I have a question

Which Spanish Dialect should I try to learn? I was reading a book and listening to a cd which had two ways of saying some words. The instructor explained that one was Mexican and the other was from Uruguay. The lady spoke spansh in the Mexican dialect and the guy spoke spanish in the dialect that is used mostly in Spain or the Caribbean. I'd like to know which one is more widely used and which one is better for me to learn?

 

hmmmmmmmmmmm very good question.

 

It was kind of funny when I was in a spanish rock festival and the american artists tried to speak a bit spanish and they all had an mexican accent.

 

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That's the main spanish that they offer here lol. It use to be Spain spanish.

 

I really could use some advice. I have Chilean Spanish, Mexican spanish, Puerto Rican Spanish, or Spain Spanish that I could learn. (I know there are others but I don't know which to choose.) I want the one that's the most fun to learn. (It doesn't have to be the easiest or the most used it just has to be Spanish.) I need you. Por favor

 

Well, I'm from Argentina..
People from Uruguay talk similar to us..
We speak a different spanish from Latin America.
But if you already have Chilean...well try that one...
(it's a bit similar as well)

Good luck!


Fer:sunglasse

 

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Thank you, I didn't realize (Though I should have beacuse it's the same way in English) that there were so many different ways. I was kind of looking for a different spanish than the norn. Everyone I know here either speaks Spanish that is Mexican or Puerto Rican. (Every once in awhile I hear a different one like Chilean or Colombian.) I just think this will be so cool and I really do mean thank you. gracias!

 

_Spanish is an universal language. There is not really an 'Spain Spanish' or a 'Puerto Rican Spanish' what differs is the entonation -think of someone from NY & someone from Alabama [just to name two different accents] they still speak the same English but what is different is the entonation.

What I am trying to point out is that any of those classes would do. I have Argentinean, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Mexican, Spaniard, /insert spanish speaking community friends & I understand them perfectly; there might be a few words here & there that are part of their culture but nothing that would make a huge difference.

Good luck & don't hesitate to /pm me w/questions.

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Fernanda es ese un Cocker Spaniel? Es precioso! Yo acabo de adoptar uno que me ha robado el coraz—n!

 

androidette is right, it doesn´t matter which "dialect" u learn, if you really learn it people will understand u , and you will understand them ! if i were u i would learn argentinian spanish i love argentinian accent!

the diferences between dialects are small, even here in Spain we have different dialects ..if u speak to someone from Andalucía u will find differences from people from other regions, and not only if they are from there... each "comunidad" has a different accent and they some times use different words, but u can easily understand them !

god luck with your lessons!

 

All the above... They're right. I mean it's like english from USA and from UK; both are english and you can understand them both even though they say biscuit instead of cookie or bien instead of trash but the main thing is there. Same happens with spanish!

 

Hi! I'm from Uruguay so if you need any help just let me know. By the way, Fernanda is right, in Argentina and Uruguay we have the same accent and expressions. Anyway, it doesn't matter what kind of Spanish you choose to learn, you will still be understood in any Spanish-speaking-coutry.
Suerte y hasta luego

 

gracias, I had stop using it for awhilew because I took my library book back and a Latin guy got on the bus and I couldn't help him. (I felt bad.) Well anyway, I will start learning it again but the problem that I have is that I don't have anyone to pratice with and I can read it but don't want to speak it yet. (I don't want to talk to Latin guys where I live and say the wrong thing but if I could practice in here with you than that would be cool.)

 

Sure, I would love to help you. Just tell me what topic you would like to talk about and we'll start our "educational conversation"
Mucha suerte, (y me alegra que quieras aprender español).

 

Well today a guy wanted to know how to get to the K-mart. (I knew the Donde but my friend came up with the word for store and fortunately he knew where he was going because he couldn't speak English and all my Spanish disappeared lol.

 

Well, maybe we should start with the basics then, right?
If you want to tell someone how to get somewhere, for example: The K-mart is 5 blocks to the left, you should say, el K-mart está a 5 cuadras a la izquierda. If you want to say it is to the right, you say, a la derecha. If you want to tell them to keep going straight, you tell them, seguí (or sigue, it depends on what kind of spanish they speak) derecho.
If I make a mistake when writing in English feel free to correct me.

 

Oh, by the way, tienda is the word for store

 

I'm a bad speller in English but I'm sure someone will say something, lol thanks. (By the way, why do you say El K-Mart esta a 5 cuadras a la izquierda. Instead of El K-Mart esta cinco cuadras a la izquierda.)

 

You say a cinco cuadras because you are trying to say it is a cinco cuadras de distancia (5 blocks away), in Spanish when you are telling someone how far away something is you always put an "a" before the distance. For example, "la casa de Juan está a 2 kilómetros" (John's house is two kilometers away).
I don't know if I was clear enough, if I wasn't, please tell me and I'll try to explain it again.

 

No you were ok. I just wanted to know why you had said 5 cuadras instead of cinco cuadras. (I guess you were just making it faster and I thought it had another meaning.) I was reading a Spanish book and it said that d's are pronouced th but in some Spanish language it's just a d. I like the th it's easier for me but is it better? Like rosado I'd prefer to pronounce it rosatho. Is that acceptable?

 

Actually the sound of the th doesn't exist in Spanish (that's why for example Penélope Cruz pronounces weird the th when talking in English), whenever you are reading a d you must pronounce it like an English d (like in "day") but a little bit softer not so strongly pronounced.