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Originally Posted by Burriana Babs
I live in the Costa del Sol and find I need to use what skills I have in Spanish all the time. If you do not learn the basics you will find you may need an interpreter often. It is also polite to try to learn the language after all we are living in Spain within their culture.
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I think in my first week here I went to buy a garden table. In the warehouse I said to the man "Do you Speak English?" He said "Do you speak Spanish?" and looked at me quizically. I've never bothered uttering those words since, and Spanish people I think appreciate that.