I want to know which languages would the most beneficial & easiest besides those that I already know. Thanks.

im 15, Im Dominican But my dad cant speak spanish -___- smh what a nub ! bu i want a FREE easy way to learn how to spak spanish !!! dont send me something where i have to order a disk, thanks (:
& no, my high school doesnt offer it, smh STUPID !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-wB7Sp0h0Q&feature=channel_video_title

I can't seem to figure out. Our teacher assigned us to find out what language they are speaking from this random video as extra credit but I have no idea.

Everyone in my family knows English so we speak it the most & my mom whose Mexican speaks it sometimes to us & I'll say "Can you say that in English?"

I am a Mexican, trying to learn Japanese. I have been studying for the past 5 or 6 months now. I know and understand a lot. I understand the basic gist of the video, but I still have trouble forming my sentences. I find the Japanese pronounciation very easy, but I am wondering if spanish speaking people have a noticeable accent when speaking Japanese. (Japanese people have a bit of an accent when speaking spanish btw, especially that they mix the l's and r's and stress some words incorrectly.)

I cant help but stress my words incorrectly sometimes like when i speak spanish. i also roll my r's to much. i didnt know quite how to phrase this question, but just what would i sound like with a light spanish accent? is it exotic, or difficult to understand? what connotations come with it, if that makes sense. what would you think if you heard me speak japanese?

This is a Mexican speaking Japanese, doing a speech presentation in a class in Japan. (He is a bit more fluent than me though)

Me & my boyfrann r having our first baby....plz help wit some boy names...they gota b cute J something yu can say n english & spanish.

I have seen Mexican nationals who are illegally in the U.S. quite openly shout racist slogans against the majority White population, with little or no reaction from the media.Yet White Americans who want to strengthen border controls against Mexico are denounced as racists.Minorites have their own advocacy groups, history months, radio & t.v. stations, & even their own leaders.White Americans are the ones facing racism with affirmative action denying us jobs, student loans, government contracts & entering certain schools.We are also called racists if we are proud of our culture.I think that some people believe that America's racist history against blacks justifies being angry at or hating white people.Sadly, White people have been repressed for so long that most people aren't willing to speak out about it.Minorities aren't responsible for the racial quotas system, or any of the double standards against White people.I mostly blame politically correct, guilt-ridden, candy @ss, White liberals.

i am looking for some new and popular mexican/spanish/latin music. music genres preferred are hip-hop/rap/r & b...etc. other things i am looking for is high energy, club songs, party songs, solid beat (need to create dance routine), things like that. if it has a combination of spanish and something else, that's also fine.

also, the less swearing, the better...but im okay with a lot of things.

I Need Rly adorable names tht sound good n english & spanish

I work as a supervisor for a company who has at&t as a client and we as supervisors were told by our mangers that AT&T our client doesn't want spanish on the call floor. So now everytime we hear spanish we have to call them out on the spot and remind them "english only" can I get in trouble for listening to my boss?

I'm doing a presentation for my Ethics & Values class. My group is doing stereotyping. How do you stereotype different ethnic groups, specifically Mexicans? This isn't meant to hurt or harm. It is an effort to get people to think about this and to know that it is an ethical issue. I need information on how this is both harmful and helpful. I know that this is a harsh, tough topic to speak about, but I need all the help I can get.

I have a boyfriend who speaks spanish & puts things on his statuses & i really would like to know what it means. I have a few sentences to decode now but I need a over time translator person first lol. Thanks

My mom is mexican and I dont speak spanish fluently but I do understand some, But she says that SPaniards speak very nasty & use alot of curse words, is that true?
I told her but Mexican speak alot of bad words too, but she Says to me Spaniards speak especially nasty like it is Normal For them to speak nasty that way.
Is that true? Im confused why my mom is saying this.

Answer= Because America is not England. Spanish Language is the second most spoken in America. ( USA ).

I will vote for that candidate who speak better Spanish, for the most fluent Spanish Speaking American Presidential candidate .
Mexican-American & Democrat, A -Plus.

So do all of Central & South America. Why is our nationality being ignored for this generic nonsense?. It's the Chinese, the Americans, the French, the Italians, the Spaniards, the English, the Germans, etc. We're Mexicans, Panamanians, Colombians, Cubans -- we are Hispanic because we speak Spanish. We are not Italians, we are not Latins, we don't speak Latin.

Mexican United States is the official name of Mexico
Spanish is the official language in Mexican United States.
Is Mexico the largest Spanish speaking & Catholic country in the world?

There's a class I need to take with that title, & the professor won't let me take it because of disability-related prejudice. I NEED to learn how to speak the language idiomatically, & especially in order to learn how to translate properly & become more fluent. Can you give me some website links, suggestions for books, etc.? Thanks.

I want to see if this is common & why?

Some background. As babies, my brothers and I had a Spanish speaking, live-in Nanny for 3 years. I do not speak, & have not studied Spanish. I cannot participate in spanish conversations. I doubt our Nanny was teaching babies extensive Spanish though she had pet names etc.

Years ago I worked with Hispanic coworkers who spoke Spanish & English. One day we were rushing through a project & though distracted, I responded to a joke one of the guys was telling. Everyone stopped & said "You understood that?" I had been focusing on our task, but heard the joke in English (& responded in English). They insisted he told the joke in Spanish

The 2nd time this happened I was being robbed. I was with 2 friends & we were held up at gunpoint. I was in shock but I heard the robbers say 'give me the keys" repeatedly. To this day my friends say they were speaking Spanish but I heard English

Anyone have similar experiences and know exactly why?

I read a lot of anti-immigrant chatter here, but I notice that more and more Americans are using the same tonal "sentence end rise" typical of Mexican street Spanish. Calling it "Valley-speak" may fool some people, but discerning polyglots can spot it immediately. It is particularly prevalent in young people and I've detected it on both coasts. The only other instance of this type of intonation occurs in certain Irish populations, but that variation is developed locally, without outside influence..

Is this one a precursor of things to come, ese?
Chukie411 & others:
I'm sure it is not intentional. In that sense language is organic and it evolves.
The intonation I refer to is when the end of a sentence is said in a higher tone than the beginning. It's one of the characteristis of California "Valley talk." You can also hear it in 90% of teen movies.
Be the way, Spanish & English are 2 of my favorite languages, so I'm OK regardless of the outcome.
Christopher: It can't make sense if you don't read it. I'm referring to intonation, not particular phrases of vocabulary.
And you're asking ME to use English?? Hee Hee.
Rosebuds & whatdoiknow:
I never said I disapprove of the change. I'm fine with it.

I'm 100% Italian!,yet I have encountered many out there who have confused me for alot of different ethnicities!,the only people that have never confused me for something that I'm not are other Italians & Italian Americans. (I have dark brown hair,fair skin and green eyes).I speak Italian,Castilian Spanish & English.

I live near Miami, and the majority of the population either speaks spanish, is rude, or speaks rude spanish lol. I just want to be able to say this to them to get my point accross! (they came here from 'wherever' because it's better, but refuse to learn the language?!?!?!)
Go read this, you'll see why it p*isses me off.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=24475272&blogID=246980610&Mytoken=77F48680-7CB7-4114-BD28609AA88158306325874

And "bella" and "come break me down", you're both idiots. There are Immigration laws for a Reason.
Mr.Inquisitor.

You're one of the people I'm upset with. Yes, I realize I'm in miami and that I'm the minority here, but you fail to get it through your obviously brick-thick skull that Miami is a part of the UNITED STATES, in which ENGLISH is the national language. Would you move to Germany and expect it's residents to cater to your language deficiency? I think not.

I'd really love for you to read my blog (link above). And feel free to spout some more horse-s*hit at it. I won't even waste my time deleting it. I'd like eveyrone who reads it to see the fault in your reasoning.

History of the Southwest:
12000-15000 years occupation by migrants from Asia & also
Europe.
50-100 years partial occupation by Spanish with natives.
30 years indirect control by Mexicans, many natives dead from diseases & conflict.
160 years occupation by Americans.

In Europe, Spanish is absolutely in a stronger position than Portuguese. In USA, the most popular foreign language is latin-american Spanish, especially Mexican style, because there're a lot of Mexico immigrants in USA. & In latin-america, people speak latin-american Spanish, it mainly includes Mexican, Argentine, Chilian style, & In Brazil, people speak Brazilian Portuguese, which sounds softer & more nasal than Spanish, & it shows some similarities to that of French. Brazil's been working to develop its economy and resolve societal problems, Brazil is the largest and most populous country in South America, the fifth largest country by geographical area, & its population comprises the majority of the world's Portuguese speakers. Brazil is the largest national economy in Latin America, the world's tenth largest economy at market exchange rates & the ninth largest in purchasing power parity. If you had to choose between Brazilian Portuguese & Spanish, which would you prefer to learn?

-I just heard they wanna be in control, after hearing my woman talk about her ex's who were spanish, & would demand sex 24-7, I agree.-then I see a woman paying for the dinner in a cafe & her man was spanish.

I am a High School art teacher and I have a group of Spanish speaking students who can also speak English. They are constantly giggling and laughing when they speak Spanish & I don't feel comfortable in my own classroom. I think it is great to be bilingual but I am not and I also don't feel I should have to learn Spanish. Not to make this sound rude but our national language is English and that is what we should speak first.

No babelfish please
& to a male

Even large stores have spansih clerks that blab in spanish right in front of you blah blah blah, I want to smack them in the teeth and tell them hey this is America!! Cant speak English get the &%$# out!! The audacity. We have to stop this flood of illegals!

I would like to learn the Spanish/ Castilian of Buenos Aires, Argentina, although, for many reasons, the Spanish of Mexico would be good to learn, too.

I have a language kit that purports to be of a "latin american dialect", but as this seems to cover such a vast territory, I have no idea what this means. Please advise & thank you.

Also, I have another similar, albiet slightly different, question going at the same time.

Theres got to be a difference. People call my Mexican rice 'Spanish rice' but its not right? Mexican rice: Fry white rice in oil till caramel color, add onion, garlic, chopped tomatoe or sauce & fry a minute then add broth.Cover and simmer for 15-20 min.
Then why is it on those ' instant spanish rice' packets the grains look like they haven't exploded?
Okay, I'm Mexican and this is pretty much how my family makes it. I'd like to hear from someone that is Spanish.I should have know that there would be so many variations.
Saffron! THATS the difference everybody!...But I still want the recipe!

I'm pet sitting for my neighbor & they speak spanish only at home. Just curious if the dog will understand me in english.