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I have seen several South American Spanish speakers use the phrase "jajajaja"-
Is the same as saying "hahaha" in English ?
If so is it also used by European Spanish speakers ?
Nov 3, 2008 3:24 PM
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tu pregunta es curiosa porque ya me di cuenta que cada vez que digo "jajajajaja", usualmente las personas no hispanohablante me preguntan que que significa; igual nosotros en un comienzo no entenderiamos el "hahahaha"; lo que sucede alli es que la /h/ y la /j/ aunque son diferentes morfemas tienen la misma equivalencia fonologica del ingles al español.
En otras palabras son letras diferentes pero que se pronuncian igual (en algunos casos) en el ingles y el español, entonces "jajajajaja" se pronuncia igual que "hahahaha" solo se diferencian en su escritura ;-)
November 4, 2008
1
Letter "j"(jota) sounds as kh, jajaja-hahaha
This doesn't change it is used by both spaniards and latin americans.
November 4, 2008
1
>I have seen several South American Spanish speakers use the phrase "jajajaja"-
>Is the same as saying "hahaha" in English ?
Yes means the same
>If so is it also used by European Spanish speakers ?
Yeah, here in spanish we use too "jajaja"
November 3, 2008
jajaja, jejeje. Most people use it just 3 times. But some time we like to make clear that something was hilarious! jajajajajajajajajaja!
November 9, 2008
YES! JAJAJA
November 5, 2008
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