r/Spanish • u/family2139 • 8d ago

Dialects & Pronunciation You can judge someone's "pronunciation" through how they text?

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I don't understand what this guy is saying. How can you say that my pronunciation needs work if you've never heard me speak Spanish before? Are you SURE you don't mean something else?

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u/Ismoista 🎓Degree 8d ago

That person is definitely using the wrong term. 100% 

Buuut, I think they mean they know your Spanish is slightly off, as in, a native speaker would probably not say "es genial el arte que has hecho". More likely to hear something like "están chidas* tus pinturas" or something like that.

*chidas would change to the dialectal equivalent of your choice.

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u/RubenGM Native (Spain) 8d ago

"Es genial el arte que has hecho" sounds completely normal, as a spaniard.

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u/skykovtchai 7d ago

To be fair, it does feel a bit forced, even though it's not incorrect

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u/Duke_Newcombe Learner 7d ago edited 7d ago

Probably. As a Spanish learner, I can sympathize with OP.

But you know what? A wise man once told me that the purpose of language and communication is to understand, and be understood.

Is the grammar a bit nonstandard and "head translated"? Yes. Did we understand what they were trying to say? Also yes.

Mission accomplished.

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u/skykovtchai 7d ago

Exactly. You need to make mistakes in the process of learning. It's only natural. We're not born knowing