First off - I have a lot of respect for people who speak multiple languages. My husband is first generation polish and that is so hard to learn!
People have said that Danielle’s Spanish isn’t that great. Those who are fluent Spanish speakers, how are Ashley’s skills?
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spanish speaker here, ashley would’ve at least said “yo no SOY warren buffet” unlike daniele’s “yo no warren buffet” lmao. so yes, ashley’s spanish is much better imo
I think so
I’m not a fluent speaker of Spanish, but I feel like I understand Ashley more and she puts in effort. If she doesn’t know how to say something, she will admit that. I’m not sure if Danielle does that.
Same! She talks slow and I’m like look at me! I understand!
Ashely’s Spanish is fine. We don’t know how long she’s been speaking it, I think. She has more vocabulary and fluency than Danielle. She just needs to review verb tenses for better accuracy. If she fully immersed herself in a Spanish-speaking place she’d improve quickly (unlike Danielle who sounds exactly the same despite having lived in DR)
Yes, I think Ashley’s Spanish is better than Danielle’s and she is also more persistent in finding ways to explain herself when she doesn’t know a word. But you also make a good point about Danielle’s Spanish not improving AT ALL despite living in a Spanish speaking country
As a fellow Spanish learner who is pretty good now, Ashley seems quite confident where Daniele will resort to Spanglish quite quickly. With a bit more in-country experience I think Ashley would be quite good as it’s mostly her directly translating English phrases and using overly simple Spanish that betrays her skills.
As an aside Ashley has a big advantage with Ecuadorian spanish being a lot more hospitable to an English ear than Dominican Spanish, which tends to end words not fully pronounced.
Yes my husband is Ecuadorian and it’s much easier to understand a Spanish than any other Spanish I’ve heard. He also said Ashley was much better
He speaks so clearly and slowly it’s great for someone who is still learning!
Ashley’s much better at getting her point across.
WHAT DID DANIELLE FIND OUT ABOUT YOHAN? (Previews of next week)
Ashley is much better even though neither is perfect, Ashley uses verbs better and has better vocabulary. I noticed when she doesn’t know a word she finds a way to work around it. Again neither is good but Danielle’s is rudimentary / crude
Ashley’s Spanish isn’t great (she called vegan meat “imaginary meat”) but is way better than and more confidently spoken than Danielle’s. I feel like Danielle just doesn’t give a fuck and doesn’t bother learning or correcting herself.
Ashley knows more words but uses them as a toddler that was not explained grammar (no shade). I feel this is what happens when you download duolingo and progress to level 15 and asume you got it, without ever practicing with live speakers.
But Kudos for her on trying, she does not sound as conceited as our little bankrupted warren buffet
Ashley seems far more comfortable speaking Spanish
I feel bad making fun of anyone who is at least trying to speak their partner’s language. Usually the Americans don’t even bother. Good on both of them.
They’re getting there. When I try to speak spanish a lot of it is hand gestures and a word or two. Lol.
Yes.
Yes. Ashley has to learn how to conjugate verbs and needs to drop all the excess pronouns that she uses, but she seems motivated. If Manuel sticks around, she’ll get plenty of practice and improve quickly. Danielle, on the other hand, sounds like Tarzan from the old 1930s movies. She seems to think that she’s doing just fine but, in reality, her communication with Yohan is rudimentary. On top of that, she slips into English whenever the topic gets a little complicated and expects Yohan to understand her. It all goes hand-in-hand with her personality (which, of course, stinks).
Spanish from the DR tends to be ghetto Spanish and Danielle prob learned Spanish from New York Ricans and Nueva Yol Dominicans. They barely speak English well and their Spanish is terrible.