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would want to go somewhere where they do not speak United States is a mystery to me.
In Costa Rica you hire a husband and wife team for $250 US a month. The caretakers live on the property in a 800sq ft apartment that is built with the same standards as the main house. That is to say the caretakers live like relative royalty compared to a typical tico. The house momma usually takes care of all meals and household operations. The man takes care of the grounds and maintenance as well as assists English speakers in town. Most Tico's though do speak some English.
I've wanted to learn Spanish for the same reasons that I eventually want to move to a Spanish speaking country, but I find it funny I understand most Spanish being spoken to me but I can't for the life of me speak it back fluently. Spanish seems to be very easy to pick up and I hope you become fluent quickly, however I guarantee once you move there and are forced to speak it daily that you'll catch on exponentially faster than trying to learn it through other means. I hear a lot people who learn to speak Spanish fluently find themselves thinking in Spanish because it's easier and uses less words to describe something especially when they're cursing lol.
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In my country (where we have 4 official languages) - kids in school learn 2 to 3 foreign languages.
Native language in my part is Swiss german - a spoken language only.
Speaking and writing myself fluently german, french, english plus quite some italian.
To read newspapers some core bahasa indonesia and mauritian creole (french originated)
Learning with Rosetta some russian right now - to at least understand the news on tv channels ;-)
Understanding other cultures - The Language IS KEY!
Indeed coming from a small European country there's a certain necessity to learn foreign languages... My mother tongue is Finnish, and I consider myself fluent in English and French as well. On top of that I speak some Spanish, German and Swedish (the 2nd official language in Finland) plus basic Russian and elementary Japanese. Wanna learn moar...
On a sidenote, hands down the best way to quickly and thoroughly learn a new language is to simply move someplace where you have to use it each and every day. So @Big Mike and others, while it of course makes sense to get a grip of the basics, grammar and all that by studying, don't worry - once you've moved in the language will come to you soon enough so long as you keep stubbornly and consistently using it and not reverting to English (which might be harder for native anglophones though).
Fun subject.... after retiring, it seems that I am even forgetting the one that I thought that I knew, so maybe fluent in None!!! Although I have been working pretty hard on C#.....
Dont retire too soon MIke.... We like having you right here....