The Spanish Language
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learning Spanish background and basics. Where is Spanish? An official language? A global Spanish speaking community. If you know the Spanish language, you open yourself up to a whole world of Spanish speakers that spans continental borders. There are slightly more than 400 million Spanish speakers worldwide, making it the second most spoken language worldwide, behind Chinese and ahead of English in third place. It's also the second most spoken language in North America, behind English and the most spoken in South America. Just barely beating Brazilian Portuguese, you can find Spanish speakers spread the planet in Spain and most of the Latin American world countries, including Mexico and Central and South America. Spanish is the official language of 20 countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. It's also the official language of the territory of Puerto Rico. And did you know that even though Spanish isn't an official language of the United States, which has no official language, there are more combined native and non native speakers in the United States than there are even people living in Spain. That's right for many people living in the US, especially in places like Florida, the American Southwest and densely populated cities. You likely don't even have to leave your town or local community to find Spanish speakers to talk to. How long does learning to speak Spanish? Take learning. Any new skill takes an investment of time and effort. Whether playing a musical instrument, cooking a new recipe or practicing a sport, learning a language like Spanish is no exception. It requires a regular commitment and a willingness to challenge yourself and stick with it even when it gets tough. When it comes to learning the basics of a new language. Many experts say that with about 15 minutes of language, study a day, you can learn the basics of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation in about three weeks, enough to have a simple conversation in your new language. The United States Foreign Service Institute rank Spanish as a category one language, meaning it takes around 24 weeks to reach professional working proficiency. To build any skill you need the right tools and teachers, the more access you have to resources that fit your learning style and fit into your schedule, the better you'll be at making quick progress towards your goal. Determining how long it takes to learn Spanish or any other language depends on how often you practice, how well equipped you are to learn and even your attitude. What is the Spanish learning process? The path towards Spanish fluency reaching Spanish fluency is a multi step learning process. You'll start with beginner Spanish, then build on your knowledge with intermediate level Spanish before you begin to master the most advanced Spanish topics. But what exactly happens at each of these levels in the journey to becoming fluent in Spanish beginner level Spanish? When you first start learning Spanish, you'll learn the basics of beginner Spanish enough to be able to carry a basic conversation with a Spanish speaker. This likely includes beginner Spanish vocabulary about introducing yourself in Spanish, talking about where you're from, describing a few of the characteristics of people. Places things in the world around you and asking questions in Spanish. To get the information you need to express yourself and beginner Spanish, you'll need to know how to form simple sentences so you'll learn basic Spanish verb congregations, verb forms and pronounce like Yo, I two, you No. So trust no. So trust we A Yes, A. Yes, they and more. The Spanish verbs ser and estar to be will become quite familiar to you as well. When you learn Spanish for beginners, you'll also learn how Spanish nuns work, what it means in Spanish, for announced to have a gender, masculine or feminine, and how Spanish adjectives must agree with those mountains in gender number, singular or plural. All of this means you'll need to build up your Spanish vocabulary with a solid foundation of some of the most common Spanish verbs, Spanish adjectives and Spanish now owns.