Dominican Spanish: 5 Linguistic Twists You’ve Got to Know
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- 11/28/19
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- Dominican Spanish: 5 Linguistic Twists You’ve Got to Know
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3. Grammatical DifferencesAs many Dominicans speak very rapidly, shortening of phrases is pretty common, e.g:
Speaker 1: [¿pondɛva?] (sounds like “pon-dev-ah”)
Speaker 2: [vuá santo ðomiŋgo] (sounds like “voo-ah san-toh do-miny-go”)