Personal Narrative: Fluidity Of The Spanish Language

Following my friend into her family’s house, I immediately perceived the fluidity of the Spanish tongue being spoken. For a week, I stayed with Kiara and her family, Peruvian natives who live in the United States. I was the only non-fluid Spanish speaker and it was a detail I was all too aware of. Thankfully, with my years of high school Spanish classes, I could understand and communicate to a certain extent. I was restricted to short conversations with her family, and English conversations only with Kiara. I felt uncomfortable and detached from the generous people that opened their home to me. The inability to verbally connect because of our different language skills lead to a physical separation us. Being forced into silence was very challenging