Language tips - Ecuador Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
So of course if you don't speak Spanish when you initially go to Ecuador, it's going to be hard no matter what, so don't expect yourself to be perfect. My advice would just be be patient with yourself. The natives won't always be extremely patient with you, but you need to not take offense because a lot of them do try to help you. And yeah, just put all of your effort into it. It will come, it might take a long time, but just try to learn a few words every day. Tell stories, talk about your family and your life, and talk about things you're passionate about so that it'll be easier to speak and you'll be able to find the words. If you don't know how to say what you want to say, try to find another way to say it. And if you don't know a word that you need to know, always learn it and don't just move on. So it'll come, but it'll take time.
Video 2 Transcript
The hardest thing for me was understanding everyone. There's so many different dialects, just in Ecuador alone. Like you have the coastal region, you have Quito, and then Yuarra, and like Otavalo, like it's just so different. And then also, right now there's a ton of Venezuelans, and they speak very fast, have a very different accent, as well as Colombians. Just keep practicing, keep trying, and if you don't understand, just ask. Be like, hey, I don't can you explain that in a different way? I promise you're gonna be fine. There's like five different words to like say pen. That one always got me. There's so many different ways to say things, so don't worry. You're gonna get it. Laugh at yourself like you're gonna mess up. People are gonna laugh at you, people are gonna make fun of you, but you'll learn it. No worries, just practice hard.
Video 3 Transcript
The people in the city of Quito, they're known for having a Quitanio accent, an accent from Quito, and it's kind of sing-songy, really fun to listen to. Yeah, a lot of people hate on that accent, but I think it's super cute. They typically speak really clearly, they enunciate things very well, and so it's a lot easier to understand them. They talk a lot slower. Coast accent, that kind of accent, they leave out s's and they kind of slur their words together and they talk really fast. And so that was really hard for me to keep up with. I was in an area that was on the mountain of Imbabura. They mostly speak Quichua. Since they speak Quichua, they have a different kind of accent in Spanish. Ibarra with two r's would be Ibasha. They can't pronounce their r's super well. Even people where Spanish is the first language and they go to Ecuador, they still learn a lot of new words. Ecuador has a different, it has a unique accent, it has its set of vocabulary as well.
