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#8 - "Caro" or "CarRrRrRooo"? 🚗 Spanish Minimal Pairs · Spanish for Beginners with Marco

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  Ola la. You're listening to speaking Spanish for beginners from Latin La gal como
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  at all. Welcome to a new episode Marco Soy the soud America is Soy
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  pcentaor this the podcast And in this episode, I'll talk about words that sound
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  very close in Spanish, but a small change in sound can make a big
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  difference. I'm talking about minimal purse, but it is minimals. I know
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  that that word doesn't ring any bills. But what if I told you that
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  the words in English pen and pen are minimal purse. Ah, you see
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  this sound almost the same, but they're not the same. That's what this
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  episode is all about. But looking at minimal purse in Spanish a good episode
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  to work on your listening skills. Are you ready for this? Yes,
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  Minimal purse are pers of words in a language that have very similar sound but
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  different meaning. These words help us understand the importance of pronunciation and how a
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  slight changing sounds can completely change the meaning of what we say. By recognizing
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  and practicing minimal purse, you can improve your pronunciation and avoid confusion when speaking
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  or understanding espaniol Mi amigo. So let's review some Paris minimals en espaniol bamos,
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  gone primer, par minimal. The words are basso and basso. Can
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  you spot the difference basso basso. Let's have a look at the first one.
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  Basso spelled pay a a say oh, basso. It means weight,
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  as saying I gain some weight this month, that kind of weight. Baso.
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  Basso is also the name of some currencies in Latin America as al paso
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  tileno a basso arcientino, al paso Mexicano. So paso with P can be
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  weight, and also is the name of some currencies in Latin America. So
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  what about baso? What does baso mean? Ki significant baso? Basso spelled
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  by a say oh has a completely different meaning, not even related to paso
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  at all. Baso is a loving word. It means kiss own basil,
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  no, that's own basiol lost. Bassos are a common way to greet each
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  other in many many countries. In Spain, for example, they give two
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  bassos, those bassos one on each chick in La Mehia. In my country,
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  Chile, is only one kiss on the chick own basso. You will
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  also see this word in some text messages like bassos or besitos. That's very
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  common to send in text messages with your boyfriend or girlfriend, a loving way
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  of finishing your message. Bassos besitos. So there you have it. Basso,
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  basso, bamos connell parminimo? Doos these thebisodio cato and caro cato caro?
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  Do you notice the difference cato caro. The difference here is between the
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  soft art and the rolling r. A. Cato spelled say ah oh,
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  Catto means expensive. For example, wound te levi orcado an expensive TV wound,
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  bia he cato an expensive trip. So cato is an adjective and it
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  means expensive, and caro spelled say ah oh, means car. So what
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  if I want to say an expensive car, come and say this expensive car
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  in Spanish. I'll give you a few seconds to think of your answer.
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  Did you say cato cato? No, that's expensive expensive? The answer is
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  uncaro cado And that's why you have to work on your ars in Spanish because
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  that sound can make a difference in Spanish. So too, tess ucaro cado,
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  bamos cone par minimo, No meto tres. This one is similar to
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  the previous one. The two words are pedo and pero pedo pero? Can
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  you hear it? Pedo pero? Once again, the difference is in the
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  sound r in Spanish la ericaro. Let's look at what each word means.
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  In this case, pedo spelled p a h pedo miss bat no, not
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  that kind of bat of batock no, no no. It means bad to
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  spress position in Spanish, as in I like it, but I won't buy
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  it. That kind of bad, and that bad is pedo in Spanish,
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  however, pero spelled pa are o pero. That's how we say dog in
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  Spanish. Elpero mejoda migo lombre, megusta los perros pedo nothing gompero. Ah?
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  Can you say that? To practice those songs? Here I go again,
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  magusta los perros pedo nothing, gompero. Your turn, megusta los perros
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  pedo nothing gompero. Great? And can you see the difference pero pero.
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  So hopefully this helps you to become aware of some differences in the sense of
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  words and how they can change the meaning in these cases. And I got
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  a bonus and I'll mention it because it would also help you to understand the
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  difference between Spanish from Spain and Latin American Spanish. The words are cassar and
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  cassar, cassar cassar. What is the difference, Well, in my pronunciation,
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  there is no difference, because in Latin America we pronounce the z and
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  the as in the same way peto in Alguna's part of Spania. In some
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  parts of Spain, they would say cathar and cassar. Casar with Z spelled
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  say ah setare means to hunt. Cassar in Latin America or casar in Spain,
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  but casar spells say a a ere casar means to marry and as.
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  In Latin America we pronounce the s and the z in a similar way like
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  an s. We rely on the context of the conversation because if somebody says
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  mey voya casaranimales, there is no ways to marry. But if somebody says
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  me boya casarco maria, there is no way. It's to hunt. I'm
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  going to hunt me boya casar. I'm going to marry me boya casar.
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  What. Well, I hope it's not too difficult to understand. Although some
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  people seem to be hunting to get married actually funny thing. The word for
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  gold digger in Spanish is casa fortunas, which means fortune hunter assa for tunas.
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  So, my friend, I hope you don't get hunted by a cassa
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  for tuna and that missa egos. That's all for today, Grassias pot scutar
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  speaking Spanish four beginners. If you enjoy this episode, please give it a
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