Keeping the flow of speaking spanish
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I noticed that when some people in my beginners spanish class are speaking spanish, including myself, tend to say "um" or "uh" whenever we have trouble thinking of a response. My friend from Venezuela told me that it's better to use "eh" when speaking spanish so that you don't throw off the flow and don't sound like "gringo". I was wondering if this is good advice or not.
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updated Jun 6, 2011
posted by julian3
Being a "non-gringo" I would say that your friend from Venezuela is correct. - pepitogrillo, Jan 24, 2010
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Welcome to the forum Julian, what a great question. Being a "gringo" I couldn't answer that for you but I think your friend is on to something. I have heard "pues..." used alot in the Yucatan. It's comparable to our "well...." and they drag it out just as we do.
updated Jun 6, 2011
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