Each language It has its peculiarities. Some find it more difficult to learn and others less, but it is undeniable that there are some languages that are especially difficult. In this sense, it seems that there is unanimity in pointing out Mandarin Chinese as the most complex, either because … its characters as well as its type of writing and pronunciation. German, another highly studied language after the world-famous Englishalso has its declensions and diction among its most complex aspects.
He Spanish It also has its own thing and, although we Spanish speakers are not aware of them, those who learn it struggle to understand the popular proverb, the broad colloquial language as well as the uses of the eñe and the hache. Others suffer with our pronunciation: recently an American went viral with a video in which he explained his suffering to be able to use the double R.
Now, another ‘tiktoker’ has published content in the same sense with his big problem with Spanish, which in a matter of weeks has already exceeded 185,000 views. He is John Patrick Halloran (@jonpatickhalloran on the networks) and lives in Los Angeles although, according to his social networks, he seems to adore Latin culture and Mexico, which is why he has been studying Spanish for years.
“I don’t care how many years I study”
«It doesn’t matter how many years you study and speak Spanish. I will never be able to say a word,” he begins the video, recorded in English and in which he emphasizes that “there is a word that can never come out of my mouth». The word in question, which he pronounces in Spanish and making it clear that it is difficult for him even though he makes a special effort, is “churrería.”
“Churrería, churrería, churrería,” he repeats to the camera, making clear his pronunciation error with the R’s. Next, John Patrick makes it clear that he can correctly express the R and gives examples like “Raquel, Ramón, requetebueno…”. «I can make it sound good, but not in the middle of the word when another R appears. It’s like my tongue gets nervous and I had stage fright».
The young man makes it clear that he can say “churro” perfectly, but he mentions “churrería” again and has the same problem again. For all this, to end the video with irony, John Patrick comments that “I’m thinking about opening a churrería, in case someone wants to invest…
In the comments, some have encouraged him to try words like “herrero, birrería or lightning rod” and ask him if the problem is only with churrería. “Your churrería in Spanish is my ‘jewerly’ in English,” added another while Annie, another user, has confessed that she does not know how to pronounce ‘comfortable’ in English. There have also been those who have encouraged him: “I believe that it comes out almost perfect. A little more practice and that’s it.”
