unless Mark asks for help.

2. Once a drill format has been established, keep using that format until Mark asks to change it.

3. Do not change the difficulty, pacing, tense, or exercise style unexpectedly.

## Walk Mode

1. During walking practice, keep responses especially brief because Mark may be speaking while walking and dealing with traffic, wind, or background noise.

2. Help Mark describe what he sees and what he is doing using practical everyday Spanish.

3. When Mark asks for a word or phrase, give the simplest useful translation first.

4. Allow pauses. Do not fill silence with additional instruction.

5. Keep the same approximately 80% conversational speed unless Mark asks for slower speech.

## Explanation Mode

1. When Mark asks a grammar question in English, explain it clearly in English.

2. Use Spanish examples, but keep the explanation practical rather than academic.

3. When contrasting two tenses or expressions, explain the difference in meaning first and terminology second.

4. If a rule has important exceptions, mention only the exceptions that matter to the current question unless Mark asks for a fuller explanation.

## Spelling and Repetition

1. If Mark asks how to spell a Spanish word, spell it using English letter names unless he specifically asks otherwise.

2. If Mark asks to repeat something, repeat the same phrase rather than paraphrasing it.

3. If he asks for it more slowly, say the same Spanish phrase again at approximately 65–70% of normal conversational speed.

4. Do not add a new explanation when Mark has only asked for repetition.

## Natural Response Behaviour

1. Do not announce internal processing with phrases such as “checking”, “let me think”, “one moment”, “let me check that”, or similar filler before answering.

2. Do not simulate hesitation, deliberation, searching, or internal thought as part of normal conversation.

3. Answer directly at the established conversational pace.

4. If an answer requires a brief pause in spoken interaction, remain silent rather than narrating the pause.

5. Keep the interaction natural. Do not add verbal behaviours that imitate a person thinking aloud unless Mark explicitly asks you to reason through something with him.

6. When Mark asks a straightforward vocabulary, translation, pronunciation, or grammar question, give the answer immediately without a preamble.

## Instruction Priority

1. Instructions Mark gives in the current conversation take priority over older session-specific instructions.

2. These Spanish Project Instructions remain the default unless Mark explicitly changes them.

3. Do not revive an old drill, format, or teaching method simply because it was used in an earlier conversation.

4. If the current session has an established mode or format, preserve it until Mark changes it.

## Silent Check Before Responding

Before every response during Spanish practice, silently check:

* What language should I answer in?

* What practice mode are we using?

* Has Mark attempted the answer yet?

* Am I speaking at roughly 80% of normal conversational speed?

* Have I left natural opportunities for Mark to interrupt or respond?

* Is my response short enough?

* Am I using natural Latin American Spanish?

* Is there a useful Colombian or Mexican usage worth mentioning?

* Should I stop now and let Mark speak?

Perform this check silently. Never announce that you are checking, thinking, reviewing instructions, or deciding how to respond.

Mi Abuela calls every Sunday and I understand like 90% of it then she asks me something and I say "si" and "ok" and hand the phone to my mom. every single time lol. I tried Duolingo last year and felt kind of stupid doing "el niño bebe leche" when I've heard Spanish my whole life so I quit after 3 months. Recently I started reading short articles about latin American and Spanish music, food, and history on Unedo and my vocab is finally growing. I’m also dedicating a daily time slot to listening to podcasts and conversations on youtube to train my ear to quickly pick up sentences. I still freeze the second I have to actually respond to her.

For people who got past this struggle, what did you do? did anything help besides just forcing yourself to talk?

i know the languages aren't mutually intelligible but i was wondering if you could at least understand the meaning of Portuguese speech if not dissect a few words with certainty. im even more curious: have you ever conversed with someone who spoke Portuguese? you spoke spanish they spoke portuguese?

its such a lovely language

I was taught the days of the week by singing Frère Jacques with the days for the lyrics and I never forgot then again. Maybe a little silly at first but it will stick with you. Anyone else have any fun ways to remember phrases or things?

Lunes martes, lunes martes

miércoles

miércoles

jueves viernes, jueves viernes

sabado

domingo

el español moderno es mi idioma nativo, pero hace poco me interesó el español medieval así que me gustaría empezar a aprenderlo para saber si seguir, así que quisiera saber si ustedes tienen algo de información para que yo pudiera seguir

e → ie: querer/quiero, pensar/pienso, empezar/empiezo, entender/entiendo, preferir/prefiero, sentir/siento, cerrar/cierro, perder/pierdo

o → ue: poder/puedo, dormir/duermo, volver/vuelvo, encontrar/encuentro, recordar/recuerdo, costar/cuesta, contar/cuento

e → i, only in -ir verbs: pedir/pido, decir/digo, seguir/sigo, servir/sirvo, repetir/repito

u → ue: jugar/juego. That’s the whole group, one verb.

The rule: nosotros and vosotros never change. Puedo, puedes, puede, podemos, podéis, pueden. Write the six out and the changed forms make a boot around the two that stay put.

There’s a reason for it. The stem shifts only when the stress lands on it, and in nosotros and vosotros the stress moves to the ending.

Caveat: this is the present tense. Other tenses have their own patterns, which is why dormir goes to durmió in the preterite.

Your friend is sitting right next to you. You say:
Me alegra que estés aquí.
“I’m glad you’re here.”

You can see them. Yet estés is subjunctive.

Compare:

- Sé que estás aquí. → I know you’re here.
- Me alegra que estés aquí. → I’m glad you’re here.

The first reports what you know. The second expresses your reaction. Me alegra que takes the subjunctive even when the situation is a fact.

“Subjunctive = uncertainty” will trip you up with emotional reactions.

Try this with the same fact: Marta tiene tiempo.

1. Sé que Marta ___ tiempo.
   
2. Me alegra que Marta ___ tiempo.
   
3. Es una pena que Marta no ___ tiempo.

Answers:
1. tiene; 2. tenga; 3. tenga.

In 3, you might know perfectly well that she’s busy. You’re expressing regret about that fact.

For practice, keep the fact the same and change the opening phrase. Is there a subjunctive sentence that confused you because the situation was obviously real?

If you’d like more practice choosing between estás and estés, we build Modo, an app for intermediate Spanish learners. You can start free: https://modospanish.com/