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Hola! Tengo una pregunta para ti. Qué son algunas "texting/ online slang" palabras que hablantes nativos usen? Recientemente, he "friended" una chica de El Salvador de mi clase de Espanol en Facebook, y aveces es muy difícil para entender los mensajeros y posts de ella, como soy una Americana. Lo siento para mi espanol!

This post might help a lot with that

And spanishboone also has a post related to texting in Spanish

No sé mucho de cómo textean la gente de El Salvador, así que no tengo una lista de frases salvadoreñas. Espero que lo que tengo te ayude.

Hola

spanishskulduggery

hiya! this is kinda related to your ask about esdrújulas; more generally about accent marks and stress.

why does prohibir need the accent mark when it's conjugated to prohíbo, prohíbes, prohíbe, prohíben? if you break up the word by syllables, the stress normally falls on the i (similar to how inhibir conjugates to inhibo, etc, without the accent.)

is it because the h is silent, so the accent mark is there so that it doesn't form a diphthong with the o? ie to make sure its pronounced [pɾo i bo] instead of [pɾoi̯ bo] ?

thanks!

Yes! OI is a common diphthong where the sound would blur together like soy

The accent mark there creates what's called a hiatus which breaks up syllables, so for this it's important for accent marks but in poetry it would affect counting syllables

This also happens with continúo as "I continue", and many present tense conjugations of verbs ending in -uar... as opposed to something like the adjective continuo/a "continuous"

spanishboone

Music Notes in Spanish

In English, to name the music notes on the scale (not including sharps and flats), we use A B C D E F G. Once we reach G, it all starts over again at A…B…etc.

However, in Spanish, they don’t use the lettering system to identify the keys and notes of a song. They use solfeo, which in English may be seen as Solfège, solfedge, sol-fa, or solfa.

If you ever had a music class in elementary school or middle school, you’ll remember singing “Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do” forwards and backwards. Let’s admit, this was something ENGRAVED into our minds. This was designed to help the person mentally hear the notes of a piece of music for the first time and to better remember the notes.

Spanish uses this same scale. Instead of using So and Ti, they say Sol and Si.

Musical scales are started at C (Do), It’s tempting to want to start it with A since it’s the first letter of the alphabet. This proves to be one reason why using el solfeo is better in the long run because you won’t have to think about the alphabet but instead you’ll think of where that note is played on the instrument. Down below are the corresponding notes and keys for each one in Spanish:

C - Do

D - Re

E - Mi

F - Fa

G - Sol

A - La

B - Si

Next are the names for the alterations, las alteraciones musicales.

Those are the notes between Do y Re, Re y Mi, Fa y Sol, and Sol y La

The flat symbol (b), is called bemol

The sharp symbol (#), called sostenido

Hopefully this helped you to get a basic understanding of how music works in Spanish and English. Any other questions, send me an inbox and I’ll be more than happy to help you!

Puerto rican is the language of reggaeton. I said what I said.

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A medio palo- halfway done/unfinished

This is a nice expression to sound more native when something is left undone.

#el vocabulario #spanish #languages

Hi Boone! I have a Q for you, if you don't mind. Have you ever translated literary works from English to Spanish? If so, are there any tips you may have for a newbie to the translation field? I'm concerned that stylistic elements may be lost in translation, among other things.

Hey Thanks for the question!

I have not translated literary works from English to Spanish. Most of the stuff that I have translated has been from Spanish to English and they consist mostly of journal entries/new articles.

When it comes to losing stylistic elements, that is definitely a concern. I imagine that would be really tricky especially if one is not well versed with the author's writing style.

#asks

What dialect of Spanish is common on the East Coast? Out in the Southwest we have lots of Mexicans but also Guatemalans, Salvadorians and Peruvians

If you go to NYC, it's predominantly Puerto Ricans and Dominicans.

Florida has a lot of Cubans and Mexican populations.

I have Cuban and Dominican neighbors. Some of my wife's friends are from Guatemala, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. There's a little bit of everything. I think mostly where I live, the majority are Mexican and Central American.

#asks #dialects

So I’ve been working on boosting my translation skills. One exercise I’ve been doing is finding articles in Spanish and translating them to English. Then at the end of a month, I’m going to go back to my original translation alongside with the original article and look at them both with a fresh set of eyes and translate it again. Then I’ll compare my two translations and see how they have improved!

Thought you might like a cool/fun Spanish exercise for you!!

Hello, I'm trying to translate a Spainish song to English for piano. I have the notes in spainish D A Bm G. Any idea what they are in English? Thank you

Buenas buenas.

Here's a post I did a while back about music notes. Hope this helps!!!

#music #asks

So in other news, I'm gonna be taking a few certifications. ATA certification and certification for Interpretation in the PA court system! Lots of studying to do that's for sure!

Hi! Do you have any tips for making sure you're rolling your R's when you say the doble erre? I can do it, I think, only when I'm talking I sometimes forget. Especially bc I don't often speak Spanish much these days

Honestly, repetition and practice is the best way. Years ago I would forget sometimes but the more you speak and hear, the more natural it'll come to you and you won't forget!

#asks #r #erre

spanishskulduggery

Hi hi! I have an odd question: would you say "jaja" if you're texting someone in Spanish, or is it more of a cultural thing where native english speaks would still say "haha" and native Spanish speakers would generally text "jaja"? <3

I think either works. I text people jaja or jej if I'm writing to them in Spanish, and then "haha" if I'm writing in English. Even the same people. I think personally it depends on my mood and what language I was writing in. I try to stay in "Spanish mode" if I'm writing in Spanish.

I think that's a fairly common thing though since I will say that Spanish speakers (at least to me) write "haha" when they're writing in English to me

Though I do think people gravitate towards their native language at times, especially with counting and interjections/exclamations just in general

spanishboone

I've even seen "juasjuasjuas' as an alternative to "jajaja".

What are some Spanish-language artists you listen to? How did you discover them?

Hello anon.

The very first guy I discovered was David Bisbal when I probably like 15/16 or so. I think he was reccomended to me by an old language exchange partner. "Bulería", "Dígale" & "Ave María " were some of the first songs I listened to.

I enjoy the Los Temerarios. The taquero at the mexican store/restaurant had then playing one day and I really liked it.

I do enjoy some of the raggaeton music too. Like Farruko, El Alfa, Bad Bunny to name a few. Their stuff is vulgar but some of the beats are pretty catchy.

There are many other artists I like only a few songa from but that is just a few of mine.

#asks #music #spanish

If you go any questions, LMK, YO.

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