\u00a1Hola! \u00bfQu\u00e9 tal? Today we’re going to analyze how some of the world’s most famous celebrities speak Spanish. I\u2019ll also teach you some Spanish while analyzing their speaking. Read till the end to discover if you make the same mistakes they do, and I\u2019ll show you how to correct them. Let\u2019s have fun while learning Spanish!<\/p>\n
In the video<\/a>, she says \u201cMuchos gracias<\/span><\/strong>\u201d. It is \u201cMuchas gracias.<\/span><\/strong>\u201d This is very tricky, because mucho <\/em>is an adjective and accompanies a noun, and needs to have the same gender and number. \u201cGracias\u201d is feminine plural, so it needs to be \u201cMuchas gracias.\u201d<\/p>\n Then the interviewer asks: “\u00bfHablas un poquito espa\u00f1ol?<\/strong>” (Do you speak Spanish a little?) and Selena replies \u201cm\u00e1s poquito<\/span><\/strong>\u201d. This would be like \u201cmore little.\u201d I think she wanted to say \u201cmuy poquito<\/span><\/strong>,\u201d which means “very little.” But we can understand what she meant, that\u2019s what counts. <\/p>\n \u201cEs complicado para <\/span>explicar.<\/strong>\u201d Here she says \u201cit\u2019s difficult to explain,\u201d but we don\u2019t use the preposition \u201cpara\u201d here. It is \u201cde<\/span>.\u201d “Es complicado de <\/span>explicar.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n Even though she has a Spanish-speaking family, she doesn\u2019t know Spanish. She speaks it like she\u2019s never heard it before. She is a third-generation American-Mexican, so it\u2019s normal. But she tries her best, and that\u2019s great.<\/p>\n Cardi B says in an interview<\/a>: “Esp\u00e9rate, que mi pap\u00e1 me est\u00e1 oyendo.<\/strong>” (Wait, my father is listening.) ✅<\/p>\n You can tell she grew up speaking and listening to Spanish. This interview is fully in Spanish and she understands perfectly. <\/p>\n “Yo s\u00e9 lo que yo estoy haciendo.<\/strong>” (I know what I\u2019m doing.) ✅<\/p>\n “Yo estudio lo que yo hago.<\/strong>” (I study what I do.) ✅<\/p>\n “Yo tengo parientes que siempre est\u00e1n pendiente de m\u00ed.<\/strong>” (I have relatives that are always looking out for me.) ✅ I would say “Yo tengo parientes que siempre est\u00e1n pendientes<\/span> de m\u00ed.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n \u201cYo nunca no era<\/span> prostituta, bailarina s\u00ed.<\/strong>\u201d \u2192 Yo nunca he sido<\/span> prostituta, bailarina s\u00ed.<\/strong> (I never was a prostitute, I was a dancer.) <\/p>\n \u201cY s\u00ed, ahora ya t\u00fa sabes, ahora yo soy internacional, yo soy famoso<\/span><\/strong>\u201d -> yo soy famosa<\/span><\/strong>. <\/p>\n \u201dS\u00ed, alguna cosa yo ha <\/span>cambiado, t\u00fa sabes por qu\u00e9 yo ha <\/span>cambiado?<\/strong>\u201d -> S\u00ed, alguna cosa he <\/span>cambiado, \u00bft\u00fa sabes por qu\u00e9 he <\/span>cambiado? <\/strong>(Yes, I’ve changed some thing, do you know why I have changed?)<\/p>\n She is totally fluent and her intonation is perfect, but sometimes she makes grammar mistakes. I guess it\u2019s because the language she uses in her daily life is English. She mixes some English while she talks, also. She uses the pronoun \u201cyo\u201d \u2013 \u201cI\u201d \u2013 a lot, and we usually skip it. That way it sounds more natural. But her Spanish is great \u2013 she\u2019s bilingual.<\/p>\n Viggo Mortensen said in an interview <\/a>in Argentina:<\/p>\n “Lleg\u00f3 un momento bastante tarde para empezar a pensar en eso de ser actor, a los 21 a\u00f1os, por ah\u00ed, que empec\u00e9 a mirar las pel\u00edculas pregunt\u00e1ndome \u201c\u00bfc\u00f3mo se hace?\u201d No solamente \u201cme gusta o no.\u201d Pero, \u00bfc\u00f3mo se hace? \u00bfc\u00f3mo es que\u2026 c\u00f3mo es posible que esta persona en la pantalla diga o haga algo de una manera que me hace llorar o me hace sentir cosas\u2026<\/strong>” (A moment came, pretty late to start to think about being an actor, when I was about 21 years old, that I started watching the movies asking myself \u201chow is it done?\u201d Not only \u201cI like it or not\u201d, but how is it done? How is it that this person on the screen says or does something in a way that makes me cry or feel things\u2026) <\/em><\/p>\n I was very shocked. I didn\u2019t know he spoke Spanish. He speaks Spanish perfectly and he uses very difficult grammar. When he was a kid, he lived in Argentina for 9 years. He speaks Spanish as if he never left Argentina. It\u2019s incredible, he has the best Argentinian accent. And I love the Argentinian accent, it is very sexy.<\/p>\n By the way, on My Daily Spanish we have a free study guide<\/a> that offers a step-by-step process to help you learn Spanish faster. You can download it from the link above.<\/p>\n In a concert in Latin America, Ariana said<\/a>: “\u00bfC\u00f3mo <\/span>les gusta el show?<\/strong>” The correct way would be \u201c\u00bfLes est\u00e1 gustando<\/span> el show?<\/strong>\u201d (Are you liking the show?). That way is formal. Even more natural would be the informal \u201c\u00bfOs est\u00e1 gustando el show?<\/strong>\u201d <\/p>\n \u201c\u00bfEst\u00e1n divirtiendo?<\/strong>\u201d (Are you having fun?) <\/em>The correct way would be \u201c\u00bfSe est\u00e1n divirtiendo?<\/span><\/strong>\u201d because the verb is \u201cdivertirse,\u201d to have fun, and it has the reflexive \u201cse,\u201d which implies that it is you, yourself, who is having fun. Me estoy divirtiendo<\/strong> (I\u2019m having fun). Estoy divirtiendo a mi hermana<\/strong>(I\u2019m amusing my sister).<\/em><\/p>\n In another video, she said<\/a>:Hola, \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s?<\/strong> (Hi, how are you?) \u00bfTe gusta mi bandana?<\/strong> (Do you like my bandana?) She is really cute speaking Spanish. She\u2019s so sweet, it doesn\u2019t matter what language she is speaking. You can tell she doesn\u2019t speak Spanish, but she learned some sentences. Spanish speakers love seeing people from other countries trying to speak Spanish.<\/p>\n If you are enjoying this article, please share it with your friends! Gracias.<\/p>\n I love the joy of Will Smith speaking Spanish! He tries to speak it every time he has the chance. That’s key to learning a language!<\/p>\n This is what he said in an interview<\/a>:”En los EEUU la gente habla una<\/span> idioma, pero todas las<\/span> pa\u00edses del mundo la gente habla dos o tres idiomas.<\/strong>” \u2192 \u201cEn los EEUU la gente habla un <\/span>idioma, pero EN todos los<\/span> pa\u00edses del mundo, la gente habla dos o tres idiomas.<\/strong>\u201d (In the US people speak one language, but in all the countries in the world people speak two or three languages).<\/em><\/p>\n “Gracias, gracias. Estoy muy contento estar aqu\u00ed. Es mi primera vez aqu\u00ed en Argentina. Necesito practicar m\u00e1s.<\/strong>” \u2192 \u201cEstoy muy contento DE <\/span>estar aqu\u00ed. Es mi primera vez aqu\u00ed en Argentina. Necesito practicar m\u00e1s.<\/strong>\u201d (Thank you, thank you. I am very happy to be here. It’s my first time here in Argentina. I need to practice more.)<\/em><\/p>\n Will Smith is doing great in Spanish. He knows the basics well and can create his own sentences. He would survive very well in a Spanish speaking country on a holiday. He says he needs to practice more, we see that when it comes to more advanced topics he doesn\u2019t know the vocabulary and might also need to practice speaking more often, but he does really well and he has the courage to try to do the interviews in Spanish when he comes to Spain or Latin America. I have to clap.<\/p>\nLet\u2019s now check Cardi B\u2019s Spanish.<\/h3>\n
Let\u2019s go now with Viggo Mortensen.<\/h3>\n
Let\u2019s check Ariana Grande\u2019s Spanish.<\/h3>\n
Let\u2019s listen to Will Smith speaking Spanish.<\/h3>\n
And lastly, let\u2019s check out Gwyneth Paltrow speaking Spanish.<\/h3>\n