They say como tu ta (tú estás) in NYC

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Oct 16, 2024
2:51:07pm

Genghis Spreads All-American

They say como tu ta (tú estás) in NYC

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Does the DR have a particularly difficult-to-understand Spanish dialect?

shoganai

2:20pm

Yes, in the Caribbean they don't say their S's at the end of syllables. I served

Genghis Spreads

2:23pm

They speak fast.

Squeegee

2:24pm

Isn't that all dialects of Spanish?

OrsoNero

3:16pm

Yes. I speak Spanish all day long and my DR sister-in-law has the most difficult

JAGA97

2:24pm

Harder than Chilean Spanish?

OrsoNero

3:17pm

Yes. Chilean Spanish is unique but I can easily pick up 99% of what they are

JAGA97

3:30pm

First time I went to Chile, I struggled to understand my taxi driver.

OrsoNero

3:49pm

i served in puerto plata! dominican spanish is fast, sloppy and they typically drop the s. some country folks in the

JOPE

2:27pm

example the fast speaking and dropping the s, “como estas” would sound like

JOPE

2:31pm

last example….a northern dominican from the campo would say

JOPE

2:36pm

They say como tu ta (tú estás) in NYC

Genghis Spreads

2:51pm

I learned from CB

jxncoog

2:34pm

Yes, they have a famously hard accent to understand

Japan Coug

2:35pm

My brother-in-law is Cuban and he can't understand them,

wabluecoug

2:42pm

Here is a Fluffy telling you how to tell them apart

2:44pm

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