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Oct 16, 2024
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JAGA97
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Yes. Chilean Spanish is unique but I can easily pick up 99% of what they are
saying. Dominican is probably closer to me trying to understand Portuguese.
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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
Blue for Life
2:44pm
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