Hablo español bastante bien para engañar a los que no lo hablan.
Which means: I speak Spanish well enough to fool people who don’t speak Spanish.
I’m not a native speaker. My mother is from Panama, but never taught us to speak her first language. I’ve been taking lessons for years because I love my mother. And I’m scared of her.
She admitted that it was a mistake not teaching us, but she said it was up to me to fix it.
She said to me, “You’ve got brains! Stop blaming me and take a class!” You don’t say ‘No’ to Ma. So I’ve got a friend teaching me, and I’ve got grammar books, and I’ve got novels and radio shows and podcasts and the Betty La Fea telanovela on TV.