How To Talk Spanish With a PUERTO RICAN ACCENT!! 

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OYE RAJELENA" TE QUEDA MUCHO POR APRENDER🤣

Like slang, appropriately spoken. Growing up in Jersey.then moving to Tejas, wow! Mucho differetante. If that's a word.lol

The rasp of the "rr" in some parts of the island it's because there were influences from the French and some other European countries. I do the rasp in "arroz" for ex rasp the "rr" and eat out the "z". You could hear these strong nuances and accent in the south like Guayama, P. R. Also the accent it's going to be varied in different parts of the arquipielagus. Happy research!

Hola amigo i am Mexican American and I’m learning Spanish again but I really want to learn how to understand every time of slang in Spanish like Puerto Rican’s Dominicans Cubans and everywhere

That was deep that moved me

That's a good way to put it

I feel better now. It’s not me! It’s you! 😂 Sounds a bit like Québec French. We cut out everything and it becomes hard to understand for non native speakers.

Puerto Rican here and I agree. My parents regret not teaching me Spanish because I struggled learning it as an adult. I can "hear" it in my head but my pronounciatons are terrible when it comes out of my mouth.....I don't know if I'll ever find that natural wave when I try to speak Spanish.

@@courtneyd4098 I'm glad I'm not alone! I tend to speak quick to people, but I hear my mistakes. And I don't sound like a native speaker in the slightest. But I do love the language, and I LOVE to hear Puerto Ricans speak. It especially warms my heart.

puelto rico

you know what? me too!

Eyyyy I’m Puertorican 😂

It is hard to understand but it I like it too

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Claro!

Es porqué te pica 🤣🤣🤣

Adobo es una famosa comida aqui en Filipinas

@@ronilochavez9753 si,ese es mi faborito,I just want to ask pls why Puerto Rican spanish is silent "S"?

Can Bearly Understand Yall half the time! sound like a automatic pistol lol

Same, but my mom is American so I never got the chance to learn Spanish, so I have to go through the crappy highschool classes to learn it and just found out the alphabet we learned is actually Spain's version

Facts bro!! 🙄

I’ve been around my husband speaking it for 20 years now and now, trying to take classes to improve my understanding of future tense and increase fluency is so difficult because I feel like I speak a different language than Babel Spanish. Holy cow, the dialect is so different! But loooove it.

my two sons dad is Puerto Rican and he never taught them lol so their watching this videos as well lol I agree for their sake

Same here, dad never taught me and I feel so disconnected from the culture

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same

Same☺️

Same sis 😂

I was trying to look for this comment bc same😂

Saludos. So in these three countries 🇵🇷🇩🇴🇨🇺, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Cuba the language spoken is Spanish. And the dialects and accents somewhat different from dialect spoken in Spain?

@@ZulkifliJamil-tq8ix Yes, like in all Latin American countries the Antilles are heavily influenced by indigenous cultures and languages, in our case Taino, as well as the fact that our islands were not in the administrative regions of the Spanish empire so the language developed separately for a time and was influenced more by the southern Spanish accents from Andalusia and the Canary Islands than the Madrid/Toledo variety. In the Antilles we use a lot of words of Taino origin.

Yess im puertorican and most of the time instead or saying gas we say gaj. We substitute the s for a j

Yes bro! Most American raised puerto ricans can’t aspirate their S sounds and sound more Dominican.

I never noticed the L and R sound lol so true!!!

hambelgel :v

@@j.echevarria8630 actually, many Dominicans have strong S's

I'm in the same boat here hehe

Same with me.

Same

Same here, I'd love to see it!

Same

Melissa Cooks i think so too

Melissa’s Kitchen the accent is not pretty but ok 🤣🤣 Spain is better

Any artists you recommend? I don't know of any.

JoslynnBre123 Believe it or not, Marc Anthony’s music is incredible in Spanish

Melissa’s Kitchen is it really I’ve lived here all my life and I never notice a difference with my accent and other Caribbean accents Maybe it’s cause my mom taught me English since I was a kid

Haha same here! Especially during the holidays when you get to link up with all your crazy family members lol. Thanks for watching!

Wepaaa🇵🇷🇵🇷🎉

Lucky

Pretty sad

Is nothing wrong with that, I still have trouble understanding my family.🤦🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

Felicia Adams i know spanish but i dont have the accent pretty sad im puerto Rican too

Same. I was bullied a lot when I was younger because I acted white or wasn't Puerto Rican enough. I let people bully me out of my heritage. Decided in my 30's to finally start learning.

You're not alone. Im PR, grew up with parents that never really spoke spanish in the home. So Im pretty much left to my own devices. Im 43 yrs old and still catching up. This vid is pretty cool. I got some good laughs too.

Yes I love it too! I've been doing more of my videos in Puerto Rican Spanish so just watch those videos and overtime it will click for you :)

You’ll pick it up guaranteed if you hang out with a bunch of Puerto Ricans like me 😂

Yeah you don’t want the Dominican accent trust me 😂😂😂

Same😩😩😩

Samee

Relatable

i’m in the same exact situation and i’ve always wondered why my dad pronounced it as “cajo” instead of carro and he never knew how to explain it to me bc that’s just how he was taught 😭 good luck to all of you

ay same!!!!

And you feel in love with us Bori lol

Those are not good examples to learn PR Spanish... Marc Anthony is a better option.

Me, Myself & I well im not that into learning it, just curious. im Mexican and fluent in Spanish so im not trying to be someone im not and talk PR . my boyfriend is Puerto Rican and he sounds exactly like Anuel and it’s hard to under stand him sometimes but I got used to it

@@haleyvargas658 but we're all Latinos so it's not about being something you're not rather it's just acquiring knowledge about our "cousins" so to speak lol. My wife is Mexican and im Puerto Rican we both love learning each others differences language wise and over all culture wise. The best part is the food! It's the best of both worlds! I love Mexican food and she loves Puerto Rican food so life is good! All the best 👍

Lu lu lunay

Yes, Puerto Rico is amazing!

Same it's annoying I'm Puerto Rican to and I wish I was just born in Puerto Rico 😅

Same exact story here.

Muchas Gracias Mia!

True my great grampa moved to PR from Montenegro Spain it's in Andalusia when I figured out that the PR accent originated from Southern Spain it made sense. Lots of migrants from Andalusia to the PR idk why.

Puerto Ricans visiting Spain are sometimes thought to be Canarians due to the similarity of ascents. BTW There are Spaniards who do not speak Spanish as their mother tongue. They Speak Basque or Catalan.

It's hard to learn and understand but you can always speak normal Spanish to Puerto Ricans, they will definitely understand you. WEEEPAAA

Thisss Mexicans LOVE to look down on Puerto Ricans but I always felt much love for pr and feel we should stand up to the colonizers as united even if we do speak differently ❤🤍💙

@Leo Leon I absolutely don't agree with you at all. Language changes and adapts and always has throughout history. One is not worse than the other and the purpose of language is to communicate. English speakers cut tons of letter sounds off of words. Do we really pronounce the "g" in words like "through" or "thought"? I'm fully aware of some Latinos passing judgement on other dialects, I've heard it my entire life, mostly from older generations. We learn our language from those we grow up with or are surrounded with and I think it's a strength to be able to understand different dialects and ways of speaking. I'd hate for us all to sound the same. I love that I can understand a dialect from Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Colombia or Caribbean Spanish. It's as interesting and as diverse as we Latinos are. One more thought, our current English would be seen as uneducated and vulgar by early speakers of English as we know it. We couldn't even understand the way they spoke now because it has changed so much over time. That's how language works.

Sorry you see things that way. I don’t agree but you’re allowed your own opinion.

Leo Leon yeah I can see u rlly don’t know nothing the PR accent comes directly from Spain specially Andalucía and canary island. Do u think Jamaican English is bad too? Bruh there are so many variable for a dialect be what it is

@Leo Leon the only people that can actually judge are those from Spain. To them they're the original speakers, so Mexican Spainish is not as good for them. Or saying wey at the end.

@Leo Leon I sense some anger and negativity towards Puerto Ricans and other Caribbean Latinos. The way you spoke so negatively about them and even went out your way to say they are basically uneducated and put emphasis on Afro influences. The fact is Spain is the motherland in terms of the way spanish is spoken and I have a few neighbors that are from Spain and they don't hold such a harsh opinion of Puerto Rican Spanish. In fact they point out similarities because Puerto Rican Spanish that is heavily influenced by canarian spanish from Spain. Mexicans have alot of words and phrases that no other Latinos use and don't understand. I have friends from Columbia and Venezuela and I can understand them like our PR spanish and other Caribbean Spanish in general(Cuban and Dominican). In fact Mexican spanish was the most difficult in the sense of dialect and words used that nobody else uses. My wife is Mexican and I learned alot and appreciate and like alot of the slang and dialects of Mexican spanish. I love and respect all Latinos and we're all brothers and sisters so to speak and were all founded similarly through history. All the best 👍

Yup and even before the canarians they were southern spaniards who spoke similar and do the thing with the Rs and Ls as well. We also have corsican/french ancestry which is the reason we think some Puerto Ricans pronounce the R like a J. Like Perro = Pejo for example.

Exactly!!!!!'n🙌🏼

Thank You.

You're right about the great influence about the Canary Islands on Puerto Rico including how similar we speak. But, McScuse me?? The name Puerto Rico comes from where?? The place you refer to in Gran Canaria is a resort built in the 60's which was named AFTER the island of Puerto Rico. Like every Puerto Rican knows, when Europeans arrived in the island they named it "San Juan Bautista" Puerto Rico wasn't even in plans. The first city in the island of San Juan Bautista was Caparra (now Guaynabo). They moved the city to where Old San Juan is, and named it Puerto Rico (Rich Port) because all the gold from the new world had to go through that city before being shipped to Spain. Then the island and city swapped name and son on ....

Canarians came much later, right about the 18th Century

haha I got you!

Muchas gracias por ver :) Te aprecio!

Haha thanks so much :) I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the feedback.

Dues that mean go here/come here?

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Lmao same here, this explains so much now 🤣

ok its not just me 😂

Reading the lyrics and trying to sing it hurts my brain because of the Puerto Rican Spanish

😂😂 same!!

Reggae Llama 😂 Fr

yup I was with him until that point lol

ikr....i feel like i have learned nothing after all these months of studying

Olivia Perkins for us native speakers it’s way way easier plus I hang with people from pr so it’s even easier I hear it often but my Spanish it’s Mexican Spanish but I’ve formed it more into neutral but I can alternate depending where I’m at

Lemon26 i hang with people from pr as well but it’s still hard for me to understand them. I understand México Spanish better. Are you learning Spanish as well or do you already know it?

@@Oliviaolp You can always speak to us normal Spanish, we understand but probably you'll get an answer in Puerto Rican Spanish.

I was just hanging around a lot of

:) Me TOO!

Hola Wepa.

Louis Banks lmao do you know what Wepa means??? 😂

@@juliantorres5138 it's a slang word that means piasano (countryman) someone of the same race. Fellow Puerto Rican brethren

Louis Banks oh. I usually use it when I get excited. Like when something cool happens I’ll be like WEEEEPPPPAAAAAA

@@juliantorres5138 oh in philly when we see or talk to another Boricua. Like yo bro what's up. Como, Hola wepa que te haciendo, papi? 🇵🇷

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I lived in Puerto planta for 3 years, I always spoke with the Puerto Rican accent because of my stepmother pero it only took me like a month to catch on two different words. Really was no major difference, I just had to stop cutting off a lot of my words.

Thanks so much for watching :)

I know how you feel. I'm Panamanian American and I live in the inner city where most of my friends are Puerto Rican or Mexican

my best friend is puerto rican and i’m irish/british but i’m trying to learn so i can speak spanish with her family ^^

same all my friends are mexicano so i've grew up with mexican spanish and i feel so uncultured 😭

I took Spanish 1-4 in high school to help me feel more comfortable speaking and writing it, and there were some words that translate differently in Puerto Rico than the Spanish we were learning, which was Mexican, so words like "cake", "dessert", "trash can" were different to how I know them. I'd ask my teacher about it (she was Cuban), and she wouldn't know what I was talking about, so I had to teach myself how to use some different words for certain things, which was annoying.

@@gasolean5114 well go on RU-vid. You’ll find a lot of material but you can still continue learning Spanish from your Mexican or Spaniard teacher the base is the same but there will be regional words that are different. Oh! Remember Spanish is a language, the correct word is Spaniard.

I figured. Wesley is always pronounced as Wehly in Puerto Rico.

I agree, please have more!

Same

You should learn some urban music hahaha

Hispanic here and I love the PR accent. Me encantaria aprender hablar como los PR's. I am fascinated by it

Jose Chicas: I know TOO many Mexicans who do not want to speak like a Dominican. Especially those from Northern Mexico. Are you a Mexican American?

@@berthachavez439 my little cousin posted this but yes hes from northern Mexico

Gracias por ver!

..padre dominicano ...se comen la s manin, eta en vez de esta...madre cubana asere, se comen r...pueta, pueco Boricua cambia r por l al igual que los de D.R. y Cuba.😁✌️

El acento dominicanos es peor que el puerto rico.

@@torresangel753 generalmente o estás hablando de algo diferente?

Haha I sure do! Thanks so much for signing up it means the world to me! I will do my best to get you to that level!

Glad it was helpful amigo :)!

Caio Vancocelos, especially the R. (I call it the "the ugly R"). You won't hear it in a formal conversation of highly educated people or in tv news. It's more like an informal street slang sound. However, in Brazil is a correct way to pronounce the "R". I think this peculiar way to pronounce the R in Latin America exist just in two places: Brazil and Puerto Rico.

You sound like my twin. I literally have an identical story. Ive managed to get pretty good and can have conversations with my grandma now (shes very old though so so its not like i can always pick her brain). Anyway you can do it to good luck friend!

@@jeremyjj3866 I appreciate this. My grandma is not doing so well herself. So one of my goals is to understand enough Spanish to have a meaningful conversation with her at least once before it's too late, and I regret not ever learning

I know that feel. The struggle!