0 Vote  I was just wondering, is it too hard, I mean, what's the
average number of months, days or such it takes until you can
sort of understand when someone speaks in spanish to you?    •
Posted Oct 30, 2009   • | link   • | flag  7 Answers  1 Vote  It
depends on the person who is learning and the person who is
speaking. If someone is talented in language acquisition, it
could be a matter of a few days with full immersion, or a few
weeks with concentrated effort while living not fully immersed.
If the person who is speaking to the language learner is
speaking clearly and not using slang, it is much easier for the
learner to understand. Personally, I have always gotten a kick
out of people who presume they are "fluent" after a couple of
years of academic study. Once in awhile there is a very talented
learner, such as the young man in Lima, Peru, who speaks 12
languages. However, for most people, true fluency - which is
defined as complete comfort in the language and total
understandability to native speakers