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Steve's Language Learning Tips, How I Learned Spanish

How I Learned Spanish

Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here today. I'm going to talk about how I learned Spanish. Uh, if you enjoy these videos, please subscribe. You can click on the mail and get the notifications. So I've done some video. I did one on how I learned French and another one on how I learned Mandarin Chinese. So I thought I would do one on how I learned Spanish.

Spanish has been with me for 60 years. You know, I started thinking about it. When did I first... what about what about my first encounter with Spanish? And so I entered the McGill university at the age of 16 and not really knowing what to study. I took, uh, two courses of English, two courses of French and one course of Spanish.

Each of the two years, I only stayed at McGill for two years. Then I basically hitchhiked on a boat going across the Atlantic and ended up studying in Europe for three years. But in the first year, you know, I have to hand it to the professor we had, we just started right into reading. I remember we had a story called La Barraca by Blasco Ibáñez, about these agricultural workers, very tough conditions, somewhere near Valencia

if I remember correctly. He was a very pleasant man, you know, relatively young professor, like in his thirties in those days. And, uh, we pick our way through it. It was painful because you know, every second word you didn't know, but there was a sort of a glossary there. And, and so I thought that was a great thing to do.

And I can't remember what we did in the second year. Uh, mostly I remember that, uh, near the university, there were two places that I would go to, uh, once every couple of weeks or so. One was a, um, sort of a bar cafe near the university where, uh, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, maybe there was a guitarist playing a Spanish guitar music, and I would order a cup of, uh, Sherry.

And I thought I was very, uh, you know, international or something. Uh, and then there was another place called La Asociación Española, nearby where you walk down and it was dark. And there was these, these men in their forties and fifties, uh, Who would always be there playing Dominos. And for me again, I'd go there and have a beer

and I think while I'm kind of in Spain. So that was kind of my first introduction to Spanish. And then I have, I had he's since passed away, but I had an uncle who lived in Chile. And when he heard that I was studying Spanish, he started cutting out newspaper clippings from El Mercurio, which was maybe still is,

uh, one of the main newspapers down there. And so again, I would be trying to read these articles from El Mercurio, underlining words that I didn't know, which was a lot of them and looking them up and again, very painstaking, but it again connected me to Chile another Spanish speaking country, obviously.

So, you know, very early in my Spanish connection was this sort of fascination with countries where they speak Spanish. Of course it was very painstaking to do that. It's not like LingQ where you can go into our Spanish library, find, you know, something of interest maybe or bring in, you know, import an article from El Mercurio and start looking up words automatically, click through the flashcards, all the different things that we can do at LingQ.

Uh, it's just night and day. Uh, bring things in from YouTube, whatever it might be. It's, it's very different from what it was like back in those days. In those days, you worked very hard. In fact, I would say that, uh, I, one of the major motivations for me to create LingQ was that I have a number of books, particularly in Spanish and German.

I had a number of books at home, uh, in the say, call it, uh, you know, and the, uh, late nineties, but, but I had had them for a while and I would try to read them. And always there would be 10, 15 words per page that I didn't know. And it was annoying and tiring to look them up in a dictionary. So slowly, that was sort of the genesis of LingQ. At any rate.

I went to Europe, I studied there for three years. And during the, and I would hitchhike all over and during the, uh, particularly the Easter holidays, I would hitchhike into Spain. And so I think it was 1964 when I hitchhiked into Spain for the first time. And I can remember, uh, carrying my rucksack and, uh, getting on a bus in Barcelona and the people were so friendly, so friendly.

And where are you from? And, and of course I started speaking, whatever Spanish I had. And then they invited me to this bar where they shared wine with me, you know, which we poured out of this sort of container, jug sort of thing that had this long beak. And, and I would always go, I would, whenever I had the opportunity, I just loved going to Spain and hitchhiked down through Southern France.

Nîmes , Perpignan, Montpellier, into the, the Costa Costa Brava. And, uh, worked my way down as far as, uh, you know, different occasions, Cádiz, uh, and all these cities were just amazing, like, uh, Córdoba and, uh, and, uh, you know, all the, all the cities of Spain and, uh, Marbella before it was developed, uh, Seville of course.

And of course, Barcelona and so forth. So it was just a fascinating... and I would sit and if someone picks you up, when you're hitchhiking, they want to talk. That's why they pick you up. And so I would be talking, I don't know how I managed or what I had to say, but, uh, hours on end, I would be talking to truck drivers or people who picked me up and.

I can remember one truck driver. He had a dog who sat on top of his cab. And then that night he slept in his, in his cab and it's warm enough. I just slept in the ditch. Uh, the next morning he got back in with him. We kept going and I was speaking Spanish. I remember I went to, uh, the Fiesta de San Fermín in Pamplona, then run with the bulls.

But, uh, I was, you know, going to, you know, bars and. Yucking it up with people and having a great time. And so to me, Spain was, especially in those days, it was so friendly. So relaxed. Uh, the tourist business was just getting started. And then when I left, um, Europe. I mean, I went to Sciences Po in Paris and then I graduated and I started working for the Canadian government and I essentially had no contact with Spanish whatsoever... until, when I started my own business,

uh, my wife and I decided to visit Spain. And I remember on one occasion in particular for my 50th birthday, she arranged for a big meeting of a lot of friends from Sweden, from Canada, from France, people... friends, business acquaintances, and we all met. I didn't realize that she organized it without telling me, and my uncle from Sweden, uncle and aunt.

And of course my son, the one son who could come. And we did this in, uh, in Marbella. And so I've always pleasant associations, but struggling, struggling with my Spanish. And then I, uh, bought, I decided I got to read a book in Spanish. So I bought a book called El Bosque Originario by a Basque writer called Jon Juaristi

I think it is. And it's because I'm interested in the subject of, of ethnic groups and the origins of different, different ethnic groups and so forth. So I bought that book and I just fought my way through it. And, uh, without the aid of anything really leaving a lot of words that I didn't know, but I was quite familiar with the subject and therefore a lot of the vocabulary was also familiar to me, and it gave me a great sense of achievement.

Uh, so I'm trying to remember. So with that, I, my, my Spanish slowly improved, uh, then with LingQ, I started, you know, we have, you know, audio books, uh, Trafalgar, I think is one of them. I can't remember. Uh, just continued reading and listening. I remember I used to listen to, um, there were, uh, there was a podcast called El Grupo Risa, which I listened to.

It was kind of funny. I didn't understand it at all, but... so it gradually improved. I'm going to, at the end, I'm going to suggest a couple of videos where I do speak in Spanish, but I think the key thing with my Spanish is, such as it is, and it's one of the languages that I speak the best. I think after my top four, which are English, French, Japanese, and Mandarin, Spanish comes right next to those.

And I think why I've enjoyed Spanish is wherever, whatever my level was in Spanish, I was happy. Uh, if I was fighting my way through La Barraca, I was happy. If I happened that, if there happened to be a Spaniard in that, uh, you know, a bar in Montreal and I could say three things to him, I was happy.

Uh, when I was hitchhiking through Spain, I was obviously making a lot of mistakes. I was happy at every step of the way, and I think it's important to enjoy, you know, I've never had to write an exam in Spanish. I never had to worry about how accurate my grammar is, I just enjoyed the language, listening, reading, speaking, whatever it might be.

I just enjoyed it. And I think that's a good attitude to have in a language. And I've enjoyed my... oh, I should mention, I also visited Mexico and we spoke some Spanish there, of course. And we were in Peru and in Argentina. So I'm continuing to have this very pleasant, enjoyable connection with the Spanish language.

Something that I will continue to have and people will point out that I don't get this right or don't get that right. And I don't speak as well as this person or that person, doesn't matter at all. It doesn't matter what my level is in any language. Uh, you know, my German is not as good as my Spanish and I, having an interview with a person in German,

so I decided to read some German books. And I, one that I bought a while ago called Gelassenheit beginnt im Kopf, and it means like an attitude of just take it easy, enjoy it, begins in your head. So it's not the circumstances outside you that decide whether you're going to be uptight or calm. It's how you take

these circumstances. So similarly with language learning, whatever you are doing in the language, enjoy it. You decide you're going to enjoy it. It's not the language, it's not other people that decide whether you're going to enjoy the language. You decide if you're going to enjoy the language, if you're going to appreciate what you have achieved in the language, which I do.

So with that, I'll leave it. And I'll suggest a couple of videos that you can listen to in Spanish. Uh, and, uh, you can send me any critical comments that you may have. Bye for now.

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Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here today. ||Steve|merchant|| I'm going to talk about how I learned Spanish. |voy a||||||| Uh, if you enjoy these videos, please subscribe. |||enjoy||||subscribe You can click on the mail and get the notifications. |||||||||le notifiche So I've done some video. Así que he hecho algún vídeo. I did one on how I learned French and another one on how I learned Mandarin Chinese. |||||||French||||||||| ||uno|||||francés||||||||| Hice uno sobre cómo aprendí francés y otro sobre cómo aprendí chino mandarín. So I thought I would do one on how I learned Spanish. Así que pensé en hacer uno sobre cómo aprendí español.

Spanish has been with me for 60 years. ||ha estado|||| El español me acompaña desde hace 60 años. You know, I started thinking about it. Sabes, empecé a pensar en ello. When did I first... what about what about my first encounter with Spanish? ||||||||||encounter|| ||||||||||encuentro|| When did I first... what about what about my first encounter with Spanish? ¿Cuándo tuve mi primer encuentro con el español? And so I entered the McGill university at the age of 16 and not really knowing what to study. |||enrolled in|||||||||||||| |||entered||McGill|||||||||||| ||||||||||||||sin saber||| Así que entré en la universidad McGill con 16 años y sin saber muy bien qué estudiar. I took, uh, two courses of English, two courses of French and one course of Spanish. Hice dos cursos de inglés, dos de francés y uno de español. Я взял, э-э, два курса английского, два курса французского и один курс испанского языка.

Each of the two years, I only stayed at McGill for two years. |||||||stayed||||| Sólo permanecí dos años en McGill. Каждый из двух лет я оставался только два года в университете Макгилл. 这两年,我在麦吉尔都只呆了两年。 Then I basically hitchhiked on a boat going across the Atlantic and ended up studying in Europe for three years. |||caught a ride|||||||||||||||| |||fatto l'autostop|||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||terminé||||||| |||hitchhiked|||boat||||Atlantic||ended||to study||in Europa||| Luego hice autostop en un barco que cruzaba el Atlántico y acabé estudiando en Europa durante tres años. Затем я в основном путешествовал по Атлантике на автостопе на лодке и провел три года учебы в Европе. But in the first year, you know, I have to hand it to the professor we had, we just started right into reading. ||||||||надо отдать должное|||||||||мы||||| |||||||||||||||we||||||| ||||||||||dar crédito|||||||||||| Aber im ersten Jahr, wissen Sie, muss ich es dem Professor geben, den wir hatten. Wir haben gerade angefangen zu lesen. Pero en el primer año, ya sabes, tengo que reconocérselo al profesor que tuvimos, empezamos directamente a leer. 但是在第一年,你知道,我必须把它交给我们的教授,我们才刚刚开始阅读。 I remember we had a story called La Barraca by Blasco Ibáñez, about these agricultural workers, very tough conditions, somewhere near Valencia ||||||||Лачуга||Бласко Ибаньес|Ибаньес|||||||||| ||||||||barrack||Blasco Ibáñez = Blasco Ibáñez|Ibáñez|||farming|||harsh|||| |||||||the|barrack||Blasco|Ibáñez|||agricultural|||||somewhere|vicino|Valencia ||||||||la barraca||Blasco Ibáñez|Ibáñez|||agrícolas|||duras|||cerca de|Valencia Recuerdo que teníamos un cuento que se llamaba La Barraca, de Blasco Ibáñez, sobre estos trabajadores agrícolas, unas condiciones muy duras, en algún lugar cerca de Valencia

if I remember correctly. He was a very pleasant man, you know, relatively young professor, like in his thirties in those days. ||||||||||профессор||||тридцатые годы||| ||||||||fairly||||||||| ||||pleasant||||||||||thirties||| ||||agradable||||relativamente||||||||| 彼は当時の30代のように、とても気持ちの良い人で、比較的若い教授でした。 And, uh, we pick our way through it. Y, nos abrimos camino. そして、ええと、私たちはそれを通り抜けます。 而且,嗯,我们选择了解决之道。 It was painful because you know, every second word you didn't know, but there was a sort of a glossary there. ||doloroso|||||||||||||||||word list| ||painful|||||||||||||||||glossary| ||doloroso|||||||||||||||||glosario| Era doloroso, porque una de cada dos palabras era desconocida, pero había una especie de glosario. Это было больно, потому что, знаешь, каждое второе слово ты не знал, но там был своего рода глоссарий. 这很痛苦,因为您不知道第二个字,但是那里有一个词汇表。 And, and so I thought that was a great thing to do. |И, и так|||||||||| ||||pensé||||||| Y, y así que pensé que era una gran cosa que hacer. そして、それは素晴らしいことだと思いました。 И, так я подумал, что это отличная идея.

And I can't remember what we did in the second year. Y no recuerdo qué hicimos el segundo año. И я не могу вспомнить, что мы делали во втором году. Uh, mostly I remember that, uh, near the university, there were two places that I would go to, uh, once every couple of weeks or so. |||||||||||||||||||||пару недель|||| |mostly|||||||||||||||||||||||| |principalmente|||||cerca de|||||||||||||una vez|cada un|un par|||| Recuerdo sobre todo que, cerca de la universidad, había dos sitios a los que iba una vez cada dos semanas más o menos. Большей частью я помню, что около университета было два места, куда я ходил, раз в пару недель или так. 呃,我记得主要是在大学附近有两个地方我每隔几周左右就会去一次。 One was a, um, sort of a bar cafe near the university where, uh, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, maybe there was a guitarist playing a Spanish guitar music, and I would order a cup of, uh, Sherry. |||||||||||||||||||||гитарист|||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||guitarista = guitarist||||||||||||||fortified wine ||||||||café|||||||Friday||||||guitarist||||guitar||||||||||Sherry ||||||||||||||jueves||sábado|||||guitarrista||||||||||||||jerez Uno era una especie de bar-cafetería cerca de la universidad, donde los jueves, viernes y sábados había un guitarrista que tocaba música española y yo pedía una copa de jerez. Одно из них было, эмм, своего рода бар-кафе около университета, где по четвергам, пятницам, субботам, возможно, играл гитарист, играющий испанскую гитарную музыку, и я заказывал чашку, эмм, Шерри.

And I thought I was very, uh, you know, international or something. И|||||||||международный|| |||||||||international|| Y pensé que era muy, ya sabes, internacional o algo así. И я думал, что я очень, эмм, знаешь, международный или что-то вроде этого. Uh, and then there was another place called La Asociación Española, nearby where you walk down and it was dark. |||||||||Ассоциация Испанская|Испанская ассоциация|||||||это место|| |||||||||Association|Spanish||||||||| |||||||||Association|Spanish|nearby|||||||| |||||||||la asociación|española|cerca de|||||||| Uh, y luego había otro lugar llamado La Asociación Española, cerca de donde usted camina hacia abajo y estaba oscuro. А потом было еще одно место под названием La Asociación Española, неподалеку, куда вы спускаетесь, и там было темно. 呃,还有另一个地方叫 La Asociación Española,就在附近,你走过去那里就很黑了。 And there was these, these men in their forties and fifties, uh, Who would always be there playing Dominos. ||||||||сороковые годы||||||||||Домино ||||||||40s||||||||||Dominos ||||||||quaranta||fifties||||||||dominoes ||||||||cuarenta||cincuentas|||||||| ||||||||||||||||||多米诺骨牌 Y estaban estos, estos hombres de entre cuarenta y cincuenta años, eh, que siempre estaban allí jugando Dominos. Byli tam mężczyźni po czterdziestce i pięćdziesiątce, którzy zawsze grali w Dominos. And for me again, I'd go there and have a beer ||||||||||una birra Y para mí otra vez, iría allí y me tomaría una cerveza A dla mnie znowu, poszedłbym tam i napił się piwa

and I think while I'm kind of in Spain. y creo que mientras estoy un poco en España. 我觉得我当时在西班牙。 So that was kind of my first introduction to Spanish. |||||||first experience|| Esa fue mi primera toma de contacto con el español. And then I have, I had he's since passed away, but I had an uncle who lived in Chile. И ещё|||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||uncle||lived||Chile ||||||||fallecido|fallecido|||||||||Chile Y luego tengo, tenía que él ya ha fallecido, pero yo tenía un tío que vivía en Chile. そして、私は彼が亡くなったのですが、チリに住んでいた叔父がいました。 E depois tenho, eu tinha, ele já faleceu, mas eu tinha um tio que vivia no Chile. И тогда у меня был дед, он умер, но у меня был дядя, который жил в Чили. 然后我有,他已经去世了,但我有一位叔叔住在智利。 And when he heard that I was studying Spanish, he started cutting out newspaper clippings from El Mercurio, which was maybe still is, |||||||||||||||||Эль Меркурио||||| ||||||||||||||newspaper excerpts|из||Mercury||||| |||||||||||||newspaper clippings|ritagli||the|Mercury||||| |||||||||||recortando|||recortes de periódico|||El Mercurio||||| ||||||||||||||ritagli di giornale|||||||| Y cuando se enteró de que yo estudiaba español, empezó a recortar recortes de periódicos de El Mercurio, que tal vez todavía lo es, そして、私がスペイン語を勉強していると聞いたとき、彼はエル・メルクリオから新聞の切り抜きを切り取り始めました。 И когда он услышал, что я изучаю испанский, он начал вырезать газетные вырезки из El Mercurio, который, возможно, был, 当他听说我在学西班牙语时,他开始从《El Mercurio》剪报,也许现在仍然是这样,

uh, one of the main newspapers down there. |||||newspapers|| uh, uno de los principales periódicos de allí. одна из основных газет там внизу. And so again, I would be trying to read these articles from El Mercurio, underlining words that I didn't know, which was a lot of them and looking them up and again, very painstaking, but it again connected me to Chile another Spanish speaking country, obviously. ||||||||||||||подчеркивая||||||||||||||их|||||кропотливый|||||||||||| ||||||||||||||highlighting|||||||||||||||||||very meticulous|||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||mühsam|||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||molto faticoso|||||||||||| ||||||||||||||underlining|||||||||||||||||||painstaking|||||||||||| ||||||||||||||subrayando palabras|||||||||||||||||||meticuloso|||||||||||| De nuevo, intentaba leer estos artículos de El Mercurio, subrayando las palabras que no conocía, que eran muchas, buscándolas y, de nuevo, era muy laborioso, pero de nuevo me conectaba con Chile, otro país de habla hispana, obviamente. 繰り返しになりますが、私はエルメルクリオからのこれらの記事を読み、私が知らなかった単語に下線を引いて、それらの多くを調べ、何度も何度も非常に骨の折れる作業をしましたが、それは再びチリに別のスペイン語を接続しました明らかに国を話す。 I znowu starałem się czytać te artykuły z El Mercurio, podkreślając słowa, których nie znałem, a było ich wiele, i szukając ich, i znowu, bardzo żmudne, ale to znowu połączyło mnie z Chile, innym hiszpańskojęzycznym krajem, oczywiście.

So, you know, very early in my Spanish connection was this sort of fascination with countries where they speak Spanish. |||||||||||||intense interest|||||| |||||||||||||fascinazione|||||| |||||||||||||fascinación|||||| Así que, ya sabes, muy al principio de mi conexión con el español estaba esta especie de fascinación por los países donde hablan español. ですから、私のスペイン語のつながりの非常に早い段階で、スペイン語を話す国々に対するこの種の魅力がありました。 Of course it was very painstaking to do that. |||||very careful work||| |||||molto faticoso||| |||||meticuloso||| Por supuesto, fue muy laborioso hacerlo. It's not like LingQ where you can go into our Spanish library, find, you know, something of interest maybe or bring in, you know, import an article from El Mercurio and start looking up words automatically, click through the flashcards, all the different things that we can do at LingQ. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||flashcards|||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||importar||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| No es como en LingQ, donde puedes entrar en nuestra biblioteca de español, encontrar algo que te interese o importar un artículo de El Mercurio y empezar a buscar palabras automáticamente, hacer clic en las fichas, todo lo que podemos hacer en LingQ. LingQのように、スペイン語ライブラリーに入って、興味のあるものを探したり、El Mercurioの記事を取り込んで、自動的に単語を調べたり、フラッシュカードをクリックしたり、いろいろなことができるわけではありません。

Uh, it's just night and day. |это|||| |||night|| Es la noche y el día. ええと、それはただの昼と夜です。 呃,这简直就是白天和黑夜的差别。 Uh, bring things in from YouTube, whatever it might be. |||||||это|| Traer cosas de YouTube, lo que sea. YouTubeからいろいろ持ってくるんだ。 It's, it's very different from what it was like back in those days. Es, es muy diferente de lo que era en aquellos días. あの頃とはまったく違う。 In those days, you worked very hard. 当時はよく働いた。 In fact, I would say that, uh, I, one of the major motivations for me to create LingQ was that I have a number of books, particularly in Spanish and German. |||||||||||major|motivations||||||||||||||||||tedesco ||||||||||||motivaciones|||||||||||||||||| In fact, I would say that, uh, I, one of the major motivations for me to create LingQ was that I have a number of books, particularly in Spanish and German. De hecho, diría que una de las principales motivaciones que me llevaron a crear LingQ fue que tengo varios libros, sobre todo en español y alemán. На самом деле, я бы сказал, что одним из основных мотивов для меня создать LingQ было то, что у меня есть несколько книг, особенно на испанском и немецком языках. 事实上,我想说,呃,我创建 LingQ 的主要动机之一是我有很多书,特别是西班牙语和德语的。

I had a number of books at home, uh, in the say, call it, uh, you know, and the, uh, late nineties, but, but I had had them for a while and I would try to read them. |||несколько||||||в конце девяностых|||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||nineties|||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||noventa|||||||||||||||| Tenía varios libros en casa, eh, en los digamos, llámalo, eh, ya sabes, y los, eh, finales de los noventa, pero, pero los tenía desde hacía tiempo e intentaba leerlos. 家に何冊も本があったんだ、90年代後半にね、でも、しばらく前から持っていて、読もうとしたんだ。 У меня дома было несколько книг, в, скажем так, назовем это, знаете ли, и в конце концов, но я держал их уже некоторое время и пробовал их читать. 我在家里有一些书,呃,在那个时候,呃,你知道,呃,九十年代后期,但是,我已经有这些书一段时间了,我会尝试阅读它们。 And always there would be 10, 15 words per page that I didn't know. Y siempre había 10 o 15 palabras por página que no conocía. そして、私が知らなかったページごとに10、15の単語が常にあります。 И всегда на каждой странице было 10—15 слов, которых я не знал. And it was annoying and tiring to look them up in a dictionary. |||annoying||faticoso|||||||dictionary |||molesto||||||||| Y era molesto y agotador buscarlos en un diccionario. So slowly, that was sort of the genesis of LingQ. |||||||зарождение|| |||||||Entstehung|| |||||||genesis|| |piano||||||genesis|| |||||||origen|| それがLingQの始まりだった。 At any rate. at any cost||In any case. Jedenfalls. En cualquier caso.

I went to Europe, I studied there for three years. |||||studied|||| Fui a Europa, estudié allí tres años. And during the, and I would hitchhike all over and during the, uh, particularly the Easter holidays, I would hitchhike into Spain. ||||||путешествовать автостопом|||||||||Пасхальные праздники|||||| ||||||thumb a ride||||||||||||||| ||||||hitchhike|||||||||Pasqua|vacanze||||| |durante|||||hacer autostop||por todas partes|||||||Semana Santa|||||| ||||||搭便车||||||||||||||| Hacía autostop por todas partes y durante las vacaciones de Semana Santa, sobre todo, hacía autostop en España. W tym czasie jeździłem autostopem po całym kraju, a w szczególności w okresie świąt wielkanocnych jeździłem autostopem do Hiszpanii. And so I think it was 1964 when I hitchhiked into Spain for the first time. Así que creo que fue en 1964 cuando hice autostop en España por primera vez. And I can remember, uh, carrying my rucksack and, uh, getting on a bus in Barcelona and the people were so friendly, so friendly. |||||||рюкзак|||||||||||||||| |||||||backpack|||||||||||||||| |||||||Rucksack|||||||||||||||| |||||||zaino|||||||||||||||| |||||||背包|||||||||||||||| |||||carrying||backpack||||||bus||Barcelona|||||||| |||||cargando||mochila|||subiendo||||||||||||| Recuerdo que llevaba mi mochila y me subí a un autobús en Barcelona y la gente era muy amable.

And where are you from? And, and of course I started speaking, whatever Spanish I had. And then they invited me to this bar where they shared wine with me, you know, which we poured out of this sort of container, jug sort of thing that had this long beak. |||||||||||||||||||||||||кувшин|||||||| ||||||||||||||||||poured out of|||||||wine pouring vessel||||||||spout |||||||||||||||||||||||||Krug||||||||Schnabel ||||||||||||||||||||||||contenitore, brocca|||||||||beccuccio lungo |||invitarono|||||||shared||||||||poured = we poured|out|||||container|brocca||||||||beak ||||||||||||||||||vertimos||||||recipiente|jarra||||||||pico largo Y luego me invitaron a este bar donde compartieron vino conmigo, ya sabes, que vertimos de esta especie de recipiente, una especie de jarra que tenía este largo pico. 然后他们邀请我去了这家酒吧,在那儿与我分享葡萄酒,我们从这种容器中倒出了酒,这种酒是那种长喙的东西。 And, and I would always go, I would, whenever I had the opportunity, I just loved going to Spain and hitchhiked down through Southern France. ||||||||||||||||||||||across|| ||||||||||||opportunity|||||||||||Southern|Francia ||||||||cada vez que|||||||||||||||| Siempre que tenía la oportunidad, me encantaba ir a España e hice autostop por el sur de Francia.

Nîmes , Perpignan, Montpellier, into the, the Costa Costa Brava. Ним|Перпиньян|Монпелье||||||Коста Брава Nîmes|Perpignan|Montpellier||||||brave Nîmes|Perpignan|Montpellier||||Costa||Brava = brave Nîmes||Montpellier||||Costa Brava|Costa Brava|Costa Brava Nîmes , Perpignan, Montpellier, en la, la Costa Costa Brava. And, uh, worked my way down as far as, uh, you know, different occasions, Cádiz, uh, and all these cities were just amazing, like, uh, Córdoba and, uh, and, uh, you know, all the, all the cities of Spain and, uh, Marbella before it was developed, uh, Seville of course. ||работал||||||||||||Кадис|||||||||||Кордова||||||||||||||||||||||Севилья, конечно|| |||||||||||||occasioni|Cádiz|||||||||||Córdoba||||||||||||||||Marbella||||||Seville|| |||||||||||||occasions|Cádiz|||||cities||||||Córdoba||||||||||||||||Marbella||||developed||Siviglia|| ||||||||||||||Cádiz|||||||||||Córdoba||||||||||||||||Marbella||||||Sevilla|| Y, uh, trabajé mi camino hacia abajo en cuanto a, uh, ya sabes, diferentes ocasiones, Cádiz, uh, y todas estas ciudades eran simplemente increíble, como, uh, Córdoba y, uh, y, uh, ya sabes, todos los, todas las ciudades de España y, uh, Marbella antes de que se desarrolló, uh, Sevilla, por supuesto. И, эмм, спустился как можно ниже, эмм, знаете, различные случаи, Кадис, эмм, и все эти города были просто удивительными, как, эмм, Кордова и, эмм, и, эмм, знаете, все города Испании и, эмм, Марбелья до ее застройки, эмм, Севиль конечно. 我在不同场合去过加的斯等地,这些城市都非常棒,比如科尔多瓦、西班牙的所有城市,还有开发前的马贝拉,当然还有塞维利亚。

And of course, Barcelona and so forth. И конечно, Барселона и так далее. Ve tabii ki, Barselona ve diğerleri. So it was just a fascinating... and I would sit and if someone picks you up, when you're hitchhiking, they want to talk. ||||||||||||||||||||хотят|| |||||captivating||||||||picks||||||||| |||||fascinating|||||||||||||hitchhiking|||| |||||||||me sentaría|||alguien|te recoge||||||||| Así que era fascinante... y me sentaba y si alguien te recoge, cuando estás haciendo autostop, quieren hablar. Так что это было действительно увлекательно... и я бы сидел, и если кто-то подбирал вас, когда вы останавливаетесь с намерением попутешествовать, они хотят поговорить. Çok etkileyiciydi... Otururdum ve otostop çekerken biri sizi arabasına alırsa konuşmak isterlerdi. That's why they pick you up. Вот почему||||| Por eso te recogen. それが彼らがあなたを迎えに行く理由です。 Bu yüzden seni alıyorlar. And so I would be talking, I don't know how I managed or what I had to say, but, uh, hours on end, I would be talking to truck drivers or people who picked me up and. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||к водителям грузовиков||||||||| |||||||||||was able to||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||truck|drivers||||they picked = they picked up||| |||||||||||logré manejar|||||||||||||||||camioneros|conductores de camiones||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||卡车司机|||||||| Y entonces me ponía a hablar, no sé cómo me las arreglaba o qué tenía que decir, pero, eh, horas y horas, me ponía a hablar con camioneros o gente que me recogía y. だから私は話していたのですが、どうやって管理したのか、何を言わなければならないのかわかりませんが、ええと、何時間も続けて、トラックの運転手や私を迎えに来た人々と話していました。 И вот, я бы говорил, я не знаю, как мне это удавалось или что мне было сказать, но, э-э, часами я разговаривал с водителями грузовиков или людьми, которые меня подбирали. Ve böylece konuşuyordum, nasıl başardım ya da ne söylemem gerekiyordu bilmiyorum ama saatlerce kamyon şoförleriyle ya da beni alan insanlarla konuşuyordum.

I can remember one truck driver. 一人のトラック運転手を覚えています。 Я помню одного водителя грузовика. Bir kamyon şoförü hatırlıyorum. He had a dog who sat on top of his cab. ||||||||||taxi |||dog|||||||cabina |||||se sentó|||||cabina Tenía un perro que se sentaba encima de su taxi. 彼は彼のタクシーの上に座っていた犬を飼っていた。 У него была собака, которая сидела на крыше его кабины. Taksisinin üstünde oturan bir köpeği vardı. And then that night he slept in his, in his cab and it's warm enough. |||||slept||||||||caldo = warm| |||||durmió||||||||cálido| Y luego esa noche durmió en su, en su taxi y es lo suficientemente caliente. そしてその夜、彼は彼のタクシーで眠りました、そしてそれは十分に暖かいです。 И тогда в ту ночь он спал в своей кабине, и ему было достаточно тепло. Sonra o gece taksisinde uyudu ve yeterince sıcaktı. I just slept in the ditch. |||||канава |||||I just slept in the trench. |||||fossato |||||zanja |||||ditch А я просто спал в кювете. Ben sadece hendekte uyudum. Uh, the next morning he got back in with him. A la mañana siguiente volvió con él. ええと、翌朝彼は彼と一緒に戻ってきました。 На следующее утро он снова сел в кабину с ним. Ertesi sabah onunla birlikte geri döndü. 呃,第二天早上他又回来了。 We kept going and I was speaking Spanish. Seguimos adelante y yo hablaba español. Devam ettik ve ben İspanyolca konuşuyordum. I remember I went to, uh, the Fiesta de San Fermín in Pamplona, then run with the bulls. ||||||||||Фермин||||бежать с быками||| ||||||||||Fermín||Pamplona||||| |||||||fiesta|of|Saint|Fermín||Pamplona|||||toros ||||||||||San Fermín|||||||los toros Recuerdo que fui a la Fiesta de San Fermín en Pamplona, a correr con los toros. パンプローナのサンフェルミン祭に行って、雄牛と一緒に走ったのを覚えています。 Pamplona'daki Fiesta de San Fermín'e gittiğimi ve boğalarla koştuğumu hatırlıyorum. 我记得我去了潘普洛纳的圣费尔明节,然后与公牛奔跑。

But, uh, I was, you know, going to, you know, bars and. ||||||||||bares| Pero, eh, yo estaba, ya sabes, ir a, ya sabes, bares y. Но, э-э, я, знаешь, ходил, знаешь, в бары и. Ama ben, bilirsin işte, barlara gidiyordum. Yucking it up with people and having a great time. Веселиться с людьми||||||||| Joking around with||||||||| Scherzare||||||||| divirtiéndose||||||||| having a great time||||||||| Sich mit Leuten anfreunden und eine tolle Zeit haben. Jugar con la gente y pasarlo bien. 人々と一緒にそれをやっつけて、素晴らしい時間を過ごします。 Met mensen op de proppen komen en een geweldige tijd hebben. Шутил с людьми и прекрасно проводил время. İnsanlarla eğlenmek ve harika vakit geçirmek. And so to me, Spain was, especially in those days, it was so friendly. Para mí, España era, sobre todo en aquella época, muy acogedora. Для меня, Испания была, особенно в те дни, такой дружелюбной. Bu yüzden bana göre İspanya, özellikle o günlerde, çok arkadaş canlısıydı. So relaxed. Çok rahat. Uh, the tourist business was just getting started. ||tourist||||| Uh, el negocio turístico acababa de empezar. ええと、観光事業はまだ始まったばかりでした。 呃,旅游业才刚刚起步。 And then when I left, um, Europe. Y luego cuando me fui, um, Europa. Ve sonra Avrupa'dan ayrıldığımda. I mean, I went to  Sciences Po in Paris and then I graduated and I started working for the Canadian government and I essentially had no contact with Spanish whatsoever... until, when I started my own business, |||||||||||||||||||||||basically||||||at all||||||| |||||Sciences|to||Paris||||I graduated|||||||Canadian|||||||contact|||whatsoever||||||| |||||Ciencias Sociales|||||||me gradué|||||||||||||||||ningún contacto||||||| Es decir, fui a Sciences Po en París y luego me gradué y empecé a trabajar para el gobierno canadiense y esencialmente no tuve ningún contacto con el español... hasta que empecé mi propio negocio, Yani, Paris'te Sciences Po'ya gittim, sonra mezun oldum ve Kanada hükümeti için çalışmaya başladım ve aslında İspanyolca ile hiç temasım olmadı... ta ki kendi işimi kurana kadar, 我是说,我去了巴黎政治学院,然后毕业了,开始为加拿大政府工作,我基本上没有接触过西班牙语……直到我开始自己的事业,

uh, my wife and I decided to visit Spain. Eşim ve ben İspanya'yı ziyaret etmeye karar verdik. And I remember on one occasion in particular for my 50th birthday, she arranged for a big meeting of a lot of friends from Sweden, from Canada, from France, people... friends, business acquaintances, and we all met. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||деловые знакомые|И||| |||||special event||specific instance|||||||||||||||||||||||||business contacts|||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Geschäftsbekanntschaften|||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||conoscenti di lavoro|||| |||||occasion||||||||arranged|||||||||||Sweden||||||||acquaintances||||we all met |||||||||||||organizó|||||||||||||||||||conocidos de negocios||||nos reunimos Recuerdo que en una ocasión, con motivo de mi 50 cumpleaños, organizó una gran reunión con muchos amigos de Suecia, Canadá, Francia... amigos, conocidos de negocios, y todos nos reunimos. Özellikle bir keresinde 50. yaş günüm için İsveç'ten, Kanada'dan, Fransa'dan pek çok arkadaşla büyük bir buluşma ayarladığını hatırlıyorum, insanlar... arkadaşlar, iş tanıdıkları ve hepimiz bir araya geldik. 我记得有一次,在我 50 岁生日那天,她安排了许多来自瑞典、加拿大、法国的朋友、商业熟人参加了一次大型聚会,我们都见了面。 I didn't realize that she organized it without telling me, and my uncle from Sweden, uncle and aunt. |не понял|||||||||и||||||| |||||organized||||||||||||aunt |||||||sin||||||||||tía |||||||||||||||||zia No me di cuenta de que lo organizó sin decírmelo, y mi tío de Suecia, tío y tía.

And of course my son, the one son who could come. |||||тот||||| Y por supuesto mi hijo, el único hijo que podía venir. And we did this in, uh, in Marbella. И||||||| Y lo hicimos en Marbella. And so I've always pleasant associations, but struggling, struggling with my Spanish. ||||positive|positive memories||having difficulty|||| |||||associations|||||| |||siempre|agradables|asociaciones agradables||luchando|||| Und so habe ich immer angenehme Assoziationen, aber ich kämpfe, kämpfe mit meinem Spanisch. 因此,我总是很愉快的交往,但是我在西班牙语中挣扎着挣扎。 And then I, uh, bought, I decided I got to read a book in Spanish. ||||compré|||||||||| Y entonces yo, compré, decidí que tenía que leer un libro en español. So I bought a book called  El Bosque Originario by a Basque writer called Jon Juaristi ||||||||original|||Basque|||| |||||||the Forest|Original|||Basque|writer||Jon|Juaristi |||||||el bosque|originario|||vasco||||Juaristi Así que compré un libro llamado El Bosque Originario de un escritor vasco llamado Jon Juaristi 所以我买了一本名为《El Bosque Originario》的书,作者是巴斯克作家 Jon Juaristi

I think it is. And it's because I'm interested in the subject of, of ethnic groups and the origins of different, different ethnic groups and so forth. ||||||||||etnici|groups|||origins|||||||| ||||||||||||||orígenes|||||||| Y es porque estoy interesado en el tema de, de los grupos étnicos y los orígenes de diferentes, diferentes grupos étnicos y así sucesivamente. そして、それは私が民族グループの主題や異なる、異なる民族グループの起源などに興味を持っているからです。 И дело в том, что меня интересует тема этнических групп и происхождение различных этнических групп и так далее. So I bought that book and I just fought my way through it. ||||||||kämpfte mich durch|||| ||||||||struggled through it|||| ||||||||lottato|||| ||compré|||||||||| それで私はその本を買って、それを通して自分の道を戦いました。 Так что я купил эту книгу и преодолел ее с трудом. 所以我买了那本书并且努力读完它。 And, uh, without the aid of anything really leaving a lot of words that I didn't know, but I was quite familiar with the subject and therefore a lot of the vocabulary was also familiar to me, and it gave me a great sense of achievement. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||чувство достижения ||||aiuto|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||sense of accomplishment ||||help|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||achievement ||||ayuda||cualquier cosa||dejando||||||||||||||||||por lo tanto|||||||también||||||me dio||||||logro personal Y, eh, sin la ayuda de nada realmente dejando un montón de palabras que no sabía, pero yo estaba bastante familiarizado con el tema y por lo tanto gran parte del vocabulario también era familiar para mí, y me dio una gran sensación de logro. そして、ええと、何の助けも借りずに、私は知らない言葉をたくさん残しましたが、私は主題に非常に精通していたので、多くの語彙も私に精通していて、それは私に素晴らしい感覚を与えました達成の。 И, без всякой помощи, оставив много слов, которые я не знал, но я был довольно хорошо знаком с темой, и поэтому многие слова для меня были знакомыми, что дало мне большое чувство достижения.

Uh, so I'm trying to remember. Uh, así que estoy tratando de recordar. So with that, I, my, my Spanish slowly improved, uh, then with LingQ, I started, you know, we have, you know, audio books, uh, Trafalgar, I think is one of them. ||||||||||||||||||||||||Трафальгар|||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||Trafalgar|||||| ||||||||improved|||||||||||||audio|||Trafalgar|||||| Así que con eso, yo, mi, mi español mejoró lentamente, eh, entonces con LingQ, empecé, ya sabes, tenemos, ya sabes, audiolibros, eh, Trafalgar, creo que es uno de ellos. I can't remember. Uh, just continued reading and listening. ||ho continuato = I continued||| I remember I used to listen to, um, there were, uh, there was a podcast called El Grupo Risa, which I listened to. |||||||||||||||||Группа Риса|Группа Риса|||| |||||||||||||||||Group|Laughter|||| |||||||||||||||||the group|Laughter|||listened| |||||||||||||||||Grupo Risa|Risa|||| Recuerdo que solía escuchar, um, había, uh, había un podcast llamado El Grupo Risa, que escuchaba.

It was kind of funny. ||||funny Fue bastante gracioso. I didn't understand it at all, but... so it gradually improved. |||||||||gradually| No lo entendía en absoluto, pero... así fue mejorando poco a poco. I'm going to, at the end, I'm going to suggest a couple of videos where I do speak in Spanish, but I think the key thing with my Spanish is, such as it is, and it's one of the languages that I speak the best. Я буду||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||говорю на|| |||||||||sugerir||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Voy a, al final, voy a sugerir un par de videos donde sí hablo en español, pero creo que la clave con mi español es, tal cual, y es uno de los idiomas que mejor hablo. 最后,我将推荐几个我用西班牙语讲的视频,但我认为我的西班牙语的关键在于,它是我说得最好的语言之一。 I think after my top four, which are English, French, Japanese, and Mandarin, Spanish comes right next to those. ||||||||||Japanese|||||||| Creo que después de mis cuatro favoritos, que son el inglés, el francés, el japonés y el mandarín, está el español. 英語、フランス語、日本語、北京語の上位4つに続いて、スペイン語がそのすぐ隣にあると思います。 Я думаю, что после моих четырех основных языков - английского, французского, японского и мандаринского, следующим в списке идет испанский.

And I think why I've enjoyed Spanish is wherever, whatever my level was in Spanish, I was happy. |||||||||||уровень|||||| |||||ho goduto|||dondequiera||||||||| ||||||||donde sea||||||||| Y creo que la razón por la que he disfrutado con el español es que, fuera cual fuera mi nivel de español, era feliz. そして、私がスペイン語を楽しんだ理由は、スペイン語のレベルが何であれ、どこにいても幸せだったと思います。 И я думаю, что мне нравился испанский потому что, где бы я ни находился в его изучении, я был счастлив. Uh, if I was fighting my way through La Barraca, I was happy. ||||fighting|||||||| Uh, si yo estaba luchando mi camino a través de La Barraca, yo era feliz. Если я боролся с испанским в La Barraca, я был счастлив. If I happened that, if there happened to be a Spaniard in that, uh, you know, a bar in Montreal and I could say three things to him, I was happy. ||||||||||испанец|||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||Spanish person|||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||Spagnolo|||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||español|||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||a Spaniard|||||||||Montreal||||||||||| もし私がその中にスペイン人がいたら、ええと、モントリオールのバーで、彼に3つのことを言うことができたなら、私は幸せでした。

Uh, when I was hitchhiking through Spain, I was obviously making a lot of mistakes. Uh, cuando estaba haciendo autostop por España, obviamente cometía muchos errores. I was happy at every step of the way, and I think it's important to enjoy, you know, I've never had to write an exam in Spanish. I never had to worry about how accurate my grammar is, I just enjoyed the language, listening, reading, speaking, whatever it might be. ||||to worry|||accurato||||||||||||||| |||||||exacta|||||||||||||||

I just enjoyed it. And I think that's a good attitude to have in a language. And I've enjoyed my... oh, I should mention, I also visited Mexico and we spoke some Spanish there, of course. |||||||mention|||visited|Mexico|||||||| |||||||||||México|||||||| Y he disfrutado de mi... oh, debo mencionar que también visité México y hablamos algo de español allí, por supuesto. And we were in Peru and in Argentina. ||||Peru|||Argentina So I'm continuing to have this very pleasant, enjoyable connection with the Spanish language. ||continuo = I am continuing||||||pleasant||||| ||||||||piacevole|||||

Something that I will continue to have and people will point out that I don't get this right or don't get that right. ||||||||||||||не умею|||||||| |||||||||||||||entiendo||||||| Algo que seguiré teniendo y la gente me señalará que no hago bien esto o no hago bien aquello. And I don't speak as well as this person or that person, doesn't matter at all. Y no hablo tan bien como esta persona o aquella, no importa en absoluto. そして、私はこの人やその人と同じように話すことはありません、まったく問題ではありません。 It doesn't matter what my level is in any language. No importa cuál sea mi nivel en cualquier idioma. Uh, you know, my German is not as good as my Spanish and I, having an interview with a person in German, ||||||||||||||||interview||||| Uh, ya sabes, mi alemán no es tan bueno como mi español y yo, tener una entrevista con una persona en alemán,

so I decided to read some German books. así que decidí leer algunos libros alemanes. And I, one that I bought a while ago called Gelassenheit beginnt im Kopf, and it means like an attitude of just take it easy, enjoy it, begins in your head. ||||||||||спокойствие|начинается в голове|в голове|голова||||||||||||||||| |||||bought = purchased|||||calmness|begins|in|head||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||serenity|begins|in|head||||||||||||||||| |||||compré|||||tranquilidad mental|comienza|yo|cabeza||||||||||||||||| Y yo, uno que compré hace un tiempo llamado Gelassenheit beginnt im Kopf, y significa como una actitud de tómatelo con calma, disfrútalo, empieza en tu cabeza. So it's not the circumstances outside you that decide whether you're going to be uptight or calm. ||||external conditions||||||||||tense||at ease ||||circumstances||||||||||nervous||calm ||||||||||||||tenso|| ||||||||||||||teso|| Así que no son las circunstancias externas a ti las que deciden si vas a estar tenso o tranquilo. ですから、あなたが緊張するか落ち着くかを決めるのはあなたの外の状況ではありません。 It's how you take Es cómo se toma

these circumstances. |these conditions So similarly with language learning, whatever you are doing in the language, enjoy it. |similarly|||||||||||| Así que, del mismo modo que con el aprendizaje de idiomas, sea lo que sea lo que estés haciendo en el idioma, disfrútalo. You decide you're going to enjoy it. あなたはそれを楽しむつもりだと決めます。 It's not the language, it's not other people that decide whether you're going to enjoy the language. No es el idioma, no son otras personas las que deciden si vas a disfrutar del idioma. それは言語ではなく、あなたがその言語を楽しむかどうかを決めるのは他の人々ではありません。 You decide if you're going to enjoy the language, if you're going to appreciate what you have achieved in the language, which I do. ||||||enjoy|||||||appreciate|||||||||| |||||||||||||||||achieved|||||| |||||||||||||aprecies|||||||||| Tú decides si vas a disfrutar del idioma, si vas a apreciar lo que has conseguido en el idioma, cosa que yo hago. あなたはあなたがその言語を楽しむつもりであるかどうか、あなたがその言語で達成したことを感謝するつもりであるかどうかを決定します、それは私がします。

So with that, I'll leave it. |||я|| ||||leave it| Así que con eso, lo dejo. And I'll suggest a couple of videos that you can listen to in Spanish. ||sugeriré||||||||||| Y te propongo un par de vídeos que puedes escuchar en español. Uh, and, uh, you can send me any critical comments that you may have. ||||||||critical|comments|||| Uh, y, uh, puedes enviarme cualquier comentario crítico que puedas tener. Bye for now. またね。