How to Speak Like a Mexican? How to Speak Like a Chilango, Norteño and Yucateco!

#Mexico #Mexicanaccents
What’s up guys?
Today I am going to attempt the impossible. I am going to look at some different accents from Mexico! We are gonna go from north to south!
Mexico a country that is so diverse and big has so many accents and indigenous languages that it would be hard to get them all right, but I am going to attempt with my foreign Colombian ear and eye to explain the unique characteristics of these accents!
Stay until the end to hear one of the major major factors that influence accents in Mexico!
We start in the north and the accent in the north of Mexico, cities like Monterrey! Let’s listen to it!
When I google regio , it said it was wonderful, or related to the king, but to me regio has a connotation of toughness.
The accent from the north feels like they are speaking with a tough accent, as if the words were coming to smack you in the head. They call it machacadowhich means chopped! So they just go short in the syllables, they are not singing.
They are direct and tell you things how they are. It has some similarities to the sound of the Texan accent.
I also want to touch on the expressions. They say things like estar con madre! And they said that as to say things are great, but with more power! Este video esta con madre.
They also don’t work, they pull. Jalar which to me it means pull is to work. El jale is a job. I think is smart because people always talk about pushing hard when you are working, Regios pull.
In some parts of the north like in Chiguagua. they change the Ch for SH.so they say something like Shigugua…. By the way if you wanna laugh ask the whitest person you know to read CHiguagua for you.
Let’s move on to Mexico city where we are going to talk about Los Chilangos.
Let’s listen to it!
Chilangos are way more cantaito in their accent. This means that they are more musical and sometimes elongate their words a bit more. And of course, even within Mexico city you hear differences from lower to higher class.
Something I noticed and learned about Chilangos is that they are very playful and skillful with language. Like for example…
Instead of por supuesto which is of course they say por su pollo
Instead of que paso which is what happened they say Que Pachuca por Toluca
Instead of si which is yes, they say simona la mona.
They just make everything more fun. If you wanna fit in with chilangos don’t be short be colorful. Play with even the shortest words like Yes… Yesenia la gitana!
Last but not least we move to the peninsula of Yucatan and let’s listen to it!
To me the Yucateco accent sounds like a mix between Mexican and portuguese intonation.
Seu chi pego ay ay seu chi pego
Something else that is very characteristic is that they are very explosive in the way they speak. So a word like Pelota which means ball is Pelota.
They also have a tendency to eat a lot of consonants and even full words…. Instead of saying Hay esta, they say aita!
Or instead of tortilla they say tortia…It’s like they are lazy in the way they speak.
Some expressions they have are things like Kixpol which probably has a Maya origin and it is the way I normally have my hair when I record… A mess. Messy hair is kixpol
And of course they use their set of expressions and sayings called bombas…They say this poetic and playful sayings and end with the word bomba.
Let me give you an example!
(I would like to be a little shoe
In your tiny foot,
To see once in a while
What the little shoe sees
Bomba)
Quisiera ser zapatito
de tu diminuto pie,
para ver de vez en cuando
lo que el zapatito ve.
¡Bomba!"
Pretty cool
Alright and as promised…. Something big that determines how people in Mexico speak is their social class. And of course this is the case everywhere… But in Mexico they have very important expressions for the two ends of the spectrum.
So at one end we have the wealthy people who they call Fresas and they appear as if they had a hot potato in they mouths and they are speaking english all the time. Osea Hola como estas guey yo soy fresa.
And Nacos are the ones from the working class. They are like many chilangos playful with their words but in a way that is more crass… Like for saying hi they say que Honduras mi Nicaragua.
Well maybe the topic of fresas vs. nacos is a topic for another video.
Alright people please comment below any more in depth insight about Mexican accents. I was very general and I am not Mexican so I can only be so good. But guys for more videos about languages, cultures and more give us a like and subscribe to convospeak!
Adios batos.

[@juventudstudysibal832]

Who else is Chicano nd tryna improve they Spanish ?

[@Miguel-ve1lh]

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[@citrusblast4372]

Im trying to learn mayan

[@coolkapri]

I'm A Chicano In Mexico I'm Watching This Cause Everyone Calls My Accent Gringo Even though It's Not American At All 🤣

[@yunggps5017]

@@citrusblast4372 nahua

[@carlosdelrivero]

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[@bronwynsutherland3681]

I’m super white but I grew up in south texas. When I speak Spanish I have a norteño accent. I also still say “hijole”, sometimes “hijole de la madre”. I have no idea where I got that. We say chanclas, andale, orale, etc. we use a lot of Spanish in our convos.

[@bronwynsutherland3681]

Also something super wild-my mother, who is also very white, sometimes has a touch of a Spanish accent when she speaks. South Texas is a different world.

[@bre_me]

Being white doesn't exclude you from speaking Spanish. Millions of Spanish speakers are white, including obviously Spaniards

[@Maidaseu]

​​@@bronwynsutherland3681 Fun fact: The majority of Spanish speakers are white.

[@SuperPepecharlie]

Solo como dato cultural y sin intención de ofender: En México no solemos identificarnos con nuestro color de piel como en Estados Unidos. Si con "blanco" te refieres a que desciendes de europeos entonces habría que especificar más, ya que en México también hay muchos descendientes de Europeos. Puedes decir solamente que eres de Estados Unidos y con eso te entenderíamos mejor. El color del piel no determina tu capacidad para hablar una lengua. Saludos 👍

[@JunsenJ3]

@@SuperPepecharlie No mientas, sí se identifica la gente por su color de piel y otros muchos aspectos. Para dar un ejemplo, aunque no es molesto, cuando alguien no sabe mi nombre o se refiere a mí, siempre usan el término «güero», que no es más que un eufemismo para decir «blanco/caucásico/europeo» en Méjico. Lo mismo si fuera africano subsahariano, me dirían «negrito» o «moreno», o si fuera indígena, me dirían «indito». Siempre van a resaltar las diferencias raciales en este país, de una forma o de otra. Por lo demás, la del comentario ha exagerando resaltando que ella y su madre son «super blancas». Es algo que no nos impresiona en lo absoluto.

[@VerbenaComfrey]

Muchos gracias! I'm studying Spanish now, and learning so much from your channel!

[@jagwolf8079]

"Regio = Belonging to the King"... is called like that because of the city "Monterrey = King Mountain". People (and stuff, like the language) are called "Regiomontanos" (From the King Mountain), and then shortened to just "Regios".

[@amparovirgues6550]

You are right I have many friends from Monterrey and their accent are very strong

[@ConvoSpeak]

Si. Es muy cierto!!!

[@bluebutterflytravels191]

Damn! We are really struggling with the accents here in Sinoloa having grown up with the Baja/Tijuana versions of Spanish. "Chop-chop" for sure! Thanks for explaining it so well!

[@bertinyoung5982]

dude....DUDE. THANK YOU!!! im a texan trying to learn as much as i can about mexican culture, as we were once an extension of them, no?(: hahaha videos like this are super interesting and also make for great spanish listening practice. good work friend! saludos de tejas

[@ConvoSpeak]

Texas!!!! Awesome man. Thank you so so much for your comment and yes Texas and northern mexico for sure have a strong historical connection!!!

[@majoredecos]

@@ConvoSpeak very accurate on the north mexico accent. My relatives always say “como anda el jale?”

[@Firu_firulais466]

Wey you hav to learn Chicanos history before you cross over, and ¡we get offended when you call us Mexican American! Mexicans are American. ¿You wouldn’t call a Korean man living in China, Korean- Asian now would you?

[@bertinyoung5982]

@@Firu_firulais466 its a bit different since we are called the United States.. of America. In this instance "American" is just shorter reference to the country, not the continent. It isn't a racial or arrogant thing, just a common saying to differentiate.

[@ulises375]

Hell yeah texas man! Mexican living in deep south texas. If you want to learn about mexican culture just come to south texas man. What part of texas you from?

[@elisabethtenbrinkkelley8044]

Where I'm from (tiny town in Nayarit), lots of people say "Simón ese" for "yes". I also say "eda?" for "Verdad/Right?"

[@johntitor7989]

Damn didn't really notice I say "eda"

[@citrusblast4372]

My dad used to say simon caval

[@r4bii4]

Great content! Thank you.

[@mistercritter]

Chilango expressions remind me of how Flanders from The Simpsons talks. A simple "okay" becomes "okely dokely" which has no real meaning either.

[@christineromero4047]

This is actually an amazing comment because I couldn't wrap my head around it. And this makes it make sense! LOL Flanders

[@karri2819]

I always learn so much from your videos 😻

[@ConvoSpeak]

Glad you like them!

[@videnez]

I love being able to pick out my mom and dad’s respective regional accent! Que chiiiido!

[@nicedog1]

I have noticed the musical type of sound to the Chilango accent.

[@ConvoSpeak]

Hahaha it's a really cool accent

[@danymann95]

2:50 It is not written Chiguagua but Chihuahua with H, and pronounced /shiguagua/

[@ConvoSpeak]

Thank you for that fact and Thanks for watching. Don't forget to subscribe.

[@AngelAngel-iq4pq]

I’m no expert in accents but my accent as a Mexican-American speaking English sounds very similar to chilango. The chilango accent sounds very similar to the Nahuatl language with the hi and lows of every word but obviously in Spanish

[@HoneyxLime]

I’m from Ciudad Juarez and my aunts always used the “sh” when saying Chihuahua but I always said it “Ch” and my mom and dad and people I knew personally didn’t either. Very strange.

[@UnclePengy]

I don't speak Spanish (I know a few words) but I can hear regional dialects. Growing up in Southern California, the Northern Mexico accent sounds *very* fast and has a sing-song quality to it: "ya-da-da ya-da-da ya-da-da..." I know there's a theory of language that each language or dialect is that region's "song", and you can hear the beat of the song in Northern Mexican, and how they even I think choose their words to fit the cadence of it. Like you said, "musical." Now like I said, growing up, this was the only Mexican I knew, but then one day I heard someone speaking what I thought was French: unlike norteño dialects which are like you said hard and choppy, this was all pronounced from the front of the mouth and the lips. But then I recognized some of the words were Spanish. I knew she was Mexican so I can only assume she was from Southern Mexico, what you call "Chilango." It was really interesting to see such a vast difference in how Spanish is spoken in different regions.

[@JunsenJ3]

Norteño viejo (Original/Old Northerner) here. Those words in the Northern Mexican dialect are just broad Mexican words. In the Northwest region, the /sh/ instead of /ch/ ponunciation is used broadly (except in non cultural Northern zones just like Sinaloa and most of urban southern Durango) while in the Northeast they use the normal pronunciation of "ch". Other aspects of Northern dialect is the politeness (we use the "ustedeo" instead of the "tuteo", although young persons use mainly the tuteo, which may or may not be rude for some people) and the shift of /e/ to /i/ in some words (i.e. pronouncing "Norte" as "Norti", "di oro" instead of "de oro", etc.). If you want to hear a genuine Norteño accent, you have to go to the rural areas (and maybe try some good rural food [?]). I don't recommend to pick up this accent if you are learning Spanish (Mexican), as it is probably that you will sound very exagerate. Most people tend to overexagerate our accent and it sounds very odd. That's how we identify foreigners, southerners and Nuevos Norteños (New Northerners, chilangos who migrated from the South to here).

[@Yungtacosss]

Simona la mona! lol that's hilarious hahaha.

[@anthonylunagonzalez]

The culiacan accent is tuff..when they soeak fast for me hahah

[@ashleyburgos4921]

hey I have a question what would be a Native Mexican Accent/Acento Mexicano Nativo. Please let me know if there is a video that can help me? Porfavor dejemen saber si hay un video que me enseñen el acento nativo de mexico?

[@edgargallegos4274]

There's not a single Mexican native accent but many

[@nicholesilva8258]

6:57 Así habla mi mamá y ella no es de Yucatan. Ella se come las palabras pero es chicana.

[@big_cloud6199]

I am Mexican and have a Norteño accent

[@Kiwi_834]

Im from Mexico chihuahua 😎🤙

[@LilMorphineAnnie]

Ha, the Chilango expressions are giving me the same vibes as Cockney rhyming slang.

[@SilvMeMe]

Can you guys help me? Working as an spanish-english interpreter a client told me his client spoke Mextaco. I couldn't find any information about this mexican dialect. Maybe they pronounced it wrong. I really don't know. Do you guys know if this dialect exists or what could be its right spelling or pronounciation? Tysm!!

[@rougestarlight4308]

Creo que te chamaquearon amigo 🤣🤣🤣

[@adi1582]

Maybe Mixteco? It's an indigenous dialect spoken mostly in Oaxaca and Guerrero. I think some people also call it Mixtec language.

[@joaquinflores3547]

its Mixteco, now that you got the right word you can learn more about it

[@cptlou]

I have heard they are direct. “No tienen pelos en la lengua”

[@VerbenaComfrey]

So Bomba is like Burma Shave?

[@VintersorgErp]

Yucatan, where is the most spicy hottest chili of all Mexican Republic. Habbanero. Pelaná

[@lenguasmexico8266]

Soy mexicano y también hablo inglés y portugués. El idioma español se originó en España. Otros acentos de español que son más comunes son el colombiano y el argentino.

[@numb3rs_]

cómo le hiciste para aprender portugués? Qué habilidades tienes más: escucha, lectura o hablado?

[@adelorenita6085]

No eres mexicano y los acentos mexicanos son los que habla más gente.

[@lunacardinal2271]

Yessenia la gitana 😎👌🏻

[@1998rg]

I’ve never in my 32 years of living in cdmx have I heard any of those expression

[@idnarim]

oy esa fresa

[@rasapplepipe]

Doesn't regio mean cool in Bogotá?

[@ein7813]

My girl(soon to be wife) her step dad is teaching Spanish with the chilongo accent. Shits funny how they some things. Like Spanish words I’ve never heard of

[@talkcommonsense]

Y Jalisco... los Tapatios?!!! : )

[@ConvoSpeak]

Te los debo. La proxima

[@talkcommonsense]

@@ConvoSpeak Que bueno... Gracias!

[@Matador824]

Another thing is that Mexicans American sound high mainly talking about the ese's tho

[@sobanosilva8585]

hasta la pasta

[@estefaneoy3483]

Kixpol is said "Kishpol"

[@vianeyquintal2989]

Y cada estado siempre dicen que no tienen acento.. Sobre todos los chilangos jajaja

[@Mr.Zhion13SAL]

A la verga pensé que estaba escuchando a sofia Vergara😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@dianamedina123]

Where are you, i like you english 😀👍

[@moneystealer117cisneros6]

They forgot to put costeño

[@51015panchovilla]

Los regios hablan golpeado pero freson a la vez , algo parecido a su gober

[@edgargallegos4274]

Depende. Los regios de barrio no hablan como Samuel eso te lo aseguro

[@sopedispenser8417]

mi gente de SHIHUAHUA on tan?! :v

[@ShinkuGouki]

A la madre

[@quizm1148]

Key phrase for this dude’s idea of how Mexicans speak “I think”. My phrase for your video “No mames!”

[@ConvoSpeak]

Thanks for watching. Don't forget to subscribe.

[@acyasmin1]

Chihuahua. No es perro 😅

[@plutoloco2378]

Chilangos are a little gayer

[@oscaroscuro]

Haha that's how I heard it too