| Author | Message | ||
     james woods Unregistered guest |
Hi, Im traveling to Argentina in a few weeks and speak almost no Spanish. do many people speak english or will most people be able to understand me at all. Thanks and i love your site. | ||
| Roberto Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 309 Registered: 12-2004 |
Hello James and thank you! Many people speak a few words in english, specially since in the last 3 or 4 years tourism has become an increasingly important industry. Within the niche (hospitality, some restaurants, tours, etc) you can expect a fairly good level of english. But regular folks in regular shops may only have a very limited knowledge, even though most schools teach some english or some french as a second language. I personally think this is not a major issue, provided you make sure that the guides in any excursions or tours you undertake are bi-lingual! | ||
| JaydaBoo Unregistered guest |
What is the most poular language in Argentina? | ||
| Roberto Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 375 Registered: 12-2004 |
We speak spanish. | ||
| Santiago Bengolea Junior Member Username: Santiagov Post Number: 43 Registered: 8-2005 |
and some Spanglish  | ||
| F. Harrington New member Username: Tarheel Post Number: 17 Registered: 1-2006 |
It's amazing that people today know so little of other countries around the world. I would venture to state that most high school students don't know the name of the capital of the next state or country. I doubt that many know that Portguese is spoken by more people in South America(Brasil) than Spanish! | ||
| response_to_Harr Unregistered guest |
Acording to my estimations you are right. Portuguese is spoken by more people in South America than Spanish. It's a neck to neck , photofinish actually Portuguese = 186 million Spanish = 183 million | ||
| Whitelion New member Username: Whitelion Post Number: 4 Registered: 6-2006 |
I think in Buenos Aires too much people can speak a basic english, like me.... i like this forum because i can practice my regular english too. | ||
| Gustavo Flores New member Username: Xgustax Post Number: 1 Registered: 6-2006 |
Spanish is the most spoken. However English Italian German and French will also be heard offently on streets another beauty of Argentina its diveristy of people! | ||
| sylvia New member Username: Sylvia Post Number: 14 Registered: 5-2006 |
I think its wonderful that so many people speak so many different languages. Living in the Dominican Republic I hear spanish, french, italian, german and of course english spoken. Most people are speaking minimum two languages. I encourage my children to learn to speak as many languages as possible. | ||
| Tom Woodson Junior Member Username: Diverdown48 Post Number: 47 Registered: 6-2006  |
There seems to be a concentrated effort in the school systems I have looked at in Argentina to learn English. It is the second most used language in the world behind Chineese and is the language of business. Of my three business partners in Argentina two speak English. One went to one of the British language schools in Buenos Aires as did my wife. Interestingly Argentenians of Italian decent make up the majority of the Argentine population. Hince Italian is spoken a lot. Hasta luego Tom | ||
| Carlos Sebastian Cabrera New member Username: Carlos_cabrera Post Number: 10 Registered: 4-2006 |
El espaņol que se habla aqui en misiones es dificil de entender para mucha gente, debido a la mezcla con el guarani y el portugues, pero hablando lentamente y escuchandolo atentamente se entiende.. es comun usar muchas palabras del guarani, como expresiones y similares, pero el ingles es como algo ya natural para muchas personas aqui. Les mando saludos a la familia Boyer de Francia que estuvieron aqui la semana pasada, y que han aprendido bastante bien a hablar espaņol, y de que manera!. Saludos a todos por el dia del Amigo en Argentina! |
