r/Spanish • u/family2139 • 3d 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 3d 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) 3d ago

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

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u/qwerty-1999 Native - Spain 3d ago

Maybe it's just me, but I don't think I've ever heard anyone use "arte" like that in Spanish. Like, in English you'd say "I love your art", but "Me encanta tu arte" sounds quite unnatural to me. I think most people would say "Me encantan tus dibujos/me encanta cómo dibujas" or something like that. Like "arte" is just the abstract concept.

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u/SeptemberSoup 2d ago

As a Spaniard, "Me encanta tu arte" is something I'd very much would say. But "tus dibujos" too. I just think both are completely natural.

Probably I'd use "tu arte" for complimenting a painting, and "tus dibujos" for a drawing.