Spanish speakers please

[anneofavonlee]

Last time I was in Spain I had made efforts to try to speak very simple Spanish, please/thankyou etc. I heard so many versions of the above and want to know if this is just dialect or colloquialism so that next time I can be a bit more confident.

Eg I heard:

Grathia
Grathias
Gracia
Gracias
Buenos dias
Bueno dia

Which is most correct? Are the others dialect or slang?

Buenos Dias and Gracias (pronounced gratheeas).

As above poster said.
The others aren't slang, just the way you're hearing the pronunciation.

C's and Z's are pronounced like a Th sound in Spain and as their actual sounds in Latin America and Mexico.

There are regional variations in Spain too. I think that, in Andalusia at least, they pronounce in a similar way to Latin America, as described above.

Also be aware that the first language of Catalonia, ie Barcelona and surrounding areas is Catalan.

You can get Google translate and other language learning websites to play the words for you.

Or use a language learning app like Duo Lingo.

The standard pronunciation for 'gracias' is grathias. But there are regional variations (just like in the UK). In the Murcia region people tend to leave the 's' of the end of words, so you'll hear grathiaa. And in Valencia people don't tend to make the 'th' sound as much because the Valencian language which many people also speak there doesn't use it, so you'll hear grasias. As a non-native speaker, go with the standard pronunciation otherwise you'll sound like a Spanish person trying to speak cockney

If your experience of spain is barcelona and cataluna it’s possible the person in front of you may not speak Spanish very well.

Thanks for all of the replies. I was in the Malaga region so I think that is Andalucia? They pronounced it Andaluthia....my ds asked why everyone had a lisp 😂.

Will check out duo lingo.

Depends on the area. We are in Madrid (pronounces Madrith if you're local!)

Here people tend to say Gracias (gra-thee-as) and buenas (rather than the full buenos días).