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It certainly helps to understand it.
But I do not see any advantage in learning it.... :disappoin
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donP
It certainly helps to understand it.
But I do not see any advantage in learning it.... :disappoin
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donP
1. Learn proper spanish
2. leave out every single letter 's'. For example dond? tu estas becomes dond? tu ta. Mosquito is moquito.
3. If at all possible leave off the beginning and end of words. La autopista becomes la pita.
4. Use English words where possible. They are full is ellos estan llenos. This becomes tan full.
5. Wherever possible run words together. El esta acostado becomes tacotao.
6. Shout rather than speak in a normal voice.
7. When in a bar or restaurant and you want the attention of the waiters then take all the letter 's' that you have not used in the day and hiss at him or her 'sssssssssssssssssssssssssss'.
As you can see, Dominican Spanish is very easy if you follow these few rules. Good luck
Matilda
2. leave out every single letter 's'. For example dond? tu estas becomes dond? tu ta. Mosquito is moquito.
3. If at all possible leave off the beginning and end of words. La autopista becomes la pita.
4. Use English words where possible. They are full is ellos estan llenos. This becomes tan full.
5. Wherever possible run words together. El esta acostado becomes tacotao.
6. Shout rather than speak in a normal voice.
7. When in a bar or restaurant and you want the attention of the waiters then take all the letter 's' that you have not used in the day and hiss at him or her 'sssssssssssssssssssssssssss'.
As you can see, Dominican Spanish is very easy if you follow these few rules. Good luck
Matilda
Oh gosh, I mean to click like and click dislike, can't be undone? Sorry, Matilda. I actually loved your post!
Learn Proper Spanish and use it. What you propose to do is take a new car and scratch it all up so it "looks" like it belongs in the Barrio.. sheesh!
Puleeze, while I can follow Matilda's well written post and grin at her astute observations, you will end up with Spanish fit only for the lowlife...
Learn it the right way and then you can adjust as circumstances warrant.
HB
Puleeze, while I can follow Matilda's well written post and grin at her astute observations, you will end up with Spanish fit only for the lowlife...
Learn it the right way and then you can adjust as circumstances warrant.
HB
I concur with Hillbilly and also can appreciate Matilda's humor.
What would happen if you try to learn street Spanish here is that you will be inevitably laughed at by the locals. For example, think about people you have met that spoke very poor English who tried to use all the catchy phrases with a thick accent and missing the most important words; you probably weren't impressed in the least bit and maybe even thought the person even didn't speak English - this is what the locals will think of you.
Furthermore, Dominicans don't speak a "dialect" it is Spanish with regional terms. Finally, even though Dominicans have their linguistic idiosyncrasies they are generally impressed by and show obvious respect to those who speak Spanish well - even with an accent.
What would happen if you try to learn street Spanish here is that you will be inevitably laughed at by the locals. For example, think about people you have met that spoke very poor English who tried to use all the catchy phrases with a thick accent and missing the most important words; you probably weren't impressed in the least bit and maybe even thought the person even didn't speak English - this is what the locals will think of you.
Furthermore, Dominicans don't speak a "dialect" it is Spanish with regional terms. Finally, even though Dominicans have their linguistic idiosyncrasies they are generally impressed by and show obvious respect to those who speak Spanish well - even with an accent.
I just want to say that Chip stole the post I would have written if I had come here first.
To the OP: Learn proper Spanish. You are not goign to impress anybody if you learn "uneducated" Spanish and top it with an accent.
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