Why is Argentinian pronunciation different from other countries?

Question

I was watching some Argentinian *telenovelas* to get used to Spanish language and noticed that there's a different pattern regarding the pronunciation of the imperative command than what Michel Thomas has taught me. Michel Thomas has taught me that when you are in the *preeeesent* tense you stress the syllable before last and that the same goes for imperative.For example, "I take" is "tomo" and "take!" is "toma" (informal) and what I hear in Argentinian *telenovelas* is "tomá". They also often say "escucháme" instead of "escúchame" or "te quedás", or "llamáme".Is pronunciation somewhat different from country to country or am I just mishearing things?

Answer 1

Spanish is the national language, although in Argentina it is spoken in several accents and has absorbed many words from other languages, especially Italian. Numerous foreign languages and dialects can be heard, from Basque and Sicilian to Welsh and Gaelic. Toward the end of the 19th century, an underworld language called lunfardo.

some minor imperfections are less or greater than 10, for example "lavaplatos " (dishwasher )

platos in Spanish can mean many things, but dishwasher can't not only wash platos.

for example : Laundry , includes (t-shirts , pants , etc.)

lava platos in Argentina, when someone said in Spanish "Lava los platos" other Spanish countries, Will interpreter like just jeans, t-shirt, blouse..etc . when a dishwasher meant all dishes ,like all cloths .

Answer 2

That's Spanish my friend :-) Many countries in Latin America use those conjugations and have different accents.

Answer 3

In order to understand the main difference in Argentinian pronunciation, it's important to understand that the second person "TÚ" becomes "VOS" in Argentinian grammar and the conjugations are different as well. Conjugations for VOS are somewhat similar to VOSOTROS forms.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE FOR "VOS"

Think about VOSOTROS conjugations in present tense. Example: habláis, tenéis, vivís, etc.

For verbs ending with AR and ER, just take out the letter "i" at the end before the s.

Example:

Tú hablas -> Vos hablás

Tú tienes -> Vos tenés.

For verbs ending with IR, use the same conjugation as for VOSOTROS.

Example:

Tú vives -> Vos vivís.

Tú sales -> Vos salís.

AFFIRMATIVE COMMAND (IMPERATIVE MODE) FOR "VOS"

From the VOSOTROS command form, take out the letter d and add an accent mark at the end.

For example:

Habla -> Hablá (take out "d" from "hablad")

Come -> Comé (take out "d" from "comed")

Sal -> Salí (take out "d" from "salid")

NEGATIVE COMMAND FOR "VOS"

You can use the same TU negative command form, or add the accent on the last vowel.

For example:

No hables -> No hables/hablés

No comas -> No comas/comás

No salgas -> No salgas/salgás