How To Speak Spanish Beginners Spanish Lesson 2 Nationalities

[stickeyontheendtype]

it's weird how men and women say things different in spanish

[lunasco23]

Soy belga ^^



[thespanishblog]

Soy de españa

[outsmart1000]

where are you from? @thespanishblog

por que se nota que no eres americana :D

[outsmart1000]

soy peruano :D

[alexpunk2010]

@outsmart1000 haahhahaahahah !! loco me hiciste ca...ar de la risa jaja yo tambien .. yo tambien soy peruano XDDDDD

[jazzmaq]

Soy un polaco.

[Elmonolit]

Soy de Russia

[123jumoliyo]

soy mexicanoe

[xClaraJaynex]

soy englessa

[stitou]

Soy de la Marueqqos

[sleethertheslayer]

Cool one, let me try i'm an Indian, Soy de la India! :D Will check out your other vids, great job sis, keep it up.

[Madnari0]

Soy sueco

[teline37]

englesa soy nz lol

[thespanishblog]

You can "soy de la India" for "I am from India" and if you wish to say that you are Indian: "soy indio/india".

[ridhzy]

can you tell us how to say I'm an Indian & I'm from India

[roydjoel]

una muy buena discusion sobre este idioma

[0800818837]

soy de tailandia



[gonepriused]

soy de Norte America

soy de Mesa Arizona

How do you roll the R's ?

[gonepriused]

soy de Norte America

soy de Mesa Arizona

[konextado]

Una chica tan guapa solo podía ser española hahahaha

[Reiko999Cony]

Soy Chilena (Chile) y aún así veo tus videos jaja. Buenas clases Laura ;-)

[SmartSeer]

Soy Bulgaro de Bulgaria. =)

Que Dios te recompense por tus obras!

(Google Traductor ^)

[lanciauxrayz]

ME GUSTA!!!

[esaudio]

ME GUSTA EL VIDEO

[thespanishblog]

Soy australiano/a

[Epicized]

What about australian?

[watatapota]

im filipino and i want to learn perfect espanol, i wish espanol is back in the philippines and people speak it not english =P...

[MsElbra]

Hello, how to say I'm Estonian?

[BLITZENPUNK]

@MsElbra soy estoniana

[krest2012]

soy de ayiti

[ine1948]

hola, me llamo Ine, yo tengo 63 anos . Soy de Hollandessa, i like your lessons, thank you

[silathanafy]

hola, me llamo Antonio. Yo tengo 19 anos. Mi familia es muy grande. Mi padre se llama shaari y mi madre se llama hashimah. Viven en buenos peneng, Malasia. Es profesor como mi padre. Mi tio, Masturah Nafisah es muy gordo. pls chech spelling to me

[thespanishblog]

Soy kuwaití

[RockAngel7878]

Soy de Kuwait would be for me , but I don't know how to say " I'm Kuwaiti " in spanish (feminen) =/

[RedValkyries]

@RockAngel7878 wow i wouldn`t neither! i'll check google... Soy Kuwaiti. doesn`t mind the sex in this case

[alan7038]

where r u from

pareces de spain

[thespanishblog]

@alan7038

Soy de Bilbao, España

[caligirlalwayz]

@alan7038 I'm pretty sure Brazil or Columbia

[chasegibson11]

Soy I'm happy

[thespanishblog]

"Soy de las Filipinas" or "Soy filipino/a"

[darine3]

how to say " I am a Filipino"?

[CassieTheMagicWolf]

@darine3 "Soy un Filipino"

[thespanishblog]

In response to your question, I highly recommend that you visit my website and check out my Spanish Pronunciation Course which has 60 lessons that carefully explain and demonstrate all of the most important pronunciation skills.

[candiceman01]

i have a prob;em with the tounge you know like when the do the ARRRRiiiiiiBBBaaa bit like a gargling sound... how do you develop the tounge thing...

[starfish258852]

Me gusta ver personas que de verdad aprecian el idioma español, buen video.

[thespanishblog]

¡Hola!

Thank you very much for your comments! I am really pleased that you are "enjoying" my daily Spanish videos.

I completely get your points about the tricky sides of learning Spanish and you are absolutely correct: it isn't easy.

[thespanishblog]

My English husband has been living here in Spain for some time and speaks pretty well, but still has big problems with the masculine and feminine endings. The informal and formal is equally strange and a challenge to get your head around. HOWEVER I have to point out that English also has it's challenges!! Maybe English is a bit easier to get started with, but I believe it is harder to master to an advanced level than Spanish.

[thespanishblog]

English pronunciation is extremely tricky for Spanish speakers as there are far fewer clear rules than with Spanish. Take also reading, in Spanish even a complete beginner can read out loud correctly once they have learned the basic sounds of each letter as Spanish is a phonetic language. Unlike with English, where you have to learn and remember each and every piece of vocabulary as there are so many minefields out there to trip you up and make you sound silly.

[thespanishblog]

Learning a language takes a lot of time and patience to get into the finer details and really get a feel for it. The key is to enjoy the process and practice every day. I try to make my blog as useful as possible for people like you.

I post a free lesson daily there and all of my past video lessons are available, with clear written lesson notes to accompany the videos.

[thespanishblog]

My other courses include a complete beginners (127 lessons) course and a complete intermediate (143 lessons) course.

I suggest that as a first step you start from the beginning of one of these courses, depending on whether or not you have any prior knowledge of Spanish.

On the blog you can also download the courses as mp3s and find Spanish recipes, Spanish city guides and features on Spanish history, music & TV. There are many opportunities here to practice your listening skills.

[thespanishblog]

I recommend that you get one of my mp3 courses so that you can be listening and studying wherever you may be via your mp3 player, phone, car stereo or pc.

If you are interested you will also find details of the live online Spanish lessons I offer via Skype and my online classroom. In these classes you will have every opportunity to practice you conversation skills.

I wish you all the very best with your Spanish and a lovely day.

Saludos,

Laura

[JackRabbitSlim]

Thank you very much for this.

But can I just say GODDAM why do other languages have to be so f**king complicated? I really envy people learning English as a foreign language, it's so dam easy, we don't have any accents on words, we don't have feminine/masculine words, we don't really have a formal AND informal way of saying every dam sentance.

It's like evry language I try to learn is making it as complicated as f**king possible! And Spanish is one of the easier ones apparently! God help me!

[jarreddarren]

@JackRabbitSlim yea but think of it if people have to learn english they come from a place where to them there language is easy and every other language GODDAM why do languages have to be fucking compicated

[jarreddarren]

@JackRabbitSlim yea but to them it would be hard cause if they have to learn english it be hard for them cause whatever language they grew up in was normal way to speak so english would be hard dont envy them

[booraadotii]

Hola,

Soy de Oromoo,

Muchos gracias profesora

[MATKOOOO]

Yo tambien, soy de Eslovaquia! Soy Eslovaco.

[x3Heroiinex3]

what about moroccan ?

[thespanishblog]

Hola,

You can say "Soy de Marruecos" or "Soy marroquí".

Saludos,

Laura 

[olfilrussi]

soy Russa. Soy de Estados Unidos ;))

[colby743]

helpful

[thespanishblog]

Hola,

"Soy de Kazajstán" or "Soy kazaja (or) kazaka".

Saludos,

Laura

[malika214]

Hola, Barbora!

I am from Kazakhstan. How can I say I`m Kazakh? (female). Grasias!!

[MyFuckinBlooDIsYourS]

soy filipina ^^

[thespanishblog]

¡Muchas gracias!

Thank you all very much for your comments and ¡¡Feliz Navidad!!

Saludos,

Laura

[turquoiseteens]

love it!

[phyllischen6]

Nice video. It's very helpful to me. Thank you for your video lessons.

Soy de Taiwan. Soy taiwanesa. ^_^

[01thrilla]

Such a sweet voice you have, Muchas gracias senora, estoy aprendiendo muchas mas frases cada dia

[silver2023]

Hola, te donde eres? Yo soy de colombia. Me gusteria learne mas de tus videos.Son muy buenos.

[scheming8rythem]

un bien canal mis hermana, y mucho gracias por tu trabajo :))!!!! mI Gusto

[jasondsouza24]

Maa'm, how do you say ' I am from India" and I am an Indian (male) ? Awaiting your reply at the earliest.

[thespanishblog]

India is the same in Spanish, India or La India. If you wish to say that you are from India you can "soy de la India" and if you wish to say that you are Indian, "soy indio/india"

[bbla1]

Soy Eslovaca! I´m Slovakian (gir)l, is it right ? :)

Thank you very much for this course, it is very helpful, I´m going to Spain in October for nine mounth, and this is very good way to catch some basics from this attractive language!

Barbora

[thespanishblog]

Hola Barbora,

Slovakia is Eslovaquia. Slovakian is eslovaco/eslovaca. So, yes, Soy eslovaca is correct, but without the capital letter E.

Saludos, Laura

[wisebeautiful]

Hola thespanishblog, como estas? soy de Malaysian. Muchas gracias for your lesson. Very well done..

[lmessirockz]

how to say indian and im a man

[thespanishblog]

Hola,

You can just say "Soy indio". Which means "I am Indian", for a man. If you were a woman you would have to say "Soy india".

Hope this helps,

Laura

[lmessirockz]

@thespanishblog thank you

[franeliseo]

excelente aporte a los no hispanohablantes gracias

[ToriQueen1046]

can you make a video about things like verbs and nouns? thank you for all of your help! im watching all of your videos!

[straps6661]

i am going to subscribe to you cause :

1. your voice sounds beautiful

2. i think i can learn alot

3. the spanish language just sounds very awesome

[luvmydimples]

gracias mucho. esta lección es de mucha ayuda. como ello

[ladydragon80]

Hola! Soy de Filipinas! Gracias!!!

[moji19871]

thank u this is really working out with me thank u

[mauronaranjo]

Her accent is from Spain. They have the best pronounciation. They don't meke spelling mistakes because the prounounce z,c and s in diferent way. We, latinamerican, pronounce those letter like "s"

[twatoff]

So if i follow these Youtube clips i'll pick up basic spanish ?? Should i really be writing it down aswel

[thespanishblog]

The best thing to do is watch my videos in my blog where you will find written notes to accompany each video. These are a great help and you shouldn't have to write anything down once you have the notes in front of you to refer to during the videos.

[twatoff]

Ok thank you i'd say thank you in spanish but my spanish will be wrong :)

[mkfan93]

Soy Chicano =]

[thespanishblog]

Thank you very very much! Hope you keep enjoying the lessons!

[imasabo]

Clear, well structured lessons. Great job!!

[HunterMann]

Genial Laura!

[themightystripes]

Is there much of a difference between spanish and catalan?

[thespanishblog]

Hola,

Catalan is a completely different language to the Castellano Spanish that I teach, although there are some similarities.

Saludos,

Laura

[1994egypt]

muy bonito

i'am taking a spanish course but in the spanish council

[nightime1000]

Are you spainsh from spain or Latin America?

[thespanishblog]

Soy española, de Bilbao

[ctlaw1]

really great stuff. thank you. x

[skewboylucas]

muchoooooo graciassss

[thespanishblog]

¡De nada!

[moo1992ody]

thank you soooo much !

[MRGHAMDI]

mucha gracias

[MRGHAMDI]

what about Saudi nationality?!!!

[thespanishblog]

For the nationality "Saudi Arabian" we say "Saudí"

[MWAD3K]

arabi saudita

[MRGHAMDI]

thanks alot, I like your accent

[jorge221090bb]

Americano and americana are used for people from whole American continent, for the United States we use, "estadounidense" (this adjective doesn´t have sex, it ends in "e").

[thespanishblog]

If you visit my blog you will find written details of all the relevant vocabulary and sentences featured in my videos

[JiAmanda]

that will be much better if you add what you prounce in the video... since we are all beginners.. thanks

[rsacode]

Spanish is not easy - why do people always say it's easy?

[MRGHAMDI]

I think it depend on the original language of the learner.... for me as Arabic mother tongue I feel its difficult but I think for English speakers its more easier. I think Italian is so similar to Spanish?!!

[mauronaranjo]

@MRGHAMDI yes it is!

[MRGHAMDI]

@mauronaranjo do you think i can learn both (italian and spanish) at the same time? because now im learning spanish.

[mauronaranjo]

@MRGHAMDI you could, but probably you could be confused when you speak one of thos languages because spanish is similar to italian, not the same. Its gramma structutre its seemed. You could learn spanish first,, then, italian... Its easier to lear italian knowing spanish, because some people say that spanish is a litttle more difficult than other latin languages. For us, is easier to lear those languages because they have the same roots, but is more difficult for us to lear german...

[MRGHAMDI]

@mauronaranjo I see..... I will go with your recomendation and concentrate on Spanish for now........ thanks for reply

[mauronaranjo]

@MRGHAMDI ¡Con gusto MrGhamdi! Ya que se va a concentrar en nuestra lengua española, le sugiero se consiga amigos latinoamiericanos o españoles, para que de esta manera, usted se vea forzado a pensar en otro idioma que no sea el suyo. Ojalá su amigo sepa las dos lenguas, para que cuando usted no le pueda entender bien, él le pueda ayudar con el nuevo vocabulario que va aprendiendo.

[mauronaranjo]

@MRGHAMDI Usted verá, un aprendizaje mucho más rápido hablando de esta manera, que si se enfocara en estudiar sólo gramática, pues ésta suele ser algo complicada si usted la quiere aprender antes de hablar. Aprenda a pensar en otro idioma. Le mando un saludo. ¡Hasta luego!

[WhiteDragon977]

@MRGHAMDI

No it is actually similar to Arab just like the Spanish people as you can see ...

[DarKGamA]

@rsacode Maybe, as all the people , you're own language seems to be easy to learn, but I've to recognize that Spanish is not easy, such as French, because of verbs in huge measure.

[sillymooeatscheese]

MUY BIEN!

[thespanishblog]

In Spain we don't use "vos". We use "tu" or "usted" depending on the situation: informal or formal. When you don't really know the person or you are talking with an older person it is usual to use "usted". When speaking to children and young people we use "tu".

Saludos, Laura

[thespanishblog]

Hola,

In Spain we don't use "vos". We use "tu" or "usted" depending on the situation: informal or formal. When you don't really know the person or you are talking with an older person it is usual to use "usted". When speaking to children and young people we use "tu".

Saludos, Laura

[mauronaranjo]

@thespanishblog thats the way we use it in Bogotá Colombia.

[crepell1]

do you recomend that if i go to spain i use tu,usted ,or vos

[sandhyays]

i'm an indian woman.. how does one say that???

[thespanishblog]

For a woman you say "soy india" and for a man you say "soy indio". It is also possible to say "soy de La India".

[ayalapma]

Soy Filipino!

[thespanishblog]

¡Muy bien!

[blixpha]

Is this Spain-spanish or South America/Central America Spanish?

[thespanishblog]

I am from Spain and so I speak and teach Spanish from Spain, but really there is little difference apart from the accent and some vocabulary. Both parties can understand each other perfectly.

[thespanishblog]

Muchas gracias. I hope that you continue to enjoy my videos!!

[dangerreyman]

I think Ive found what I need for spanish. It is very helpful to hear it. Plus you have a pretty voice so it's great for when I'm going to sleep.

[thespanishblog]

¡De nada!

[SILVERTINKER4578]

thanks