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Post by conchydong on Jun 3, 2024 15:41:54 GMT -5
I grew up in Key West and worked in Miami for 27 years and know a lot Spanish. Mostly Cuban dialect but know matter how hard I try I can’t roll my “Rs”. Is something like that genetic or am I just not learning properly? I figured I would post something important in light of all the issues going on in today’s world.
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Post by gardawg on Jun 3, 2024 15:47:53 GMT -5
I'd recommend tongue exercises ...
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Post by swampdog on Jun 3, 2024 16:06:52 GMT -5
Not to be a smart alec, but why does the babel language app try to sell me a foreign language app? Why isn’t it a requirement that the new folks get a free app to babel to learn English?
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Post by madm002 on Jun 4, 2024 8:55:19 GMT -5
Practice saying rapidamente rueden los ferrocariles about 10 times a day. My Spanish teacher hit me with that when we were learning so we could have a life in Mexico.
I do not think you can do it unless you were / are immersed in the language. I can only do it after 3 or 4 days in country.
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Post by tampaspicer on Jun 4, 2024 10:58:38 GMT -5
I only really understand the cuss words and some other words. Spanish people talk to fast for me. LOL My wife knows a decent amount of spanish so I have her for an interpreter. If she ain't around I can use my phone.
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Jun 4, 2024 11:00:19 GMT -5
lease press #1 for Engrish
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Post by richm on Jun 6, 2024 5:46:05 GMT -5
I think our mouths form when we are younger - if we use certain sounds, mouth shapes diff. That's how I understand why gringos can't do a sexy rrrrroll.
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Post by madm002 on Jun 6, 2024 7:05:07 GMT -5
I think our mouths form when we are younger - if we use certain sounds, mouth shapes diff. That's how I understand why gringos can't do a sexy rrrrroll. To really do it well you have to learn young, no later than 8 or 9 and be 100% immersed. My kids learned it when we lived in Querétaro, and my especially has no gringo accent. But he was 7 when he started.
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Post by jmarkb on Jun 6, 2024 7:11:12 GMT -5
My spanish is limited to curse words and food. I umpired baseball from 9-10 year olds through high school in South Florida. You pretty much had to know what it means when some kid calls you a puta right after getting rung up when he watches the ball go right down the center of the plate.
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Jun 6, 2024 7:24:12 GMT -5
years back i learned a bit of Spanish before we went to Costa Rica. Thought it would come in handy. Turns out my book learning Spanish and every day conversational Spanish are waaaay different
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Jun 6, 2024 7:37:39 GMT -5
I can’t do it but know enough to do basic communication. I have a translator on my phone now.
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Post by richm on Jun 6, 2024 7:42:35 GMT -5
I learned a bunch of swear words when working in Puerto Rico a number of years back. Standing behind a drill rig with the guys telling me what to say and roaring with laughter when I said stuff.
I do know what a puta is. Scant little else.
Love a sexy chick with a spanish accent. Can't understand anything she says, but don't care.
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