It is not the same with English; the more you know about this language, the more you are convinced you will never speak like a native.

BTW, your accent will be perfectly OK in Spain, you won't have problems being understood. People in Spain do a good effort trying to understand non native speakers.

Regards,
Javier.

>The closest we came to Espana was our visit to France in May 2005. Nosotros fuimos para Francia para visitar 250 primos en Nantes cerca de la costa al oeste.
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>How is Spain? Is it mild weather there? Would my American and Mexican accents be okay en Espana? Mi esposa es Mexicana y yo soy de Tejas. Aprendi el Espanol entre 1976-1978 cuando yo era misionero en Arizona. En dos meses despues de aprender un poco de Espanol, yo dije "Estoy embarasado." Yo pense que dije "Estoy averganzado." Era un poco dificil aprender Espanol hasta un ano, mas o menos, pero despues de un ano, era mas facil. Muchos Americanos no saben que dificil es aprender otro idioma.
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>>De nada Cecil. Actually I'm from Spain, but have been here since 1996. Villa Alemana is a nice village mid way between Santiago and the Pacific. I have only been there once running a triathlon, and liked it a lot.
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>>>Gracias Javier. My brother was in your country for a couple years, near Villa Alemana. El y yo hablamos Espanol, El mejor que yo.
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>>>Thanks again,
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>>>Cecil