Why I Want to Learn Spanish

The following post is from Concepts: 101 Short Stories, Essays, and Insights to Improve your Communication Skills

If you were to ask me a year ago:

‘Do you ever plan to learn Spanish?’

 

I’d say:

‘Nope.’

 

But ever since I have been getting audiobook library converted into Spanish, my views on learning a new language have changed.

 

I don’t plan to learn Spanish anytime soon.

But I do plan to learn it one day.

 

Something funny happened to me recently.

 

I went to a local Spanish café to pick up some food.

Soon as I walked in, I had 3 folks yelling at me…

In Spanish!!

 

2 ladies in front of me.

And an older man to my right.

 

Caught off guard, I said:

‘I don’t speak Spanish. I don’t know what you are saying.’

 

They continue talking to me in a loud tone.

This time, they began moving their hands.

 

Once again, I said:

‘I don’t speak Spanish.’

 

My English was doing little to calm them down.

 

Drawing upon my memories from taking Spanish in high school, I said:

‘No hablo Espanol.’

 

When I uttered those 3 words, they looked at me like I was lying to them about not speaking Spanish.

I left my phone in the car.

I lifted up my index finger to tell them to hold on.

 

I went to my car to grab my phone and use the translator app.

But once I got in my car, I thought:

‘Eh, let me find somewhere else to eat.’

 

Normally when I go to that café, I do some strategic pointing of what I want.

They follow my finger, fill up my tray, then ring me up.

 

Once I drove off, I wondered what they were trying to tell me.

Their faces didn’t look mean.

They actually seemed excited to see me.

 

I wonder if they were alerting me about a new lunch special.

Oh well, I guess I will never know.

 

In the US, learning Spanish is becoming high ROI for certain states.

I knew demand for Spanish was increasing when I heard customer support lines say:

‘Press 1 for English, press 2 for Spanish.’

 

I don’t hear them saying:

‘Press 3 for French.’

Which means the demand for French has not reached fever pitch yet.

 

Before, I thought:

‘Why learn Spanish? We should be speaking English here.’

 

But after hearing my Spanish narrator, Nico, reading my work out loud, I noticed he had a phenomenal musicality to his voice.

 

I thought:

‘Bro, what are you reading? Let me read that!’

 

Then I realized he was reading what I wrote in a new language.

 

After hearing the musicality of Nico’s voice, I realized I wanted that.

And in the next 10 years, I plan to get that.

 

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