Each Latino nation has each unique slang (and regions w/in said nations) and euphemisms and metaphors. I mostly translate everything literally, which make me lose the point half the time.
When my wife is w/ her friends and they transition from English to Mexi, I get completely lost. I understand what each individual word means, but it doesn't make sense to me.
@βrian: Actually, much better then Mexican Spanish. Colombian is the easiest for me (for some reason), then Cuban (many Cuban friends in college). As long as I understand the phonemes from said Spaniard, I can pretty much understand everything they say if they don't speak too, too fast.
Been tryin' to learn espa~nol on my own and in study groups for years, tho I'm lazy = peresozo. But I live in Nueva York so lots of chances to try. Pero, when I hear Dominican R. Spanish I'm lost.
I could follow two native Spanish speakers reasonably well right after high school and 7 years of classes in the language. I took the AP exam and placed high enough not to take the language core requirement in college. My Spanish eroded within a year to recognizing cognates and some other vocab.
I got into AP Spanish just by taking the test and knowing Latin root words, and also tested out language requirements as an undergrad, big mistake. You should have seen my first MySpace msg to my wife. (just b/c you know the mechanics of a language technically, doesn't mean you know the language).
I can think in other languages, sort of. The problem is my brain categorizes all non-English languages as 'foreign'. When I first met my in-laws, I was jumping from Spanish to German to Japanese. I couldn't help it. (now I can at least speak competent Spanish [still working on English])
@TDK60: No, but I was listening all the time, I found radio stations in AK, then Taiwan, Russia, and all over. I kept on trying to find somewhere I never heard of and ID the language and the station.
When I was a kid in Japan, I once put out two 15 lbs of garbage. Before I went to the school bus stop I saw I bunch of crows carry them off into the woods (they're large in Japan, over a foot tall)
Funny thing is, AFTER I "borrowed" and started using that Internet cat gif, I adopted a new cat and she started carrying off my sandals and chewing on them! She's never even seen the gif!
Of all of my neighbor's cats that I give belly rubs to, the alpha, a Manx, has mostly mostly made my porch his territory, and scratches at my screen door. (when he isn't around the others will to, but the first hint of him, they'll scatter)
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listener james from westwood:
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northguineahills:
(love the sounds).
Label name doesn't beat around the bush...
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βrian:
tom from Glasgow:
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Hi Tom!
TDK60:
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listener james from westwood:
northguineahills:
I do understand a lot of Mexi, PR, DR, Colombian, and Espana slang, but some Mexi slang is just weird.
βrian:
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TDK60:
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Jeff g. via app,:
Abby knows what I'm taking about. Ok, hands on the wheel, 10 & 2.
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Ike:
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Mayuko:
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When I began to find socks and underwear at the entryway, I knew I had some 'splaining to do.
Ike:
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Hi melinda!
northguineahills:
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We have yet another snow storm on tap for tomorrow. Damn the electric fence.
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(Just asking for @listener james from westwood)
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Thanks,Jesse! Digging.
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