Fluency (Pronunciation & Local Grammar)

Question 1

Y or ll pronunciation

Answer 1

Pronounce as “sh” or “zh” and not as a “y” sound.

Question 2

What is vos?

Answer 2

Use vos instead of tú to mean you.

Question 3

S pronunciation

Answer 3

Aspirate “s” sounds. Only aspirate if “s” is followed by a convowels or at the end of a word when nothing follows. Use “s” normally if followed by a vowel.

Pescado becomes pehcado

Question 4

“D” Sounds

Answer 4

D sounds are pronounced softly like a “th” sound. May sound like a “L” sometimes at the end of a word like pared to mean wall. Pared might sound like parel.
Verdad sounds like verthath.

Question 5

RR sound

Answer 5

RR sounds any trilled “R” is soft and fast, only trilling for few repititions before moving on.

Single “r” is pronounced at the end of verbs when speaking normally. Only trill at the end of a word or trill single “r’s” when adding emphasis to a word.
Like puerta which can become puerrta when adding emphasis. Hablar is pronounced as hablar but with emphasis is hablarr

Question 6

Intonation

Answer 6

When speaking the intonation should sound close to Italian with normal spanish intonation which makes it sound very melodic.

Question 7

Sinalefa

Answer 7

Combining vowels for a smooth way of speaking
Ex: la Andrea is pronounced as landrea.

Question 8

Que omit

Answer 8

When expressing a desire for something to be done to you. You can omit the que in the example sentence and similar sentences.
Ex: quiero me pelees en la calle.
Instead of saying quiero que me pelees en la calle.

Question 9

Pricing

Answer 9

Use son for total price and es when it’s the price of a single items before total.
Use con for total price with a decimal and coma for price of single ítem before total.

Question 10

Telling time

Answer 10

Use son las __ de la mañana or tarde. You can omit mañana or tarde

Question 11

Connecting verbs like when using tener

Answer 11

Use que when connecting verbs like tener to another verb.
Ex: Tengo que comer
I have to eat

Question 12

I am/ you are/ we are/ he or she is/ they are _______(verb)

Answer 12

You can omit estar in sentences like this in rioplatense spanish. For example: estamos cocinando tostada con palta…can become…cocinamos tostada con palta and it is understood as we are cooking/making tostada with avocado, but could also be understood as a statement “we cook toast with avocado”. It depends on context. Usually depends on if you are actively cooking while saying it, if so, then its understood as “we are” and not just as a statement.