To anyone who may be discouraged using subtitles, for most Romance languages, subtitles for native rate speech allow you a fighting chance of a general understa

To anyone who may be discouraged using subtitles, for most Romance languages, subtitles for native rate speech allow you a fighting chance of a general understanding of what was said, even if they are not word-for-word. Without subtitles, if you are like me, you are still frustrated in your ability to figure out what exactly was said. I've heard that focusing on pronunciation first helps a lot, and I may need to go back to learning the IPA for real.