Saturday, September 29, 2007

notes on Nicaraguan spanish, which i can´t understand at all

- the letter S is not really utilized, its not a lisp but more of a muffle
- the last sound of many words is completely dropped off, in particular if it is an S sound, this is particularly annoying to me since the entire meaning of verbs lies in the last sound.
- in nicaragua they use VOS for Tu, and when they do they conjugate the verb differently, its weird.
- people here have all their v´s and b´s mixed up, so if something is written one way its usually pronounced the other...so i can´t recognize even the vocabulary i do know.

Also, everyone mumbles.
i can´t understand anything at all, it sucks.

1 comment:

LaurensDad said...

Now now, each country has it's own way of speaking. When I was in the UK, the Brits complained the Americans don't speak English. In six months you will be fine, but unable to communicate in Spanish when you return to the USA - ja ja.