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You shouted, and we listened. Spanish is next on the docket of languages that we'd just like to sit down and have a little chat with. The language of old Castile certainly has its romantic side, but let's talk about all the times it made us say ay, caramba!

Spanish is a direct descendant of Latin, just like Italian and French, and thus has the familiar charm of its relatives. It's the second most common language in the world, and is officially spoken in 20 countries spread across 4 continents. It's also pretty much a running gag on the Internet, and its colourful accent and vocabulary inspire brutal memes.

If you're one of the estimated 90 million people taking on Spanish as a second language, just remember that those little accents really do make a difference in what you write, and that all those verb tenses are only slightly terrifying.

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Yvonne Bernal
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9 years ago

Punctuation IS everything!

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    Yvonne Bernal
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    Soy milk - (translated in Spanish, I am milk) HILARIOUS

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    Emre
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    9 years ago

    Bwahahaha :) Laughed so hard at this one

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    #4

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    Daniel Mallory
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    9 years ago

    really that was a real sign

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    #5

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    Shila Dali
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    9 years ago

    "It is what it is" would be "Es lo que es", "Esto si que es" would be something more like "This really is".

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    Yvonne Bernal
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    9 years ago

    lol - Except the inverted question mark leads the sentence..... No wonder they're confused.

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    zheka
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    9 years ago

    [laughs in lithuanian]

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    rakuninaru
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    9 years ago

    Makes sense

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    #9

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    IRefuseToBePoliticallyCorrect
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    9 years ago

    Check e.g. Slavic languages

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    Hans
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    9 years ago

    Bored Pando?

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    Amanda Panda
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    dios mio

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    sunnyrei82
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    9 years ago

    It depends on each region. I am mexican, and for us, THAT is a "plátano"

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    Rafael Tiba
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    9 years ago

    As a Portuguese speaker, I really can't picture an English speaker grasping the difference between "ser" and "estar".

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    JEFF THE KILLER
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    When the only Spanish you know is in punctuation XD

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    Daniel Mallory
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    9 years ago

    yep a very colorfull lanquse

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    Never miss a story that brings joy to the world. Add us on Google

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    Yvonne Bernal
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    ¡El BANGO!

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    #17

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    Daniel Mallory
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    anyone else hear the music

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    #18

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    José Alejandro Díaz Bravo
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    An "n" is not a "ñ"...

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    Santiago Suarez
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    hahahahaha this is great

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    #20

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    Marcos Zamarripa
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    I hate when people say: you speak mexican!, I say: you speak northamerican?

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    Marcos Zamarripa
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    Burrito?

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    Marcos Zamarripa
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    Silla l8r alligator!; Explanation Si = C, Lla = Ya/You. Clever.

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    Santiago Suarez
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    yes we do. It is a moment culturally important and relevant

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    Amanda Panda
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    We normally speak in Spanglish in our office. It's not a problem except when we begin writing like this. jajaja

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    Amanda Panda
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    Luke, soy tu padre*

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    #26

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    Marcos Zamarripa
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    Some picsa with pecsi please.

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    #27

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    Mara Bentley
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    Either way, f*****g awesome band name.

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    Linden Robinson
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    Foca= Spanish por 'seal', just to be clear.

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    Long Joan Silver
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    BAHAHAHAAHAHA!

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    ADHORTATOR
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    good example of the importance of details

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    #31

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    Rajani Sarasan
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    Me Gusta= I like Right?

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    #32

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    Rafael Tiba
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    Arabic: You'll never be able to pronounce the Ayn and the Qaf. Don't try.

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    #33

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    PetruF
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    9 years ago

    You should see Italian and Romanian. Aren't Romance languages the best :)

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    #34

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    Spiski
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    9 years ago

    Not really. Si and Ci have a quite different sounds....

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    Marcos Zamarripa
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    9 years ago

    Dat Sun!

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    Emanuele Muggianu
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    9 years ago

    italian: onda energetica

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    Si-Naron
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    9 years ago

    In Poland we have cakes which call "Negro man" and "Negro/Gypsy tits"...

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    Amaranthim Talon
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    9 years ago

    get over it-

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    Javiera Lambermont
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    or maybe it's just a reference to a Pitbull's song called "I know you want me" ...

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    PetruF
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    9 years ago

    Haha! nice :) Literally 'Mother-in-law's tongue' (limba soacrei) in Romanian

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    Max
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    9 years ago

    As a spanish person I can say that nobody says movida for tool but herramienta

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    Lucy C
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    9 years ago

    This is why I only watch films/shows in its original language

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    Marcos Zamarripa
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    wow, never see it like that.

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    guess
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    9 years ago

    mm.. Pronunciation isn't really the hard part. Conjugation is what gets me.

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    Isabel Galvez
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    2 years ago

    French has the Basque system, you need to do Math while learning the language.

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