My Journey On Learning Spanish In Six Months

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If you offered me a million dollars to define what hacer or tener meant back in January 2022, I would have exactly zero dollars.

But fast forward six months later, I can engage in full conversations all in Spanish with Mexican locals. I got around Mexico for 10 weeks fairly comfortably and had an amazing time. I even went on a date fully in Spanish. 😲

I still have a LOT to learn. But I went from knowing nothing to being able to express myself and understand others. Which is (in my opinion) the whole point of learning a language.

I’ll stop bragging now and admit that before this year, I’ve tried learning Spanish multiple times and have failed miserably.

1. I took three years of Spanish in high school and learned nothing. Literally nothing. I had the worst-rated teacher in the entire school and I cheated on every test we took. I didn’t even know how to say, “Dónde está el baño?”
2. I downloaded Duolingo in 2016 or so when I tried to learn Spanish again. I got inspired by Tim Ferriss’ learning method and bought books like Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish. I quit after a week or so because it was too difficult and boring.
3. I traveled to Mexico for the first time with my best friend. She was shook when she realized that I didn’t understand a single word…