When we arrived in Spain at the beginning of the month, I discovered that very few people spoke good English, and since we didn’t know Spanish, I decided to start learning Spanish with Duolingo. I studied for an hour daily and learned a few words to help us communicate in shops and restaurants. In stores where they don’t understand English, I used the keywords I’d learned, like bread (el pan), milk (la leche), and water (la agua).
In companies and at school, everyone asked us if we could say anything in their language, and they all pointed at me and said that I was learning. They always asked me what I knew and taught me something new daily. But after a few days, we were swamped with work, and I didn’t have time to continue studying. However, after talking to the students, they told us that Spanish is complicated and challenging to learn, especially their verbs. Since then, I haven’t used Duolingo, but I learned some words by hearing people talk on buses, in companies, and school. But it’s hard to understand people here because they speak fast. Now, I see that it is better to learn Spanish from Spanish people than from the Duolingo app because it is easier. Our classmates were very helpful and always helped us if we needed something. For example, when I went out to eat with Tjaša, we didn’t know how to order food. We texted our Spanish classmate, and he translated it. We showed it to the waitress, and then she knew what we wanted.
I’m happy that I learned a lot of new words here because maybe I will need them in the future.