Spanish in Mexico

[Alekxa]

Hi! Francisco
Welcome to the EC.

[Paco]

Hi Alekxa! Thanks for the welcome. I can notice there aren't many posts in this forum. Could you recomend me another one more active? Thanks!!!

[Alekxa]

I advice MAKING FRIENDS to introduce yourself but you decide the topic you want to post.

[Cypress]

In Spain, vosotros is the used form, while ustedes belongs to Latin American Spanish. I don't think it's necessary to learn both, although it's good to know they both exist. If you learn and use just one, people will understand you with no problem

I should have learned it last semester. I’m taking the second course of Spanish this semester and guess what? My teacher is from Spain. So knowing vosotros form is mandatory

[Dixie]

I should have learned it last semester. I’m taking the second course of Spanish this semester and guess what? My teacher is from Spain. So knowing vosotros form is mandatory

Cool Just count on me if you need any help.

[Cypress]

There are some words with the same meaning that, however, are different in Spanish spoken in Spain and Spanish spoken in Mexico. So I want to make a list of these words, and since this thread is called Spanish in Mexico and since we have a few members from Mexico, I thought it’s a good place to start. Here is what I’ve got so far, but if you know some more, please post them here.

English: Spanish Spain - Spanish Mexico

Bedroom: el dormitorio - la recámara
pen: el bolígrafo - la pluma
swimming pool: la piscina - la alberca

[ToniVazesi]

There are many kinds of accents in Mexico, the main differences are in the north, the coasts, the center, and the different indigenous zones.
A Mexican can understand almost everything what is said for a Spanish but I think that a Spanish can't understand many many things from someone from Mexico because we have a lot of regionalisms and our own idioms.

[Dixie]

There are some words with the same meaning that, however, are different in Spanish spoken in Spain and Spanish spoken in Mexico. So I want to make a list of these words, and since this thread is called Spanish in Mexico and since we have a few members from Mexico, I thought it’s a good place to start. Here is what I’ve got so far, but if you know some more, please post them here.

English: Spanish Spain - Spanish Mexico

Bedroom: el dormitorio - la recámara
pen: el bolígrafo - la pluma
swimming pool: la piscina - la alberca

Computer: el ordenador - la computadora
Now: ahora - ahorita (I love this one)

[Dixie]

Oh I saw a TV channel in the US which was in Spanish from South America and I learned something new: to say "to drive" they say "manejar" instead of "conducir" like they say in Spain.

They were asking what people did while driving, and the question was: "Qué haces mientras manejas?" Out of context, I would have never understood that sentence

[Elba]

Even more dear Dixie:

ENGLISH SPANISH SPANISH MEXICO

my date mi prometido Mi pioresnada ha ha ha ha
we go dance-vamos a bailar-vamos a mover el bote haha
Let´s go something to drink- (help me Dixie)- Vamos a chupar

Ha ha ha ha . Sorry please, this is slang