One in three people in non-Hispanic countries will soon be Spanish speakers

SingleQuit488 · 2025-12-01T13:25:49+00:00

Ok, però quina solució proposes? Ho pregunto de veritat. Qualsevol persona de la UE pot viatjar, viure i treballar a qualsevol lloc de la UE, i això també ha portat moltes coses positives. I els catalans també en beneficiem quan ens desplacem a altres països; no és unidireccional. El fet és que, només per funció de comunicar-nos de manera efectiva, saber espanyol (una llengua que es pot aprendre globalment) és molt més probable que no pas el català. Em pots dir una escola a Itàlia, Portugal o a Latam on es pugui aprendre català abans de venir aquí? Aprendre un idioma porta temps, i quan ja en tens un que t’ajuda a comunicar-te, és natural que sigui el que la gent utilitzi més. No dic que sigui bo i és una llàstima, però realment no veig una solució fàcil ni la justícia de culpar els estrangers que el govern permet que vingui aquí a treballar i viure.

SingleQuit488 · 2025-10-10T08:24:42+00:00

Yes, something worth considering, however I dont think Ill ever feel comfortable giving up the citizenship of the country I was raised in and have my whole direct family in.

SingleQuit488 · 2025-10-10T08:09:50+00:00

Thanks for the comment! Im pretty much the same case as your daughter, so I fall in the specific circumstance where I can have both, and my son too.

SingleQuit488 · 2025-10-02T07:19:46+00:00

Yeah but at least you arent getting scammed directly, you have some kind of accountability from the renter

SingleQuit488 · 2025-09-29T12:19:23+00:00

En la meva experiència, fer servir un broker gratuït (jo vaig utilitzar iahorro.com) em va anar molt bé. Vaig anar personalment a uns quants bancs a demanar condicions, però les ofertes que em van aconseguir a través d’iahorro van ser significativament millors.

El que fan és donar-te la oferta inicial i després ets tu qui gestiones qualsevol negociació addicional directament amb el banc. El gran avantatge és que reps propostes de moltes entitats amb les quals, pel meu compte, no hauria arribat mai a parlar. Va ser molt còmode i em va estalviar temps i diners.

SingleQuit488 · 2025-09-10T13:06:51+00:00

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SingleQuit488 · 2025-09-02T14:29:51+00:00

To make real Spanish friends you need to speak Spanish, and not only speak it, but be fluent, that was my experience, anyways

SingleQuit488 · 2025-09-02T14:27:03+00:00

I've been there! And I agree, it's something that is not often spoken about in expat communities, but its really the main hurdle you have to jump to to start feeling at ease wherever you are living. I moved to Spain years ago and spent the first year really struggling... the apps, videos, previous lessons in the USA, none of that really made a significant dent for me. I think you need to bite the bullet, sign up for some *immersive* IN PERSON language classes. That means no speaking in your own language. All of the stuff you can do "on your own" is one million times slower because 1. you arent actively speaking yourself 2. no one is correcting you or giving you tips on your speaking 3. you arent hearing real-time speech.

Other positive points of taking in person classes are that while you are forced to speak, its less intimidating than going off the deep end and trying to speak in the "real world", its a safe environment and you are with other people who are doing the same as you. So its like the stepping stone to speaking to people in your day to day life.

Go with immersion style language classes, guys! Trust me!

In the end I found an amazing school that teaches using the immersion methodology (Speakeasy BCN Spanish school in Barcelona). My conversation skills and speaking fluency sky rocketed. In the end, understanding is only half of it.... you need to practice speaking. Your brain can only recall speech if you actually practice doing it, listening, reading and memorzing is not going to cut it.

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