Yeah, it's America speak English but a LARGE portion of America speaks Spanish as well. Are you even trying to learn the language of the people who do a great deal of work here? especially those of you who live in California.
I've taken 4 years of Spanish so I know how to communicate pretty well.
gamerfan11
No, not really. If they don'twant to learn english that's their problem. And they don't. They are just here to earn some money to send back home. They have no intrest in putting in the effort to learn to communicate.
I'm in the UK. We don't even get that many Spanish tourists, let alone people who live here. The language would be useless to me, and I've never bothered learn it.
But having said that, I do study Latin and Ancient Greek..... not one dead language, but two, heh. But I only do that because I enjoy it.
I did learn French for a while, but don't remember enough anymore to actually talk to a French person. Oh well. Not planning to go to France in the near future.
NO! We live in America and we speak English. You dont go to Germany and learn a different language other than German do you? If you come to America LEARN ENGLISH! I am currently learning French b/c i want to go to France or a Francophone country. I will not be arrogant like our neighbors to the south and go to another country and not learn the language.
Why is the usa bending over backwards for the Mexican people? We have people here from all nations and they all have enough respect to learn English and come here legally. What about the rights of all the people here of American descent from all countries in Europe, Africa, Native Americans, and others who all speak English? Illegal aliens from Mexico are getting welcomed like they are the only ones that matter, with sactuary cities being set aside just for them. It's totally unfair to EVERYONE else.
Yeah, it's America speak English but a LARGE portion of America speaks Spanish as well. Are you even trying to learn the language of the people who do a great deal of work here? especially those of you who live in California.
I've taken 4 years of Spanish so I know how to communicate pretty well.
gamerfan11
i would ask the same question to the mexicans and other foreigners, are they even trying to learn english??? Your question is too one sided :P
oddly enough, there are only 2 guys i work with who are trying to learn english (also take classes) one is korean and other is spanish.............i think. there is another spanish guy who has worked at the same store for god knows how long and still talks mainly in spanish.............go figure.
Yeah, it's America speak English but a LARGE portion of America speaks Spanish as well. Are you even trying to learn the language of the people who do a great deal of work here? especially those of you who live in California.
I've taken 4 years of Spanish so I know how to communicate pretty well.
gamerfan11
Yeah no. If I plan on going to Mexico or Spain I'll speak spanish, if they are here they can speak english.
Yeah, I took a few years to spanish, I'm not that good at it, and I resent it being implied that I should adapt for others. I don't go to mexico and expect them to learn English for me, why shouldn't they simply learn english like the rest of us.
no because america is MY country and if someone comes here they better adapt to MY rules
if a large group of white americans went to mexico, and essentially forced the citizens there to learn english you liberals would have a hissy fit. America = English language wether its official or not
[QUOTE="whos_next000"]No. It's a free country, dammit. We can speak whatever language we want and so can they.gamerfan11
It's about knowing how to understand and communicate with others around you who speak different languages.
in my experience, I've encountered very few situations in which I have actually needed to understand Spanish-speaking people. It's typically them who have initiated contact with me in an attempt to ask me for something. if I can't understand them, it usually tends to be their loss, not mine.
Now, that's not to say that I have a problem with them speaking exclusively Spanish. I just don't care. If that's working out for them, good for them. But I'm not going to go out of my way to understand them when I get by just fine as it is.
I have taken it for a couple years but I learned a large portion from my mother who is a native spanish speaker, being from spain :) . That is why I dislike the curriculum of my school because it mostly deals with Mexico; so you screw the vosotros form.
taking AP Spanish, my fifth consecutive year of it. I can kind of speak it, kind of understand it, but definately need alot more work to become fluent in it.
No. Last time I checked, this is America and the language that is spoken here is English.
Hewkii
internationalism ftw.
When I go to Mexico, I will not speak english but speak whatever Spanish I can to communicate. When I go to Japan - I will not speak english but whatever Japanese I know. When I go to the Philippines, I will not speak english but whatever Filipino I know.
You getting my point?
So why is it, that I - living here in the U.S. - have to learn a language that is spoken by someone from another country - when it is they that come here? Why is that every other Nationality that comese to the US makes the effort to learn english but when it comes to Spanish it is the other way around?
Yeah i'm in AP Spanish 5 and I'm a Junior in High School. I can pretty much have a conversation with someone. I'm also taking Chinese lol but that's pretty **** hard haha
I dont see whats the big deal with this, There are tons of chinese in usa and i dont see u learning no mandarin :?. And no i dont need to cuz spanish is my first language.
I dont see whats the big deal with this, There are tons of chinese in usa and i dont see u learning no mandarin :?. And no i dont need to cuz spanish is my first language.TanKLoveR
Same here, But Spanish is an important language nowdays, they should try.
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