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That's a common question among my students. Are there any differences at all?
Well, let’s find out in this new episode of Speaking Spanish for Beginners.
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(00:00):
This episode is brought to you thanksfor supporters on Patron. Your support allows
me to create more contents so youcan continue learning Spanish. If you decide
to support Speaking Spanish for Beginners,you also get access to additional materials such
as at three episodes, videos andstudy guides about or content. For more
(00:22):
information, visit www dot patron dotcom. Forward slash Latinelle And now let's
get started with the episode Bambos getcomoteva. Welcome to a new episode of
Speaking Spanish for Beginners. Meiamo Marco. So the tile is so I'll Podcasts
(00:49):
a podcast for Spanish beginners who wantto have their first conversations with your amigos
latinos Latino friends. This episode answeredthere's a questions that a lot of my
students ask, what is that?Well, they normally ask what are some
of the differences between Latin American andEuropean Spanish? Are there any differences at
(01:12):
all? And to answer that question, I decided to create this episode Esticilypie
of you bound Espanol Latin Americano EspanolEurope. Any differentiation between these two regions
(01:33):
runs the risk of over generalization becauseSpanish is spoken in a vast territory.
That's the truth. What do youmean, Well, you can find differences
even within the same country. I'msure that if you study with a tutor
from Spain, from the Canary Islandsor Valencia, the way they speak will
be different from a person from Madrid. That's also the case in Latin America.
(01:57):
There are common features in the waywe speak in this region, but
also a lot of differences. I, for example, being from Chile,
we share a lot of vocabulary withSouth American countries biases South Americanos. Just
to illustrate this idea, the worldfor avocado in many countries from South America
(02:20):
is called palta b are ale theyare palta. We see palta for avocado
in Chile, Peru, uru Way, Argentina, Bolivia, but in other
Latin American countries they call it awakati are Hey, who are say?
(02:45):
Are they act mangantala palta. Well, they're just the same. So keep
that in mind for this episode.But we can not deny that Latin American
countries have more in common compared toEuropean Spanish. Actually, that's why when
(03:07):
there is a movie from Hollywood thatoriginally is in English. When it's dapped
into Spanish, you have the LatinAmerican version and the European Spanish version.
And when a Latin American person watchesthe European version, it feels strange.
But it's the same feeling people fromSpain gate when they watch the Latin American
version. So this is a contrastthat even has a commercial impact if you're
(03:31):
a movie maker. So let's seethree clear examples between these two regions.
No metal, oh no. Theprano bostros what is bosatrius? Bosotros is
a prano. It means you inthe plural form bostros. I'm sure you
(03:52):
have seen it in many materials createdto learn Spanish, because most of the
material created to learn Spanish is createdin Spain. We're eight percent of the
total population who speaks Spanish live,but we don't use it in America Latina.
Instead, we use the planoun whostais, that's the planon we use
(04:15):
for you in the plural form whoSTIs. Don't they use your status in
Spain? Then well, that's agood question. A testbook will normally say
that in Spain they use u statisinformal situations, and bostros with friends.
But to be honest, I've neverheard a person from Spain saying U statis.
(04:35):
Well, probably because I've been withthem in friendly situations, That's probably
why. But that distinction between ustheis and bostros does not exist in Latin
America. We just use U statisin a formal and informal situations. And
why is this important? Because usthetis ambo sotros have a different conjugation.
(04:59):
For example, if I'm asking toa group of people, how are you,
it will be commos tie using bostrosand como estan using ustevis comos tis
como istan. If you are aregular listener, you might have realized that
I never used bostros, and that'sbecause it doesn't feel natural to me.
(05:24):
I would say commo stan to greetyou all, but never como is thie.
So there you have it. Ifyou're coming to Latin America. One
less conjugation to learn, isn't thatsimple? Let's continue nu metal those the
pronunciation of the letter Z and C. This is another feature that is different
(05:48):
in the two regions. In manyareas of Spain, as in the capital
Madrid, they pronounced the letter zand c as eta and fay with the
tongue between their teeth, similar tothe sound of the th h in English.
That's why an important word like beerin Spain they would pronounce itsa.
(06:15):
In Latin America we don't pronounce itthat way. We turned the sound of
the letter Z and C into aregular s. So here in Latin America,
for letter Z we say seta,a letter C we say say so.
For a beer, we just sayservesa so missa migos for the beer
(06:39):
was delicious. People from Spain wouldsay, But in Latin America we would
says, do you hear the difference? Say with me last servesa estava deliciosa
cheers, salute, and finally,no medal race the word kocher. If
(07:04):
you are with kids in the car, just note that this is not a
podcast for kids. And why amI saying that? Because this term is
related to the birds and the beestalk mommy. What is Marco saying?
Do you want to have that conversationnow so you can stop the podcast now
and listen to it later. Forthis term, if you're just listening by
(07:26):
yourself, then no problem. AsI mentioned earlier, there are many words
that are different depending on the region. Kher spelled say oh he a koher.
It's a notorious difference between the tworegions because in Spain this verb is
used with a lot of different meanings. For example, if you need to
(07:50):
pick up somebody from a place,let's say your friend from work. In
Spain, they could say or ifyou need to take the bush. But
coher is commonly avoided in many LatinAmerican countries because coher it's a Lang word
(08:11):
for to have sex. So whenyou say I need to pick up my
friend, well, I don't needto be aware of your needs. You
can change it for ricoher in thatcase that makes a huge difference, or
for boy a coherl bus we usetomar instead boy attmar el bus, not
(08:37):
coher ah. That would be painful. So once again, be careful because
we tend to avoid the world coher, So just to be clear, we
understand it, but we don't useit as often as people from Spain.
And that's also why it's important tobe aware of some differences depending on the
region. And I hope this episodegives you some ideas of what to spare
(09:00):
if you visit Latin America and Spain. These kind of differences are just natural
in any language that is spoken ina vast territory. I'm sure you're aware
of this already because it's the samecase in English blay me. That's jolly
good, and that's also what makeslearning a language very interesting. Glassiers Pescuchar
(09:26):
speaking Spanish four Beginners. If youenjoyed this podcast, please rate it with
five stars on your favorite listening up. That really helps me to reach more
potential listeners and help more people learnSpanish. Before I finish, I want
to thank our supporters who make itpossible to create this podcast on this occasion.
A special shuttle to Mahi who's sayingfor supporting us on buy me a
(09:50):
Coffee, and Natalia Jimenez for becomingour new patron Moota Crassiers poor so and
it also apport Day, which allowsme to buy the coffee to create this
content with energy. I also wantto thank all the listeners who have left
five stars on Spotify and also allthe people who have left a review on
(10:13):
Apple Podcasts. Especial thanks to befalse who wrote on Apple Podcasts, I
like this little guy. He seasyto understand I'm a beginner and it's just
what I'm looking for. More tagraciasglad to hear you enjoy speaking Spanish.
Four beginners buenamigos, have a greatday. And if you're interested in the
topic of the differences, I havea podcast called a brent espaniol called Latin
(10:37):
All for intermediate students, in whichI have interviewed people from more than thirteen
Spanish speaking countries. And if youare one of our supporters on Patrons,
you get access to all the transcriptsas all approxima tat out
This episode is brought to you thanksfor supporters on Patron. Your support allows
me to create more contents so youcan continue learning Spanish. If you decide
to support Speaking Spanish for Beginners,you also get access to additional materials such
as at three episodes, videos andstudy guides about or content. For more
(00:22):
information, visit www dot patron dotcom. Forward slash Latinelle And now let's
get started with the episode Bambos getcomoteva. Welcome to a new episode of
Speaking Spanish for Beginners. Meiamo Marco. So the tile is so I'll Podcasts
(00:49):
a podcast for Spanish beginners who wantto have their first conversations with your amigos
latinos Latino friends. This episode answeredthere's a questions that a lot of my
students ask, what is that?Well, they normally ask what are some
of the differences between Latin American andEuropean Spanish? Are there any differences at
(01:12):
all? And to answer that question, I decided to create this episode Esticilypie
of you bound Espanol Latin Americano EspanolEurope. Any differentiation between these two regions
(01:33):
runs the risk of over generalization becauseSpanish is spoken in a vast territory.
That's the truth. What do youmean, Well, you can find differences
even within the same country. I'msure that if you study with a tutor
from Spain, from the Canary Islandsor Valencia, the way they speak will
be different from a person from Madrid. That's also the case in Latin America.
(01:57):
There are common features in the waywe speak in this region, but
also a lot of differences. I, for example, being from Chile,
we share a lot of vocabulary withSouth American countries biases South Americanos. Just
to illustrate this idea, the worldfor avocado in many countries from South America
(02:20):
is called palta b are ale theyare palta. We see palta for avocado
in Chile, Peru, uru Way, Argentina, Bolivia, but in other
Latin American countries they call it awakati are Hey, who are say?
(02:45):
Are they act mangantala palta. Well, they're just the same. So keep
that in mind for this episode.But we can not deny that Latin American
countries have more in common compared toEuropean Spanish. Actually, that's why when
(03:07):
there is a movie from Hollywood thatoriginally is in English. When it's dapped
into Spanish, you have the LatinAmerican version and the European Spanish version.
And when a Latin American person watchesthe European version, it feels strange.
But it's the same feeling people fromSpain gate when they watch the Latin American
version. So this is a contrastthat even has a commercial impact if you're
(03:31):
a movie maker. So let's seethree clear examples between these two regions.
No metal, oh no. Theprano bostros what is bosatrius? Bosotros is
a prano. It means you inthe plural form bostros. I'm sure you
(03:52):
have seen it in many materials createdto learn Spanish, because most of the
material created to learn Spanish is createdin Spain. We're eight percent of the
total population who speaks Spanish live,but we don't use it in America Latina.
Instead, we use the planoun whostais, that's the planon we use
(04:15):
for you in the plural form whoSTIs. Don't they use your status in
Spain? Then well, that's agood question. A testbook will normally say
that in Spain they use u statisinformal situations, and bostros with friends.
But to be honest, I've neverheard a person from Spain saying U statis.
(04:35):
Well, probably because I've been withthem in friendly situations, That's probably
why. But that distinction between ustheis and bostros does not exist in Latin
America. We just use U statisin a formal and informal situations. And
why is this important? Because usthetis ambo sotros have a different conjugation.
(04:59):
For example, if I'm asking toa group of people, how are you,
it will be commos tie using bostrosand como estan using ustevis comos tis
como istan. If you are aregular listener, you might have realized that
I never used bostros, and that'sbecause it doesn't feel natural to me.
(05:24):
I would say commo stan to greetyou all, but never como is thie.
So there you have it. Ifyou're coming to Latin America. One
less conjugation to learn, isn't thatsimple? Let's continue nu metal those the
pronunciation of the letter Z and C. This is another feature that is different
(05:48):
in the two regions. In manyareas of Spain, as in the capital
Madrid, they pronounced the letter zand c as eta and fay with the
tongue between their teeth, similar tothe sound of the th h in English.
That's why an important word like beerin Spain they would pronounce itsa.
(06:15):
In Latin America we don't pronounce itthat way. We turned the sound of
the letter Z and C into aregular s. So here in Latin America,
for letter Z we say seta,a letter C we say say so.
For a beer, we just sayservesa so missa migos for the beer
(06:39):
was delicious. People from Spain wouldsay, But in Latin America we would
says, do you hear the difference? Say with me last servesa estava deliciosa
cheers, salute, and finally,no medal race the word kocher. If
(07:04):
you are with kids in the car, just note that this is not a
podcast for kids. And why amI saying that? Because this term is
related to the birds and the beestalk mommy. What is Marco saying?
Do you want to have that conversationnow so you can stop the podcast now
and listen to it later. Forthis term, if you're just listening by
(07:26):
yourself, then no problem. AsI mentioned earlier, there are many words
that are different depending on the region. Kher spelled say oh he a koher.
It's a notorious difference between the tworegions because in Spain this verb is
used with a lot of different meanings. For example, if you need to
(07:50):
pick up somebody from a place,let's say your friend from work. In
Spain, they could say or ifyou need to take the bush. But
coher is commonly avoided in many LatinAmerican countries because coher it's a Lang word
(08:11):
for to have sex. So whenyou say I need to pick up my
friend, well, I don't needto be aware of your needs. You
can change it for ricoher in thatcase that makes a huge difference, or
for boy a coherl bus we usetomar instead boy attmar el bus, not
(08:37):
coher ah. That would be painful. So once again, be careful because
we tend to avoid the world coher, So just to be clear, we
understand it, but we don't useit as often as people from Spain.
And that's also why it's important tobe aware of some differences depending on the
region. And I hope this episodegives you some ideas of what to spare
(09:00):
if you visit Latin America and Spain. These kind of differences are just natural
in any language that is spoken ina vast territory. I'm sure you're aware
of this already because it's the samecase in English blay me. That's jolly
good, and that's also what makeslearning a language very interesting. Glassiers Pescuchar
(09:26):
speaking Spanish four Beginners. If youenjoyed this podcast, please rate it with
five stars on your favorite listening up. That really helps me to reach more
potential listeners and help more people learnSpanish. Before I finish, I want
to thank our supporters who make itpossible to create this podcast on this occasion.
A special shuttle to Mahi who's sayingfor supporting us on buy me a
(09:50):
Coffee, and Natalia Jimenez for becomingour new patron Moota Crassiers poor so and
it also apport Day, which allowsme to buy the coffee to create this
content with energy. I also wantto thank all the listeners who have left
five stars on Spotify and also allthe people who have left a review on
(10:13):
Apple Podcasts. Especial thanks to befalse who wrote on Apple Podcasts, I
like this little guy. He seasyto understand I'm a beginner and it's just
what I'm looking for. More tagraciasglad to hear you enjoy speaking Spanish.
Four beginners buenamigos, have a greatday. And if you're interested in the
topic of the differences, I havea podcast called a brent espaniol called Latin
(10:37):
All for intermediate students, in whichI have interviewed people from more than thirteen
Spanish speaking countries. And if youare one of our supporters on Patrons,
you get access to all the transcriptsas all approxima tat out
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