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Re:Kató Lomb by thraway-burnout on Friday February 22, 2019 @06:42AM (#19224554)
> 'Je sais' may look very different to 'yo sé', but (in some spanish-speaking regions at least) they're pronounced almost identically.

I speak French natively and Spanish fluently. I also listen to a fair amount of Reggeaton, which is quite often in Spanish spoken with a Puerto Rico accent.

I always find it interesting how the Puerto Rican pronunciation of "Yo soy" sounds so very close to the southern French pronunciation of "Je suis".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syGLsyTQwW4

"Si tu eres un caballo, je suis el dueño del hipódromo"

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Re:Kató Lomb by yesenadam on Friday February 22, 2019 @07:43AM (#19224816)
Ah, fascinating. They're both surprisingly similar, since I guess the spoken language evolves not just differently but faster than the written. (I don't think I even knew that Latin continuously evolved into today's Romance languages until I read about the history of spanish..) My colombian friends got me into reggaeton - I'd love some more links to your favourites please! Thanks :-)
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Re:Kató Lomb by ivm on Friday February 22, 2019 @09:33AM (#19225605)
Check out "Calle 13" ("Residente" nowadays): he moved from reggaeton to rap but the lyrics are decent and slow enough for a Spanish learner.
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