WTFA r g e n t i n a

I had a such a good time recording this lesson about street slang with Juanma and Mauro.  Come and listen in and laugh with us as Patt learns how to talk like a chica de barrio.  Que grosso.  I am still looking for that Argentine potro - jaja

Notes from Juanma:
Our country, especially in big towns, hosts a lot of urban tribes. They have their own “language.” Sometimes aggressive, sometimes funny and often impossible to understand. It’s a very exciting experience to see how they treat each other, using their own words or phrases along with hand or face signs.

For example, if we have to take the bus, we say VAMOS EN BONDI … but if we prefer to go by taxi or remise, we say NOS TOMAMOS UN TACHO O UN REMO. If we don’t have money to afford it, we must say: VOY A PATA O A GAMBA. The food or MORFI is another field where we apply our potential. For meals, we say MILANGA, CHORI, or use the name of the major brand of hamburgers PATY. We call the beer BIRRA, red wine TOTIN (in a kind of word game altering the order of syllables) and whiskey WHISCACHO.

AND MUCH MUCH MORE…….listen

 

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