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| drp9341 Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 4913 days ago 115 posts - 217 votes  Speaks: Italian, English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French Studies: Japanese | Message 1 of 10 15 June 2013 at 11:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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As those of you who have studied Spanish know, Spanish is a global language. Because of this, every country has it's own way of speaking 'Spanish.'
Something I have found lacking here on HTLAL, is a great deal of info on Spanish dialects. Of course, there are books like 'Street Wise Spanish' etc. that can help introduce you to 'Spanish Slang' and 'Regional Accents' but I find these books and other such resources to cover pretty much the basics; giving you only a sample of how the variation might sound, and a few slang words/expressions that tend to get used. So if anyone has resources to Comedy Series, TV shows, interviews etc. that are in a dialect and of decent quality, this could be a spot where people could post them. Basically: Native Material spoken with a distinct regional accent preferably. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| drp9341 Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 4913 days ago 115 posts - 217 votes Speaks: Italian, English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French Studies: Japanese | Message 2 of 10 15 June 2013 at 11:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'll start!
For "Dominican Spanish" a great series to listen to in order to get used to the accent is the YouTube Video series: ThatsDominican Thats Dominican The videos are actually very funny, recorded in HD and very useful! I watched tons of these before I went to the Dominican Republic, and it helped tremendously! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5131 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 3 of 10 16 June 2013 at 12:50am | IP Logged | ||
It might help if you mentioned which dialect you were interested in. On your profile, you have listed that you're in the US. Do you have access to Univision? Telemundo? Any other network? They all cover programming from different countries, but Univision probably a bit more than the others. Take a look at the programming schedule of each network. Find something you think might be interesting. Then get online and do some research. You'll find plenty of programming notes for whichever programs interest you, and you can choose/further whittle it down from there. About the only dialect you might have some trouble finding consistent content is Cuban, but even that's possible. Otherwise, go straight to the home-country source on the internet. Many of these networks have online programming available also. But without mentioning which dialect you're interested in, you're probably just going to get a mish-mash of mentions from everywhere. R. == 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4669 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 4 of 10 16 June 2013 at 9:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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Grammar of Latin American Spanish
http://tinilink.com/iGbPxju7 Two integral dictionaries (they list all words in use in these countries, unlike contrastive dictionaries which list only words used in these countries but not in Spain): Diccionario integral del español de la Argentina: http://www.clarin.com/diccionario print preview: http://www.voz-activa.com.ar/flipdiccionario/ El Diccionario del español de México http://dem.colmex.mx/ Edited by Medulin on 16 June 2013 at 9:16pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Gala Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4551 days ago 229 posts - 421 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 5 of 10 16 June 2013 at 10:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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Actually, Univisión is more heavy on Mexican programming than Telemundo, which tends to
show programs from other countries (mainly Colombia and Venezuela) more often, in addition to Mexican shows. Both also have U.S. made programs that feature actors or commentators/hosts originally from many regions of Latin America. But all will tend to speak in a somewhat (to varying degrees) standardized Latin American Spanish (just like most English-language U.S. TV programming does not feature much heavily regional speech.) The Miami dialect of Cuban Spanish (and it is still quite distinctly Cuban) spoken by regular people is often heard on reality and talk shows produced in Miami on both networks: Caso Cerrado, Casos de Familia, Laura, ¿Quién tiene la razón?, to name a few off the top of my head. Be warned, though, these are all in the category of trash TV, although they're a bit more interesting than their English-language counterparts if you're interested in contemporary Latino culture and its mores. Azteca América shows nothing but Mexican programming, and, as their shows are created for a strictly Mexican audience (unlike many of the Mexican-made programs shown on Univisión and Telemundo, which are made with the general Latin American audience also in mind) they are more dialect-heavy. Edited by Gala on 16 June 2013 at 10:18pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4669 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 6 of 10 17 June 2013 at 6:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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For audio samples of all dialects/varieties, try: Catálogo de vozes hispánicas:
http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/voces_hispanicas/ 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5263 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 7 of 10 17 June 2013 at 8:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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For Cuban Spanish, the old radio show from the 1950's, La Tremenda Corte is a good way to listen to natural speech, albeit pre-revolutionary speech. Most of the 10-15 minute long episodes of the show are available for download in MP3 format and a few have the scripts available, maybe about five- but you'll have to search the archive for "leer guión". You can also try google.
So, how is a radio show from the 1950's still relevant? Well, the humor and stories are timeless. One of the main characters- "Tres Patines" loves to play with the Spanish language to hilarious effect. Think "Caso Cerrado" played for intentional laughs. It may be hard to believe, but this half a century old radio show is still being broadcast on the air today. I often listen to it from nearby WPAB, Ponce, Puerto Rico, if I happen to be in the car when it's on. The website link also has a page with the history of the show and it's cultural impact. After the Cuban Revolution, the show moved to Mexico and became a TV show, with episodes on youtube, but it lost a lot by "jumping the shark". La Tremenda Corte- Inicio Edited by iguanamon on 17 June 2013 at 9:37pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| nonneb Pentaglot Groupie SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4752 days ago 80 posts - 173 votes Speaks: English*, Ancient Greek, Latin, German, Spanish Studies: Mandarin, Hungarian, French | Message 8 of 10 18 June 2013 at 6:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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Great thread idea! I've been looking for some media in Andalusian dialect recently. I
recently moved here, and although I get on fine understanding most people, I'm running into problems every once in a while. Thankfully living in Honduras prepared me for the jejeo, but I'm finding the rhythm a bit difficult to get a hold on at times. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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