Speaker 1: Are there Spanish words that change the meaning when you
Speaker 1: use na instead of anya, Yes, and some of them
Speaker 1: might get you in serious trouble. Are you ready for
Speaker 1: a Spanish quikie? First things First, Ana and anya are
Speaker 1: not the same letter. In case you didn't know, n
Speaker 1: yea is basically an N with a little weird sign
Speaker 1: on top the famous til there. You see that sign
Speaker 1: in words like a spaniel. If it were just an N,
Speaker 1: you would say a spanel, and that's not how we
Speaker 1: talk about Spanish. So that little symbol isn't just a decoration.
Speaker 1: It completely changes how the word sounds and sometimes what
Speaker 1: it means. Let's look at three examples. No meto, u, no, ghana,
Speaker 1: and ghanya. If you like fishing, you use una ganya
Speaker 1: a fishing rod, but khana without the till day means
Speaker 1: gray hair ghana, so my grandma has khanas, but you
Speaker 1: can use ghanas to fish unless you're a very skilled
Speaker 1: old person. So kanya fishing rod and khana gray hair.
Speaker 1: The next two examples are a little more delicate, so
Speaker 1: if you're listening with kids around, maybe he posts and
Speaker 1: save this episode for later. No matter does con and gonyo.
Speaker 1: If you love ice cream. You probably had on con
Speaker 1: no the lado an ice cream cone gerico, but conyo
Speaker 1: that's not something you'll find at the ice cream shop.
Speaker 1: Coanyo is a vulgar word for but dina Spanish, kind
Speaker 1: of like saying push in English. It's also used as
Speaker 1: an exclamation, especially in Spain. For example, Gio bassa, what
Speaker 1: the hell's going on? So yeah, don't mix those up.
Speaker 1: You don't want to walk into the ice cream shop
Speaker 1: asking for and the lado that's definitely not the flavor
Speaker 1: you meant a now metal trace, annual and anno. This
Speaker 1: one is a classic. I see Americans make this mistake
Speaker 1: all the time. For example, people want to say I'm
Speaker 1: thirty years old, and they right then go Trinda annios
Speaker 1: Annios means yours annials or I should say. That's why
Speaker 1: they think they're right because normally they don't write the ani.
Speaker 1: They write annios with any and then it's pronounced annos.
Speaker 1: The problem is ano anos the bad hole. So when
Speaker 1: you say thank god, trina anna's you're basically saying I
Speaker 1: have thirty bad holes. So unless you're an alien, that's
Speaker 1: not correct. So yeah, if your Latino friends laughed when
Speaker 1: you said that now you know why, so let's recap
Speaker 1: A simple Anya can save your Spanish and dignity. Kanya
Speaker 1: fishing road is not Khana gray hair, Cono cone is
Speaker 1: not conno post An annual year is not Anna Anos.
Speaker 1: That tiny symbol makes a big difference. Glasses, particicle, char
Speaker 1: Spanish quaki. If you joy the show, please give it
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Speaker 1: one that could use a good quiki. I want to
Speaker 1: thank Sherry for proposing this topic, said Sherry. And hey,
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