Spanish from Peru!!!
I was told today by a guy from North America that the Spanish from Peru is the easiest to understand. He said that it is spoken at a medium pace and they articulate their words very well. He said people from Chile speak too fast and drop sounds. I found the people from Argentina a little bit hard to understand but after a week or so I got the hang of their vos, sos, ll (sho) etc etc etc. Has anyone experienced Spanish form Peru??
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G'day Mike. My first Spanish teacher was from Perú. When she spoke Spanish to me she was obviously careful to pronounce the words properly and slowly (or at least that's what I thought - I really didn't know any better at the time).
During my 4th or 5th lesson the phone suddenly rang. She excused herself and answered it. For 2-3 minutes she spoke to her father (living in Peru) in Spanish (obviously) and guess what? - Her pronunciation and accent were still very clear.
I don't know if this is typical of all Peruvians though.
I have some Peruvian friends that talk really fast, to me anyways. I have only just begun studying Spanish so I'm not the best judge. Although it is funny because they say that Peruvian Spanish is the only true Spanish but I hear the same thing from people from other Spanish speaking countries. I think they definetly have a bias. The Peruvians work on a ranch by my house and also work with a guy from Mexico and they are always arguing over the correct way to say things and who has the best Spanish.
