I've lived in 6 cities and been bad at every language I tried. Now I'm in the Yucatán figuring out what Mexicans actually say. Writing down everything Spanish class got wrong.
The phrases Spanish class never told you about, plus the cultural decoding to go with them.
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Real Mexican phrases
The chunks Mexicans use every day, not the ones in your textbook.
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When to use a phrase, who to use it with, and why it works.
Yucatán-tested
Built from two years of getting Mexican Spanish wrong in real life.
Longer field notes. The cultural mysteries that don't fit in a 30-second Short.
In Canada, calling someone fat is a hate crime. In Mexico, it's how your tía shows she loves you. The cultural decoding behind Mexican nicknames, by a polyglot who has been called gordito within 40 seconds of meeting strangers.
Most languages have words. Mexican Spanish has tantito. It means a little. It means a lot. It means wait. It means almost. It means barely. It means everything except the one thing your textbook said it meant.
I lived in 6 cities before Mexico. London made me apologize for breathing. New York taught me to weaponize my elbows. None of them prepared me for the way Mexicans walk down a sidewalk.
Weekly Mexican Spanish field notes from the Yucatán. The phrases your Spanish class missed, the cultural decoding behind them, and the occasional polyglot mistake.
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