I attended some classes at Coined in Buenos Aires. The quality of the teachers varies.

I know a great (and very nice) teacher. She gives private classes.

Like I said, love the country and I have some free money.

Could you PM me her name/contact info?

I insist the RSJ has something to do with it... perhaps aside from smiling to your MIL you should serve her a glass of the stuff...????

I dont want to start a food fight with some of the folks that have posted things above... but Argentino Spanish will work perfectly in all South and Central American countries.... and it will also work perfectly in Spain. Not to hurt anybodies feelings, but if one learns Argentino Spanish and finds one is getting weird looks its not because of the Argentino, its because your Argentino is not good enough to begin with.

Yes, there are some nouns that are unique, but if you have proper command of a language then anybody with a basic IQ should be able to work around potential unique nouns though context, tone, etc......

Couldn't agree more. ^

Learn Spanish where you would like to learn Spanish, not because of the accent you are trying to obtain. Indeed, over many years of traveling to many Spanish speaking countries the times where words are not the same have only led to funny and interesting discussions and exchanges. Never once have I not been understood because of speaking "one type of Spanish" in another Spanish speaking country.

As to the different accents, my two favorite are Castillian and Argentine. And those two are pretty different.

I have to 2nd the whole "learn spanish where you want to live", if you want a beach go there, city go there. It all depends.

Saying that I just returned from BsAs after spending 6 months down there. I went there witouth knowing any spanish/castellano. I studied with private tutors in Palermo Soho, also at a language academy called vamospanish. Both are very good for early stage learning.

Once you progress in the language you will want to break the class structure and begin to have real conversations. Couchsurfing is great for this. They have a language exchange forum where you meet up with somebody and exchange your language for theirs. You get to learn the language plus make friends with locals, it is actually how I met my girlfriend who is from BsAs.

Good luck with your travels and I hope BsAs will have what you are looking for. I know it did for me, haha.

Hiddy.... you have to get your MIL to cook for you.

She doesn't/can't cook.

She comes round every weekend and I cook for her.

Rubbish.... she is being lazy and you are a softie... stand up to your suegrita and have her cook !!!!

As a native Spanish speaker, I find Argentine Spanish to be hard for me to understand at times, especially when it's spoken quickly. When it's spoken slowly, I have few issues other slang words.

I find that my situation is repeated often among other Caribbean Spanish speakers, so it just might be the Argentine accent vs. what we're used to.

Older thread, but within the statutes...

and for those who speak various forms of Castilian / Castellano, which is what we really speak as several languages are spoken in Spain, sit down, make sure you have no liquids (even a good Malbec or Torrontes) in your mouth and watch this musci video to truly understand the challenges (not any worse than a Brit or 'murrikin in 'streyeleeah, AKA Godzone).

http://www.youtube.com/embed/4LjDe4sLER0

Well, I would not worry about accents. It is a lot of hokkum if someone says "We have the purest accent"or "you will learn better Spanish in our city/country" or "we speak the cleanest Spanish". What is really important is the quality of the instruction, and your own attitude. Location is really a minor consideration when it comes to language learning. I am an English teacher in Argentina, and I hear the same nonsense from people who say native English teachers from one country are better for accents than others.

For those of you who may be interested in learning Spanish in safer, more relaxed and beautiful Mendoza, here is a list of Spanish schools (it is often luck as to what Spanish teacher you end up with) and Spanish Intsructors prepared by a fellow Englsih teacher in Mendoza:
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" Links to Spanish schools and instructors in Mendoza:
Intercultural (aka ArgentinaSpanish, aka Patagonia)
Greenfields (aka COINED, aka Andino, aka DonQuixote, aka Cactus, aka languagecourse.net, aka Enforex)
http://www.coined.com.ar/

ECELA (Chilean chain with branch here)
http://www.ecela.com/esp/index.php

Intercultural (aka ArgentinaSpanish, aka Patagonia, aka Spanishcourses)
http://www.spanishcourses.com.ar/

Spanish in Mendoza Argentina (aka SIMA, aka Ana Mar�a Troncoso, new website), more personalized one-on-one or two-on-one lessons,

http://spanishinmendozaargentina.greenash.net.au/


There is also Brazilia, which specializes in Portuguese classes, Spanish instruction but also has Spanish instruction:
http://miguiaargentina.com.ar/empres...portugues.html

Basically, at the larger schools there are some good teachers, but some stinkers as well. Some of the teachers at the larger places such as ECELA (often spammed) are not teachers at all (some of them have been English students of mine). Again, I do not recommend any particular teachers as most of them are also English teachers (like me) and friends of mine. "

I'd say the (currently) most confusing thing speaking in castellano argentino is that the Argentine word "blue" (used with d�lar) most likely means "negro."

Beware of the significant accent/pronunciation differences between Buenos Aires spanish and central american spanish, if you plan on being able to use your spanish skills around the rest of south/central america you may find people struggling to understand your accent if you learn in BA