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Originally Posted by EddyTheDog
I am afraid after 10 years living in Spain I am embarrassed by my Spanish - However I am far from being out of the ordinary - Apart from the kids who live here hardly any English speakers learn Spanish...
English speakers - Including Americans - are the laziest in that regard.....
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But can you survive? Can you ask about prices, wheris the bathroom, what's your number honey and I'm hungry —- that enough!
I Lerner a few Portuguese words that aren't Portuguese but are used by everyone. Shvheter is sweater, for example. People from San Michael (Miguel) use the official word but in the area, it's Americanized.
You have balls to move to another country not knowing the langusge. That takes real,gumption.