Hello everyone, my name is Lindie, and I am South African.
And I like...learning languages.
Yes, I did say that I was never gonna learn Spanish,
that is true,
but I would like to make something clear here
that is that people change.
Reasons for learning a language change,
situations change.
I mean, if you are still the same person you were 5 years ago
I would be concerned.
I thought that I would rather make a video focusing on exactly why I am learning Spanish.
A part from the reason that 'l like languages'.
So I would thought like, 'mmh, you know, Spanish is everywhere, do I really need to learn it now?'
You know, it's always gonna be there.
So, I was never really interested in it for the sake of it as a language.
But I've always been listening to Spanish music.
I find Spanish Worship music, like Spanish Christian music
really really nice.
Compared to some English Worship music that we have.
So, I've always been listening to Spanish music which
is one of the reasons that I would have become interested in Spanish.
Secondly, like I was saying "situations change"
So, since moving to Singapore I've really gotten out of my introvert shell
and going to a lot more language events such as
"Mundo Lingo" which happens every Thursday in case you live in Singapore
Just look it up on Facebook, or Meetup "Mundo Lingo".
It's a polyglot meetup where people
wear flags of the languages that they speak, and you just mingle and hang out with people and you can practice the languages you're learning.
Almost everyone at "Mundo Lingo" speaks Spanish, and I've been searching for a few other language meetups
and one of the groups they have here in Singapore is a Japanese-Spanish Meetup.
And I was really surprised by how much Spanish I understood.
Actually, not surprised, because I know how much Spanish I understand, because of my background in French. Very very similar.
So I have the big problem that I can understand what a conversation is about
I could have someone talk to me and I would be able to paraphrase what they are saying in general.
But I won't be able to reply in Spanish. I cannot conjugate verbs. I cannot formulate sentences.
But when people give me that information, I'm able to comprehend it, but I cannot give the information back.
I'm participating in the "Lingoda Marathon", which is three months of intensive Spanish lessons.
And I thought it is such a great opportunity to take part in it.
It's kind of a situation where you are encouraged to really learn
Spanish seriously, or any other language if you are doing the marathon. That's in another video. Guys, you can check that out.
But now that I'm really, like, there's an outside force of motivation like it's a challenge. It's a motivation. It's just three months
Let's see how much I can get done. The competitive spirit in me is like, let me try it and see.
The other reason is that my mom is learning Spanish and my mom and I have always sort of learned patches of languages together
We're always really interested in different cultures and music. I remember when I was visiting my mom in Japan
They would put on our laptops and we would search for music from different countries
Like we would think of a random country like Venezuela or Iceland or Fiji, and we'd like look up the music from that country.
So my mom and I have always been super interested in different languages and cultures. When I started learning Hungarian
She learned some Hungarian too.
We actually started learning Korean together, and she's participated in some of my Afrikaans videos for my Afrikaans channel.
so hello Mom, if you're watching this, I mean 'Hello Mom' (in Spanish).
Yes, that is another reason.
I would like to learn Spanish, sort of at the same time as her, so we can
throw some phrases and... because my mom and I like to mix
languages when we talk to each other. Like I was saying, people change, situations change, by situations
I mean, you know, I'm hearing so much Spanish around me now.
It is one of the most popular languages in Singapore to learn, outside of Chinese and English.
And yes, I have decided that I will really be serious about my Spanish studies.
So,
thank you guys for supporting me. I've gotten so many messages from Spanish speakers who are saying "if you ever need anything you can contact
me" and I really really appreciate it.
But also I would like to apologize in advance, just because I get so many messages from you guys.
I'm unable to reply to everything individually, which is very difficult for you because you're all so friendly and so nice.
But I will be putting updates on my Instagram and my Twitter.
So if I do have questions, I'll post them there
And I know that there's a really supportive community out there ready to answer. So thank you very very much for that
That really means a lot.
Yes, so I will be making some updates of my Spanish progress
so please stay tuned and let's see if I progress. 'Thank you very much for...
watching my video' and
I will see you guys in the next video. Bye bye.