How good is AOC’s Spanish? Can Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Speak Spanish?

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Can Alexandria Ocasio Cortez speak Spanish? Puede Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Hablar Español?

Today we are going tobe breaking down AOC’s Spanish. We will react to a couple of her interviews in the language.

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What’s up guys. I am very excited about today’s video. We are going to be looking at the Spanish of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez . Today's video is not about politics. That is not what this channel is about. Today’s we are only going to judge AOC for her Spanish speaking abilities! Then we are going to look at her story as a Spanish speaker and stay until the end because we will see what her skills mean for Latinos in the US. So let’s dive right into it! We are going to look at an interview she did with Rene
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This is my take on it so far.She clearly thinks and lives in English and has for a long time, but she is honestly perfectly able to communicate in Spanish no problem! She makes mistakes with gender mostly and finding the right word. But in her defense, I do think gender for noun in Spanish is kind of messed up.

Something else that is cool is that she sometimes has sort of a Puerto Rican accent… Sometimes… she drops the S at the end of words, but other times she doesn’t. Her accent is what I would call a US Latin accent. Let’s watch a bit more.

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Alright so AOC Spanish in an objective scale of fluency, I would put it at a 7 . Like honestly I make mistakes like hers in English all the time. She struggled with por an para

So what does this mean for Latinos and even anybody struggling with Bilingualism when it is expected of you… who cares? You speak both languages, you are able to communicate. Perfection is not the most important thing. I value just having the courage to step up and speak.

And I mean despite popular belief not everybody who is Latino speaks and understands Spanish perfectly or at all. That doesn't make you less Latino.. I do speak it because I grew up in Colombia speaking only Spanish -Hence my accent in English- but I know so many people that grew up here just speaking Spanish with their parents, and English everywhere else. It is normal that they would struggle with it. There are only so many words you can learn from your mom.

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Diego limpie
Ya voy
Diego a comer
Ya voy
Diego a comer

So if you are an immigrant struggling with your first language think of AOC, Selena), Eva Longoria or think of me because even I struggle speaking spanish after speaking it my whole life and taking a year of college in Colombia, if i don’t use it I lose some of it.

After a long interview, with Univision in Spanish, AOC posted this tweet

Talking precisely about this point. So Latinos, don’t get discouraged and keep practising.
Now you may be wondering how come AOC speaks any Spanish. Her mom is from Puerto Rico and her dad is a Nuyorican, a Puertican from New York. So AOC herself is Nuyorican. She spend the first 5 years of her life in the Bronx, and then moved to a more suburban area where most people probably spoke English. Her parents made a huge effort to take her to a place with better schooling.. She split her time between the Bronx and the suburbs, and to this day her teachers who say she was just brilliant.

As you can see AOC grew up in a world surrounded by English even if at home they spoke spanish. She then achieved credentials in college in Boston University and went on to become an activist and politician. During her professional life, like many Hispanics, she was asked to use Spanish to translate or talk to Spanish speaking families. Today she is still very rooted in her Spanish speaking community. During the census, she engaged in conversations with multiple people in SPanish encouraging them to sing up. Even though English is her dominant language, she remains committed to connecting with the Spanish speakers in her district, which is really cool.
Well guys, let us know in the comments what you thought of AOC’s Spanish… I hope this encourages you to be courageous and patient with yourself as you learn Spanish… even if it is your first language

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