MIRABUENO previously said:


Isn't that the truth. many dominicans sure do not know how to talk. i have to admit

ElTorodeCibao previously said:



Depends on what you mean. I don't view it as us speaking wrong, it's just speaking how we speak. Beats the hell out of Castillian.

That website is great, though. La gringa mia can learn how to talk like us finally. I've been trying to find something like this as she ONLY wants to learn to speak Dominicano/Cibaeno as opposed to a general Latin American or Castillian course.

Thank you Gringo_1!

MIRABUENO previously said:


pronunciation is key as she will learn quickly the cibaeno tongue. i know what you mean toro it does depend and im not negative against certain dominican words. alot of dominican spanish is english words pronunced like spanish. that was my point.

ElTorodeCibao previously said:



It's true and that's probably the more embarrassing part.

I promised her learning Cibaeno will be easier than learning Castillian. I pray I'm right as she's timid about speaking.

MIRABUENO previously said:


pronunciation should be easier because the lisp is hard to use if you were not born using it. using i in the middle of the words would be easier for her than using a lisp! i would encourage her to speak properly and be more liberal with the letter s than most people just due to the fact that it sounds sexier. leave the dropped letters to the men. pastelito for her and patelito for us

ElTorodeCibao previously said:



That's true. But the lisp isn't even a must as the Castillian they teach in American schools doesn't encourage the lisp. But the rules are a lot more laxed for Dominican spanish.

at that last part. You have a point, it does sound better if women speak better than us.

MIRABUENO previously said:


definetely and dominican woman i have to say generally speak better than dominican men. for dominican men it is who we are concerning our spanish.

ElTorodeCibao previously said:



I was gonna foot the bill for Rosetta Stone but I don't wanna shell out all that money for Spanish I would rather spend it on a language I also don't know but want to learn like German.

MIRABUENO previously said:


german is a very intresting language and concerning your gringa just have her hang around your family and she will pick up quickly. your family will have her sharpened in no time. german language is a little rougher in sound but has its place among all languages. intresting hearing german woman speak!

ElTorodeCibao previously said:



She does hang around it's just we speak too damn fast and too much slang. She follows it a lot of times it's just the bridge between following and talking is hard.

It depends on what German you're hearing. Low German (upper Germany) is very abrasive sounding in the way people assume German is. But High German (lower Germany and Austria) it almost sounds like a Romance Language, I shit you not. I was so surprised during my stay there. I practically fell in love with the language.