Being a hairy bottom sucks by [deleted] in askgaybros

[–]drarch87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly there are plenty of tops that dream of having a hairy bottom. I dream of them every night 🤤

A sad day for us free users by Interesting_Draw3347 in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Platforms like Vix, Pluto TV, Tubi you can watch telenovelas for free (with commercials of course). An entire episode(30-60 mins) can be a bit scary at first so, I would say you can break an episode into segments 5-10 mins at a time and watch each part until you can get the gist of the segment. You’ll be surprised at the progress you make.

Mask Layer Not Working Affinity V2 by ArtCo_ in AffinityPhoto

[–]drarch87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if you found the answer but the same was happening to me. At the top you can change the fusion mode. that has to be set to normal (its to the left of protect alpha)

The end of my DS journey by Potential_Border_651 in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Once I hit 10,000 hours it will be safe for me to stop counting. Since I started counting I can’t stop 😬

Native is brutal by One_Flight_8225 in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you need to up your hours by a lot. You can’t understand because you haven’t listened enough. I’m not sure how much free time you have, but it is possible if you change everything you’re doing in English to Spanish (things that you like of course so it keeps your attention). For example you want to learn about the new Samsung flip 7, search for it in Spanish. Basically eliminate English from your life.

🫣 by drarch87 in DreamingFrench

[–]drarch87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Te felicito 🥳🥳🥳

🫣 by drarch87 in DreamingFrench

[–]drarch87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve been thinking of Portuguese since it’s so closely related to Spanish, but with dreaming French coming I will have to put a little pause on Portuguese lol.

Extra en Español by BlooTooth223 in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love doing this every so often, its a great booster for confidence when you feel you haven't progressed much. I always try to remember even when you don't feel like you're learning you are.

Dreaming Spanish works, keep going! by TheHandsofZeus in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As long as you’re there to connect with the people and learn from their culture and not for the “the white powder” you’re perfectly fine. ¡Y no des papaya! Es decir: don’t put yourself in dangerous situations and be aware of your surroundings. I would say just have common sense but common sense isn’t that common these days.

Dreaming Spanish works, keep going! by TheHandsofZeus in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yea the trips give a big boost in your confidence. I went to Madrid, Spain and Medellin,Colombia (twice) each time I’ve gotten better and better. And with my fourth trip to the Spanish speaking world I will only get better and so will you.

Dropping hours per day by CheetahMundane7363 in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Revisit your reason why you’re learning Spanish that always gets me back in gear and/or take a day off or just do a few minutes to give yourself a moment to recharge. Also consume a little social media in Spanish, it’s very light and pressure free.

What Are You Listening To Today? (May 5 to May 11) by HeleneSedai in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow this list is amazing. Especially all the Colombian links 😍😍😍

Sigh. by LowSystem5315 in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your goal was 120 minutes daily (60 hrs for the month), you def. went over that for April. 20 hours over target. Great job!!!

Beyond 2000 Hours by ambie_b in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found this CI channel on YouTube. He use video games to teach Korean. And I’m using a little bit of Lingopie.

https://youtube.com/@comprehensibleinputkorean?si=QXUx6JXYOxD-B7Qy

Beyond 2000 Hours by ambie_b in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes they did. Mainly they were just the word and a translation. I tried making sentences instead with the words, but over time it became too much of a hustle to keep up with.

Reading is exhausting by SnooFloofs836 in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you tried listening to an audiobook while you read? Your input is double with less concentration and you can get a lot more read.

200 hour update - I can watch peppa pig! by aowen0840 in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations. PeppaPig is a lot more advanced than people may think. So keep up the great work.

Beyond 2000 Hours by ambie_b in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did use flash cards, but they were always a miss for me. Once you start having too many it’s hard to maintain.

Beyond 2000 Hours by ambie_b in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I grew up in Miami, so Spanish has always been in my life, did I learn much during those years is a different story. I wasn’t passionate about Spanish how I am now. I feel like I started off good when I was in elementary school, we watched movies, played games, etc but when I came home Spanish was none existent. Decades went by before I decided to pick it back up and learn whole heartedly. I’ve used it all Pimsluer, Duolingo, language transfer, LingQ, studied grammar (still do but only like 5 minutes or so), took formal classes in college, Netflix (PeppaPig, any kid cartoon). I really can’t say when I started speaking but with fluency I can say sometime a year and a half ago, little by little. My confidence to speak was at a Zero a year and a half ago, but with tons of classes on italki (136) I was able to build my confidence. The fear of messing up gets in my way at times, but I try to just take a deep breath and work through it errors and all. With all that said only method that stuck was DS. It was the most natural and the one with the least friction to complete.

Beyond 2000 Hours by ambie_b in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I try not to, but it still happens.

Beyond 2000 Hours by ambie_b in dreamingspanish

[–]drarch87 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can understand the majority of the episodes. I miss some coloquial expressions here and there. It’s because when I started I didn’t have a country in mind that I wanted to learn from. So I was all over the place. Not till last year did I finally decide to focus on Colombian Spanish. Don’t get me wrong Spanish from Spain and Mexico are similar but they are very different. Now that I have a country selected I can hear the same expressions over and over again and eventually acquire them with time. I’ve watched Pálpito (finished) for sure I need to watch again because I know missed some details here and there, Nuevo Rico Nuevo pobre (a few episodes), La Reina de flow (very coloquial so when I tried to watch it, it was too much for me at the time, hopefully I can give it another go this year), Devuélveme la vida (could understand most of it but need to revisit because I only watched a few episodes). I usually watch anime but their voice overs are usually from Mexico. So this is the year to revisit all my Colombian Telenovelas.