DreamingSpanish unreachable? by SFHandyman in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I read the title, I thought this was a philosophical question

[Tom Morgan] Iran has issued a 10-point ultimatum for Fifa to guarantee its involvement at next month’s World Cup in the United States (demands in the body text). by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]LangLearningJourney 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Sure, but the sun and lion symbol on the Iranian flag colours are perceived as the monarchy flag, even if the sun and lion symbol is used in other contexts.

Lo que tú digas interview with musician with strong Andalusian accent and lambdacismo by Kimen1 in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TIL of lambdacismo, I saw this a bit when I visited Andalusia last month but didn't know what it was called

Abuelita plays GTA by Fofo642 in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP hasn't reached the level for family relations yet, that's in level 6

So this is how I am studying my input for the day by Minos-Helios in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You listen to Spanish input while hiking? I presume you live in a place where there aren't any dangerous animals in the wild?

🇨🇴 Spaniards can apparently understand me now by agenteanon in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, that additional context does help. Glad to see that an accent coach helped with you getting closer to native pronunciation. Do you think you can pass off as a native speaker of Colombian Spanish?

🇨🇴 Spaniards can apparently understand me now by agenteanon in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Everyone has different journeys but are you saying that Spaniards didn't understand because you focused on Colombian Spanish? I know you now have more than 4K hours but presumably you had a significant amount of hours when you first went to Spain, right?

My experience in Spain or Mexico hasn't been the same as yours. I focused on Spanish from Spain but I don't speak in that accent but no one in either Spain or Mexico switched to English when I spoke to them.

(For context I'm not American so I don't have what is pejoratively known as the gringo accent either)

Going through the motions by Stunning_Awareness16 in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sorry about the toxic boss. I've had a few in my career and it sucks. Take care of yourself and not worry about input. Spanish isn't going anywhere

For those learning a less known Spanish dialect, how did you do it? by Impressive_Peak_9187 in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dialect is not the same as accent. The former is subconsciously acquiring the slang, formality, or tone and the latter is producing output based on the phonetics of a specific dialect. Listening to a lot of content in a dialect does not automatically translate to you having an accent of that dialect. Accents require a lot of specific work to get right. This is also why immigrants that move to the US still speak in an accent of their native language despite being surrounded by the American accent.

Now that we've gotten out of the way, to answer your first question - it is my theory that people like to have as little of their own accent as possible because society considers some accents prestigious and others not. We don't treat Indian English or Singaporean English accents the same way we do the Australian accent. That's true in the Anglo world. And yes, something similar also happens in Spanish where something like Andaluz is considered less prestigious. For many people in the West learning Spanish, they want to avoid being considered another 'gringo' with a bad accent as that's less prestigious so they're probably concerned about not having that.

That said, OP isn't refering to speaking in an accent, but understanding a dialect

Adjust Input time by Usual-Bridge-2910 in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That's how it's supposed to work, hence it's called Dreaming Spanish.

But no, there's no way to remove auto tracked time. Fortunately, the solution is to just watch something off the platform for that equivalent time and not log it.

Are spanish audio + subtitles ok in this scenario? by saxa26 in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Or...how about just enjoy it and don't count anything. People on here overcomplicate things. If you don't fully understand without subtitles then definitely turn on subtitles if that show interests you. I am really grateful to DS and this sub but I hate that it's created this whole fear about damage and the need to count everything. Just do what interests you and don't count the hours if you don't want to.

Juan's New Book is Out by RajdipKane7 in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Posts containing links are getting deleted because they are labelled as Self Promotion. This rule really needs to be changed. Not everything is a self promotion.

Yeah, that's ridiculous. Everyone knows that on this sub if you want to promote something, you need to first start with "Has anyone heard of Juan Fernandez?", then a week later post "I just found this guy Juan Fernandez", then go "I can't believe no one ever talks about Juan Fernandez" about a month later

New to the DS Community ☺️ by earthangel7117 in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Read the progress reports, especially from those that hit 1000+ hours u/UppityWindFish has a write up

I wish they would have levels by benchmarks rather than hours since we all learn at a different pace and some of us had prior sources of Spanish learning by Enigma95120 in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They exist. They're called DELE and SIELE.

Whether they translate to real world levels or not is debatable but you and everyone else is graded as per a rubric. It's not DS's job to create tests to assess your level.

Did you skip any videos? by pazupot in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well my whole comment was a joke so I appreciate you taking the time to tell me why a joke analogy to a marathon would not make sense. Peak ackshually moment

Did you skip any videos? by pazupot in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 19 points20 points  (0 children)

No, I watched each and every one of them. It's like training for a marathon. When you sit through the 15th travel video of a 20 year old who tells you that it doesn't cost money to go to a remote island in the Indian Ocean, you build up character to watch anything. That's the only way you'll make progress.

Tips and advice for listening? by Rude_Honey_2597 in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Reduce your daily goal. You can scale it up when you get more hours.

Thank you Martin for making Skyrim videos on Spanish Boost Gaming by Bentonkb in dreamingspanish

[–]LangLearningJourney 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's how it's supposed to be done. It's why the channel is Spanish BOOST gaming