The food in Bolivia overall is pretty bad. If it wasn’t for the saltenas

Apr 14, 2021
9:51:04pm

Mr. Rumsfield 3rd String

And the fresh bread everywhere, I would’ve starved. Such a shame too, because Peru is right next-door and has the most underrated cuisine in the world

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Spanish speakers, I speak Portuguese but trying to learn Spanish a bit for a trip to Bolivia. Is LL being like a Y or

Trent Die-hard

4/14/21 9:35pm

It is regional. The most important thing you can know about Bolivian Spanish is their rr is a soft z sound.

DKN

4/14/21 9:37pm

So a Bolivian in Utah would order a “buzito” at Betos?

endy

4/15/21 6:16am

LL but it is lazy. Either works. And yes, very lazy rr sound.

Mr. Rumsfield

4/14/21 9:39pm

Bolivian Spanish is indeed abominable. Don’t adopt their use of the language.

DKN

4/14/21 9:42pm

Salteñas are truly great

CougCoug3

4/14/21 9:43pm

The food in Bolivia overall is pretty bad. If it wasn’t for the saltenas

Mr. Rumsfield

4/14/21 9:51pm

Sopa de mani is my other go to in Bolivia

CougCoug3

4/14/21 10:00pm

It probably depends on the region, but LL generally sounds like a Y.

BYUBandfan

4/14/21 9:40pm

The ‘j’ sound is more Chilean and Argentine would be a little more ‘sh’ sounding

cougarbob137

4/14/21 9:50pm

As others have said, it's regional.

MetaLearner

4/14/21 9:53pm

And for fun, sometimes caballo is pronounced cabalyo.

ReyOso

4/14/21 10:25pm

Back in 2012 I went to Mexico for 10 days with a bunch of other BYU students and

scottfunkel

4/15/21 7:44am

I am a bit worried about that. This will be 16 days in Bolivia. But I should be back to Brazil when they finish the

Trent

4/15/21 8:25am

If I made more of a conscious effort to practice Portuguese I'm sure I would

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