r/learnspanish

I had AI translate this from English but I wanted to make sure it makes sense:

"Hola,

Por seguridad, por favor NO trabajen cerca del borde del patio del lado derecho ni en ninguna área donde vean cables eléctricos. Por favor, manténganse al menos a 10 pies de distancia de los cables eléctricos, árboles y ramas en esas áreas.

El martes por la noche hubo un incendio en los árboles debido a un problema con los cables eléctricos. Las áreas cerca de los cables eléctricos todavía pueden ser peligrosas. También todavía se escucha un zumbido que viene de los cables eléctricos, así que estamos esperando a que la compañía de electricidad regrese, arregle los cables defectuosos y corte los árboles de manera segura.

Por favor, no corten, no toquen ni trabajen cerca de ningún árbol o rama en esas áreas hasta que la compañía de electricidad se encargue de eso.

Cuando vengan la próxima semana, por favor toquen el timbre y hablen conmigo primero para confirmar si la compañía de electricidad ya arregló los cables eléctricos.

Gracias."

Will they understand my concerns?

I am trying to learn spanish. I can read it better than I can speak it. Can someone who have achieved fluency in spanish give me some useful techniques on learning the language? I've taught myself sentences and phrases that pertains to my job but when the customer speaks back I'm at a lost. Please help me! Lol

As forewarned earlier this year, Learner.org shut its "internet doors" today permanently. It is no longer hosting videos of its Destinos series, along with a variety of other content that it has hosted online for over 20 years.

However, you can still find Destinos at The Internet Archive, where it should be hosted indefinitely. (In fact, there is a link on that page to download the entire series to your computer, should you wish.)

If you're a beginner in learning Spanish and have never watched Destinos, this is a great time to seize the opportunity. Many other redditors can sing the praises of Destinos better than I... and I hope you do in the comments!

Other than “La cuenta”, I’ve heard people say three permutations of cobrar:

—cóbrate, porfa.
—me cobras, porfa.
—te cobro, porfa.

They all feel grammatically weird. What do Spaniards actually say?

What is this word?

I feel like a fucking idiot I've been learning this language for 5 years! I just cannot grasp it. I learn new phrases then forget the basics. I listen to conversations, watch Spanish tv with Spanish subtitles...I get by with subtitles but identifying the words people are saying without this I find really hard, even when listening to conversations I maybe pick 3 words up in a sentence.

My partner is Spanish and I think friends and family are fed up with my inability to pick up the language. I'm quite happy not to speak or have friends but the feeling of being a let down to people I regularly interact with is really getting me down. I thought by now I'd be able to hold a semi functional conversation but no.

If anyone is as braindead as me, please how did you get around this?

Just looking to learn some Spanish. Let me know if you're willing to help and/or want to learn English. Thanks

Okay so hey everyone, I’m tryna learn Spanish but I’m genuinely clueless and my memory is lowkey terrible, but I’m determined to learn. I figured if I have someone to speak Spanish with (texts, vm(possibly) calls at some point) then I’d get better, you can’t really fully learn a language without speaking it on a daily base. I need sometime to keep me accountable and I can also do the same!

Trying to get cheesy with a Spanish girl I'm into, and standard English lines aren't going to cut it.
Drop your best Spanish phrases, nicknames, or absolute cringe-worthy pickup lines below. Bonus points if they actually work, but I'll gladly take the hilariously awful ones too. Let's see what you've got!

So I’m getting my first EVER tattoo - it’s in Spanish. I’m 99% sure the sentence is correct but could someone who speaks Spanish fluently please double check it for me?

It is “Tiene una marca en el alma”

Why subjunctive in this sentence?

In response to a Duolingo story question, I wrote the following:

“El ruido en la cocina ocurrió porque Óscar dejó la ventana abierta y el viento hizo que una de las pinturas de Óscar cayera de la pared.”

In the last line, as I typed “cay,” intending to write “cayó,” autofill offered the word “cayera.” I used it instead, and my response was marked correct. But I’m not sure why the subjunctive would be used here instead of past indicative, since the painting actually did fall off the wall.

Hola tengo una pregunta sobre la diferencia entre estas frases (principalmente las primeras tres). He escuchados todas y sigo sin entender si hay una diferencia o no. Soy un estudiante en la prepa y inglés es mi idioma nativo, perdóname si esta no fue la comunidad correcta para preguntar esto en, solo ando un poco confundido.

Por mi entendimiento:

Me hace
Solo lo he escuchado en la frase “me hace sentir” para describir que sentís algo por culpa de un evento/una cosa/persona/acción etc etc

Me tiene
No sé exactamente el contexto para usar esto pero creo que es como quizás sobre cosas un poco más abstractas o que no son físicas, como una acción de alguien o un concepto en la mente

Me pone
Google dice que es solo para ordenar comida en una restaurante pero también lo he escuchado en otros contextos como “me puse enfermo” o “me pone vergüenza…” soooo realmente no sé

Me da
Ni idea… solo he oído “me da gusto” pero tal vez hay otras fresas que incluye ‘me da’

Me va
Solo he oído “me va bien/mal”

Gracias :D

I have a pretty good vocabulary and understanding of spanish and can speak about advanced topics, but i find them im thinking too much about the words and my pronunciation too much. I speak slowly as a result and tend to pause a lot. What can help me improve to be quicker and more autopilot?