language speed

Question

I heard several people ask abut the speed of spanish.I have read on web that spanish people leave off alot of vowels in a word.I heard a woman call her son.Instead of saying venga she said ve.They also run words together.They will do alot of elsions,[drop vowels and combine words.Any comments.]?PS as in the usa in some areas there is a sensitivity to grammar in other areas there isnt a sensitivity to grammar.

a lot. (not "alot") - pesta, Jun 20, 2011

Answer 1

By the way, probably what you heard the say when calling her son was "ven"

which means exactly venga. What happens venga is the imperative for the formal you, and ven is for the informal you.

Does it make sense?

You are probably correct the "n"in ven was lost in speech patterns.I have alot of latinos leave off letters. - senordave, Jun 28, 2011

Answer 2

This is done in English, too.

Ain't

Can't

Won't

Couldja?

Wouldja?

How 'bout dem birds?

Ya'll

Yous

Wydja do that?

Cm'ere, Fred

Whryagoin? Goin da store?

Answer 3

That's true. For people learning Spanish, like you and I, that can be extremely confusing. I find it difficult because then I have no idea what the speaker just said.

However, I can imagine that with practice and actually living in a region that is prone to doing this, someone who is not a native speaker will become adjusted to it, and maybe, just maybe, start doing it themselves, too.

Unfortunately, the text editor does not allow embed codes - Izanoni1, Jun 20, 2011

Answer 4

Yes I have often heard my Language Assistant teacher who is from Barcelona combining words and dropping vowels when speaking spanish outside of the classroom, this really threw me at first but it is suprisingly easy to be accumstomed with this form of spoken language. And like SonrisaDelSol said, living in certain regions helps you. I know a girl who has lived in Ávila for 3 years now and she talks more non-standard at times.

Also I listen to a lot of Andalucian artists and I noticed that many of them don't pronounce the letter 'S' when it is in the middle or at the end of a word, eg:

Las palabras = La'palabra

No me gusta = No me gu'ta

What a cheerful thing to hear. So much for learning to listen to Spanish. - 0074b507, Jun 26, 2011

Answer 5

Thanks for all the feedback.There is a site 'spanishcourese.info"If you bring up radio and tv you can scrole down and find about 10 or 15 countries.Bring up one of these countries,Mexico,Spain,Cuba,Colombia just to name a few,and you will find radio and tv stations listed for that country.I listen to the radio and tv and hear various speech patterns.I find that if you bring up a radio or tv station and there is the word 'ready"in the bottom left hand corner that station isnt available,I go to another.This gives a sample of how the various countrys sound.Have fun,Dave