Fulfilled

As a child my first language was Spanish. My parents always spoke in Spanish to me and my first words were in Spanish. I’m proud to say that I speak two languages. This is extremely important to me because I can communicate with a lot of people whether it’s with Spanish speaking people or English speaking people.

I guess you can say I so often speak a normal English. Although I was brought up with Spanish speaking parents, my English is very elevated. I never had any trouble learning English in school. Over the years I mostly spoke English since that’s all we spoke during middle school and elementary school. What I did have to learn again was Spanish. I learned in high school. I didn’t forget. I just didn’t know how to write or even read in Spanish. Not knowing how to speak proper Spanish, my family’s language and my language was embarrassing to me. Now I’m pleased to say that my Spanish is very advanced. I mean I don’t speak excellent Spanish and there are times when I feel that I have an accent when I speak it but that’s just the way it is. I know most of us teenagers have an accent when speaking Spanish but I don’t want to be like everyone else. I want to speak fluent Spanish so it can be as impressive as my English.

When I’m with my friends and family I tend to let my English flow in whichever way it comes. When I’m with my family at home we tend to talk Spanish but sometimes my dad pops up talking to me in English, so we just go on and on and by the time we know it we are talking Spanish again. I know that mixing Spanish and English may sound weird but sometimes we can’t help it. I know that’s not the proper way but we don’t always talk like that. I myself don’t like mixing the two together. It’s what I call Spanglish. A lot of my friends talk using Spanglish and although I don’t like it I sometimes get sucked into it.

I have never been ashamed to speak Spanish maybe when I was younger I never felt like speaking it, but as I got older that changed. Now I’m full of pride knowing that I speak two languages. Yes the way I speak both English and Spanish is different but they’re two completely different languages that’s how it’s supposed to be. I can honestly say that both languages have brought me many good memories.