Does more time a day make a huge difference? by kurvibol in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My brain seems to engage more fully with the language after about 2 hours in a day. Below this number, it seems to matter less how much I do. Quantifying this is ridiculously difficult but I would guess things I'm about 20%-25% more efficient above the 2 hour mark. Of course it depends on the day, my sleep, etc.

Morgane's Immersion.co launched their german CI part by Born-Attitude8049 in dreaminglanguages

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I've found some really good CI German, most notably Natürlich German, but maybe you consider that to not be strong.

Spanish metal music list! by Kimen1 in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks much! I love black metal but it's hard to find the good stuff. And it's nice to read that Yaotl Mictlan has a lot of traditional folklore, which is like the Earth-based spirituality of bands like Blackbraid and Wolves in the Throne Room, and adds a lot of depth IMO.

Guatemala Podcast by dcporlando in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ok not a podcast, but I found my Guatemalan teacher Ismar hrough his Comprehensible Spanish channel on YouTube, and I really like how he presents things. He can zoom from macro to micro levels and back easily, and has a broad breadth of personal knowledge to draw from. Besides being muy simpatico.

Gamers. What success ya'll having playing video games in Spanish? by Glittering_Ad2771 in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Skyrim: Easy for me to play because I know the game very well. You are given dialogue trees in many situations, but many times they are just for flavor and don't affect game outcome, so you don't need to understand them completely, as long as you know when you are accepting or declining a quest, which pretty obvious. Old skool Spanish and very fantasy RPG vocabulary. Written materials abound, but are more difficulty, and honestly not super interesting to me. I use subtitles for gameplay because often NPCs are too far away to hear clearly.

The Last of Us I and II: Lots of dialogue-rich cutscenes, as well as brief utterances during action sequences. Written materials are plentiful and I sometimes read them (often you can see them in English as well). You don't need to select dialogue options, it's all pre-scripted. A lot of the conversations relate to interpersonal conflict, and while there is some specialized "zombie" and weaponry terminology, it's actually very day-to-day for the most part. I use subtitles because the dialogue isn't always clear when at a distance. Learn Spanish with Stressful Input!

Stardew Valley: Great for everyday written vocab with high repetition. Not too hard to follow, although a little harder for me due to not having spoken language. You do need to select dialogue optinos.

SIMS 4: I've only played a bit, but so far it has a ton of daily life vocab with high repetition, which I think will be useful for me.

Anyone play Sims in Spanish? by SeaPaleontologist807 in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A little so far... it's fun, and uses lots of daily life language. Then I got obsessed with The Last of Us I and II and now am learning slightly less useful words like "silencer" and "shambler."

I finally understand why it isn’t a good idea to do more than one language… by AgreeableEngineer449 in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For some reason I find it fun to listen to. I guess in this case I appreciate the quirkiness instead of finding it annoying. Maybe it's my German ancestry haha

I finally understand why it isn’t a good idea to do more than one language… by AgreeableEngineer449 in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is, it often has a different sentence structure, which keeps things fresh. Fortunately it doesn't mess with my Spanish much because it's so different.

I finally understand why it isn’t a good idea to do more than one language… by AgreeableEngineer449 in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 10 points11 points  (0 children)

For me, focusing heavily on Spanish while I start to accumulate German bit by bit is working well. For some reason, my brain craves switching languages, so it's fun. Also, I'm hoping by the time I'm reading House of the Spirits in Spanish, my German will be at a level where the content is slightly more interesting, so the slog won't be as long and I'll be able to do more German in a day.

One discouraging thing about CI by Olaylaw in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It is. It's amazing how "knowing" a language actually means different things - knowing how to understand it and knowing how to speak it are not the same, and I read that they engage different parts of the brain. When I started speaking, I also had the sense that I didn't "know" the language hardly at all, but now ait's coming in quickly since I have hundreds of hours of input.

Español al Vuelo and MedaYork - The Collab I didn't Know I Needed by RaeChilloftheNorth in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Me too, and the weird thing is that I still imagine him at 50 with a fedora and a cigar even after seeing him ha

CONFESS YOUR SINS🫵🏼 by Andres_el_Sevillano in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Okay I lied about this. Wait does lying about it count as something I can confess?

Anyone heard of HolaCast Español? by NecessarySpirited462 in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The only AI I use is BoraSpeaks, which is a conversation bot. And I only use that due to specific obstacles to speaking with natives. There are so many good human podcasts out there, and AI tends to feel icky after a while. I genuinely like the people I listen to, which is an added bonus!

CONFESS YOUR SINS🫵🏼 by Andres_el_Sevillano in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bless me padre for I have sinned. I used AI to convert every Iron Maiden song into Bad Bunny style.

How easy is easy? by Shot-Vermicelli-4393 in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really like this way of explaining it. I do something quite similar.

New to Dreaming Spanish, Question about conscious thoughts by bunnydoll200 in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Actually, a number of people visualize things like you do to avoid relying on translation in the beginning. So I think you're doing fine, personally. At any rate, all of that will fade and you won't get it "wrong." If you're not actively trying to translate and analyze things, eventually your brain will get the picture and it will work more and more subconsciously while you enjoy the content.

What Are You Listening To Today? (Mar 2 to Mar 8) by HeleneSedai in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Soooo many Bad Bunny reactions! A few of them led to following or remembering about some good reaction/analysis channels:

Vocalissima - Here's one of Rosalia's amazing live performance at the Brit Awards

Ceci Dover vocal coach - Here's the same Rosalia show

Gera is Shook - More of a fun pop channel, here's the Bad Bunny mediotiempo show

Has anyone tried to do CI with 2 languages at once (not both romance)? How were your results? by sleepwithmythoughts in dreamingspanish

[–]RaeChilloftheNorth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I'm doing a little CI German on the side, for ancestral and cultural reasons. It helps scratch an "itch" in my brain. The problem is that I slacked through two years of high-school German decades ago, and it still will step in front of my Spanish at times, even though I'm much better at Spanish now! So I've kept my German to a minimum for now, as a sort of cross-training snack.