Learning Spanish

[Anonymous]

I am learning to speak Spanish. What is the most polite way to ask who you think speaks the language if you can practice with them. Should you ask in Spanish, '*hablas espanol*' and if they say yes, then you ask in spanish if you can practice with them?

[Anonymous]

Hire a conversation tutor and pay them. Why do you think people will teach you Spanish for free?

[Anonymous]

You can look for an intercambio- 30 mins in Spanish. 30 in English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hire a conversation tutor and pay them. Why do you think people will teach you Spanish for free?

I don't think that. I meant in the context of when I am out and about interacting at a store, restaurant, etc. I figure a 2 minute conservation or so is better than nothing until I can get a tutor or when I am in a spanish speaking country for a short period of time. I don't want to assume everybody there speaks Spanish

[Anonymous]

Yes!
I ask people this regularly. Of course, you need some context: you believer they are a Spanish speaker, etc. (I don’t generally ask complete strangers.)
When you look for something, you learn where to find things. I have made relationships with speakers in my school, church, and the occasional store manager.
I think if you are trying in earnest to learn something, people tend to be welcoming and helpful.
PS - we are a polyglot family.
Buena suerte.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes!
I ask people this regularly. Of course, you need some context: you believer they are a Spanish speaker, etc. (I don’t generally ask complete strangers.)
When you look for something, you learn where to find things. I have made relationships with speakers in my school, church, and the occasional store manager.
I think if you are trying in earnest to learn something, people tend to be welcoming and helpful.
PS - we are a polyglot family.
Buena suerte.

Gracias por su respuesta.
I asked someone today at a local Mexican restaurant (one of the assistant managers and they were receptive. She seemed to understand me and smiled. I just don't want to offend anyone, but I think you are right that if you appear truly eager to learn, people are receptive.

[Anonymous]

Mutter in Spanish as some people will speak Spanish to you. Unlike the monolingual sourpuss earlier, native speakers enjoy when an English speaker tries to speak a different language.

[Anonymous]

This problem has never been so easy to solve:

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[Anonymous]

Isn’t it a form of cultural appropriation for a non-BIPOC person to learn Spanish?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t it a form of cultural appropriation for a non-BIPOC person to learn Spanish?

What if it is needed for one's job or future job?

What if you extended family is mixed race?

What if you are marrying a native Spanish speaker?

What if you have a lot of friends that are Spanish speakers?

What if you plan on traveling extensively to Spanish speaker countries?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t it a form of cultural appropriation for a non-BIPOC person to learn Spanish?

What if it is needed for one's job or future job?

What if you extended family is mixed race?

What if you are marrying a native Spanish speaker?

What if you have a lot of friends that are Spanish speakers?

What if you plan on traveling extensively to Spanish speaker countries?

Don’t let logic spoil a chance for people to feel offended

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t it a form of cultural appropriation for a non-BIPOC person to learn Spanish?

What if it is needed for one's job or future job?

What if you extended family is mixed race?

What if you are marrying a native Spanish speaker?

What if you have a lot of friends that are Spanish speakers?

What if you plan on traveling extensively to Spanish speaker countries?

Not PP but that was clearly a joke. OMG DCUM--why is there never a sarcasm meter?