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>>>>>>Anyone else watching this? It's really very good.
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>>>>>A while back when we had HBO I tried to watch this show in Spanish but it was too difficult.
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>>>>The father is difficult to understand, but the others speak fairly clearly (for Argentina I guess :o) . It's available on HBO on demand now (the entire season) with subtitles which helps. Although the subtitles are alittle misleading sometimes. They sometimes insert stuff that wasn't really stated, but was meant to be understood (given the context and emotions) I guess. I think it is available on DVD for the 1st season with English subtitles.
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>>>From little I remember about this show it is not exactly what I like to watch (I am not knocking it). So lately I have been watching Spanish and Argentinian movies (I subscribe to a set of Spanish channels called Selecto). I like both Spanish and Argentinian movies (for content) and they also helps me to improve my understanding of fast speaking Spanish. I only wish that the movies on Selecto would have sub-titles but they don't.
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>>>But maybe when I run out of all Spanish movies I will subscribe to HBO again and try Epitafios (tastes change <g>).
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>>Or just rent the DVDs :o) I agree that Argentinians speak very fast sometimes and use more gutteral sounds so they can be difficult to understand. :o) One of my teachers at DLI was Argentinian but the most difficult to understand was actually from Chile and the 2nd most difficult to understand to me would be Ecuadorians or perhaps Cubans.
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>I envy you that you had a chance to study at DLI. I still don't give up hope to find a Spanish speaking person (locally) to practice Spanish on regular basis. Or, hopefully, one day to go to a week or two-week Spanish immersion school in Spanish speaking country.

There are inexpensive trips you can take to Costa Rica to stay with a Costa Rican family. Many colleges here arrange them and there are colleges and schools in Costa Rica that do as well. They are great opportunities to experience the culture and the language.

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