The tip about shortening words is fun to implement! It's an easy way to sound more fluent and natural. I remember saying "pa-qui" and "pa-lla" to my Mexican roommate on study abroad. He was surprised and told me, "Llevas poquito tiempo hablando espanol para estar diciendo pa-qui y pa'lla!"
I find that the Spanish speakers I hear everyday are compressing words to the point where I don’t recognize a lot that I would otherwise understand. More examples would be terrific.
One thing I noticed among the Venezuelans and Cubans I work with is at least what I noticed with Venezuelans is they don’t pronounce the “s” in a lot of words. For example, the city “Caracas” is pronounced Caraca. “Estas” is pronounced “Etas”
Mil gracias por los tips! De acuerdo con los subtítulos -- sin ponerlos, no tendría ni un chance entender los programas en español. Hablando de los regionalismos, algo que me ayuda mucho aquí en México es que se usan muchas palabras del inglés. Unos que he escuchado: "carry-on", "check-in", "home office", "tips", "chance", "wifi" y "show". También me encanta la relación entre palabras terminando con "-tion" en el inglés y "ción" en español
I've noticed that Cuban Spanish speakers change most ado-ending words to au-ending. For example hablado becomes hablau. It's just a matter of adjusting your listening.
definitely! Speakers from the Caribbean in general tend to drop D's. A little confusing at first, but once you realize what's going on and what to listen for, very manageable
Check out this video I made, it includes a few options: ua-cam.com/video/qpMJy-SPzcw/v-deo.html Another good one is Easy Spanish, although you need to join their Patreon to get transcripts
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The tip about shortening words is fun to implement! It's an easy way to sound more fluent and natural. I remember saying "pa-qui" and "pa-lla" to my Mexican roommate on study abroad. He was surprised and told me, "Llevas poquito tiempo hablando espanol para estar diciendo pa-qui y pa'lla!"
This is great! Loved the real examples. Thank you for the helpful tips!
I find that the Spanish speakers I hear everyday are compressing words to the point where I don’t recognize a lot that I would otherwise understand. More examples would be terrific.
good to know! I'll give it some thought and see if I can come up with some good examples for another video on the topic
One thing I noticed among the Venezuelans and Cubans I work with is at least what I noticed with Venezuelans is they don’t pronounce the “s” in a lot of words. For example, the city “Caracas” is pronounced Caraca. “Estas” is pronounced “Etas”
thanks for the help!
Great tips! Thanks for putting together this helpful video.
Mil gracias por los tips! De acuerdo con los subtítulos -- sin ponerlos, no tendría ni un chance entender los programas en español.
Hablando de los regionalismos, algo que me ayuda mucho aquí en México es que se usan muchas palabras del inglés. Unos que he escuchado: "carry-on", "check-in", "home office", "tips", "chance", "wifi" y "show". También me encanta la relación entre palabras terminando con "-tion" en el inglés y "ción" en español
Thx for your video. I like it to slow down the videos on youtube or the potcasts. It works in a lot of apps that you can slow down to 75 or 80 %.
that's a great approach. 80% is a nice amount since it still sounds relatively natural
Helpful, thanks!
This is very helpful thanks
Keep this up. You're good at it.
thanks Kyle!
thanks for the tips! dropped a sub.
I like your videos and have subscribed. Gracias
thanks Steven! Glad you like them
Exelente gracias, -
Great advice!
Great first video!
thanks Charles!
great great info!!
thanks, Marc!
I've noticed that Cuban Spanish speakers change most ado-ending words to au-ending. For example hablado becomes hablau. It's just a matter of adjusting your listening.
definitely! Speakers from the Caribbean in general tend to drop D's. A little confusing at first, but once you realize what's going on and what to listen for, very manageable
Great suggestions. However, how does somebody get a transcript of a podcast?
If you search linguaphone Spanish on UA-cam they have audio lessons with the transcript
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where can i find podcast with transcript
Check out this video I made, it includes a few options: ua-cam.com/video/qpMJy-SPzcw/v-deo.html
Another good one is Easy Spanish, although you need to join their Patreon to get transcripts
I can’t understand people when they talk Spanish because it’s too hard for me to hear them and I don’t really know what they’re saying