Learning Spanish language

[damarys]

Originally Posted by xiurell

Voy a la disco (it's a short femenine word for discoteca)

Thank you... It sounds funny to say "a la disco" if you don't know that it is short for "discoteca".
What do you think about "voy a salsa"? Is that ever said like that in Spanish speaking countries that you know of? I've never heard it but... what do I know?

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by damarys

Thank you... It sounds funny to say "a la disco" if you don't know that it is short for "discoteca".
What do you think about "voy a salsa"? Is that ever said like that in Spanish speaking countries that you know of? I've never heard it but... what do I know?

voy a salsa doesn't make any sense. if you were gonna say "i'm going to (dance) salsa" it you would voy a bailar, and if you were going somewhere to salsa it would be "voy a la dico" or where ever you're gonna go to do it.

[Katrocks]

This thread cracks me up I swear ! Every time I get an update via email I have to come back!!! "Voy a Salsa " !! ha ha!!! You guys are hilarious!!! Thankx all for keeping this thread alive!!

[damarys]

Originally Posted by Katrocks

This thread cracks me up I swear ! Every time I get an update via email I have to come back!!! "Voy a Salsa " !! ha ha!!! You guys are hilarious!!! Thankx all for keeping this thread alive!!

Yeah.... the original post by Nene, who is learning the language, said "Vengo a salsa", which put all kinds of weird pictures in my head. I just kept seeing a big bowl of salsa and someone jumping into it. We can always say, "Vengo a ensalsarme".... now, there's a picture!
I love this thread too!

[Katrocks]

Too much!!!!

[Katrocks]

I have a problem with the Argentinian dialect wow It is really hard to understand!!I can understand the Spanish spoken in Spain pretty well but the later wow. do you know of any good audio books in The Argentinian dialect that I may listen to to get used to the sound?

[Nene]

Hehe, that's a good point, damarys! I just realized what happened there.
I presume the way we say "Voy a salsa..." is some kind of jargon here among the Spanish living in Dublin. Jaja! Because I heard it a couple of times where "salsa" is ment as place & dance in one. Of course, you are right, this is not correct!
Thanks for noticing!

[Nene]

Originally Posted by Katrocks

I have a problem with the Argentinian dialect wow It is really hard to understand!!I am planning a trip in December and I am lost. I can understand the Spanish spoken in Spain pretty well but the later wow. do you know of any good audio books in The Argentinian dialect that I may listen to to get used to the sound?

I'm not surprised! I have an Argentinian friend who speaks funny Spanish! What I've noticed is that he doesn't pronounce "LL" as soft "L" (as in Spain), but he says "ZSH" instead.
So at the end you hear: "zsho me zshamo..." instead of "yo me llamo..."

The other thing I've noticed is how the letter "S" is pronounced in the middle of the word. It is completely missing and instead you can hear something like a silent "H". For instance, my name "Denisa" he would pronounce like "Deniha", where "h" is not as strong as we pronounce it in English.

I hope this helps somehow!

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by Nene

I'm not surprised! I have an Argentinian friend who speaks funny Spanish! What I've noticed is that he doesn't pronounce "LL" as soft "L" (as in Spain), but he says "ZSH" instead.
So at the end you hear: "zsho me zshamo..." instead of "yo me llamo..."

The other thing I've noticed is how the letter "S" is pronounced in the middle of the word. It is completely missing and instead you can hear something like a silent "H". For instance, my name "Denisa" he would pronounce like "Deniha", where "h" is not as strong as we pronounce it in English.

I hope this helps somehow!

when i talk (with a somewhat dominican accent mixed with a little mexican influence since that's the only people that live around me) i don't pronounce s before a vowel or at the end of the word. also, sometimes y is replaced with an english j. actually, the sound you said for ll might be the same as how y is. i don't really know how to describe it. it's not done all the time, but sometimes people do it.

[xiurell]

Originally Posted by damarys

Thank you... It sounds funny to say "a la disco" if you don't know that it is short for "discoteca".
What do you think about "voy a salsa"? Is that ever said like that in Spanish speaking countries that you know of? I've never heard it but... what do I know?

'voy a salsa' is correct for me, the same as in 'voy a piano', 'voy a natación' etc
but always with the meaning that you are taking classes

so the sentences will be 'voy a clases de salsa, de piano, de natación, etc'

[Nene]

Well Xiurell, in fact I am kind of "taking lessons" at the Salsa Club, because I'm a total begginer. Even though, sometimes my friends tell me: "Tu tienes salsa en tu sangre." (or something similar). Hehe!

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by Nene

Well Xiurell, in fact I am kind of "taking lessons" at the Salsa Club, because I'm a total begginer. Even though, sometimes my friends tell me: "Tu tienes salsa en tu sangre." (or something similar). Hehe!

that's a pretty direct translation jaja. i've never heard anyone say that before. what do you native speakers think? it sounds kinda chicano-ish lol

[damarys]

"You have salsa in your blood." That is an appropriate phrase to use for someone who loves to dance salsa. OR someone who loves salsa on all their food! It's all about context!!!!

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by damarys

"You have salsa in your blood." That is an appropriate phrase to use for someone who loves to dance salsa. OR someone who loves salsa on all their food! It's all about context!!!!

lol, i haven't heard that phrase in spanish. i thought it might just be something that english speakers translated directly. i hear that a lot lol

[damarys]

Originally Posted by dmoney101

lol, i haven't heard that phrase in spanish. i thought it might just be something that english speakers translated directly. i hear that a lot lol

I'm not sure if it's a common phrase or not in Spanish; but it is understood if it were used. It doesn't sound odd.

[Estrellita]

hola todos, I'm in my second year of spanish at high school and next year I'm gonna take spanish 3 and 4. I try and speak it as much as I can and I watch the spanish chanell and listen to a lot of music. I was just wondering does anybody have any tips on how I can become even more fluent. gracias

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by Estrellita

hola todos, I'm in my second year of spanish at high school and next year I'm gonna take spanish 3 and 4. I try and speak it as much as I can and I watch the spanish chanell and listen to a lot of music. I was just wondering does anybody have any tips on how I can become even more fluent. gracias

well you've got plenty of stuff teaching you the language, all you gotta work on is your speech and accent. the only way to really do that is to have conversations in spanish. also, i found rapping/singing in spanish helped me with being able to talk faster without stuttering (it took me a while before i could talk fast like a native speaker)

[Estrellita]

thankz, I thought I was the only who did that to learn spanish, couz I'll be in the middle of class and start bustin out with a random song so I can practice lol

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by Estrellita

thankz, I thought I was the only who did that to learn spanish, couz I'll be in the middle of class and start bustin out with a random song so I can practice lol

yea, i freestlye every once in a while in spanish jaja

[Estrellita]

I'm jealous, I wish I could do that lol

[AndLoveYelledNO]

I think whenever learning a language, vocabulary is very important. You should buy a dictionary that way you can easily look up a word you don't know. It will stick in your mind.
I'm learning Japanese and that helps, along with watching a lot of TV. I pick up words constantly

Suerte!

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by Estrellita

I'm jealous, I wish I could do that lol

then just learn a bunch of underground songs that nobody knows and they'll THINK you made it up jaja

[Estrellita]

andloveyelledno: thankz the Spanish dictonary does really help

dmoney 101: lol I'll try it. Do you think if I work at a mexican resturaunt it will help with my spanish too?

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by Estrellita

andloveyelledno: thankz the Spanish dictonary does really help

dmoney 101: lol I'll try it. Do you think if I work at a mexican resturaunt it will help with my spanish too?

yea it would help, but it'd be pretty hard to get hired at a good one (one that's actually owned my a mexican) since they usually like to hire other hispanics (a mexican restaurant wouldn't look very authentic if all the employees were white or black would it? hahaha)

[Estrellita]

lol that's true

[CoOl_GiRl]

Xopa-hola= hello
blood, fren, compa, pasiero-amigo= friend
diablo rojo-(red devil, buses are called so in Panama)-bus= bus
Voy pa lante= Me voy= i'm leaving
Ayala!-( expression kinda Ay)
Un dime (10 cents)
Un real (5 cents)
Plata-Dinero= money
Mulear-Caminar= walk
Chantin-Casa= House
Parkear- Estar con amigos= be with friends, talking

When i remember more i will write them... cause panamenians are SO CREATIVE ^^!

[AzteK]

Let me guess why you call the bus-diablo rojo-
Dejame adivinar porque llaman al bus-diablo rojo-
It is because of their high speed as they try to steal each other passengers, reckless
Es por su alta velocidad al intentar robarse uno al otro los pasajeros, manejo
driving and sudden stops.
descuidado y paradas repentinas
Where I live we call them peseras-it´s like a fish tank with so much fish they can
Donde yo vivo los llamamos peseras-es como una pesera con tantos peces que apenas
barely move-this only happens in Hispania.
pueden moverse-esto solo sucede en Hispania.

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by AzteK

Let me guess why you call the bus-diablo rojo-
Dejame adivinar porque llaman al bus-diablo rojo-
It is because of their high speed as they try to steal each other passengers, reckless
Es por su alta velocidad al intentar robarse uno al otro los pasajeros, manejo
driving and sudden stops.
descuidado y paradas repentinas
Where I live we call them peseras-it´s like a fish tank with so much fish they can
Donde yo vivo los llamamos peseras-es como una pesera con tantos peces que apenas
barely move-this only happens in Hispania.
pueden moverse-esto solo sucede en Hispania.

wow, every country has a weird name for the bus. Dominicans call it the gua gua (i think puerto ricans use that too)

[damarys]

Originally Posted by dmoney101

wow, every country has a weird name for the bus. Dominicans call it the gua gua (i think puerto ricans use that too)

It's guagua for Cubans too! It must be a Caribbean thing.

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by damarys

It's guagua for Cubans too! It must be a Caribbean thing.

yea, i think it is. it sounds like a caribbean word since a lot of Dominicans/Cubans (not as many Puerto Ricans) come from African decent. It's funny, all the Cubans i've ever seen have either been really white, or really black, but never any mestizos haha