Yep. Reading a book or watching a movie in Spanish is as easy as English to me. Speaking? I can definitely hold a conversation but it won’t be fluid or elegant at all.
To be fair I spend a ton more time listening to Spanish than speaking it. Consuming content is easy, social interactions hard lmao
arrow74@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
So very much this, I’ve been living in a foreign country for 6 months now and taking language classes. I can eavesdrop better than just about any other skill. Including understanding when spoke too directly.
Doesn’t help basically everyone speaks English.
M137@lemmy.today 1 week ago
I get this with my native language which country I still live in, Sweden, because I’m stuck at home the vast majority of the time due to illness and basically only read and watch things in English. So when I do get out I often forget Swedish words and have generally speak badly, it’s kinda funny.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
You would have been SUCH a successful spy 40 years ago when top secret stuff was still mainly via face to face conversations 😁
arrow74@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Them: Papiere bitte
Me: What? Uhhh I mean, was?