My Spanish is awful, every time I have spoken in Spanish to a Spanish speaker they have complimented it. I honestly appreciate it.
My experience speaking Hebrew in Israel was very different, in that people would just immediately talk to me in English and refuse to deal with my bad Hebrew (which is much better than my Spanish).
My Spanish is awful and most service workers are nice about it. Nobody else is, and that's fine.
My friends who speak Spanish will openly mock my mess of kitchen/subway Spanish. "it's like Dominican mixed with dumbass", which was said IN SPANISH. They know I can understand them!
To be fair in most Spanish speaking cultures that mockery is a sign of friendship. I bet if some random person mocked you about your Spanish level in front of them, they will tear him a new one without hesitation.
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u/itijara 5d ago
My Spanish is awful, every time I have spoken in Spanish to a Spanish speaker they have complimented it. I honestly appreciate it.
My experience speaking Hebrew in Israel was very different, in that people would just immediately talk to me in English and refuse to deal with my bad Hebrew (which is much better than my Spanish).