Caden
Pronunciation Hi I listen to spanish music frequently to help with my comprehension, and I noticed a "weird" pronunciation. I listen mainly to Reggaeton and Bachata, but I have only heard it in Reggaeton, which leads me to believe it is more of a "colloquial" aspect of the language... It is most evident in J. Balvin's song "Tranquila". He sounds like he is saying "negate llevar" but whenever I searched the lyrics translation it was "dejate llevar". Is this a regional thing? In the same song he says "ven acá" but he sounds something along the lines of "bello can". I know that the letters "v" and "b" are nearly identical in spanish, but the rest of that phrase confused me in its pronunciation xD. Please clarify this for me!
23. Juni 2016 16:46
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Hi, What you hear there is a very nasal pronunciation by that singer. Don't learn those traits, Colombians don't pronounce that word as you hear there. Also, reggaeton is not the best place to learn pronunciation nor grammar. Other things mispronounced there: "fuimo" instead of "fuimos" and "vamo" instead of "vamos". That is a very common trait of people from one of Colombia's coasts. The curious thing is this guy is not from either coast. I inquired a bit and I saw he lived several years in US so he must have learned those traits from the Spanish of other people. Also, the elongated words are unintelligible even to me. My recommendation is to stick to a different musical genre for learning good Spanish. BTW.: You may like this, listen here how people from each of Colombia's coasts speak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21C8iLpfEAI
25. Juni 2016
First of all you have to take into account that in music pronunciation can change a bit just to make it fit better into the song. Then I must say I'm not a big fan of reggaeton, although I hear it everywhere! All I can say is that Spanish from different countries can sound pretty different regarding some particular details. Just like the "Z" and "C" sounds will be pronounced as the "TH" in "python" in Spain but like the "S" from "spider" in Latin America. Then some places like Puerto Rico or Cuba don't pronounce the "R", and instead of that they say "L". It's really a matter of every country. I've searched J Balvin and I think he's from Colombia, so the things you noticed could be a sort of Colombian trait, although I'm not that sure. Don't worry too much about it anyway ;)
23. Juni 2016
Hi Caden, I agree with Daniel's comments, most of the mispronunciations in that song aren't something you'd want to learn! In fact, I'm from Spain and it took me some effort to understand what he was singing about. Listening to reggaeton is fine if you like that music, but it's a bit like, if someone was learning English by listening to 50cent's music... you might learn some slang, but overall you'll have to agree that it would not be the best approach :-)
30. Juni 2016
Se dice déjate llevar y ven acá
24. Juni 2016
Yes, you are right, I've listened to the song many times, apparently, it sounds "bello can" :D. Although, he says "ven aca" and "déjate llevar". I've heard many Colombian people and they speak Spanish clearly. I think it is a particular way from this kind of music.
24. Juni 2016
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