Did you learn Spanish in Spain, in South America or in a some Language's School? Do you speak Spanish fluently? Now you are in Dominican Republic and you see that you have problem to understand Spanish. Don't worry!!! In Dominican Republic, Dominicans speak Dominican Spanish, but Dominicans will say you, that they are relatives of European pleople and that they speak Castellano!!!

The good place to learn Dominican Spanish is in the University of the Street. Just you need to speak with Dominicans and you need to listen carefully as the Dominicans speak. You will learn a lot of new words and a lot of new phases. I recommend you to write your yourself Dominican Spanish's Dictionary. This is a good way and a good practice to learn for free Dominican Spanish.

If you want to buy something in a store; when you ask for the thing you want to buy, probably the Dominican employee will say you he doesn't have or doen't know the thing you want to buy. At this moment, describe the thing you want to buy and the employee will say you the Dominican name of the thing you want to buy and probably after that, he will show it if he have it in the store. In Dominican Republic is very important to know exactly the Dominican names of each thing!!!

Some vocabularies that you can ad in your Dominican Spanish Dictionary
Post office of Puerto Plata. Inside of the Post Office you can read "Entregas de colis posta" and "Envio de corepondencia" . In Spanish you say "Entregas de encomiendas postales" and "Envío de correspondencia".	Supermarket Tropical, Puerto Plata. Dominicans say "Distingudos clientes" instead "Distinguidos clientes".
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In the doors you can read the word HALE, Dominicans pronounce this word JALE, this is a Spanglish pronunciation. Surely when you learned Spanish, your learned that the "H" is silent, so you pronounce this word ALE. Hale means "Pull". Now in Dominican Republic you must pronounce this word "jale".

Dominicans call Guachimán the man who is employed to stand guard or keep watch (Whatchman), the spanish translation is Sereno.

Guagua o Uaua it means Omunibus, Camioneta, Camión, (Bus, Van, Pickup, Truck). In public transportation Dominicans say "voy a tomar una guagua (or uaua)".