Justo conozco las personas ideales

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Justo conozco las personas ideales.

We've had a lot of talks about justo, and about how it means "just and fair" and it isn't like the English just. I once had a course that said "Justo estaba en la cocina" and was told it was wrong, even though it was in "Rocket Spanish" because justo isn't used like that, but in this show they said this..... I know just the right people (for the job) and that seems like the English just to me. 5:24

Answer 1

By the way, I've watched part of the clip. They speak unusually extremely clear and slow, but they exaggerate their pronunciation so much sometimes, that they sound very unnatural at times, even foreign-like, because they articulate words artificially distinct (well... the guy in orange has a strong accent). Natives normally join words together when there are vowels and certain combinations, but these guys stop in between so people can understand better, but they sound almost like terminators sometimes. Some T and K sounds are explosive, which doesn't happen in Spanish, and the V sounds like an English V at times, all probably to make sounds easier for learners to understand. I don't know if it is good for learning, but you don't want to talk like that in real life, believe me.

I'm just gonna get to episode 10 and move on, I know it's a bit wooden and the speech is pretty bad, but they are teaching me some new phrases like "me entran las ganas" etc... for now. Gracias por desvelarme.? is that right,thanks for looking out for me - jeezzle, Jan 3, 2011

Answer 2

This usage of "justo" for "just" does not exist in Spanish in theory, although I wouldn't be surprised if it had extended to some regions due to the English influence. In many countries that sentence means nothing to those who don't speak English (like my parents). "Solo" (or "sólo") should be understood everywhere.

By the way, to me it sounds awful.