Thursday, November 10, 2011

Español Argentina




I'm headed to Argentina in 2 weeks, and I'm getting pretty darn excited! I've already discovered a pretty awesome Argentinian band! Onda Vaga (Wandering Wave) is a group from Buenos Aires. I bought their album and have been using it as a study aid. It's been a great way to get exposed to genuine Argentinian spanish!

- tù = vos
- vos = ustedes
- ll sounds like "jzhe"
- j is pronounced "kch"
- "y" at the beginning of a syllable makes a "sh" sound

I also read that the dialect in Patagonian-Argentina (especially the slang) is heavily influenced by Italian.

¡Qué suerte! ... or is it ¿Què fortuna?

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