Why It's So Hard To Sound Like A Native In Spanish (3 tips)

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[@soystef]

to speak Dominican, pretend like you have marbles in your mouth.. helps every time!!

[@teonyi]

Don’t be stingy Mark

[@brightmedia1024]

Yo man! Shout out from Mexico. Great tips! I'm privileged to have grown up bilingual. Taught English Clases in Madrid for a few years. In doing so, I found this video that shares a very similar tip to yours but when speaking in English: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZm9e2SHaKyGq6s Cool man! Props for your vids and passion to share the Spanish language, it's rare and admirable.

[@lunaatsunset]

I'm a native speaker of Spanish and I think this video is great. When you see someone making a lot of effort in order to master your language, it's just beautiful. Also, he's speaking with a Caribbean accent,so nice! A lot of learners often try to sound like a Spanish person and they don't care much about other accents. As a person who lives on an island in the Caribbean and speaks Spanish, I must say: congrats! You've made it. You sound a lot like us. Keep moving forward!

Gracias mi pana! I really appreciate that, and I love Spanish in general no matter the accent, but I noticed the hate for Caribbean Spanish, and I never understood it so I went for it. I love it.

[@ladydontekno]

I can't speak on other Anglophone countries, but in the US Spanish teachers will teach their students in a Spanish accent or a Mexican accent. When I was in school (which granted was a long time ago lol) we would get told that Caribbean accents were "ghetto" or "incorrect Spanish".

[@Koraxus]

it depends on your priorities. I'm mexican, but you'd never guess I'm one on the phone because I speak like a british roadman (MLE). you just choose whatever dialect you want to use once you're advanced enough and adapt to it. otherwise it sounds very clunky and unnatural. I used a random mix before and things just got messy everytime I tried talking to someone, even to just order the sentences and all, let alone other inconsistent phonetics. this guy made a wise choice using dominican. this accent isn't paid much attention compared to cuban and puerto rican. they're heavily influenced by canarian spanish unlike the rest of us mainlanders. I wonder how this guy would do trying a "weirder accent" like northern mexican, chilean, argentinian/uruguayan(rioplatense) or venezuelan.

[@ladydontekno]

@@Koraxus pretty sure the guy in the video is actually Dominican lol

[@Koraxus]

@@ladydontekno he mentioned in this comment "went for it" and that means he learned it. if he were a dominican he wouldn't need to "go for it" since he'd have it by default

[@j3llyf15h4]

As a native spanish speaker, for those of you that are learning Spanish, hear this guy , he's the real deal.

Te aprecio! Gracias!

[@janr.1077]

I can vouch that too, and I'm not a native! But I have numerous native friends, so I know what it sounds like! 😃

[@marcocisneros5988]

As a native-Spanish speaker, yes I approve it, He's the real deal so if you wanna learn Spanish listen to him

[@myprettypsych]

As a Puerto Rican, these are all great, but the second one is legit how most of us can tell easily when someone is not a native speaker. The vowels always tell on you.

[@lam6666]

Mis respetos!. A veces ni los hispanohablantes entendemos el español caribeño asi que si alguien aprende español y con ese acento, doble mérito.

Gracias jaja.

[@carlosfrancodh]

Tienes razón. Soy mexicano y tuve compañeros de Cuba en la maestría y de verdad que al principio yo sabía que hablaban español, pero entendía el 70% de lo que decían. Con el tiempo me acostumbré, pero de entrada fue difícil.

[@lucasgaperez]

@ JAJAJAJA AMIGO QUEEE TENES ALTO ACENTO CARIBEÑO

[@milliefernandez2028]

​@@carlosfrancodh yo le entiendo perfecto a los caribeños a pesar de la jerga en la que diferimos usualmente en todos los países. Con los que no he podido es con los chilenos cuando hablan su jerga. Los caribeños están en pañales.

[@joules_sw]

Es cierto, pero quizá es más fácil desde la perspectiva de un angloparlante porque tienen una pronunciación como suave, no sé si me explico

[@latanyacayson2559]

I swear that gringo accent has me screaming each time you do one of these skits, lol! “Kay low kay day low Me-oh!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

😅 se me sale tan naturalmente

[@latanyacayson2559]

@ seguro que sí, lol.

[@Jamykat]

As a dominican I respect your dominican accent. Some ppl can't do it. Like my husband is colombian and when he tries to do the dominican accent he sounds Cuban which is hilarious to me. You're accent does make you sound native.

[@stefania_gouin]

As a French, English and Spanish speaker, I can relate with the “computer” analogy. Computadora (ES) = Computer (EN) Ordenador (ES) = Ordinateur (FR) To me it all makes sense! 😂 All 3 languages have similarities which has helped learn Spanish easily and fast!

[@mchlkpng]

Yeah, the fact that all three have Latin in them/came from Latin makes it so there will be many cognates Not to mention England was taken over by Normans at one time

[@nicolasroquefort1349]

I went through the same but in reverse! Im a native Spanish speaker and I'm conversational in English, the similarities both of those languages have with french helped me a lot to learn it pretty quickly!

[@puerry]

69th like ayo

[@mchlkpng]

@@puerry ayo

[@robertopics]

Or in some languages certain patterns are very evident after you learn a 3rd language To me orange and naranja had nothing in common (linguistically speaking) until you learn Italian, or how miarse and piss relate until you learn catalan.

[@itsgiag]

I feel honored that you have learned Caribbean Spanish, it is one of the most difficult Spanish accents to speak. When I first heard you talk, I thought you were Dominican. We often get told that our variety of Spanish (Caribbean) is super fast (but nothing compares to Chilean Spanish), that it gets rather inteligible even for native speakers, and that we drop off a lot of letters (this is mainly for Dominican, Puerto Rican, Cuban and Panamanian Spanish).

[@Diogolindir]

Jaja el problema del chileno no es que es rápido, más bien es que tiene una dicción enredadísima. Greetings from Panamá

[@itsgiag]

@@Diogolindir Hahah, yo también soy de Panamá

[@Diogolindir]

@@itsgiag Saludos Gabriel!

[@atomicphilosophy]

I'm Puerto Rican on both sides and it's a motivator to learn Spanish but I have to be honest, I go to a lot of non Puerto Rican sources for learning just cause the Spanish is hard for me to pick up on as a learner.

[@emanueldelacruz1101]

It's not really that difficult if you take out all of the slangs (some ppl in the lower social class tend to abuse it sometimes)

[@jacksongrant2103]

This really cleared up for me why I've had so much trouble understanding native speakers. I've always thought they were speaking super quickly but now I realize they're actually blending the vowels which is why the words are so difficult to distinguish from one another. Mil gracias!

Exactly. Le llegaste! 👌🏾

[@Haghenveien]

It's both, we blend the vowels, but we also tend to speak pretty fast. Spanish is considered to be a fast language, Japanese is other example. It's a characteristic of the language. Of course, there are variations, from person to person and in certain areas people tend to talk faster than in others. But in general, Spanish is faster than English. Sorry, I can't remember the exact explanation for that because it was quite technical and I'm definitely not an expert in linguistics but as I said is a characteristic of the language.

[@inordirectional]

Semi-qualified non-expert here (college linguistics minor lol): Languages all tend to transmit about the same amount of information per minute, but they vary in how long the average morpheme is (the smallest meaningful units of sound), along with how much gets communicated by word order and "suprasegmental" features like tone, stress, vowel-length and pitch. Quickly spoken languages like Spanish tend to have more multisyllabic morphemes or fewer suprasegmental features than more slowly spoken languages like English or even moreso Chinese. It takes a lot more to generalize scientifically than this, but, for example, contrast 'they walked' vs '(ellos) caminaban': The same idea but 2 syllables vs 4-6 syllables, with past tense being communicated with a final -t sound vs the 2 syllable -aron. Spanish speakers compensate by talking faster-because they tend to use more syllables to get the same point across.

[@TimMaloneyNMactor]

you are exceptionally Talented . It`s O.K. to be and sound like where you`re from . I enjoy hearing other peoples accents in English . sounding like a Native is too much pressure and they know before you speak . No shame , just be your self . you are seriously amazing .

[@TimMaloneyNMactor]

Most People in other Country`s are far more forgiving than that little Voice in my Head . be kind to yourself .

[@Tamara-ju3lh]

Yes agreed. I have a friend from Finland and her English is so beautiful. I clicked on this video just for the comments.. I have friends that speak English with all kinds of accents (Nigerian, Honduran, Spanish, Finnish) and I don't think they should try to drop their accent. I suppose some do though. To each their own.

[@ashleymay767]

As for slurring the words, I learned this in my Spanish linguistics class. If you notice that there’s two vowels in two separate words, they blend into one. And if there’s one constant and a vowel, they are connected too. This is very accurate

[@MusicBoxAlsoWater]

Dif you take this linguistics class in school or an online 1:1 course? Thanks.

[@beckypotato3295]

oh my god, I'm a native Spanish speaker and this video helped me realize something! One of the biggest issues I have when speaking English is that I tend to slur letters from one word to the other (for example, if I say "seals swim in the ocean", I pronounce it in a way that makes it sound like "seal swim in the ocean"), and I've known for a while that I need to fix that, but I never knew why I did that until I watched this video! I guess even native Spanish speakers can learn something from this lol

[@shlynn-k3c]

Sarah L. hace 35 segundos (editado) So your issue is to use singular instead of plural? that'ss weird and grammatically incorrect because if you use "seal" you should use the verb "swims". I don't think this video made you realize that...it's just a weird mistake.

[@mikedaniel1771]

@@shlynn-k3c No I think her point was "seals swim", when blended, comes out as "sealsswim" or "seal swim". Or to put it backwards, the way Anglos say "estado unidense" instead of "estadunidense" which sounds right.

[@shlynn-k3c]

@@mikedaniel1771 Es estadounidense, no "estadunidense" jeje, pero si en lo otro tienes razón.

[@mikedaniel1771]

@@shlynn-k3c Jaja gracias por su respuesta pero mi comentario estaba sobre la pronunciación no la ortografía...

[@shlynn-k3c]

@@mikedaniel1771 Pues no se pronuncia "estadunidense" se pronuncia "estadOunidense", de cualquier manera, nadie en español va a pronunciar "estadunidense" porque está mal.

[@ludovicofabris5819]

As a native spanish speaker, I can tell you the part about the vowels are some of the easiest and more practical pronunciation tips I have ever come across. Good work!

[@doowoppyify]

Joder, este tío tiene un español perfecto, y un inglés estadounidense también!

[@taffyromanesco221]

Finding music in Spanish that I really loved and actually wanted to listen to everyday was the key for me. One of my favorite songs has the line “Descubrir lo que hay en tí.” I never would have picked up the “que hay” slur if it wasn’t so engrained in me from listening to that song. I naturally say “kyay” like it’s one word which makes it easier to hear from others as well.

[@floresamor4146]

What song was that? I want to listen too

[@ProfeKyle]

That was a great video, especially the part about slurring vowels. Few Spanish teachers (natives or Gringos) ever talk about that and it is VERY difficult to master. You might already have a video about, but I think another that you've done well to get your very neutral accent is that you also have the Dominican rhythm. For me, that is the most difficult part of getting a neutral/native-like accent is mastering the rhythm of one of the Spanish dialects.

[@Chelsea2009FC]

There's no such thing as a neutral native accent. Every region/ city has their own accent even in the same state.

[@ProfeKyle]

@@Chelsea2009FC Yeah. I know. That's basic knowledge.

[@Chelsea2009FC]

@@ProfeKyle no it's not, you said in your comment you wanted to master it. But ok

[@ProfeKyle]

@@Chelsea2009FC ok, cool

[@edenschannel101]

@@Chelsea2009FC 😐

[@felixjesussolanovergara2553]

It's true. I think that the pronunciation is a lot more difficult in English than in Spanish. But also I think that the grammar in Spanish can be a little bit difficult than in English. Because in Spanish we have many conjugations for a verb that are not so easy to infere, for example (only for the verb to be): ser, soy, eres, somos, seras, sere, fui, fuimos, etc.

[@hedleypanama]

There are three "to be" translations: Something permanent or that takes a lot of time to change: "ser" (man/woman, student, profession, etc) Something transient or that changes with little time: "estar" (places!!!) Something you own: "tener" (hair/eye color, age)

[@joules_sw]

​@@hedleypanamathere's also "tener" as a state change you recieve as for example "tengo sueño"

[@robthechristian3253]

Congrats on the 70k brother you deserve it

Gracias!! Vamos por más 💪🏾

[@carlosacta8726]

Primo, I'm Dominican and you seriously ROCCCK!!! Your approach, your insights and ability to make these complex nuances simple is awesome! Bravo!!

[@bruno_schumann]

Hermano, tu acento es en serio impresionante! Ya quisieran todos esos youtubers que según ellos hablan en 'español perfecto' tener el acento que tú tienes. Un abrazo desde México, mi estimado.

Gracias por el cumplido! Tus palabras significan mucho para mí! 😄

[@mellamofields4275]

In spanish from spain you would say "Significa mucho para mí!", you wouldn't really make reference to "tus palabras", we just would skip it, but meen, nice video!

[@YaBoyChe]

Your look is fire bro. The braids with the beard , clean hermano

Gracias manín. I love my beard and glad to finally let my hair grow. Appreciate it.

[@Corrne44]

I really enjoyed this, I'm from Philadelphia, Pa and naturally my vowels are slurred or run together when they are right next to each other. HOWEVER, I'm teaching myself Spanish and I was trying to force myself to pronounce and vowel all the way when they are next to each other.

Yes so since you're used to it, just do what you do. You'll be a natural! 👌🏾

[@pablop.7635]

Wow this is actually flattering. You can tell he took the time to learn the language. I'm a native spanish speaker and I cannot even get close to immitating a dominican accent; My man's got the speed and the letter cutting of this accent.

[@adisapaul1576]

As a fellow black American who has been studying Spanish since middle school and through college, I am so glad that I have found your channel! Your accent is incredible! And it’s so true that each country/region has it’s own rhythm when it comes to speaking. ¡Espero que alcance tu nivel algún día!

[@victorbrown3570]

Ricko has probably already mentioned this at some point, but I'd like to mention it too. Using a pen to improve my French pronunciation was actually suggested to me around 1982. I still use the method from time to time. However, to my surprise I came across a KZbin video not long ago of a theater teacher who suggested the same thing for improving one's Spanish pronunciation, but in a different way than my French teacher. So now I'm using the pen from time to time in my Spanish studies. I've come to learn that this pen usage is also common among actors, public speakers, etc. The name of the video is 'PRONUNCIA MEJOR con este ejercicio de Dicción (y Vocalización y Textos originales) by Fernando Suarez Teatro. I would also add that whatever sounds I'm having problems producing in a language I try to make up some saying that includes those sounds and repeat the phrase, words, several times a day and night. Sometimes it sounds like a bunch of gibberish but it's helping to accustom my mouth, tongue, vocal muscles, etc in producing the sounds I'm trying to improve. I used to make up sentences with a bunch of Rs in them and just practice saying them over and over and over for the trilled Rs. Most of us know of little Spanish sayings that include Rs, same thing. Everybody has their thing, Keeping the mouth loose is like warming up for a soccer game or the fingers to play an instrument. We need to train the muscles necessary and that can take constant practice. Gracias. Adelante!

Great advice I learned about that from this debate class. Hadn't mentioned it on the channel yet though. 👌🏾

[@What_If_We_Tried]

Your 'trombone' analogy to describe slurring vowels is fantastic!

Thanks I used to play it so it just made sense lol

[@josemercado7216]

I’m actually Dominican , and i love how you learned to speak with our accent, that’s awesome dude. I’m trying to learn English like a native, this type of videos motivate me a lot. Sigue así de lo mío 🇩🇴

Eso! You got this bro! Just imitate what you hear and it'll come to you!

[@sebastiannicolini7394]

Your caribean accent is just perfect bro, i am half spanish and half italian and i'm still struggling to sound like a native iberic spanish speaker, your videos are great!!

[@theboomonmizar5697]

I liked this read-through with examples! It was very helpful to see the sentences as you were saying them and to see the highlighted sections where the words blend together. I also really liked getting the chance to try it myself before you read the sentence with the correct pronunciation. Well done! Thank you!

Thanks I really wanna help youbguys out so I figured that'd be a good simple way to do it.

[@tecnica-de-voz]

damn, you sound Dominican!!

[@janicejacome]

New subscriber here! You're the" BOSSSSS" or should l say "El Rey " , maybe"El Jefe!" You're the only guy that GETS IT !!...I taught myself at 12 , from Jackson Heights N.Y. which sets records for having the most languages spoken in the smallest amount of square miles. Mostly from every Spanish speaking country. Spanish is actually EASY when you know the tricks and you absolutely do! Can't wait to explore your channel some more ( ln my 60's, trying my hand at Arabic!)! UN PLACER,🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇲🇽!!

Gracias por el apoyo!!! Y te deseo éxito con el árabe. Debe ser fácil ya que hablas español 💪🏾 you got this!!

[@tomate3391]

En mi lista de prioridad el objeto de perfeccionar la pronunciación no está en los primeros lugares. Sí, de vez en cuando lo practico pero tengo mucho más cosas que mejorar antes de perfeccionar mi pronunciación. No te sirve mucho si hablas fonéticamente como nativo pero no puedes manejar el subjuntivo o no puedes decir lo que quieres expresar. Todavía lucho para alcanzar un nivel más avanzado. Al parecer, tu nivel de español ya está ahí, por eso es otra cosa. Cada persona es un mundo.

[@H81234]

Mi gente latina 🙌🏼 I love Dominicanos. Much love from a Mexican-American.

[@anthonyfletcher8215]

This was great especially blending vowel sounds in phrases. What helped me is tone. Know your tone and vocal range in English . When you start listening to Spanish speakers from an region you want to sound like start imitating them. Match your vocal range and Spanish pronunciation to the native speaker. There are all types of voices . By knowing your pitch and vocal range when finally hear a Spanish speaker that has a similar vocal range you can imitate them. This takes time and patience. Como se dicen practica hace el maestro, ya tú sabe!

that is so true. I've mentioned that in other videos, but omitted it in this one, but it is a very useful tip. Gracias por aportar!

[@murphyshsu]

Best explanation of “where to slur” I have ever seen! Thank you!

[@CynthiaAbadMancheno]

American living in Spain, and I found this really helpful as a fluent speaker. Biggest issue day to day is people not understanding me due to my pronunciation (especially with a mask!!). Thank you for covering this great topic!

[@AdrianeRavon]

Thank you for talking about slurring vowels together because they don’t teach that in school but can we get a whole video on that please 😬 I understand it but I’m still struggling 🙏🏽

Great suggestion. I just might do that! thanks!

[@Yonidevargas]

From a Dominican to another 🇩🇴🔥 we adopt you as a Dominican from now on 👌🏾

💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🇩🇴🇺🇸

[@juanseb7883]

gringo accent at the start was hilarious! and the video was v helpful thank you man :) i'm from south africa but my dad is colombian so i speak spanish with a kind of weird accent that i am trying to fix, this helps a lot!

You got it bro. Just find an accent that you like and slowly work on pronouncing things until you completely get the rhythm and sound correctly then speed it up. Creo en ti.

[@Calmacalma11]

Awe ntwana🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦. Im also South African but my abuela is from Chile so im learning Spanish so i can speak with her

[@eljay4k]

I started learning Spanish from Puerto Ricans, spent months traveling through Colombia y aun así siguen diciendo que sueno como un mexicano

Muy interesante jaja. ¿Porque será? Empezaste a aprender con mexicanos?

[@eljay4k]

@ Noooo pa nada. Creo que es porque hablo bien despacio y tengo la tendencia a estirar las palabras, pero no necesariamente de la forma en que lo hacen la mayoría de los gringos. También es la manera que hablo en inglés y supongo que juntando todo eso termina sonando a acento mexicano a muchos otros latinos Como has dicho antes, prefieres hablar rápido incluso en inglés y soy exactamente el contrario. Estas cómodo hablar con el ritmo de tra-tra-tra-tra del Caribe pero mi lengua se caería si tratara de seguir el ritmo jajaja

[@MellonVegan]

General steps I'd recommend for perfecting any language: Immerse yourself (doesn't even need to be in person) Treat it as sounds, not the letters or words you know Immitate the sounds you hear, learn what they feel like The second one is really just your tip with the vowels but for all of it. I find that most people should be able to make most sounds in isolation but then tend to translate what they hear into their native language's phonetic system. Much easier to just let that go entirely and start fresh. And by doing that and immitating exactly what you may just have heard a second ago, you pick up subtle things that you didn't even notice, intellectually. Not that my Spanish is any good, I haven't spoken it in 10 years but that's what I did for English ^^

[@melmon6716]

una vez cuando estaba trabajando, conocí a dos hispanohablantes y empezaron a hablar español frente de mí, así que dije algo sobre la temperatura y me dijeron que mi acento les pareció muy boricua, ese momento no olvidaré nunca 😄

Esooooooo! 🙌🏾

[@luisangel2842]

Woah! Que buen nivel de español tienes! Este es mi primer video que veo de tí y aún no me creo que tú no eres dominicano jaja. I hope you're channels keeps growing brother!

Mil gracias mi pana! Me encanta enseñar e inspirar a los que quieren lograr lo que he logrado en cuanto al español. Gracias 👌🏾

[@BStark00]

Aun cuando el español es mi lengua nativa, fue de muy buena ayuda tu video! grax! Ahora podré a ayudar a corregir las pronunciaciones de amigos que están aprendiendo español o pasarles tu video.

Esoooo. Gracias por ver y apoyar! Glad that even some natives are finding this helpful.

[@migomez719]

Really great video… as a semi-native speaker never noticed the way we do slur our vowels; even when reading the sentences I didn’t notice that I would combine the sound until I heard the explanation… hahaha. Awesome video and content… ‘pa lante Chico!

Gracias mi pana! Así es jaja es por eso que no enseño mucho el inglés, because somethings I don't even know that I do. It's just natural. I appreciate your feedback!

[@DidhierM]

Dude... Your spanish is Amazing. You really took the learning of our language dead serious.

[@sTEALtooth]

I think another big thing that gives away when someone isn't a native speaker is hard consonants and plosives. Ps, Ts, Ks...anytime you puff out air in English. In Spanish, it's smoothed out, there's no burst of air. I remember in one of my middle school classes, the teacher actually had kids hold a piece of paper in front of their mouths when they were practicing, so they could actually see when they were doing it wrong when the paper moved from their breath.

[@zo7474]

Man, at this stage I like the video before even watching it. 😂😂Congrats on 70k!!! Tus videos son brutales!! 🔥

Tú eres la verdadera MVP! Gracias te lo agradezco. Vamos por más! Don't forget to share as well.

[@KamilW257]

Facts

[@patrickjvsa]

native spanish speaker here! your video is dope and really sums up what make native spanish sound native, keep on with this really cool content

Thank you!!

[@QueenStix]

I love gringo Spanish, that's the only time I can understand what someone is saying.

[@jayweh]

interesting. I'm german, so my enunciation of words/ vowel pronunciarion is already very close to spanish. I have immense trouble understanding gringo accent. :D

[@altairlouz5925]

Same in french

[@wendyvazquez5599]

Wow, I'm really happy to have entered this video, so glad people want to learn Spanish and acctually care about the accent. ☺

[@sandedyng]

I’m so grateful to have found your content! ¡Muchas gracias hermano! ¡Estoy aprendiendo español con los amigables trabajadores mexicanos de Chick-Fil-A y tu contenido me ayuda! ¡Que te vaya bien!

[@JorgeSanchez-zk6zw]

6:45 I'm a native spanish speaker and only noticed this when I started working as a media editor. In spanish you can't cut and splice phrases because of this, the "break" in the words is in the middle of each word, not in between were it should be LOL. The only time the "break" happens is when a sentence ends. it feels so weird once you notice it, its like saying in english: "He llowfe llowfrien dsssho wa reyoudo ing" Edit. In "Vamos a un concierto", check your audio file and you will notice even between "vamos" and "a" spanish speaker wont even release the "s". It sounds "Va mossssssaunnnnnconnnncier to"

[@lopez6944]

El primer consejo es muy bueno. Si vas España, aprende las palabras y la gramática de España (si vas a España no digas "hoy me compré una computadora", sino "hoy me he comprado un ordenador"); si vas a México, las palabras y la gramática de México, etc. Pero mezclar causa bastante confusión.

[@suburbanman4935]

My friends I work with don’t speak a lot of English, so we mainly speak in Spanish or Spanglish sometimes. They said they can tell an American speaker a lot of times by the word choice of course and then the “d” or “h” pronunciation. Obviously you don’t say the h unless it’s after a c but a lot of people will be like qué haces and pronounce the H. Or they pronounce the D like the English D and it’s got a different pronunciation in Spanish.

[@sergiot2014]

Yea the d sound is a giveaway for native English speakers. I had no idea the Spanish D is a completely different sound

[@suburbanman4935]

@@sergiot2014 yeah it’s almost like a hard English TH for us, it can be really confusing and difficult to pronounce until you get used to it. It’ll make you sound gringo very quickly

Yep! Así es. Son las cosas pequeñas que revelan la verdad. I speak about all of that in my pronunciation series here too. The D and the T

[@ligarowe3300]

I studied Español at UCLA and one professor casually mentioned ‘sinersis’ (or something like that) which is blending vowels between words. I’ve always done this and constantly am asked which country I’m from because . . . I don’t have a foreign accent when speaking Spanish.

Esoo! Le pusiste un nombre. Nunca sabía cómo se llamaba

[@sanjaymoncrieffe7126]

I love how this channel has developed. Not gonna lie...a few years have passed since I had been here. Big up from Jamaica 🇯🇲 Always admired your passion for Spanish and Caribbean Spanish. Bendiciones hermano.

[@qriana9621]

Dude you almost have a Venezuelan accent when you speak Spanish, that is BEAUTIFUL!!!! bien hecho 😱

[@bandini22221]

Muy bien hecho caballero. Además me han dado a entender que la DR es uno de los lugares más bellos del mundo así que anhelo por conocerla aunque a mi edad dudo que haga realidad.

[@jmm00702]

holy shit this dude really broke down things that make spanish sound like native spanish while being a gringo! As a native spanish speaker I came here just expecting to be able to mock this becasue theres no way a gringo can sound native, but you literally nailed the dominican accent lmao. Im not even close to dominican, but we latinos can recognize and tell apart other very different latino accents easily through nuances, that's why it's so easy to recognize even slight deviations when an accent imitation is attempted by a gringo, but you broke the detector lol thats so sick.

[@janr.1077]

This is one of the best videos teaching Spanish I have found yet! Definitely better than language study. I worked with a Spanish lady for a year and a half, I have a neurologist whose native tongue is Spanish,I have cousins in Honduras, so I have an interest in Spanish. Muchas gracias!

[@RingsOfSolace]

I'm fortunate enough to have never had a gringo accent but I don't really have an accent. I always get told that the only reason I don't sound native is because people don't know where tf I'd be from. Some people will say I sound Spanish some days, Colombian or Venezuelan another, and my girlfriend swears I sometimes sound Dominican. But I can never control how it works. Lol

I think I actually used to be that way which isn't bad, but once I found Caribbean Spanish, I fell in love with it. The most important part is to be able to speak the language well in general. Sabes?

[@joshuachisem1576]

How did you learn spanish so good?

[@israeliana]

I am the same way. I learned Spanish really young and grew up around natives so i picked up Mexican Spanish and PR Spanish. So when I speak no one can pin point where I am from. a veces la gente asume que soy domicana por mis características físicas. pero cuando hablo dicen que soy puertorriqueña o mexicana.

[@Catscratch241]

I feel you! I can switch my accent but I can never hold one specific accent. I learned from Puerto Rican and Dominican friends but I mainly hear Puerto Rican slang because I listen to a lot of reggaeton, but I don’t have the accent 😂

[@sonderexpeditions]

Same, I'm Neutral.

[@minuit6305]

Every Spanish speaking country has its own accent and slang. Like i immediately can tell when the person is Dominican/ PR/Mexican/Cuban/Venezuelan/Spaniard/Argentinean. Also some people do look down on you for the accent you have because certain countries associate certain behaviors towards certain group of people.

[@JusticeIsALie]

This was really good. My barber of 10 years is Puerto Rican and the slurring makes more sense now.

[@catrivera7463]

aquí una Colombiana going to share this video with my Spanish students. Pa´que no digan that its just me telling them these things. ¡Gracias!

Esoooo! A witness is always better than just one person's account for sure. Thanks for watching and sharing!

[@adgepeterb]

Clip at the beginning was hilarious 🤣 perfect

🤣🤣🤣

[@batgirl052009ify]

Really loving the setup! Looks professional and cosy

Thanks! I like the clean look as well. Glad to see it's appreciated

[@9833656583]

You are the best…As an Indian it’s very had to pronounce the word or sentences….but you explained tremendously…hope I will definitely follow your instructions so I can learn quickly…

[@ids8128]

Este es el primer vídeo que veo de ti y me dejaste con la boca abierta cuando dijiste que no eras un hablante nativo de español lol tienes mis respeto aprendiste español y con un acento difícil de entender incluso para algunos hablantes nativos de español, mis respetos 👏

Jaja gracias!!! Gloria a Dios

[@AlejandroPRGH]

I'm a native speaker of Spanish from Spain and I have great respect for the way that you explain the really important things.

[@ChevroletGirl1974]

I do accent reduction and pronunciation help for my English as a second language students and I speak Spanish as a second language. Many people have breakthroughs when I talk about placement. English is way back in the throat or chest, I feel Spanish in the front of my mouth and face, Russian in the nose and forehead...

[@figuenew]

Hahah you look more Dominican than Magú at the beginning of this video 😂 One of the best Spanish teachers I have seen.

[@johan6520]

Broooo un dominicano de este lado 😂💪🏾🇩🇴 tú suenas como un dominicano, impresionante!

[@washingtonskies8698]

WOW duo lingo needs to hire you!!!!!!! As a matter if fact, you're so much more helpful and accurate!

[@washingtonskies8698]

I am Dominicana and I am VERY happy with this video!!!! KLK MANINNNN

[@Juicebae]

Love this video. My parents are Dominican but did not have the chance to teach me Spanish. I have learned over the years from friends and other family but never felt confident hiding my gringa accent. I’m moving to DR to reconnect with my family and roots and this is very helpful as my cousins in Samana speak that REAL Dominican Spanish and I don’t want them to make too much fun of my accent. I’ll be using your tips and other videos to prepare me before I leave in a couple weeks! Thanks again 😊

[@yuoivrchat]

Hey, I dont know if you see this but Ive been watching your videos as learning spanish and tbh you are better than the spanish at school, and I can speak almost fluently from you! Thank you so much! I wouldn’t know spanish faster if you didn’t teach me. I could understand what other people say and how fast they are, uses of every verb. As a Puerto Rican, thanks to you

Wow. That means a lot! I'm so glad that my videos have been able to help you! Feel free to share any helpful videos and keep progressing mi pana!

[@yuoivrchat]

@ my family also get more help from you too since they are puerto rican also

@@yuoivrchat gracias por compartir mi contenido con ellos.

[@yuoivrchat]

@ De nada amigo

[@marcocisneros5988]

one thing i notice is that some native-Spanish speakers drop the consonant D so instead of saying NO PASA NADA they get rid of the D and say NO PASA NAA so it's more like a long A sound

[@JustaFashionGirlfromChicago]

Chi-Town!!! ❤️ Great tips! I learned Spain Spanish in school, sharpened my speaking skills working with Mexicans in odd jobs, and then got all messed up flipping between all the mult. Types of Spanish from all of LATAM in my future career. 😂 Thanks for sharing. Plus, mixing it with my Haitian Kreyol 🇭🇹 foundation… I’m all over the place! 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@jorgeloo3131]

F* man!!! It's even difficult for me as a native Spanish speaker to immitate that Caribbean Accent (which sounds like another language haha plus they speak ultra fast) and you speak as a perfect Dominican guy hahaha AMAZING!!

[@JoelHill-i4h]

Sluring the vowels is transformative

[@RobiBue]

Being a polyglot who grew up in Mexico, lived in Venezuela, spent one half of his life in Switzerland, and the other half here in the US, I do admire the fluency of this Chicago guy with the acento Dominicano ;) and I met several Dominicanos in Switzerland (Basel)… now, I must say that there is a similarity to the way Venezolanos speak, mi pana! And that phrase is one of the key items since pana (buddy) is commonly used (epa pana! Hey buddy) also, the dropping of the letter s in some words is very common as well (poh que h lo que tu haceh: pos que es lo que tú haces : but what is it that you’re doing) A propósito, te falta la diéresis en la u de bilingüe ;) Great content, jovenazo!

[@truvy_5544]

Yes this was my problem, I used to be so scared to do that thinking it wasn’t right. This relief my stress

[@marcosmartinez9589]

It's important to understand how vowels are pronounced together, we call "strong vowels" to a, e and o, and "weak vowels" to i and u, so you can fuse them into the same syllable "naturally" when 1 or more weak vowels mix with 1 or more strong vowels (or weak vowels with other weak ones), but it's not natural to mix 2 strong vowels. For example, in the sentence "Pásale el desayuno a uno de esos animales" me as a native would pronounce "Pásal(e)l desayuno (au)no de esos animales" I hope I have been able to express myself correctly 😂😂 Edit: Great video and that's from my perspective as Spaniard Spanish speaker ☺️

[@johannetrudeau6809]

I enjoyed this first video and you make it sooo much easier to comprehend, and to remember. I also speak french fluently, and in french we do, like you say "slurf" vowels and words together...in french we call it "liaison" which translates to connection and we usually drop a vowel...like in your your third sentence, "Llore el otro...lor e l otro...lorélotro...! LOL! Thank you, gracias! Merci! From a French Canadian living in Québec, Canada!

[@johannetrudeau6809]

OOPs.....slurr....LOL!

[@punchinpupun]

my 2 cents here: pick a country's accent and slang and focus on that specific one hard, ignore the rest until people from that country doubt where are you from

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[@RyugaChan]

Also native spanish speaker here. Listen to this guy. Usually I just suggest focusing on one type of spanish, one type of slang and accent, then move forward to the rest. It's veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery hard to master just about any language, it'll take YEARS, so take it slow, enjoy the ride and have some fun.

[@tahiti1]

Thanks. Such a great point about alphabet and vowel sounds!! and that Spanish is simpler than English in this regard (Although not for consonants, here in Medellin 4 different ways to pronounce "ll" sound!!)

Thanks! Glad that you found it helpful. So true about vowels, but with practice it becomes very simple and easy sabes.

[@facundorivas4632]

My congratulations lad, it's quite difficult to learn the caribbean accent and you nailed it!, I can't even do it and I'm a native Spanish speaker :(

[@itsmeterri]

wow hermano you speak spanish super fast, you would be able to carry a conversation with my sister's they speak spanish super fast as well. Either way new subscriber here. ☺️👋

[@sonderexpeditions]

Yoooo you sound like a real Dominican from the Bronx 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Lol 🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@jcv3061]

Mmmm, that code switching sounds flawless! Awesome video.

[@samm398]

I mean, idk why im watching this if im already spanish/english but I have to say that this video is brilliant and I can see that you really know about spanish accents and I like that you don't join latin america vocabulary with spanish vocabulary.

[@ben-mulchi]

Ordenador is more used in the Caribbean and Spain, everywhere else is just Computadora/Compu

[@lm8544]

I took Spanish (from a Puerto Rican teacher) in high school and then in college and I don't think anyone has ever pointed out to me that there are 5 vowels in Spanish and only 5 vowel sounds! Omg! That is a game changer for how I view learning how to speak Spanish now! Thank you for that!

Glad I could help! Thank God! :)

[@lm8544]

That one and the one you said about thinking of everything in Spanish....🙌🏾. And I'm a black woman trying to channel my inner Latina lol. I've been obsessed with their language and culture since forever and I want to be fluent in Spanish! You got yourself a new subscriber

[@LDXReal]

I'm going to be taking Spanish in college after a few years of studying Japanese for fun, and I'm glad to know that my knowledge of Japanese vowels (for which there are only 5 sounds) will help me in Spanish. I will say I'll have to learn new methods of pronouncing my Rs tho, bc I'm used to softening them in Japanese. Best of luck to everyone learning and studying!

[@marksusan]

You’re the man… this was awesome. Thank you!

[@EduardoEspinozaPKMNTrainer]

Ese último consejo es de lo mejor que alguien ha recomendado!

[@gilbertovalenzuela2319]

Le verdad es que este man suena y se ve como dominicano jajajajaja i'm surprised how fluent he is, congrats