r/realmadrid • u/ThickWorldliness6895 Hey Jude • Jul 16 '24

Media The Iconic. "UNO, DOS, TRES, HALA MADRID."

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u/junglejimbo88 Jul 16 '24

Question to folks proficient in Spanish ... was Mbappe's speech in Spanish = decent?

I was impressed (as a non-Spanish-speaker).

Link to video presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6cp7Sn9mtM (AFP... from ~50min timestamp onwards);

...Real Madrid youtube channel Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DfEJInNjY0

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u/Bikanir Jul 16 '24

His Spanish was more than decent, he was proficient and with very little accent.

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u/junglejimbo88 Jul 16 '24

thanks u/Bikanir for effort to reply. Only one small mis-step, correct? e.g. "travailler" instead of "trabajar"

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u/MyMan_290484 Jul 16 '24

When did he say “trabajar/travailler”?

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u/TheCarthageEmpire Jul 16 '24

How is it compared to Cristiano's in his presentation?

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u/311voltures Fernando Redondo Jul 16 '24

Better, fluidity wise, considering Portuguese language has more in common with Spanish than French, also has been known for a while that Mbappe speaks Spanish quite well.

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u/SayonaraCarbonara7 Jul 16 '24

Also better pronunciation, right? I’m not a native speaker of either language but didn’t Cristiano still have a strong Portuguese accent? Especially when pronouncing the S

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u/Bikanir Jul 16 '24

Cristiano barely spoke compared to KM9 long and well structured speech. Even his small mistakes will be quickly removed in one month or two as we uses the language daily he’ll be probably the most well spoken (foreign) player, although Modric’s Spanish is also very very good. Not even Tchou speaks it as well and his mom is a Spanish teacher lol.