Hello everyone, I'm @germanandradeg and I come with great enthusiasm to introduce myself to this distinguished community.

Since I stumbled on Hive with the good friend @jonsnow1983, it has been like a blessing, with this gentleman you always learn, and now that I see him involved in the foundation of this community I am sure we will learn a lot.
I've been learning English since elementary school, specifically since third grade, also in high school, and of course in college, but I haven't really put my mind to it and I barely interpret some things.

My pronunciation is terrible, it leaves much to be desired and most of the time my interpretation is totally wrong.

Recently, I learned about the "Duolingo" application and decided to install it on my phone.

I have managed to do the daily practices but I feel that this is not enough, it has reminded me of what I learned in my academic years but I do not think that with this tool you can have a fluent conversation in English.
Also, I was invited to an English course of a group known to my wife and this was done via Zoom, but it was more the absences of the class instructor than what was learned.

Therefore, I have welcomed the creation of this @hivelingual community, where I hope to learn and expose my learning progress.

On different occasions and as an adventurer, I have gone out to converse with English speakers, especially with those who have been in my country and who do not speak Spanish.
Well, it turns out that I have crashed like no other, I have been embarrassed and the English speaker has ended up understanding me more in Spanish than in English.

It has only happened to me.

Whoever came up with this idea, is exploited of superior intelligence, this is (for me) a great contribution to the platform; what a wonderful universe this is that I have reached a year ago; Hive.

So, I could not let this event go unnoticed and I decided to come and introduce myself to the community and expose my hunger to learn another language apart from my native one.

Another thing, Portuguese, is another language that I am passionate about and want to learn.

I have no choice but to use the translator in case what I wrote in Spanish is not understood.

May the universe grant you all that you long for and fill your homes with blessings.