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Tongue twisters in Spanish Posted by 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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About the Author: Magda

Hi all! I’m Magda, a Spanish native speaker writing the culture posts in the Transparent Language Spanish blog. I have a Bachelor’s in English Philology and a Master’s in Linguistics and Literature from the University of Granada, in Spain. I have also completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, and then worked as an English teacher in several schools and academies for several years. Last year was my first at university level. In addition, I work as a private tutor, teaching English and Spanish as a foreign language to students and adults. In my free time, I’m an avid reader and writer, editing and collaborating in several literary blogs. I have published my first poetry book recently. And last but not least, I love photography!


Comments:

  1. 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

  2. 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.