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Languages are much more complex than just knowing a few words. So let’s stop claiming to speak languages just because you know a few words and phrases. It’s perfectly fine to say you’re learning a language or you’re really interested in a certain language but to claim that you speak a language when you can’t even formulate a full sentence in it just doesn’t make sense to me. I speak four languages and I have a degree in French and Spanish, but this only happens to me when I tell people I speak Spanish. Spanish is just one of those languages that because of its proximity to English, people think that they can speak it. Spanish is somewhat understandable. There are many words that you can guess in both written and speaking by being able to understand something does not mean you have full proficiency in a language. This is very different to French where I feel like it is very difficult to pretend to speak French. You would have to know a lot of of the grammar and vocabulary to be able to have a proficient conversation in French. Spanish is in a lot of tv shows and series nowadays and I know people backpack around Latin America so they have an interest in learning Spanish or have picked up words when travelling around Latin America but that doesn’t mean you are fluent in a language and you shouldn’t claim to be. Saying things like ‘ I can order a beer in Spanish’ reduces the language to it just being used as a means to an end to satisfy your requests. I also think because a lot of Brits travel to Spain and pick up a few words, they think that this now means that they speak the language but it absolutely does not. ##language##spanish##travel##latinamerica##polyglot

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