Spanish vs. Latin Spanish?

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Sarah

If you mean Spanish spoken in Spain versus Spanish spoken in Latin America, then it's basically the same difference as English spoken in England and the US. Some vocabulary words are different, the accents are different, slang is different, etc. etc. Of course there are also regional varieties in the Spanish spoken in Spain (just as there are regional differences in the English spoken in the UK). The main grammatical difference between Spanish Spanish and LA Spanish is that in Spain they use the plural you form 'vosotros' (together with its own special verb endings) as well as 'Ustedes', but you don't have to learn these in LA Spanish as they use only the form 'Ustedes' which has much easier and more logical verb endings.

Cahno da Wolf

The difference between Spain Spanish and Latin American Spanish is the pronunciation.

In Spain, the s and z sound different (s like "ss" and z like "th") while in Latin America both sound like the same.

Also inside Latin American, spanish is different according to the country. The verbs in Argentina, and Uruguay are different in the imperartive form. For example, the verb to see in Spanish is "mirar".

The imperative form of "mirar" in spanish is "Mira" (stress in "mi") while in Argentina or Uruguay , is "mirÃ¡" (stress in "rÃ¡")

The most common and easiest to learn, between Spain Spanish or Latin Spain is latin, basically for the pronunciation, which is neutral in most of the cases.

diana horrorshow :D

for being from Spain, Luis Miguel doesn't know how to spell.
(its por que?)
And I don't know what you mean by Latin Spanish?
The Romans spoke Latin. Rome is in Italy. I don't really see the connection.
But if you mean the distinction between Spanish spoken in Latin America versus Spanish spoken in Spain, you really don't need to know it. The only difference is the vosotros form and that's really not that big of a deal.
Other than that, its just regional differences. Of course the Spanish in Mexico versus Spain versus Chile is going to be a lil different according to the slang and common phrases and pronunciation and such, like the person above me said.

ColombianitoNY- NO MAS GUERRA!

If you really want to learn Spanish, Bogota is the right choice...since Bogota has the most standard spanish. It's the clearest and it is said that Colombia has the best spanish
i am not saying other latin american countries dont have it.. i just say that is easier for you to understand. If you dont believe me, look at wikipedia.. good luck with your spanish

Colombia is passion

Mrs. Obama rules!

Cahno Da Wolf is absolutely right about pronunciation which is the main difference between the spanish spoken in Spain and the spanish spoken in Latin American countries. I would add that apart from the pronunciation (and here I have to say that the best clear spanish is spoken in either Colombia and Peru) there is also the difference of some words. For example, potatos are called patatas in Spain and papas in Latin America. Then you have beans which are porotos in Spain or frejoles in latin America. There is a subtle difference in some words and in some verb conjugation but basically the difference is pronunciation.

The disctintion between Spanish and Latin Spanish, is that when you refer to Spanish, you are probably talking about tradicional and grammatically correct spanish, meanwhile Latin Spanish is the one that has acquired words from each region or has transformed words from it's popular sayings.

If you want to learn spanish, don't come to Spain, because our C and Z's pronunciation is pretty diferent, and if you are from USA, it will be hard for you. It's better you go to Latinamerica, and If I have to say you a country, I would say Colombia. The RAE says that in Colombia they speak the best spanish, and I think so.

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mel

there is common everyday Spanish, and "proper" Spanish, which only old fussy budgets still use.

Luis Sera

No, porce mira yo soy de espana y las palabras son similares entonces qualquier lo que usted deceas.

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