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What's the best way to learn the Spanish spoken in the USA? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Curious_Mind03@lemm.ee to c/latam@hexbear.net

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Hey there, I was wondering what good ways are to learn the Spanish dialect that is most commonly spoken in the USA since America has a lot of Spanish speakers and it's the second most prevalent language after English (like English, America obviously has a different version of the language compared to for example UK or India).

I had Spanish in school but only know a few basic things. I wonder if there is some way to really get immersed in the language (other than oc moving there and speaking with native speaker in person) to naturally learn it to be able to have conversations with Spanish speakers in America that sound as local/authentic as possible (so I don't wanna focus on artificial learning that focuses too much on grammar and uncommon words that aren't that important for everyday conversations).

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[–] blight@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m not sure but I think it would vary by what particular diaspora is dominant in a particular region.

[–] xj9@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is accurate. Just finding people in your area that speak Spanish that are willing to help you out with immersion is really the way to go. The exact dialect doesn't really matter, you'll end up with a silly diaspora accent no matter what you do. Spanish is my first language and my family is from El Salvador, but I sound like I grew up as a farm hand in northern Uruguay or Mar de Plata and watched way too much Mexican & Brasilian TV. emilie-shrug

There's a chance you'll arrive at an extremely neutral accent, but it depends on how much you pick up on accents. I'm a sponge for that stuff.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Watching Univision maybe?

[–] Curious_Mind03@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks, great recommendation

[–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Tu ya sabes que la manera más adecuada es hablar con la gente de tu vecindario, pero si no lo puedes hacer puedes usar las redes sociales en su lugar. Me gusta los videos de Compadre Tlacuache en Youtube (pero es mexicano, no estadounidense) porque son muy casuales y son como hablar con un amigo. Cuando miras sus videos, YouTube te sugiere más cosas en español y si sigues la corriente, pronto todas tus sugerencias serán en español. Es una buena manera de exponerse al idioma y estar al tanto con lo que es popular. Y de seguro hay muchos latinos grabando videos en TikTok pero no lo uso yo entonces no sé decir.

Aunque es poco común, a veces hay videojuegos con actuación de voz en español latino si te gusta esas cosas. Y casi siempre son actores mexicanos cuando hay tal traducción. Ahora estoy jugando Days Gone solamente porque los actores hispanos son fantasticos.