Tongue twisters in Spanish Posted by Magda on Apr 12, 2012 in Spanish Vocabulary
Today I was going to talk about something completely different; I had a more serious topic in mind, but suddenly I came across these tongue twisters. This was one of the first my mother taught me, and it is a good exercise to practice pronunciation. What do you think?
“El dicho que a ti te han dicho que dicen que he dicho yo, está mal dicho pues si lo hubiera dicho yo, estaría mejor dicho que el dicho que a ti te han dicho que dicen que he dicho yo.”
And this one is very appropiate for this season, when all beautiful feelings spring:
“Quiero y no quiero querer, a quién he querido, quiero; he querido sin querer, y sin querer estoy queriendo. Si porque te quiero, quieres que te quiera más, te quiero más que me quieres. ¿Qué más quieres? ¿Quieres más?”
The last one is a dialogue, can you guess who are the characters involved? I´ll let you know the answer in some days.
“Cuando tuve yo te tuve,
te mantuve y te di,
hoy no tengo,ni te tengo,
ni mantengo, ni te doy,
buscate a otro que te tenga,
te mantenga y te de,
por que hoy no tengo,
ni te tengo, ni mantengo, ni te doy.”
If you feel brave enough, and you want to continue practicing, remember this post “Se me traba la lengua“.
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Comments:
Marc Loiselle:
Hola Magda,
I am a Spanish teacher in Washington state, and I would love to correspond with you about rules of Spanish grammar and keeping current with the vernacular, and the differences in language between Spain and Latin America. Is there any way we can keep in touch? I would appreciate your insight.
v/r
Marc
Magda:
@Marc Loiselle Sure!
Check your e-mail.
V/R
Magda
Heather Martin:
Just wondered what Philology is, because as a native English speaker I’ve never heard of it?
Transparent Language:
@Heather Martin Hi! Philology is the branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages.