The Spanish spoken in Puerto Rico is part of "Caribbean Spanish," which also includes the Spanish of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and regions along the East coast of Mexico and Central America. Comparing Enrique's and Nicky's Spanish, you'll notice some differences in pronunciation.
Think about it: You're probably never going to speak only with people who sound exactly like the person on in your language program.īoth Enrique Iglesias and Nicky Jam are bilingual, with Spanish first and English learned at the age of 10 or 11. Why would it be important to hear different voices, accents, and dialects in the language you're learning? Interesting reference: 10 Spanish Dialects: How Spanish is Spoken Around the World Spanish, especially, has many regional dialects. jurar) Voices and DialectsĪnother benefit of using songs is that different singers expose you to different voices, accents, or regional pronunciations.
At age 11, he was sent to live Miami for security reasons. For the Wiki-bio in Spanish click HERE.Įnrique Iglesias (Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler) was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1975. Nicky Jam (Nick Rivera Caminero) was born in Boston MA, USA in 1981, but moved to Puerto Rico at the age of ten. The official Spanish YouTube video has had over 650 million views at this time. " El Perdón" became a smash hit upon its release in 2015. Now listen to a much more recent song, " El Perdón," co-written and co-performed by Nicky Jam and Enrique Iglesias, both popular singers in the Latin pop scene. In one of our first posts on learning a foreign language with a song, we chose La Paloma, a song which originated in 1861 in Cuba. Listening to Spanish songs, first with the lyrics, and then without, is a great way to absorb words, phrases, and even grammatical structures.
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