"Loro viejo no aprende a hablar". I'm not sure about that!
Hello. My name is Alicia. I'm 46 years old. I'd like to learn English, but the English is dificult for me, more now because I think i'm old for that. In my country the people say: "Loro viejo no aprende a hablar" or, in the same way: "You can't teacher an old dog new tricks". For a long time I thought I hated the English, but now I feel diferent. I really want to speak English, and to understand when people speak to me in English . It's a challenge for me. I need some people for practice. Can you help me?
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Thanks! I think now is a good time for do new things. Maybe I can learn to ride a bike too!
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No te dejes llevar por esos dichos. Yo tengo tu edad y empece a estudiar griego por mi cuenta hace 2 años y sigo practicando cada día. Aprender cosas nuevas es la clave para nunca sentirse vieja/o.
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Hola Alicia. Toma el toro por sus cuernos y hazlo. Yo empecé aprender elspañol cuando tenia 65 años.
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Thanks, Küh, for your help!
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I'm happy to help!
* English is a lot less definite-article-loving than most Spanish dialects; "the English [language]" or "the people" sounds rather unnatural except in very specific contexts.
* "Old for that," on its own, does not make sense - it requires a comparative-like such as "too old" or "a bit [too] old"
Good luck on your journey to fluency!
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