Costa Rican Spanish 101

[@hightone2177]

Hi! I'm leaving in two days to study Spanish in Costa Rica and I want to thank you for this video, it's very informative.

[@TenToesCat]

I hope you make more videos!!! Im learning Costa Rican Spanish from a bunch of my jiu jitsu friends!! I appreciate your work!!

[@stephenalbertson8920]

Very specific and helpful...thank you for taking the time to do this.

[@DysmorphicP]

''Di'' or ''diay'' are easy to explain. Its a pet word that is equivalent to "well..." and its sometimes to express doubt, for example "vas a salir hoy?" (are you going out tonight?) To which you reply "di, no sé, talvez," which means "well... I dont know." Or to express the obvious for example "di si... hoy salgo de fijo," which means "well, yes, I am going out for sure."

[@marianelasandicruz1910]

Great explanation! On point!

[@isbestlizard]

Ahh this is perfect, I've been learning from Butterfly Spanish but was curious how ticos pronounce their ll's etc :D

[@cc-zn2ty]

Pretty spot on good job. "Vos" is used like 40% of the time in the central valley and orthern Costa Rica "usted" is more typical 60/40. Use "vos" if you know how to conjugate your verbs properly. People from Cartago use "vos" pretty exclusively and will use over "usted" 40/60. Don't use "Tu". Why? several reasons, if you want to blend in and be more "tico" don't use the word, you will single yourself out as a foreigner, not that that's a bad thing. reason number two, "tu" is considered snotty and could be taken as impolite. If you decide to use it, be ready for weird looks, constantly be asked where your from and might get a sarcastic "tu"said back at you. Stick to "usted" instead, even though you might feel like you're limiting yourself to pronouns.

[@marianelasandicruz1910]

Excellent explanation!

[@archur111]

Nice, helpful.... Have you ever met someone who can interpret the whistles that the men use? I'm sure it's an old communication technique. It's almost like a language.

[@jclar7210]

I enjoyed your video and I'm dual American and Costa Rican 😁

[@allanbaal2743]

JClar72 I don't believe you be half costarican if you call american to unitedstatians

[@carlosmorales08]

I have never pronounced pero instead of perro 😅... good video. by the way It's Diay.... and ticos in the Central Valley say more usted than vos

[@allanbaal2743]

Carlos Morales Nada que ver. Creo que en el valle central es donde usan más voz.

[@Youtubing4time]

@@allanbaal2743 jamas, eso es puro cartago.. san jose es usted

[@gaboltl]

@@allanbaal2743 En general se sigue usando más el usted que el vos, aunque este último está cada vez más extendido. El problema es que la gente no comprende que el voseo se debería usar solo con gente de confianza y el tico es un confiansudo que lo usa incluso con alguien a quién acaba de conocer.

[@beshert77]

Thanks for sharing

[@aharonfernandez6359]

That's not what yeismo is. It doesn't matter whether you do ll as j,ll or y it's all yeismo. Not having yeismo is distinguishing LL and Y, with LL being a sound like LH of portuguese or GL in Italian (kind of a ly sound)

[@rorybellamy2533]

Que Linda!

[@viterboguevarajimenez850]

DETRAS DEL PALO.

[@ziggy8757]

what about "Di" instead of diay, you hear that one alot...

[@peachtartz]

Yeah, never really heard of diay.. "Di" is more commonly used... Its a way of saying continue on, hard to explain honestly its just one of those words you know

[@DysmorphicP]

@@peachtartz thats not correct. A lot of people use "di."

[@peachtartz]

@@DysmorphicP Thats what I said. Reread what I said please. I said "diay" wasn't used as much... I think you read it wrong.

[@calebmora4831]

I say DI

[@johnnylopez5123]

Mi amorsh. Only guetto people say it

[@daureenchavarriadiaz4854]

No

[@marianelasandicruz1910]

😂😂😂

[@DragonBall-gv5ex]

Perdóname mae que dijiste de costa rica

[@jz7551]

I hate when they do not roll the rrrrrrrrs ;(

[@DysmorphicP]

We do, in some words in other we don't, we have 3 different Rs. Some people in Central America do not pronounce the letter S, and I just know that its because other countries speak their variation of Spanish. No need to hate on other country's way of pronouncing.

[@LARamsEmpire]

Guillermo André Zavala I love when we dont roll the r’s. I think it’s utterly annoying

[@estellaeve900]

My mom rolls her tongue even when she speaks English. I love it

[@lunainezdelamancha3368]

It isn't a dialect....🤣🤣🤣