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MEXICOWANDERER
Apr 10, 2015Explorer
"Come se dice?" is the magic phrase when you know your dialect is different than folks your addressing... "How is it said?"
ANNOUNCING your intention is another magic formula. When asking a question...
"Tengo pregunta"
The other person instantly switches gears. "I have a question"
I remember waiting in line to buy something. Young girls have an annoying habit of looking at a person and deciding that they are not Mexican and therefore anything they say or ask will be incomprehensible.
"I have a question"
"Mande (what)?"
"Does the store have...?
"Mande?" She was cracking chewing gum, her texting cellular lay next to the cash register.
"Do you sell? Is it available? Where do I find...?"
"Mande?"
"Te hables Espanol?" (Do you speak Spanish?)
Her face turned beat red. The customers waiting in line behind me roared with laughter.
She immediately answered the question.
Some young people are reluctant to converse sin colloquialisms, slang, and abbreviated idioms. Keep this in mind.
ANNOUNCING your intention is another magic formula. When asking a question...
"Tengo pregunta"
The other person instantly switches gears. "I have a question"
I remember waiting in line to buy something. Young girls have an annoying habit of looking at a person and deciding that they are not Mexican and therefore anything they say or ask will be incomprehensible.
"I have a question"
"Mande (what)?"
"Does the store have...?
"Mande?" She was cracking chewing gum, her texting cellular lay next to the cash register.
"Do you sell? Is it available? Where do I find...?"
"Mande?"
"Te hables Espanol?" (Do you speak Spanish?)
Her face turned beat red. The customers waiting in line behind me roared with laughter.
She immediately answered the question.
Some young people are reluctant to converse sin colloquialisms, slang, and abbreviated idioms. Keep this in mind.
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