I want to surprise my bf by learning spanish, what’s the most efficient way?
My boyfriend and his family are fluent spanish speakers. I can definitely understand some simple things they talk about because it was a required class in school. Even after taken it for four years i don’t understand everything though, i honestly was there for the grade. I’ve always wanted to learn it’s just that the classes were very boring (no disrespect to the language, just the curriculum 😭).
I was with my boyfriend and his mom and she was talking to him about something and he said “you know she can understand you right?” kinda put me on the spot because i know spanish but i don’t know enough to pick up what she was talking about. She asked me in spanish if i understood what she was saying and i said only a little bit, i don’t know that much. i felt like i disappointed her a little bit, and myself as well. I am Puerto Rican because of my dad but i grew up with my mom (and english speaker) so there wasn’t much for me to learn in the house.
Me and my boyfriend do talk in spanish’s sometimes and i love it so much because it’s like we’re bonding. I really want to learn so i can be able to surpise them and also be included in conversations with his mom.
If you guys have any tips please let me know. I’ve tried using duolingo before but after seeing some reviews of their information, being kind of a waste of time I gave up on that.