Comments on: Do Spanish speakers talk fast http://learnspanishlearnspanish.com/do-spanish-speakers-talk-fast/ Spain and the Spanish language Tue, 01 May 2012 20:38:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John C. Anderson http://learnspanishlearnspanish.com/do-spanish-speakers-talk-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-10470 John C. Anderson Tue, 01 May 2012 20:38:04 +0000 http://learnspanishlearnspanish.com/?p=205#comment-10470 The reason that Spanish Speakers appear to speak faster than English Speakers is that they are speaking faster. This is because they have to use more syllables to say the same thing. For example in English we say the white house, while in Spanish they say, la casa blanca. They have to say two more syllables than we do. Here's another example they say por favor, three syllables, we say please, only one syllable. I'm surprised that more people don't know this. But maybe I shouldn't be surprised since I pointed it out to a friend of mine who speaks and teaches Spanish and she couldn't "see" it. The reason that Spanish Speakers appear to speak faster than English Speakers is that they are speaking faster. This is because they have to use more syllables to say the same thing.

For example in English we say the white house, while in Spanish they say, la casa blanca. They have to say two more syllables than we do. Here’s another example they say por favor, three syllables, we say please, only one syllable.

I’m surprised that more people don’t know this. But maybe I shouldn’t be surprised since I pointed it out to a friend of mine who speaks and teaches Spanish and she couldn’t “see” it.

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