Woman's hilarious yet effective hack to learn Spanish garners praise: 'Switching from Duolingo'

Learning a new language can be cumbersome for native English speakers but a new mom cracked the code to learning Spanish easily. Pharmacist Natalie Crockett who goes by @natttcrock on TikTok started her Spanish lessons earlier this June when she was expecting a baby. She didn't want her Mexican husband and soon-to-be-born son to be talking behind her back in Spanish. So, she resorted to the help of a book called "Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish: A Creative and Proven Approach." She had been posting a video series of her hackish Spanish lessons and the internet finds it better than Duolingo.

In the part-1 video, Crockett mentioned that this book would help one learn Spanish without having to memorize the words. Adding that one has to know English to learn Spanish through this book, the new mom wondered how easy could the learning be. Going through the first lesson, Crockett realized that Spanish could indeed be easy to learn. Apart from the basic lessons on articles like "el," or "un," the woman highlighted that words ending in "or" in English were the same in Spanish too- they're just pronounced differently. Words like, "actor," "doctor," "professor," or "inventor," in Spanish were said in a way that the "o" sounds like "Oh." 

The part-2 video of Crockett learning Spanish blew up with over 2 million views. Here, the woman shared more simple hacks to learn Spanish words. Knowing that words ending with "al" in English, like animal, criminal, canal, commercial and so on were the same in Spanish too, she was delighted that she knew many Spanish words already. Words in English ending with "ble" were the same in Spanish too, except for their pronunciation. Crockett read out words like, "cable," "possible," and "flexible," with "ble" sounding like "blay," and her Mexican husband approved of it. "You sound pretty good," the husband said. 

Some words in Spanish needed just a letter or two added to their English version. Crockett emphasized how words ending in "ic" in English when translated to Spanish had an "o" added to their end - "publico" and "romantico" for instance. With just a twist in the accent, the pharmacist aced the Spanish words so quickly. Also, words ending in "ent" or "ant" in English were followed by an "e" in Spanish. Crockett shared some examples like "presidente" and "importante." Appreciating herself, Crockett quipped, "We are so smart." Her husband asked her to translate the line, "The president is important" to Spanish and Crockett needed a moment to figure out the grammatical details. She then answered, "El presidente es importante," and looks like, she was spot on. 

People were amazed by how simple Spanish can be. "I know Spanish and I was still mind blown by this information," said @mari_ana5572. "With this Spanish lesson, I'm on my way to Mexico with confidence," joked @user118211562. "100% switching from Duolingo to you," chimed in @fridaybeaux89_. "Whaaaat! I have been in an adult Spanish class for 6 months and on Duolingo for a year and you just taught me some insanely brilliant information!" added @ameliainthestars.

You can follow Natalie Crockett (@natttcrock) on TikTok for more Spanish learning content.