TeacherInTheSun · 41-45, M
I'm a language teacher, and I can tell you your Spanish is fluid and the pronunciation is good enough so everything is understood (which is the most important thing). You do have a strong American accent, but we all have accents. As long as it's understandable, accent is not a problem (think of Arnold Swarzenegger speanking English: he sounds super Austrian, but still you understand everything he sais, and he's lived and worked in the US without problems).
About your doubt whether having learned Mexican Spanish affects your communication with speakers of European Spanish: not at all. I'm from Spain and learned English in the UK, but when I lived in NYC I had zero communication problems. That would be you in Spain, Equatorial Guinea, Argentina or any Spanish speaking country.
The difference between dialects of Spanish is more or less like the one between dialects of English. So if u put together four people (one from Mexico, one from Chile, one from Spain and one from Equatorial Guinea), they will speak with zero communication problems (despite different accents and a couple of words they may use). It would be exactly like one American, one British, one Australian and one South African: they will understand everything without problems.
About your doubt whether having learned Mexican Spanish affects your communication with speakers of European Spanish: not at all. I'm from Spain and learned English in the UK, but when I lived in NYC I had zero communication problems. That would be you in Spain, Equatorial Guinea, Argentina or any Spanish speaking country.
The difference between dialects of Spanish is more or less like the one between dialects of English. So if u put together four people (one from Mexico, one from Chile, one from Spain and one from Equatorial Guinea), they will speak with zero communication problems (despite different accents and a couple of words they may use). It would be exactly like one American, one British, one Australian and one South African: they will understand everything without problems.
Arantxa · F
I understood everything :) is a little strange to hear people learning Mexican Spanish as opposed to Spanish Spanish that I am use to
Zeuro · 26-30, F
@Arantxa so you can tell I was using Latin American (or specifically Mexican?) Spanish and not Castilian?
And are you from Europe? I think it makes sense here in the states we learn Mexican or more broadly Latin American Spanish, Mexico is our neighbor to the south, and I believe the most populous Spanish speaking country (don’t quote me on that though). Especially here in SoCal, Mexicans and Mexican Americans make up a huge portion of the population, 9 times out of 10 when you hear someone speaking Spanish here it’s going to be Mexican Spanish. I’ve never actually heard anyone speak Castilian Spanish in person
And are you from Europe? I think it makes sense here in the states we learn Mexican or more broadly Latin American Spanish, Mexico is our neighbor to the south, and I believe the most populous Spanish speaking country (don’t quote me on that though). Especially here in SoCal, Mexicans and Mexican Americans make up a huge portion of the population, 9 times out of 10 when you hear someone speaking Spanish here it’s going to be Mexican Spanish. I’ve never actually heard anyone speak Castilian Spanish in person
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