Tengo una preguntita para vosotros....es que no estoy seguro de que.......bueno continuaré en inglés para que entiendan los íngleses. Is Jennifer Lopez fluent in Spanish? Whenever I see her on Spanish television it seems like she can't respond correctly....she makes simple mistakes and seems extremely nervous. I don't think she's bilingual....maybe she's trying to embrace her heritage by learning Spanish? I'm not sure; if she is a fluent (native) speaker, this sounds dumb, but to me it seems like J.Lo makes errores a menudo....gracias por vuestra ayuda.....
2006-12-20 14:01:49 · 6 answers · asked by hacerfalta 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
She's fluent but rusty. She speaks most of the time in English.
2006-12-20 14:10:26 · answer #1 · answered by Sir J 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jennifer Lopez is not fluent in Spanish. If you watch her in the earlier Cristina interviews she admits to not being fluent and needed Cristina to translate for her. All of a sudden for some reason she feels the need to ear more support from her Spanish speaking fans. She never needed to in my opinion people would keep liking her even if she only said hola. Look at Selena..... she was never fluent in Spanish either but somehow won the hearts of all of latin america before her short career tragically ended. You can definitely tell that Jennifer Lopez grew up around it, but unless parents make a true effort to make Spanish the first language, sadly.... most kids can't grasp it. I guess everybody deserves credit for trying but her try still after all of these years fall short.
2006-12-20 14:22:55 · answer #2 · answered by chiquis707 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No lo es. Como muchos latinos criados en Estados Unidos, entiende bastante, pero rara vez lo habló, que no fuera mezclado con inglés; o para comunicar ideas no más sofisticadas de las que se expresan en situaciones hogareñas con los abuelos. Esto es un fenómeno típico en Nueva York. Cristina Aguilera es peor aún. John Leguizamo tuvo que hacer maromas para realizar un papel de periodista colombiano. La asimilación cultural eventualmente desgasta las destrezas del lenguage cuando no se mantienen con rigor. Yo estaba en las mismas hasta que me enseñé yo mismo a leer el castellano y me forcé a hablarlo y conversar sobre temas más sofisticados. A pesar de este esfuerzo propio, mi hija, después de asistir a la escuela en inglés, ya apenas puede decir alguna que otra cosa sencilla, aunque antes de ir a la escuela era perfectamente bilingüe. ¿Qué se va a ser? La ironía es que Selena, [el papel que convirtió a J.Lo en estrella], aunque cantaba exquisitamente en español, también hablaba un castellano mata'o.
2006-12-20 14:43:39 · answer #3 · answered by B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She can be fluent but still make lots of mistakes; she can also be fluent without being a native speaker. I have no idea about J.Lo herself, but fluency just means that she's able to carry on a conversation without a great deal of hestitation. It's not the same as accuracy.
2006-12-20 14:19:55 · answer #4 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
She's not bilingual. She had to learn Spanish for her role in Selena.
Are you from Spain? Spanish speakers from Latin America use "ustedes" not "vosotros."
2006-12-20 14:20:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
She speaks like most Puerto-Ricans from New York...
2006-12-20 14:06:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋