World AIDS Day

[Tomisimo]

283 Since today (http://www.google.org/world-aids-day-2009.html) is World AIDS Day (http://www.worldaidsday.org/), I thought I'd post this informative video about VIH/SIDA (in Spanish). Watch it to practice your listening comprehension, or just to learn. Side note-- where do you think the people in the video are from based on their accent? Do they use any regional vocabulary? You can also take this quiz (http://www.unicef.org/voy/spanish/explore/aids/713_hiv_quiz.php?quiz=aids&lang=es) (also in Spanish) about AIDS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9TdapPa-mo

[Perikles]

I've never been there, but I guess at either Mexico or Venezuela. My third choice is anywhere else in South America. If it's Spain I'm going to drown myself.

[Tomisimo]

I'm pretty sure it's neither a Spanish nor Mexican accent. So I think you're safe. (stay away from the swimming pool)

[CrOtALiTo]

There're millions of people infected with that virus and the people needs a fast cure for that disease, I have never seen that situation and I don't want to be, but well just we should fight upon the diseases coming the information to every people that can be useful this documentary.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

It's an accent rather easy to identify once one has seen a few South American telenovelas... ;)

[irmamar]

Yes, it's true. And it's not from Spain. We don't say "ve" but "uve" :)

[Perikles]

It's an accent rather easy to identify once one has seen a few South American telenovelas... ;)Yes but here, I can't even receive real Spanish ones. Only Canarian. :mad:

[irmamar]

Yes but here, I can't even receive real Spanish ones. Only Canarian. :mad:

But I'm sure you can see la 1, la 2, A3, etc. There are a lot of culebrones, you can choose :D

[laepelba]

The accents? Where are the accents from? Ecuador?

[Rusty]

My guess is Venezuela (from movies filmed there), although the accent is very close to the Spanish I learned in Central America (a cross between the castellano of Honduras and Nicaragua).

By the way, the quiz had some hiccups. I answered all but one question correctly, but it said I missed several.

[CrOtALiTo]

Yes, it's true. And it's not from Spain. We don't say "ve" but "uve" :)

What does it mean? Irmanar:thinking:

[poli]

Nicely spoken Caribbean accented Spanish spoken by well-educated people. It could have been finely-spoken Barranquilla Colombia Spanish but the actors don't look Barranquillero. The end of the video gives it away.
The credits show it was filmed in Caracas (Venezuela)

[irmamar]

What does it mean? Irmanar:thinking:

When we spell VIH, we say "uve i hache", and they say "ve i hache".The name of the "v". :)

[CrOtALiTo]

Ok. Irmamar.


Thank you for your support with your fast answer.

[irmamar]

Ok. Irmamar.


Thank you for your support with your fast answer.

You're welcome :)

How do you spell "v": ve or uve? :thinking:

[CrOtALiTo]

I spell of the same way that everyone says it VIH.

[irmamar]

I spell of the same way that everyone says it VIH.

:confused: Quiero decir que cómo llamáis vosotros a la letra "v", "uve" o "ve". Uve i hache o ve i hache. ;)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Irma: casi siempre se usa "be grande" y "ve chica" (o "ve de vaca"), pero cuando se dice VIH, se lee igual que los venezolanos del video "ve i hache".

La "uve" se acentúa "uvé" y todo el mundo entiende qué letra es, pero no es la primera elección de la mayoría de las personas. :)

[CrOtALiTo]

:confused: Quiero decir que cómo llamáis vosotros a la letra "v", "uve" o "ve". Uve i hache o ve i hache. ;)

Irmamar is Ve

[irmamar]

That's curious :thinking:

Thanks :)