Most people are actually really helpful if they sense that you're trying to learn their language and make an effort. But as everything else in life you have to

Most people are actually really helpful if they sense that you're trying to learn their language and make an effort. But as everything else in life you have to be determined if you want to succeed. Talk to the storeowner when you go shopping, find a coffee shop you like become a regular and start chatting to people and become known as that guy that's learning to speak Spanish, get a native girlfriend, get a job where you have to speak the language, etc.