John C Rigdon

English / Cuban Spanish Phrasebook John C Rigdon

This phrasebook contains a guide to Spanish pronunciation and grammar, sample phrases and sentences arranged by topic, and a dictionary of 850 of the most commonly used words and phrases. It focuses on the dialect spoken in Cuba. The Spanish spoken in Cuba differs from that spoken in other countries in the Caribbean and South America in several ways. While it still shares the spelling of the words with other dialects, you will see some pronunciations which are distinctive particularly in the softening of consonants and some letters are silent or dropped. Since Spanish is primarily a phonetic language we are beginning to see some althernate accepted spellings emerge.

Contents:

Other Languages Spoken in Cuba

Destinations in Cuba

La Habana (Havana) - Capital City

Santiago de Cuba

Holguin

Ciego de Avila City

Morón

Viñales Trinidad

Medical Tourism

Cuban Beaches

Varadero Beach

Playa del Este

Cayo Coco

Cayo Largo

Pilar Beach

Forbidden Beach

Flamenco Beach

Cuban Nature Reserves and Parks

Great Natural Park of Montemar

La Redonda Lagoon

Ciénaga de Zapata

Biosphere Reserve

Baconao Biosphere Reserve

Peninsula de Guanahacabibes

Humedal Río Máximo Cagüey

Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation

How Cuban Spanish is Distinctive

Quick Summary of Cuban Spanish

Morphology

Lisp

Cuban Word

sSome Useful Cuban Spanish Phrases

Some More Cuban Phrases

Cuban Slang Phrases

Spanish Phrases for use in an Emergency

Vocabulary

English / Spanish Dictionary

Spanish / English Dictionary