i moved to spain about a month ago and i will be finishing my high school here...and my parents are taking me to a spanish school and i dont speak spanish, the high school is opening very soon and every time i think about it my heart beats so fast!!! please give me some advice??

I'm hispanic and my parents are fluent spanish speakers but I cannot speak fluent spanish. I can understand most of the language and I can have simple conversations in spanish but I can't speak it as if it was english for me. What can I do to learn how to speak the language? Besides just being around the language at home. Are there any programs that could help me, like rossetta stone? The only problem with that is that i feel like i already know too much.

My neighbors' parents were born in the country of Mexico and both speak English and Spanish fluently.

Anyhow, today at work someone said, "He speaks Mexican good (sic)." and I corrected him by saying, "Mexican is not a language. Do you mean Spanish?". He said, "No. There's a difference between Mexican and Spanish."

So, when I saw my neighbors I asked them. They told me there was a difference but couldn't explain what the difference was.

My thought is that American and Australians have venacular common to their culture, but we don't say that we speak American. We speak English.

So, I'm lost. Is Mexican a language and, if so, what's the difference between Mexican and Spanish?

I guess that it is my job. ( both parents job )
Spanish language is the Second Most Spoken in the WORLD!

The MOST Spoken in the Western Hemisphere
( Continental America )
and,...

The Second most Spoken in the U.S.A.

My boyfriend is mexican and although he was born and raised here and speaks prefect english, i would like to be able to hold a converstion with his parents. I also want to surprise him.

Guess what, we are here for opportunity. My people will learn eventually. My parents learned in time when they came to the U.S and they are now succesfull.

There are other spanish speaking Latinos to worry about. Also, check out the Spaniards. They're white and they speak Spanish. In fact, because of their conquests years ago in Latin America, Mexicans speak spanish because their ancestors were forced to learn by the Spaniards. The Spaniards were the first Spanish speakers just like the British were the first English speakers.

By the way, I'm not racist. In fact, I hope to visit Spain someday as well as Japan.

Also, not all Mexicans are brown. I'm white skinned. A lot of people have thought that I'm not Mexican until I start talking like one.

By the way, I learned in James Clavell's Shogun that language is the key to survival in any country.

VIVA LA RAZA!
By the way, I was born an American citizen thus making me Mexican-American. I'm not an immigrant. My parents have been American citizens for 4 or 5 years now. I helped them study for their exams.

Guess what, we are here for opportunity. My people will learn eventually. My parents learned in time when they came to the U.S and they are now succesfull.

There are other spanish speaking Latinos to worry about. Also, check out the Spaniards. They're white and they speak Spanish. In fact, because of their conquests years ago in Latin America, Mexicans speak spanish because their ancestors were forced to learn by the Spaniards. The Spaniards were the first Spanish speakers just like the British are the first English speakers.

By the way, I'm not racist. In fact, I hope to visit Spain someday as well as Japan.

Also, not all Mexicans are brown. I'm white skinned. A lot of people have thought that I'm not Mexican until I start talking like one.

By the way, I learned in James Clavell's Shogun that language is the key to survival in any country.

VIVA LA RAZA!

Hello. I am a Mexican and I am willing to join the US army but I don't know how. My parents don't support my decision so I don't know how to get more information about this. I can speak fluent English, I studied in private schools but I really want to join the US army. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

yea my parents and i have a very weird relationship,
they dont speak english and i dont speak spanish, they can understand english and i can understand spanish but thats it. we understand eachother just fine though is that weird ive lived like this my whole life am i the only one? i lived just outside of dallas my whole life and never really had use spanish in school or to my friends so inever used it. im just wondering is there a generation of hispanics that dont know how to speak spanish very well.

I've always been sort of amazed at how my Mexican classmates speak English and Spanish fluently. I can't even speak my own language which is kind of a shame.. Although I understand completely. So US born Spaniards/Mexicans, did your parents teach you? I'm very curious. Thank you.

And if you dont do you wish your parents would have taught you? I speak spanish but i have cousins who dont because my uncles didnt want them to speak spanish.

I absolutely love both of my astounding parents - mom who is white and father who is one hundred percent mexican. I'd say from a personal standpoint, I look 75% mexican and 25% white but usually, people assume that I am full mexican at first glance. However, I dont speak spanish! While I never really feel embarassed or rebuked at times when people/friends say: "What! no habla espanol?", I really would like to become very fluent at one point time or another, at least before I graduate from UC Irvine. Im 18 now, and I've taken quite a few spanish classes but it just seems that the workload from other classes always tends to outdo the actual learning aspect of spanish - in other words, I usually find myself studying just for the grade itself, rather than learning the language in its completeness (again, due to the workload of other classes). I really would like to study spanish during the summer/winter, when classes aren't so darn harsh. Are there any programs that you guys recommend?

My GF is really into family. I love her a lot and I know her parents do not speak hardly any English. So do you think this would show her that I really care for her if I signed up for a Spanish class and learned how to speak it well enough so I could hold conversations with her parents?

some latinos who are born and raised in the USA dont speak nothing in spanish, while their parents speak spanish,

why is that ?

I have been dating a guy whose parents immigrated from Mexico, he speaks both Spanish and English, and I have picked up some Spanish while I've been with him. I would like to learn some words and phrases though to use when it's just the two of us. Nothing too crass Just something to surprise him with. Thanks for your help!

Im being honest my parents speak tex mex here is south texas, but they taught me banana is platano is banana in spanish and limon is lemon, were they wrong?

Im hispanic and my parents didnt raise me to speak spanish . I know a lil bit but not enough to carry on a conversation . I really want to learn spanish becuase i feel left out when we are with family and im the only one that dosent know what they are talking about . Please help me .

I am tryign to speak english at home but my parents and relatives say we must speak spanish. I tell them that we are in america and that we need to learn the language but they just laugh and say no. My brothers and sisters don't speak good english becuase of my lazy parents. I know americans are tired of us being lazy for not learning the langauge, how can I help?

i know its spanish, but its not like mexicans speak it.is it like dialect or something? my parents are from nicaragua(mom from corinto,my dad from Managua) but Mexican people think i speak spanish weird.... how is it different and what are some words that we use differently?

I am half Filipino and half Puerto Rican and was raised in the US. Both my parents speak Spanish fluently and I understand it. I however, don't speak Spanish I don't have much of an accent when I speak. Whenever someone that speaks Spanish finds out that I don't speak Spanish fluently they look disgusted. Like now I'm not Puerto Rican enough. Anyone have the same experience?