As you will know from being over there, nothing gets your learning going than attempting to talk to the locals.
I remember so often looking lost when they machine gun talk and hitting out with the puedes hablar mas despacio, por favor? All the bloody time.
One time I thought I was getting good until the barman in the bar that I was talking to tried telling me a joke and for the life of me I just could not get it through the language barrier!!!
That's my favourite line too, although it didn't really help much in the past.
Definitely better to be forced to talk the lingo and be exposed to it - I'm working on it!
Understanding una broma (un chiste!?) though, going to take some time!
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