Please watch this video. It is really funny. You will get to hear how they speak English. When you finish listening, please comment on ONE difference in the way they speak English and the way Americans speak.
First of all, i have to admit that it´s hard to understand that english. Seriously, they make a lot of grammar mistakes and they use a lot of local words which i dont know their meanings... however when we are speaking american english we try to talk it properly.
Ok teacher, this video was really hard to understand; but I must say that it was quite funny in some parts. It is true that the people of Trinidad and Tobago is creative on making their sentences, they "emphasize" too much (like the video said); that is what makes them unclear. That feature of them to modifying some verbs to make the sentence shorter is something that we are not custom, because the only English we know it's the one that American speak.
It is really hard to understand because of the accent, it makes some words unrecognisable, and also many local words that in "normal" english doesn't exist.
The difference I could find out is that Trinidad English is an extremely exaggerated dialect and they make a lot of emphasis on the consonants when they talk; otherwise, the Americans English is talked so fast and fluently.
One of the difference I see between Trinidad English and Caribbean English is that people of Trinidad and Tobago used to make new words as a way to develop their dialect, however the traditional english does not because it is a basic language.
This is a little hard to understand,at least until you get acostumed to it,they speak slow and with a very strong accent,It's my first time listening someone from Trinidad and Tobago talking,so its kind of weird.
Trinidad and America speak the same language but in very different ways. The way people speak it in Trinidad is much harder to understand and they shorten their words and sentences in ways that most of the time only they understand it. Americans speack much more clearer and pronounce the whole sentences without shortening any words.
Haha, it was funny. First of all a clear diference i could notice it was the dialect he was using, also he spoke a little bit faster than a regular american.
it sound as another language,its amazing what happens when you combine a foreign dialect with that kind of accent,i didnt really like the way it sounds because its hard to understand sometimes.
First of all, i have to admit that it´s hard to understand that english. Seriously, they make a lot of grammar mistakes and they use a lot of local words which i dont know their meanings... however when we are speaking american english we try to talk it properly.
ReplyDeleteOk teacher, this video was really hard to understand; but I must say that it was quite funny in some parts. It is true that the people of Trinidad and Tobago is creative on making their sentences, they "emphasize" too much (like the video said); that is what makes them unclear. That feature of them to modifying some verbs to make the sentence shorter is something that we are not custom, because the only English we know it's the one that American speak.
ReplyDeleteIt is really hard to understand because of the accent, it makes some words unrecognisable, and also many local words that in "normal" english doesn't exist.
ReplyDeleteThe difference I could find out is that Trinidad English is an extremely exaggerated dialect and they make a lot of emphasis on the consonants when they talk; otherwise, the Americans English is talked so fast and fluently.
ReplyDeleteOne of the difference I see between Trinidad English and Caribbean English is that people of Trinidad and Tobago used to make new words as a way to develop their dialect, however the traditional english does not because it is a basic language.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most obvious differences that i could see, is the accent and the strong intonation that the people of trinidad gives to the words.
ReplyDeleteTha americans speaks more clear and softy.
This is a little hard to understand,at least until you get acostumed to it,they speak slow and with a very strong accent,It's my first time listening someone from Trinidad and Tobago talking,so its kind of weird.
ReplyDeleteTrinidad and America speak the same language but in very different ways. The way people speak it in Trinidad is much harder to understand and they shorten their words and sentences in ways that most of the time only they understand it. Americans speack much more clearer and pronounce the whole sentences without shortening any words.
ReplyDeleteHaha, it was funny. First of all a clear diference i could notice it was the dialect he was using, also he spoke a little bit faster than a regular american.
ReplyDeleteit sound as another language,its amazing what happens when you combine a foreign dialect with that kind of accent,i didnt really like the way it sounds because its hard to understand sometimes.
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