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Originally Posted by Marinero
chiquillo - dim. of chico
pa' que - para que
tocao - tocado
There's no real variation in syntax* in Spanish from one country to another. The biggest, and sometimes funniest (to a European Spanish speaker), difference is the "Latin" use of the usted form of address, considered to be appropriate for older persons.
*However, lexical differences abound, eg:
móvil - celular (mobile phone)
autobús - colectivo (Argentina) (bus)
coche - carro (car)
Also, in Spain the consonant C in many cases is pronounced "Th", but like an S in Latin America and some differences in use of verb tenses: "Nunca he visto esa pelicula", "Nunca la vi".Last edited by Peter C; 06-03-2020 at 04:46 PM.
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06-02-2020 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by pauln
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Originally Posted by christianm77
It's sort of about speaking with the same voice. Like if you went to a coctail party or were giving a lecture or talking to your kid or your dog, you'd still be you, more or less. You'd be communicating different ideas but you would have the same brain.
Someone like John McLaughlin is like that. Whether he's playing flamencoish, or Indianish or jazzish stuff, he still sounds like John McLaughlin. Sometimes I don't love his jazz playing but he's still an amazing voice.
It would be really hard to play like John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucia though.
I've been without work (somewhat gleefully tbh) since March and practicing more and more consistently then I ever have been. The last couple of weeks I've averaged about 5 hours a day. I can see that if I was able to keep this up I would definitely make some heavy progress. What's amazing to me is that even with a few hundred hours of practice between March and now, while I see a lot of improvements and sort of naturalness developing, it's not like I can shred whatever I want.
I am working between a few genres though. Some african style guitar, some Bach, some chord melody and some django. And some other stuff here and there. Konnakol etc.
If I focused on one thing, I would make more progress in that thing. 100%. It's putting in the hours. It's like an equation: [# of things you are working on/ Number of hours you can practice * sustained months/years of practice (and playing)]/whatever natural talent you have (if that's actually relevant)= your progress and skill
L-5, L-50, ES-150 questions
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