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If you’ve always wanted to learn Spanish, but didn’t think it was possible because you were terrible at Spanish in high school, or you don’t get sucked into Rosetta Stone-style hype–you’ve come to the right place. I’m a normal person, not some big company and not some native Spanish speaker. I’m not a natural language learner at all actually. My first brush with Spanish ended with me getting an F in high school! But somewhere along the way, I fell in love! I’m not sure if I love Spanish because I love traveling, or I love traveling because I love Spanish (and food). But I love them both. Naturally, I want more people to love what I love, but I know that you probably don’t see Spanish like I do… not yet! That’s the point of this podcast. I want to show you that there is ANOTHER WAY! That most of the strategies and tactics they used to teach us Spanish in high school are IGNORANT. They are ignorant to our plight. I know your mistakes. I understand why you make them. They were my mistakes too! I remember the pain and the agony of having to figure it all out myself because... let’s just say... I was underwhelmed with the resources out there. Well, now with these videos (or audios) you don’t don’t have to waste the years I did.
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thanks for this cool-o-rama podcast bro ✌🏼
I will start with, the subject of Se has been on my mind lately and you have treated it very thoroughly and effectively! However, I'm very disappointed in your treatment - or lack thereof - of passive voice. This is a very specific, important thing in both Spanish and English, and also has significant cultural implications. In English, we shy away from the passive voice because the subject is important to us: who did the action? Instead of saying "the house was bought" inquiring minds would want to know - who bought it? what kind of people are they? will they live in it or rent it out? etc etc. In school, we are (generally) taught not to use passive voice. However, in Latin American cultures, the individual is much less important than the collective, and especially in the case of "accidents" (defined loosely) passive voice is muy importante to avoid calling someone out. For example - the other day my mecánico was fixing my door handle. he fouled it up royally - and I was royally pi**ed