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Andrea from Spain isn't a teacher i know , however she teaching about Spain and its Culture and language is way more funny , enjoyable and of course attractive than many people in school , college and anything else , best Spain member of channel
I think it is necessary to explain that, unlike other places, in Spain the time to chat (with family or friends) is not before sitting at the table but after. The "sobremesa" is the perfect time to talk because you can relax. You have the whole afternoon or evening ahead so nothing is going to interrupts the conversation. In addition, in Spain, meals are not frugal, they are made up of several dishes (first course, second course and dessert), so you need to rest afterwards (preferably having a coffee or a liquor). So chatting during that time is natural.
I'm Galician and we do that differently. Here, it's quite common, when the whole family gets together for lunch, to start at 12:00 in a so-called "vermouth" session where people have some snacks, alcohol and soft drinks and talk about whatever. Then at 14:00 we start eating and at about 16:00 everyone goes home or does whatever they want to do (hours may vary). Obviously, I'm talking about meals on weekends and holidays, from Monday to Friday during work time we don't have time to chat whatsoever.
in my family the sobremesa after luch is called "cofee time" even if you've had some kind of dessert, we make a pot of coffee and bring out some kind of light sweet snack and just chill and talk, often developing into something else like watching a movie while doozing off
A mí el microinfarto me lo da cuando escucho a un castellanoparlante que dice 'americano' para referirse a un estadounidense. Un mexicano o un chileno es tan americano como un estadounidense.
Se le dice americano a los de habla inglesa para diferenciarlos de los de habla hispana.Asi que cuando se dice América a un "guiri"se sabe ya que es.Todos sabemos que existe América del norte,central y del Sur,pero se les dice así para diferenciarlos de los hispanohablantes.Asi que el micro infarto también nos debería dar a los españoles,italianos,rumanos,portugueses,franceses....cuando solo se les tiene por europeos solamente cuando son también latinos,así que....menos micro infartos que sí no aqui todos nos infartariamos.
@@angelf2966 Por eso vas a ver mi mismo comentario sobre eso en absolutamente cada video en el que salga Shannon. Si no tienen ni gentilicio, que se compren uno. Pero que dejen de hacer sinécdoque. Shannon es _unitedstatian_
Spain truly is. It and Portugal are very, very distinct from the main of Europa. Just the Extremadura alone is fantastic unique nearly subcontinent-like.
When Andrea spoke about Mexico 🇲🇽 I remembered of Andrea , the other one from Mexico , best duo of Spanish speakers , it would be perfect if she had been on these videos , but I enjoyed these videos anyway , because of Andrea and Shannon
There are a lot of myths about Spain that need to be ended, like climate for example, everyone seems to think that in Spain there is only one climate possible, hot and sunny, and thats far from real. I myself am from Northeast Spain at the pyrenean mountains, right in the border with France, overhere the climate is Alpine mountainous one like Switzerland or Austria, we have bears, wolves and so…we can have colder and snowier winters than Scandinavian countries for instance, i have never in my life experienced 40ºC at my region, in fact we are known for being the biggest ski ⛷ ❄️ resort in South Europe. On the other hand in Northwest they have almost as same amount of rainy days and green landscapes like they have in Ireland, Scotland or England doe to the athlantic climate they all share in common. Plus none of us, northeners tend to see or listen Flamenco like at all. 😂 in fact Spanish climate could perfectly be compared to Korean one, we both are at similar latitudes, and we both are a peninsula, so we both have very distinguishable 4 seasons and we both have a colder north and a sunnier south
Les enseñaría como es España en invierno, por la zona de Burgos, Soria y Guadalajara, donde el pueblo más frío de España, Molina de Aragón (Guadalajara) registra -30° en invierno. Los turistas suelen ir a las costas en verano y ya piensa que eso es España. En Andalucía también tienes todos los climas y paisajes como si fuera un continente.
Shannon's honesty and eagerness to learn make her great, especially since she knows Mexican culture and is aware that it differs from Spain. And Andrea is the sweetheart we all know and love!
For those of you shocked at these questions, you should live in the United States. This kind of stuff happens all the time regarding people's ignorance about Spain and its people. People literally think Spain is a South American country or that Spanish didn't come from Europe, that Latin Americans ARE Spanish, etc.
Tell me about it. I'm a New Yorker and apparently in the east coast, anyone who speaks Spanish, is automatically Spanish. I get so annoyed by that. I'm half puerto rican and dominican and no where near Spanish. I hear other latinos calling themselves that too. Like, how stupid can you be and why would you want to live that way?
@@dangercat9188 Yep! In my experience, no offense, it has been the two groups you mention who are the Latin Americans that call themselves Spanish most often (Puerto Ricans and Dominicans), but I'm glad you're not one of them lol
You do realize that there are multiple recognized languages within Spain right? Spanish, or Castellano/Castilian as it’s called, is only one of the languages within Spain. Basque, Galician, Catalan, and Aranese are also spoken in addition to Spanish and it’s best not to assume everyone speaks Spanish.
@M R Dude, seriously, don't *over-analyze* the joke... xD Literally everyone in Spain knows Spanish. And for the record, I'm from Galicia. So you can keep the attempt of master class about "languages in Spain" too, thanks
From what I see, it seems that Americans think that Spain = Andalucía with the flamenco and paella, the sun, bulls etc. No...we have a lot more provinces, people 😂
I'm an American who has lived in Spain for five years and I absolutely love it! The Spanish have an amazing sense of humor and an indescribable warmth. Don't even get me started on their amazing food and wine -- the latter of which is number two in Europe (slightly below Italy). I must confess that while I knew a great deal about the country before I arrived, the Spanish tortilla shocked me when I first saw it. I told the waiter that I don't like tortillas. To which he asked how could I not like eggs. Confused, I decided to try it.....and WOW....just WOW!
@@pandamilkshake lol, oh that's the classic Madrilleno debate. 🤣 I personally like my tortilla without. However, I had a tortilla with onion at Casa Dani and it blew my mind!
Spain is like gazillion countries compressed all in one. The north west has celtic heritage and looks like Ireland, the mediterranean coast amd the Balear islands, well, pure Mediterranean 😅. The south (where most of the folk stereotypes come from) has arabic heritage (just google Mezquita de Córdoba and try to make someone guess). And the Canarias islands,... 🤯 in the Atlantic Ocean, near Morocco, they look like the moon. Not not talk about _euskera_ one of the 4 european languages previous to the Indoeuropean invasion. Literally a time travel. 🧛🏻♀️🖤
I have visited Spain in my youth and I travel to Arabia. Spain has a strong Latin(Roman) influence and Celtic and Iberic in the north. I am half Italian and I listen to Idiots like you make similar comments about Italy. Sicily is Arabic or Berber and other moronic statements. People like you always start well but finish poorly.
I wish they had someone from the Spanish side of the Basque Country to share our culture as well. Maybe even a talk with Andrea since our regions have their differences between themselves besides the language (she speaks catalán and we speak Basque)
@@rojimyayang5857 yes but also to know about the different cultures that forms a country it's a way to learn about the country in a more deeply way. I'm actually tired that people sees Spain as toros, flamenco and paella. We are more than that, we are multicultural.
Basque culture is in Navarra, not in Basque Country invented land. Basque never has been a political therm, just a cultural one. Viva la realidad, abajo la esquizopropaganda.
Hi! Professional translator here to say even though I love Andrea, she's slightly wrong in the bit about everything being dubbed in Spain due to the dictator. The first dubbed movies in Spain were actually made BEFORE the civil war, like you can find videos of dubs made in Spanish in 1929 or I think the first dub in Catalan was made in 1931. And they were made because people back then were mostly illiterate and it was the best way to bring culture to people (very few people could've read subtitles), but she is right in the sense that when Franco came to power, he used dubs as a means to promote the exclusive use of Spanish
You are right. But going a little bit further. Franco died 47 years ago!!!!! Why hasn´t it been changed if it´s so wrong? The way she thinks is due to the inoctrination of young people in today´s Spain; where whatever you might think is wrong is due to the dictator. And obviously, don´t think and do not have a critical attitude; otherwise you could be pointed out as a "franquista" or a fascist.
@@irondequoit2931 You think dubbing is wrong? How do you want kids who can't read yet, old people and blind people to enjoy movies, then? Dubbing is good. What was wrong was Franco trying to force everyone to speak Spanish and ban other languages. Dubbing has always been about making culture accessible to all, and that's inherently a good thing
for me is a mistery why people who speak native english (or people from latinoamerica who speaks studied english) are very funny and surprised by the fact that spaniards pronunce english like spanish when they are speaking spanish but ....all of them accept without questioning that spokenenglish people speak like english spanish words when they are speaking english
Sobremesa sounds so familiar, that's exactly what we do in the Netherlands! We call it _uitbuiken_ (giving the belly a rest), and especially after a family meal that's the time when you have the meaningful conversations. Thanks for discussing that!
I have never associated tacos with Spain. My first thought is like paella. I went to Spain and we went to a flamenco show/dinner. We had our guide make our reservations for 8:30 pm to eat and we were the only ones in the restaurant. We tried to wait until 10 pm like the Spaniards but we were starving because we hadn’t eaten since lunch. Plus I don’t like heavy meals close to bed time because I don’t sleep well. I’m not good at adjusting my body clock., 😂 We enjoyed Toledo the most. I had a friend from Spain who didn’t learn to speak Spanish until he was a teenager. He told me before that he only spoke Basque. Some parts of the current day USA were once part of Spain. And many cities were founded as mission towns hence the prevalence of the names with San and Santa. In my own experience, in my country, Spain is discussed more often as part of history or about our military installation in Rota. A lot of Americans near me have ancestors who migrated from Spain centuries ago and were never in Latin America. But because they have Spanish last names, people assume they have a connection to Latin America. Nope. They consider themselves to be Spanish Creoles.
Visitors should learn in advance that Spain has a *wrong* timezone (we should be UTC+0 like United Kingdom), and during summer we add an additional hour to the mix. So we end being 2 hours behind the sun, that's why we eat lunch at 14/15h and have dinner at 21/22h. Mostly everybody get some snacks at "tea time" (5-6 pm) to get by.
Yep in latam we have inherited lots of things from Spain, like the sobremesa, arriving late (here in Peru, ee even call it peruvian time). Our food of course have lots of spanish influence as we were the capital of spanish colony in south america. Spain is beautiful, want to know more of it, only traveled to Madrid and Barcelona. Nice video!!
There were not Spanish colony you governed yourself, cos you become part of Spain, even you were wealthier than Spanish population, Poor Spanish people migrated to latin America cos you had a better quality of life
No eran colonias, amigo, eran España, como hoy lo son las Islas Canarias, Ceuta y Melilla, por poner un ejemplo entendible. Se puede decir que fueron provincias de España 😉😉👍👍
"We have that famous thing about being relaxed and arrive late" actually , this isn't only Spain , it's the whole Latin America , since Mexico in the North until Chile in the South
As a spanish, "sobremesa" is also at restaurants, with my family we arrive at a restaurant to eat at 14:00 (2 pm) and we can spend ez 3, 4 hours or even more!!! and the employers/ owners dont say anything cz is normal.
Love both languages (English is my 3rd and Spanish is my 4th) so I very much enjoyed listening to the girls. And the girls are really sweet and interesting to listen to ❤️
@@e.1589 me encantaría aprender uno de esos 2 idiomas, los idiomas nórdicos son muy diferentes a los romance, como lo es España. Espero que algún día pueda hablarlo además de los 3 idiomas que puedo hablar
@@elxxurii9470 Realmente son idiomas East Slavic, creo que nordic idiomas son sueco, noruego, fines). Yo quiero hablar Espanol mucho mejor pues no tengo práctica y lo comprendo pero cometo errores. Que idiomas además de Espanol sabe? Es su primero idioma o no?
Paella, olives!!, potato/egg dish, excellent salads using both fruits and vegetables (Oranges, onions, spinach), special ways with fowl--including partridges!!
Es de coña.... la mitad del país tiene nombre Español y no saben donde está España.... en fin... sin comentario... alguien en la sala se atreve a llamar a los cosas por su nombre de lo que está pasando?
Estaba hablando de que en otras partes de España también puede llover mucho. Tenemos un país con mucha diversidad 🤗 pero cortaron esa parte al editar, disculpad el malentendido. Un saludo! ^^
I find that spain is a great country, culturally speaking you know? Like its very different depending in which part you are, and i think that's in part because more than one language is spoken. Like you can't compare and expect to be the same the culture from Galicia and Andalucia. Or Catalunya and Madrid... And also about the weather it really depends in which part you are. Like me, in Catalunya, this summer (it was really hot) we didnt reach the 40º, maybe like 32/33º but not that much...
@@manuelrodriguez2637 it's even worse when you're Hispanic American and you're in the middle of all the bs lol. We're not even seen as Americans. Everyone has a label here except for white people who are just "american".
@@dangercat9188 Like Residente says about the US.. "This Is Not America"... Anyway If you ever come to Spain or Europe in general you will finally feel like a true Merican 👍
just for the information... Thor is actually not a english name because it comes from the norse mythology and a fun fact: the pronunciation of Thor is correct in spanish as in norwegian its with a silent H too. I am Spanish btw
Cierto. En los doblajes de Hispanoamérica exageran tanto diciendo "Thor" queriendo copiar el acento de eeuu, que suena como "Zuor", cuando en realidad es "Tor" fonéticamente, al menos en España y en los países escandinavos donde Thor era un dios 😉😉👍👍
I think was right about puntuality but could be more clear. A Spanish person can arrive late to a party but won't do that professionaly. In the last two years, as all meetings went online, things have became more strict. Before you had up to 5 minutes of margin that if you arrived within that period nothing would happen (if you don't do that always). People weren't so used so many got trouble with the camera or audio for example. Now in Spain if you arrive more than 2 minutes late to an online meeting you have started on the wrong foot. How is it in your countries?
Pues habrá la misma puntualidad-impuntualidad que en España, por mucho que digan. En Holanda gusta hablar de la impuntualidad de los españoles, pero en un video donde entrevistaban a holandeses, les preguntaron sobre su puntualidad y la mayoría dijeron que a veces llegan tarde al trabajo o a citas, así que.... 😉😉👍👍
@@trentbara2522 in fact, there are some spicy dishes, not only patatas bravas, some snails recipes, callos (cow's stomach), etc, but they can be considered a exception of the rule.
In my family we spend much time around the dinner table just talking after we eat during sobremesa, it's some of the best time we've had in our family.
No sé si Andrea es del sur de España o si solo habla del verano, porque ese calor sofocante todo el rato definitivamente no lo conocemos en el norte de España 😂
"Spain is very raining and green country" I suppose Andrea is from the north of Spain, because in the center and south DONT rain at all, and dont have much grass "flamenco" Is practiced on the south and maybe in some parts of the center, but in the north they have other traditional dances, like Sardana o Jota
@@jal051 indeed, but in overall dont rain a lot. We cant generalice when we speak of Spain cuz we are very diverse. That is one of the greatest thing, we have a very diverse country, with lots of climates and cultures!
Not sure if it's just my family or a southern thing, but in the US we do something similar to "sobremesa" where we relax and talk a lot as a family after eating a good meal. I don't think there's a term for it though. Might be something to include on the next video including terms that don't have an English word :)
Por favor, dejad de dividir España más de lo que ya lo han hecho.... todos los países tienen varios idiomas o dialectos... la diferencia es que aquí se lleva mucho tiempo subvencionando esto políticamente para dividir al pueblo español.... vaya golazo nos metieron hace unas décadas con lo de las comunidades autónomas... España es UNA nación y el que diga lo contrario solo tiene un Ego descomunal y complejo de superioridad para con sus semejantes...
Why do US people always compare Spain with Latin America?🤔 We share language and also, of course, some other behaviours and traditions, but we all have amazingly unique cultures, gastronomy, history and landscapes. It is like we would compare everything from the US with Singapur, Nigeria or Jamaica just because they all speak English!
right! im Mexican and get annoyed when people think of latino/latina as less of an umbrella term and more of a large group of the same people scattered around lmao
“They dinner at 6:00… trying to dinner with the [hot] sun” I love that I now know why she’s using dinner as a verb and leaving out “eat” the way it would be said in English.
minuto 5:18 Repite un bulo , una mentira que se asumió como si fura una verdad , pero no es cierto , En España se traducía todo y todo tenia doblaje por demanda popular y no por orden del Dictador Franco ( que por cierto al final Franco fue aliado de USA )
el doblaje de películas al español empezó al principio de los años 30 durante la segunda republica como una forma de acercar la cultura a más gente, el doblaje no lo inventó franco 😭
Con la orden de 23 de abril de *1941,* que rezaba en su famoso apartado 8.º: «Queda prohibida la proyección cinematográfica en otro idioma que no sea el español, salvo autorización que concederá el Sindicato Nacional del Espectáculo, de acuerdo con el Ministerio de Industria." 🙂
@@pandamilkshake y que tendrá que ver que se empezaran a hacer doblajes profesionales a partir del 31 durante la segunda republica con que franco impusiera el español como único idioma al que poder doblar en el 41
I am Spanish and Ive always considered Italy to be the closest culturally to us in Europe. Every time I've been there I feel that people act and have pretty much the same values as we do. I've always felt at home there. I suspect/like to think that Italians feel the same when coming here.
Great video! If any of you guys is interested in hearing what other languages in Spain sound like I recommend you check out the amazing music group Tanxugueiras for example. They are three young women from Galicia, they are so powerful and creative mixing traditional Galician music and dance with modern sounds. Spanish folk music is more than just flamenco (which I love as well), our country has a lot of rich diversity in cultures, I'm sure you'll love it! :)
As a Spanish girl (Spain) hearing that someone thought that Mexico and Spain are close legit killed me XD 🇲🇽 And 🇪🇸 are both Spanish-speaking countries BUT one is in Europe and the other one in America
Because the CET time zone is so wide, the time zone that Spain should really be in a later time zone from the majority of Europe (Portugal is), and that's part of the reason they eat dinner at 10:00 p.m. and don't start working until 10 a.m.
Sorry Andrea. but ... why things haven´t changed about translating the movies if the dictator is already dead? Actually he passed away 47 years ago!!!!!!
@@jrmuniesa6236 I meant as a modern cultural thing that you wear them around the house or your parents disapprove of you walking around the house barefoot. Yes. we know sandals have existed for a long time. Thank you for your contribution.
Correction: The obligation of translate everything from foreign languages, specially in cinema was not imposed under Franco's regime, but in the 30's, during the second republic (before Franco).
That's false. It's in 1941 when Franco passes the "Ley de Defensa del Idioma" which made compulsory the translation of all foreign films into Spanish. This allowed to censor and change many lines that the regime thought could damage the Christian and anti-communist values they wanted to impose.
