Learn Spanish and Go

← Learn Spanish and Go6 Oct · 19 min

Qué decir cuando no entiendes a un hablante nativo - What to Say When You Don’t Understand a Native Speaker

Qué decir cuando no entiendes a un hablante nativo - What to Say When You Don’t Understand a Native Speaker6 Oct19 min

Even after years of learning Spanish, misunderstandings happen—especially when you’re dealing with fast speech, unfamiliar accents, background noise, or simply expecting someone to say something they didn’t. We share Jim’s embarrassing rental-car experience in El Salvador, challenges understanding his CrossFit coach, and other real-life examples to explore why our brains sometimes respond to what we expect to hear instead of what was actually said. You’ll learn useful Spanish phrases for aski...