https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=JuanfPolyglot Club WIKI - User contributions [en]2026-05-23T11:06:30ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.37.2https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/index.php?title=Language/Spanish/Vocabulary/AQUI-ACA-AHI-ALLI-VAMOS-VAMONOS-Algunas-Aclaraciones&diff=293868Language/Spanish/Vocabulary/AQUI-ACA-AHI-ALLI-VAMOS-VAMONOS-Algunas-Aclaraciones2024-07-05T13:34:57Z<p>Juanf: </p>
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<div>These are words with very similar meanings that can be used as synonyms interchangeably on most occasions, and even if they are not used properly, most Spanish-speaking people will understand you perfectly.<br />
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'''AQUÍ / ACÁ'''<br />
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Demonstrative adverbs of place. They refer to a position, situation, or place, always close to you.<br />
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Ven para aquí / Ven para acá - Come here / Come here.<br />
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Trae para aquí / Trae para acá - Come here / Come here.<br />
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However, we usually say ''Aquí hay.'' ''Acá hay'' is not used.<br />
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The use of "Acá" is more widespread in Latin America.<br />
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'''AHÍ / ALLÍ'''<br />
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They are demonstrative adverbs of place as well. They mean "a place" or "a position"<br />
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'''AHÍ''', refers to a place or position next to you.<br />
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''Déjalo ahí'' - Leave it there.<br />
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''Juan vive'' ahí - Juan lives there.<br />
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''Ahí hay una casa'' - There is a house there<br />
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'''ALLÍ''' implies that something is a little far from you, but not too far.<br />
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''Juan vive allí'' - Juan lives there<br />
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''Voy a ir allí'' - I'll go there<br />
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''Ahí está la hierba y allí están los árboles'' - There is the grass and there are the trees<br />
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'''VAMOS'''<br />
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First person plural present indicative.<br />
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''Nosotros vamos a cenar'' - We are going to have dinner.<br />
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''Nosotras vamos a comer'' - We are going to eat.<br />
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''Ahora vamos'', it means that you are going to move right now to get to a place or meeting.<br />
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'''VAMONOS'''<br />
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Also second person plural (we / us), but in imperative form.<br />
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Equivalent to VAMOS + NOS / NOS VAMOS<br />
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''¡Vámonos de aquí!'' It means that you have to leave a place now.<br />
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They can sometimes be used synonymously.<br />
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''¡Venga, vamos!'' - Come on, let's go!<br />
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''¡Venga, vámonos''! - Come on, let's go!<br />
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And some other times they can't, for example in response to a question:<br />
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''¿Vais a venir? ¡Si, ahora vamos!'' - Will you come? Yes, now let's go!<br />
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But there is no such answer as: ''¡Sí, ahora vámonos!''<br />
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''¡Ahora vámonos!'' has a meaning of obligation.<br />
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For example, when the cinema or the theater is over we can say, ''¡Y ahora vámonos!'' but we don't say ''¡Y ahora vamos!''<br />
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However, we can say ''¡Y ahora nos vamos!''</div>Juanfhttps://polyglotclub.com/wiki/index.php?title=Language/Spanish/Pronunciation/La--Z--no-se-pronuncia--S-&diff=293537Language/Spanish/Pronunciation/La--Z--no-se-pronuncia--S-2024-06-19T07:41:17Z<p>Juanf: </p>
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<div>I'm hearing a lot of videos in which the "Z" sound is pronounced the same as if it were an "S", and I want to clarify that it is not so. <br />
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The "Z" in Spanish is pronounced differently.<br />
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ZA - ZE - ZI - ZO - ZU: Sound like "C" when followed by "E" or "I". "Ce..." "Ci..."<br />
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A good word to practice: "Cereza" - "SereSa" does not sound.<br />
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"Marzo" - "MarSo" does not sound.<br />
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There is also a pronunciation error with the "C" in some words<br />
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"Celebrar" - "Selebrar" does not sound.<br />
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"Diciembre" - "DiSiembre" does not sound.</div>Juanf