Spanish is Weird — 14 things than make Spanish unique

Use this link for the special discount on Rosetta Stone. https://partners.rosettastone.com/dav... Spanish is weird. Or castellano is weird. We can’t even agree what to call it. In this video we look at some of the magnificent oddness of Spanish: why some people say español and others say castellano, what’s going on with upside-down question marks, why Spanish has that personal “a”, where jota came from, why cerveza sounds different in different places, and why “está muerto” makes more sense than the “ser is permanent, estar is temporary” rule would have you believe. We’ll also get into tú, usted, vosotros, ustedes and vos, the sounds of Spanish around the Spanish-speaking world, dancing cats and the subjunctive, disappearing consonants, words that get cuter or bigger or hit you with a chair, and why Spanish has so many words from Arabic. Basically: Spanish isn’t just Latin wearing a different hat. It’s Latin shaped by Iberia, Arabic, the Americas, migration, history, sound changes, and several centuries of people making perfectly reasonable decisions that look completely bizarre later. Hasta la próxima. #Spanish #LearnSpanish #Linguistics #LanguageLearning #SpanishLanguage #Castellano #Español #Etymology #Phonetics #Grammar #SpanishHistory #WeirdLanguages Attributions Dialects of Spanish By Hidra92 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... RAE crest By Heralder - REAL ACADEMIA ESPAÑOLA[1][2][3] (Old version with steam), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... RAE Building By Fernando - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... ASALE Crest By Heralder - Own work using: [1][2] [3], CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Quito By David Adam Kess - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Rio Platense By Fobos92 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Fernando Pascullo - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... 00:00 Spanish is weird 00:25 Español or castellano? 01:28 Upside-down question marks 01:53 The personal “a” 03:11 Sprachgefühl and learning by exposure 04:32 Jota, cerveza and Spanish sounds 05:38 The story of the sibilants 07:41 Caza, casa and caja 07:57 Ser, estar and being dead 08:58 Tú, usted and being polite 10:25 You, y’all, vosotros and ustedes 11:46 Vos in Latin America 12:25 Y, LL, Quito and Video Mountain 13:44 Dancing cats and the subjunctive 14:30 Gendered plurals and inclusive forms 15:30 B, D and G between vowels 16:14 Missing S sounds and coastal Spanish 16:57 Cute, big and violent endings 18:02 Se me rompió el vaso 18:48 Arabic words in Spanish 20:22 Not just Latin in a different hat 20:40 More weird languages