Great Video! As an Argentinean, I would like to add two things: 1. Visit River Plate stadium, it gets filled up with 86k fans every match, it's just impressive. 2. Patagonia (Ushuaia) can be visited during winter perfectly! You may have more activities available during summer (kayaking, fishing, going to the beach, rafting, etc) but during winter you can also ski and enjoy the landscape with snow!!! Low temperatures are not extreme at all, even if you are from a warm region you'll be fine.
@@reginaarmijo6361 Hi Regina. the vibe is as usual. Cool, creative, open minded, vibrant, fancy, elegant, unpredictable, surprising and utterly seductive.
I have spent 5 months in BA and loved it! I loved the tree line streets and the European feel of the city’s architecture! I also went to Iguazu Falls and it is much better than Niagara Falls IMO. I took the boat that took you underneath the Falls. Highly recommend. I did find traveling to Argentina VERY long and expensive, as well as within the country. I don’t think native Argentines pay as much as other people. If you are a meat eater you are in heaven, if you are a vegetarian, not so much!
🖤 Thank you for this adorable video. I'm so grateful to hear someone talking about my country in such a loving and respectful way. Abrazos desde Buuenos Aires! 🇦🇷
I'm hopefully going to be going to visit my family in BA for about 3 months later this year. My cousin is coming to the US to visit and I'm going to go back with her to Argentina. I'm going to be sending myself so much cash over WesternUnion lol
Good guide. Buenos Aires food is extremely expensive nowadays. It also gets boring really quickly after a few days. Small narrow sidewalks filled with poop/trash, and smelly stuff/people.
My city (santa fe, about 6hs north of rosario and 10hs north of BA) is currently adapting its airport to get international status. Some other cities are doing this as well, this will make turist transportation a lot easier
Hi! I'm from Argentina, and I liked your video very much. But there's something that really startled me: we had to choose our language (I imagine, in the 19th century) between Spanish and Italian? Never have I read or heard anything like that before, and it's really strange actually, because, while it is true that Argentina received millions of Italian immigrants during the 1860-1920 period, it is also true that we received millions of people from Spain in the same period! What I mean is that, to the best of my knowledge, always the vast majority of the population spoke Spanish, either because they were natives living here from the "colonial times" or because they were "newly arrived" from Spain. Where did you get that info about choosing between Italian and Spanish from?
Maybe in the cities it was thought about. For example, President Milei grew up in a upper middle class Italian and other ethnic enclave, the Palermo barrio of Buenos Aires. The closest I could come to finding anything was In other words, as a second language instruction, nothing even like the Canadian two language national approach. I guess that the 4th and 5th grades of secondary school would be the equivalent of 11th and 12th grades in the US, or the ages 16 to 18 years old. Since people normally can not learn languages fluently so late in adolescence, it would at best be an educational tool. However, the video said in the 1800's and a public vote rather than a decree. However, in the hinterland, it tended to be much stronger Spanish, which is a consideration for national unity. Generally, whomever arrives first sets the rules and language. In the case of New Amsterdam [now New York] most of the people there were not Dutch speakers when the English invaded, it had only been there about 37 years, and English was about as much spoken as Dutch. And as you mention, there was a lot of immigration to Argentina from Spain throughout, too. About 1/3 at most of the total blood is Italian, most of the rest being Spanish, about 55% at least of the total dna on average, and probably more like 65%. However, nearly everyone is mixed, and about 2/3rds having some Italian, and more like 85% having at least some Spanish background. Interestingly, there is a significant and nearly completely submerged Native American and black component, but that does not come into play for the language issue, except to strengthen the use of Spanish. In the US, only about 15% to 20% of the total 'dna' is English, yet nearly everyone speaks English in normal communities, even on the border of Mexico it is normal except the recent arrivals. Most of the Irish and Welsh were at most a generation or two from speaking a Celtic language at home. They learned English (Spanish in Argentina) in school. Italian never seriously was attempted to take over the schools, though as mentioned there were and remain enclaves. Much of the south in Patagonia was and is Scottish, Welsh, English, German (Bariloche) in blood, but with the exception of the latter, Spanish is the language used. Most Argentines have considerable Spanish background in them, even in such enclaves, though again, Bariloche might be an exception. I do not know, but that is the impression. Probably the video narration is referring to the many Italian loan words that filtered in. Italian was the only other language which had a critical mass of input, and many rose later up to the middle and upper classes, especially in the Buenos Aires region, although most of those immigrants were rather poor, from Southern Italy, and came in the early 1900's when the workmen of US, Australia, and Argentina were the best paid of any in the world -- plus Argentina spoke a fellow Romance language that would only take a few months to learn tolerably well. Finally, Italians would live in a fellow Roman Catholic state, unlike in the US or Australia. Keep in mind that most Italian immigrants were illiterate and only spoke their regional dialect, so a free school with reading and writing was eagerly accepted. Article 25 of the current Argentine constitution states that: "The federal government will encourage European immigration; will not be able to restrict, limit or impose any tax on the entry into Argentine territory of foreigners whose purpose is to cultivate the land, improve industries, introduce and teach the sciences and the arts." Nothing about language there, and this was inserted in 1852 or so as recalled. Other groups (like French) were often upper classes, yet the numbers were also small in comparison to the big two language influxes. English also likely has a lot of loan words, but that is world wide and the British representation has been diluted over time. I could not find such a proposed law, and the fact that the immigration was gradual makes it look highly suspect. Perhaps in a regional area, but again, I have not found it. There was, and still is, a commonly held saying that a similar proposal to speak German was offered around 1790, however, the books I have read said that is a false story. Ben Franklin railed of people keeping their language in his native Pennsylvania, but it was apparently never offered as such. There were periodic attempts to distance themselves from English spelling, though, and some English institutions, but the law was left out of this. Hamilton or some one like him suggested inviting the able ruler of Prussia, Frederick the Great, to be King of America, but that was not really an option on either side, no matter how well thought of that monarch was back then. Universal education was successfully codified in the 1884 Argentinian law for Buenos Aires, the fourth country in the Americas to do so (some states in America, provinces in Canada, and parts of Uruguay). You could choose the language of instruction, but publicly paid efforts were appear to have only been in Spanish. This became an issue in WWI as some Germans were fired from their French or British owned companies, and could not pay the tuition for a bilingual education, or to donate to the same. All this video said was that in the 1800's a law was proposed but voted down. I highly doubt it was nationwide in scope, and rather that local school districts having public funds allocated could decide, which would be a very different animal. Also of note, probably the actual per year students of Italian parents was likely fairly low even in Buenos Aires, as the immigration was steady and not spiked, plus Spanish was heavy throughout. If such a law was voted upon, then we should at least have the exact date. None has been given, apparently. Otherwise it sounds just like a vague rumor. ============================== From Reddit: "Argentinian history teacher here. What you have to keep in mind is that while certainly massive, Italian migration to the country was not a sudden event, but rather a long process that lasted more than a century (starting roughly at the mid XIX century up until the 1950s). The Italian migrants that gradually arrived to the country were surrounded by the local population and had to deal with local authorities, which spoke Spanish, and mostly adapted to local practices. Moreover, Italians themselves more often than not didn't even speak what we'd identify as Italian, but rather many diverse regional dialects (Piedmontese, Venetian, Genoese, Neapolitan, etc.). Add to that the mass of immigrants from other countries (Spanish, Germans, Syrio-Lebanese, polish, etc.), and the strong emphasis placed by the Argentine national government on mass public schooling and conscription (very openly used as tools to integrate the diverse population to the nascent "Argentinian" national identity), and then it isn't as surprising that Spanish remained the dominant language in the country, being both the official language of government and the de facto lingua franca between the diverse groups present at the country."
Great video. The information about never using cards to pay for anything is outdated, it is actually currently a little bit better to pay with credit or debit cards if you can (January 2024)
I live in Rosario and the "fame" of a dangerous city is exaggerated, it is dangerous for those who visit or live on the outskirts of the city. So no, Rosario is not dangerous for tourists, no more than Buenos Aires.
Rosario is an atypical city because it is the largest and richest in the province of Santa Fe, but it is not its capital, this influences the control that the municipality has over the police. It also has one of the busiest ports in Latin America and there is a large influx of illegal foreigners. In any case, it is very far from the crime rates of Mexico, Colombia, or any other country in L.A., within the parameters of Argentina it is high, similar to some countries in Europe or the USA.
It is a little more dangerous than Buenos Aires but by NO measure one of the most dangerous cities in Latin America.. I don't know what this guy is smoking, but just by looking at statistics, you can see how absolutely ridiculous that statement is.
Argentins es un paraoso. Bellesa. Gente. Dolidaroa afable. Elvpais nobesta. En su mejor momento. Pero. Lograra brillar. Recurso tiene. Butn haser de todos. Sera posible. Me encanta escuhsr. Como despuerta. Censaciones. Mi pais. Es hermoso. Me llena de sastofscion escihsrte. Abrazo. Y buelve a visotsrnos te resibiremos. Con los brazos avierto. Bsjo el cielo qe no s cubre. Gracias. Amigo 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🧔🇦🇷🐦🙏🥰🥰🥰
The main difference between argentine spanish and spanish from the rest of the world isn't the LL vs SH, that's anecdotal. The main difference is that the entire second person, singular verb conjugations are entirely different because of the use of instead of . Also, you said "mendoza, in the east", when it's actually in the west. Finally, on food you missed the ice cream :(
Hi Pierce, you said you live in LA. I live in Monterey Park. When you have time I would like to take you out to eat and ask you questions about your trip to Buenos Aires. I plan to go for two weeks at the end of this year. Thanks Steve
Hi Steve, that's really nice of you. I actually live in Italy now, if you'd like to book a travel consulting session, you definitely can if you follow my link in bio!
Lunfardo is the argentinian word for Slang, comes from the spanish-italian interaction , specifically from the italians from Lombardia. Lunfardo-Lombardo
Love you videos, but i must tell you that Argentina have a little more than 40 million people, the capital city of Buenos Aires (Federal district) have 3 million people, and the Province of Buenos Aires have 16.6 million people (so in total is almost 20 million), Cordoba have 5 million people in the province, but the city of cordoba have 2,5 million. The city of cordoba is really big. The Conurbano zone that sorrounds the city of Buenos Aires have more population that the Federal district itself and its part of the province, the province itsef is big as Germany and is all well populated, but the most dense populated zone is the "AMBA" zone wich includes both city of Buenos Aires and the conurbano zone wich includes a lot of citys (Is a metroploli)
Hola amigo, gracias por tu video. Esta muy bien documentado. La bebida que tomaste al final, se llama "Fernet". Nadie en Argentina lo toma solo porque es muy feo. Debes ponerle "Fernet" con "Coca Cola" mas o menos un 20% de fernet. Así quedara un poco más dulce. Aunque debo reconocer que es un gusto adquirido, recien te empieza a gustar cuando tomas muchas veces. Saludos desde cordoba argentina. _______________ Hello friend, thank you for your video. It's very well documented. The drink you had at the end is called "Fernet." Nobody in Argentina drinks it straight because it tastes really bad. You should mix it with "Coca Cola," approximately 20% of Fernet. That way, it will be a little sweeter. Although I must admit that it's an acquired taste, you start liking it after having it many times. Greetings from Córdoba, Argentina.
I don't get people describing being in a country for 5 weeks as 'living there'... have seen this in a number of travel videos such as living in Bali '2 months' Tulum etc... It's just a decent sized holiday
Hello. We enjoyed your video. Going to S America for a month. I’m planning to buy flights as we go. I didnot follow how to save money buying ticket if not with my Visa. Can you please help to stretch our money there? Are airb & b safe? Thanks. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for this video. Do you mind to post in which shop did you purchase the tourist sim card? How much did you spend? On a different note: what about renting a car for travelling across Argentina (3 weeks). Thanks
I plan to visit Argentina and Patagonia in April 2025 in a group of 7 people. Is there a way to purchase an airline ticket in advance without being charged on the official exchange rate? I would be nervous to book and pay in cash when I am in the country.
Most of Italians that arrived to Argentina durign the inmigrations waves (mainly first part of the 20th century), didn't speak Italian, because Italian wasn't unified at that time and people didn't spoke Italian in the hole country. So, they spoke their local dialects, that were oral. The official language in Argentina was already Spanish, because was a Spanish colony, so their children and they ,learnt the official language of the country, which was and is Spanish, in the obligatory primary school. It was a State policy to teach the language and the patriotic symbols. Although there were a lot of inmigration from Italy, there were also from another countryes (Spain, Germany, Sweaden, Poland, Armenia, Rusia, Siria, Ireland, Wales etc) and everyone learnt the official language. Perhaps you are confused with "lunfardo", which is a particular way of speaking of Buenos Aires, similarto a dialect or slang, but that doesn't change the grammar, that was lately extended to the rest of the country and is the result of a mixture of languages from Spanish, Italian, native languaches, gauchesco, French, etc. Please, correct that part.
The language issue isn't that significant if you are familiar with Western Hemisphere Spanish (over 400 million speakers). If you listen to Colombian TV series you'll be well prepared. That helped me to be ready for Argentinian podcasts. Specifically, we are talking about the Rio Platanese accent (25million if you include Uruguay). Guys from other parts of Argentina, like Augustin Laje, have a different accent.
Just an add-on: Neuquén has very varied landscape for its surface area, a ridiculous amount of beautiful crystalline lakes and rivers you can swim in and enjoy, and of course the Andes. So if you're looking for something like that, there is an endless amount of almost paradise-like really unknown places, plus the southern-most corner, the tourist hotspot where literally meters across the border to Río Negro is Bariloche, so people just come and go and enioy both provinces. Imo the most beautiful beaches in Argentina are in Río Negro and Chubut, too. Avoid most Buenos Aires beaches if you're looking for quieter, less urban beaches. Can't speak for Santa Cruz or Tierra del Fuego, I've never been, but there's so many beautiful places there, too. You can't miss El Bolsón, either, especially the Blue River Canyon. Though again, I'd stay away from the more commercial route and find the beautiful more hippie-like side of it, where artisans from all around the country thrive. Honestly, like always, the more commercial touristy hotspots are just the very tip of the iceberg. There are indigenous communities aplenty all around the country, especially in and nearby the Andes (by which I mean the mountain-range, not the apparent name for the North of the country). The entire western border of the country is the Andes, and the Patagonian, Cuyo and Northern Andes are all beautiful, very different experiences, and there's what locals call pre-cordillera, very beautiful in San Rafael, Mendoza for example. So yeah. Probably ask locals for recommendations as well, they know all the best quiet spots. Probably the cheaper ones too if you're on a budget, since USD is like gold to an argentine.
We are travelling to BA in May.Can I take a USD$100 note to a Western Union Office to exchange and get pesos (at about the blur rate Thanks for any info.Corchito.
Hmm, where did the SH pronunciation come from? It's always been ZH and I spent 5 weeks in Argentina in 1980 with 3 weeks in BsAs and one in Bariloche and one in Mar Del Plata. Que decis, che?
45 minutes for a sim card? Where the heck did you go? I'm Argentinian and never in my life have I heard of such a thing... I'm pretty sure you ended up at that place in Palermo where they handle repairs and complaints, but there are hundreds of places where you can buy sim cards without waiting for more than 5 minutes. Anyway, hope you enjoyed your trip, it's a really beautiful country. **btw, there's very little Spanish architecture in Buenos Aires, most of it is either French or Italian, sometimes English. Unfortunately, most of the Spanish colonial buildings didn't survive.
Yes, you can call an Uber, however, please note that most of them won't accept credit card payments. Credit cards are a "touchy" topic in Argentina. The society is mostly cash-based. So Uber in Argentina has the option to pay cash. Make sure to mark that you can pay cash in the app, otherwise you can run into the situation of Uber drivers cancelling the trip on their end and having to wait a long time. As soon as you get to the airport, you can get pesos at the exchange booths (to the official rate, instead of the blue rate). You can do just a little bit of money, say for example $20 dollars and that should be enough to take you most places. Good luck!!
Bring the cash, with the biggest bills posible (just 100 dollars bills if you can), as those get the best exchange rate. And DON'T exchange the money at official exchange buildings. Do it at the black market in Florida street
Soy argentino: te cuento que los sueldos aquí son muy bajos. Los que ganan mejor son los economistas, los contadores,los bancarios y los empleados de empresas internacionales. Podes ofrecerte desde tu pais 20:16 como profesor de inglés en las escuelas oficiales de las embajadas de EEUU y de Gran Bretaña, pero un poco de español debes conocer...
Can I save the same amount of money just by getting Argentinian pesos here in the US from my bank? Or is there something special about western union? I’m going in March 2023 so I was just going to ask by bank for like $1000 worth of pesos
No. If you get pesos outside Argentina, you will get the official conversion rate which is nearly half of the free market rate. If you exchange 1000 USD in the US, you will get 180,000 pesos. If you go to an argentinian unofficial exchange agent (there are lots of them, particularly within downtown area), you will get 350,000 pesos. And that is today. There is a high probability that the peso will continue to loose value against us dollars, so the best thing to do is to delay exchange as far as possible. Probably in march you will get 380,000 instead of today's 350,000, or maybe even more. Hope you enjoy visiting my country!!
One correction: Spanish buildings in Buenos Aires are really rare. You can find it just in San Telmo. most of the architecture has a French (like the splendid belle epoque architecture neoclassical mainly) and a little Italian influence. But definitely not Spanish style. Good video.
There agencies were you can pay services, ,electric bill or tax. Some services offer payment by these type of agencies. " Pago facil", "Rapipago" .I think is like a pay pal kind of payment.
Big supermarkets (like "COTO") would take your money at the official rate. Exchange your bills at Florida street, instead. There are hundreds of people shouting "cambio" in that street, and they will take you to a small "office". Bring one hundred notes, as these are later sold to locals who want to save in a stronger currency, and 100s get a better exchange rate because they fit better under the mattress.
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The Blue dollar thing changed 6 months ago. Now credit cards use the Blue Dollar rate instead of the official exchange.
The MEP rate is for foreign issued Visa and Mastercard credit cards. Amex still uses the official government rate (for now).
So we no longer need to utilize Western Union for the favorable exchange rates?
Great news, thanks for the update
@@reginaarmijo6361well if you pay by credit card you get a better rate than the official one but still worse than the blue rate
This is not entirely true. Some cards and in some places, if you use your credit card, you will pay with the official exchange rate.
Great Video! As an Argentinean, I would like to add two things:
1. Visit River Plate stadium, it gets filled up with 86k fans every match, it's just impressive.
2. Patagonia (Ushuaia) can be visited during winter perfectly! You may have more activities available during summer (kayaking, fishing, going to the beach, rafting, etc) but during winter you can also ski and enjoy the landscape with snow!!! Low temperatures are not extreme at all, even if you are from a warm region you'll be fine.
I taught English in Kyiv, Ukraine for 8 years but for obvious reasons, don’t feel safe returning. I’ve decided to try Buenos Aires this time.
Hi, how is the vibe in B.A. currently?
@@reginaarmijo6361 Hi Regina. the vibe is as usual. Cool, creative, open minded, vibrant, fancy, elegant, unpredictable, surprising and utterly seductive.
@@julianmosquera2584 booking my flight ✈️ 🤗 ASAP!! ¡Gracias 💋!
I have spent 5 months in BA and loved it! I loved the tree line streets and the European feel of the city’s architecture! I also went to Iguazu Falls and it is much better than Niagara Falls IMO. I took the boat that took you underneath the Falls. Highly recommend. I did find traveling to Argentina VERY long and expensive, as well as within the country. I don’t think native Argentines pay as much as other people. If you are a meat eater you are in heaven, if you are a vegetarian, not so much!
Agreed for sure!
That's true we love so much the meat.
Fun fact: Buenos Aires was called "La Paris de Sudamérica" wich means 'The Paris of South America'
I've been here too for 4months and I really loved this city. Jah bless Argentina
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Que?en argentina pagamos todo con nuestra moneda... nl vale nada y todo es caro pero si tenes dolares todo es barato :/
🖤 Thank you for this adorable video. I'm so grateful to hear someone talking about my country in such a loving and respectful way. Abrazos desde Buuenos Aires! 🇦🇷
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. The info was presented in a really concise way. Can't wait to visit!
The most practical information available thank you for the considerable effort.
This is a great overview of Argentinian travel basics and highlights.
I'm hopefully going to be going to visit my family in BA for about 3 months later this year. My cousin is coming to the US to visit and I'm going to go back with her to Argentina. I'm going to be sending myself so much cash over WesternUnion lol
Good guide. Buenos Aires food is extremely expensive nowadays. It also gets boring really quickly after a few days. Small narrow sidewalks filled with poop/trash, and smelly stuff/people.
Very informative. I’ve just learned a few more things about Argentina.
Great to hear!
Great and informative video 10/10! Thank you so much
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This is the best channel. Thank you very much. It is really interesting to watch your videos
So nice of you
I'd just add, great videos. Very informative. Beautiful country.
Really? Even better than Brazil. Wow, as a long time traveler to Brazil, I will definitely have to check out Argentina then :)
My city (santa fe, about 6hs north of rosario and 10hs north of BA) is currently adapting its airport to get international status. Some other cities are doing this as well, this will make turist transportation a lot easier
Que genial es saber eso!
Love you video very informative and clear. Ready for more 👍
Nice video, man! I found this to be super informative/comprehensive.
Thanks Kevin!
Hi! I'm from Argentina, and I liked your video very much. But there's something that really startled me: we had to choose our language (I imagine, in the 19th century) between Spanish and Italian? Never have I read or heard anything like that before, and it's really strange actually, because, while it is true that Argentina received millions of Italian immigrants during the 1860-1920 period, it is also true that we received millions of people from Spain in the same period! What I mean is that, to the best of my knowledge, always the vast majority of the population spoke Spanish, either because they were natives living here from the "colonial times" or because they were "newly arrived" from Spain. Where did you get that info about choosing between Italian and Spanish from?
Maybe in the cities it was thought about. For example, President Milei grew up in a upper middle class Italian and other ethnic enclave, the Palermo barrio of Buenos Aires.
The closest I could come to finding anything was In other words, as a second language instruction, nothing even like the Canadian two language national approach. I guess that the 4th and 5th grades of secondary school would be the equivalent of 11th and 12th grades in the US, or the ages 16 to 18 years old. Since people normally can not learn languages fluently so late in adolescence, it would at best be an educational tool. However, the video said in the 1800's and a public vote rather than a decree.
However, in the hinterland, it tended to be much stronger Spanish, which is a consideration for national unity. Generally, whomever arrives first sets the rules and language. In the case of New Amsterdam [now New York] most of the people there were not Dutch speakers when the English invaded, it had only been there about 37 years, and English was about as much spoken as Dutch.
And as you mention, there was a lot of immigration to Argentina from Spain throughout, too. About 1/3 at most of the total blood is Italian, most of the rest being Spanish, about 55% at least of the total dna on average, and probably more like 65%. However, nearly everyone is mixed, and about 2/3rds having some Italian, and more like 85% having at least some Spanish background. Interestingly, there is a significant and nearly completely submerged Native American and black component, but that does not come into play for the language issue, except to strengthen the use of Spanish.
In the US, only about 15% to 20% of the total 'dna' is English, yet nearly everyone speaks English in normal communities, even on the border of Mexico it is normal except the recent arrivals. Most of the Irish and Welsh were at most a generation or two from speaking a Celtic language at home. They learned English (Spanish in Argentina) in school.
Italian never seriously was attempted to take over the schools, though as mentioned there were and remain enclaves. Much of the south in Patagonia was and is Scottish, Welsh, English, German (Bariloche) in blood, but with the exception of the latter, Spanish is the language used. Most Argentines have considerable Spanish background in them, even in such enclaves, though again, Bariloche might be an exception. I do not know, but that is the impression.
Probably the video narration is referring to the many Italian loan words that filtered in. Italian was the only other language which had a critical mass of input, and many rose later up to the middle and upper classes, especially in the Buenos Aires region, although most of those immigrants were rather poor, from Southern Italy, and came in the early 1900's when the workmen of US, Australia, and Argentina were the best paid of any in the world -- plus Argentina spoke a fellow Romance language that would only take a few months to learn tolerably well. Finally, Italians would live in a fellow Roman Catholic state, unlike in the US or Australia.
Keep in mind that most Italian immigrants were illiterate and only spoke their regional dialect, so a free school with reading and writing was eagerly accepted. Article 25 of the current Argentine constitution states that: "The federal government will encourage European immigration; will not be able to restrict, limit or impose any tax on the entry into Argentine territory of foreigners whose purpose is to cultivate the land, improve industries, introduce and teach the sciences and the arts." Nothing about language there, and this was inserted in 1852 or so as recalled.
Other groups (like French) were often upper classes, yet the numbers were also small in comparison to the big two language influxes. English also likely has a lot of loan words, but that is world wide and the British representation has been diluted over time.
I could not find such a proposed law, and the fact that the immigration was gradual makes it look highly suspect. Perhaps in a regional area, but again, I have not found it. There was, and still is, a commonly held saying that a similar proposal to speak German was offered around 1790, however, the books I have read said that is a false story.
Ben Franklin railed of people keeping their language in his native Pennsylvania, but it was apparently never offered as such. There were periodic attempts to distance themselves from English spelling, though, and some English institutions, but the law was left out of this. Hamilton or some one like him suggested inviting the able ruler of Prussia, Frederick the Great, to be King of America, but that was not really an option on either side, no matter how well thought of that monarch was back then.
Universal education was successfully codified in the 1884 Argentinian law for Buenos Aires, the fourth country in the Americas to do so (some states in America, provinces in Canada, and parts of Uruguay). You could choose the language of instruction, but publicly paid efforts were appear to have only been in Spanish. This became an issue in WWI as some Germans were fired from their French or British owned companies, and could not pay the tuition for a bilingual education, or to donate to the same.
All this video said was that in the 1800's a law was proposed but voted down. I highly doubt it was nationwide in scope, and rather that local school districts having public funds allocated could decide, which would be a very different animal. Also of note, probably the actual per year students of Italian parents was likely fairly low even in Buenos Aires, as the immigration was steady and not spiked, plus Spanish was heavy throughout.
If such a law was voted upon, then we should at least have the exact date. None has been given, apparently. Otherwise it sounds just like a vague rumor.
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From Reddit:
"Argentinian history teacher here. What you have to keep in mind is that while certainly massive, Italian migration to the country was not a sudden event, but rather a long process that lasted more than a century (starting roughly at the mid XIX century up until the 1950s). The Italian migrants that gradually arrived to the country were surrounded by the local population and had to deal with local authorities, which spoke Spanish, and mostly adapted to local practices.
Moreover, Italians themselves more often than not didn't even speak what we'd identify as Italian, but rather many diverse regional dialects (Piedmontese, Venetian, Genoese, Neapolitan, etc.). Add to that the mass of immigrants from other countries (Spanish, Germans, Syrio-Lebanese, polish, etc.), and the strong emphasis placed by the Argentine national government on mass public schooling and conscription (very openly used as tools to integrate the diverse population to the nascent "Argentinian" national identity), and then it isn't as surprising that Spanish remained the dominant language in the country, being both the official language of government and the de facto lingua franca between the diverse groups present at the country."
@@felixlamanada6111 seguro se confundio con estados unidos? Les paso pero con aleman/ingles
Very informative. Thank you!
Thanks for this video. Super helpful
ATMs work close enough to the Dolar Blue now in Nov2023, so the info at 5:12 is outdated
Great video. The information about never using cards to pay for anything is outdated, it is actually currently a little bit better to pay with credit or debit cards if you can (January 2024)
I live in Rosario and the "fame" of a dangerous city is exaggerated, it is dangerous for those who visit or live on the outskirts of the city.
So no, Rosario is not dangerous for tourists, no more than Buenos Aires.
And I av a friend inviting me to your city wow
Rosario is an atypical city because it is the largest and richest in the province of Santa Fe, but it is not its capital, this influences the control that the municipality has over the police. It also has one of the busiest ports in Latin America and there is a large influx of illegal foreigners. In any case, it is very far from the crime rates of Mexico, Colombia, or any other country in L.A., within the parameters of Argentina it is high, similar to some countries in Europe or the USA.
It is a little more dangerous than Buenos Aires but by NO measure one of the most dangerous cities in Latin America.. I don't know what this guy is smoking, but just by looking at statistics, you can see how absolutely ridiculous that statement is.
Definitely on my bucket list to visit Argentina. I recently heard that the exchange rate is more like 1000 to $1.
Argentins es un paraoso. Bellesa. Gente. Dolidaroa afable. Elvpais nobesta. En su mejor momento. Pero. Lograra brillar. Recurso tiene. Butn haser de todos. Sera posible. Me encanta escuhsr. Como despuerta. Censaciones. Mi pais. Es hermoso. Me llena de sastofscion escihsrte. Abrazo. Y buelve a visotsrnos te resibiremos. Con los brazos avierto. Bsjo el cielo qe no s cubre. Gracias. Amigo 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🧔🇦🇷🐦🙏🥰🥰🥰
The main difference between argentine spanish and spanish from the rest of the world isn't the LL vs SH, that's anecdotal. The main difference is that the entire second person, singular verb conjugations are entirely different because of the use of instead of .
Also, you said "mendoza, in the east", when it's actually in the west.
Finally, on food you missed the ice cream :(
Why not just say something nice, or maybe, "thank you" for the video.
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17:50 Shushuy 😂😂😂 love it
Great! love your style
I live in Ecuador. Believe me, if you're missing out on indigenous food you're not missing much.
" Bonaerenses" is the people from Buenos Aires province , and " porteños" if you are from the Buenos Aires city ( the capital of the country).
Make sure to also plan a rural polo gateaway with us!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏A great video !
Te felicito !
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Olivos, Buenos Aires
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We love good visitors
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Quite insightful. Thanks!
Hi Pierce, you said you live in LA. I live in Monterey Park. When you have time I would like to take you out to eat and ask you questions about your trip to Buenos Aires. I plan to go for two weeks at the end of this year. Thanks Steve
Hi Steve, that's really nice of you. I actually live in Italy now, if you'd like to book a travel consulting session, you definitely can if you follow my link in bio!
Thanks
Lunfardo is the argentinian word for Slang, comes from the spanish-italian interaction , specifically from the italians from Lombardia.
Lunfardo-Lombardo
Love you videos, but i must tell you that Argentina have a little more than 40 million people, the capital city of Buenos Aires (Federal district) have 3 million people, and the Province of Buenos Aires have 16.6 million people (so in total is almost 20 million), Cordoba have 5 million people in the province, but the city of cordoba have 2,5 million. The city of cordoba is really big. The Conurbano zone that sorrounds the city of Buenos Aires have more population that the Federal district itself and its part of the province, the province itsef is big as Germany and is all well populated, but the most dense populated zone is the "AMBA" zone wich includes both city of Buenos Aires and the conurbano zone wich includes a lot of citys (Is a metroploli)
I was there in 2010 , I may go back this winter . I am leery though of carrying 4 grand cash from hotel to hotel .
Hola amigo, gracias por tu video. Esta muy bien documentado.
La bebida que tomaste al final, se llama "Fernet".
Nadie en Argentina lo toma solo porque es muy feo.
Debes ponerle "Fernet" con "Coca Cola" mas o menos un 20% de fernet. Así quedara un poco más dulce. Aunque debo reconocer que es un gusto adquirido, recien te empieza a gustar cuando tomas muchas veces.
Saludos desde cordoba argentina.
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Hello friend, thank you for your video. It's very well documented.
The drink you had at the end is called "Fernet."
Nobody in Argentina drinks it straight because it tastes really bad.
You should mix it with "Coca Cola," approximately 20% of Fernet. That way, it will be a little sweeter. Although I must admit that it's an acquired taste, you start liking it after having it many times.
Greetings from Córdoba, Argentina.
Well done!! Thank you!
Great video. Argentine amazing!
I don't get people describing being in a country for 5 weeks as 'living there'... have seen this in a number of travel videos such as living in Bali '2 months' Tulum etc... It's just a decent sized holiday
You're wrong regarding use of credit/debit cards. The exchange rate for foreign issued cards is similar to the blue exchange rate.
Where is the link? Link about exchange rate you said you would provide, I can’t find it!
Still waiting..
nice video apart from the heavy boom music in the background.
Hello. We enjoyed your video. Going to S America for a month. I’m planning to buy flights as we go. I didnot follow how to save money buying ticket if not with my Visa. Can you please help to stretch our money there? Are airb & b safe?
Thanks. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
From 🇷🇺 with ❤️!
thanks . this is a useful video but i hate background music in videos
Thanks for this video. Do you mind to post in which shop did you purchase the tourist sim card? How much did you spend? On a different note: what about renting a car for travelling across Argentina (3 weeks). Thanks
The information about card payment rates was already out of date by the time this video was published unfortunately. Worth updating the description...
Update, the blue dollar is currently almost 700 pesos.
Does that mean if I got with 200 bucks I'm rich over there? Lol
Not Cities, you are mentioning states to be far. I didn't have any idea about the choice of Italian or Spanish.
What about mealtimes and number of meals a day?🧐
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Im in BA now. What specifically (aside from Tango, soccer, and parilla) is worth seeing or doing?
I plan to visit Argentina and Patagonia in April 2025 in a group of 7 people. Is there a way to purchase an airline ticket in advance without being charged on the official exchange rate? I would be nervous to book and pay in cash when I am in the country.
Aug 2024, the blue dollar is now worth about $1450.
Hi I am planning to go end of July for 2 weeks. Is there any soccer matches during this season? Thanks for your video by the way
Most of Italians that arrived to Argentina durign the inmigrations waves (mainly first part of the 20th century), didn't speak Italian, because Italian wasn't unified at that time and people didn't spoke Italian in the hole country. So, they spoke their local dialects, that were oral. The official language in Argentina was already Spanish, because was a Spanish colony, so their children and they ,learnt the official language of the country, which was and is Spanish, in the obligatory primary school. It was a State policy to teach the language and the patriotic symbols. Although there were a lot of inmigration from Italy, there were also from another countryes (Spain, Germany, Sweaden, Poland, Armenia, Rusia, Siria, Ireland, Wales etc) and everyone learnt the official language. Perhaps you are confused with "lunfardo", which is a particular way of speaking of Buenos Aires, similarto a dialect or slang, but that doesn't change the grammar, that was lately extended to the rest of the country and is the result of a mixture of languages from Spanish, Italian, native languaches, gauchesco, French, etc. Please, correct that part.
The language issue isn't that significant if you are familiar with Western Hemisphere Spanish (over 400 million speakers). If you listen to Colombian TV series you'll be well prepared. That helped me to be ready for Argentinian podcasts. Specifically, we are talking about the Rio Platanese accent (25million if you include Uruguay). Guys from other parts of Argentina, like Augustin Laje, have a different accent.
Just an add-on:
Neuquén has very varied landscape for its surface area, a ridiculous amount of beautiful crystalline lakes and rivers you can swim in and enjoy, and of course the Andes. So if you're looking for something like that, there is an endless amount of almost paradise-like really unknown places, plus the southern-most corner, the tourist hotspot where literally meters across the border to Río Negro is Bariloche, so people just come and go and enioy both provinces.
Imo the most beautiful beaches in Argentina are in Río Negro and Chubut, too. Avoid most Buenos Aires beaches if you're looking for quieter, less urban beaches. Can't speak for Santa Cruz or Tierra del Fuego, I've never been, but there's so many beautiful places there, too.
You can't miss El Bolsón, either, especially the Blue River Canyon. Though again, I'd stay away from the more commercial route and find the beautiful more hippie-like side of it, where artisans from all around the country thrive.
Honestly, like always, the more commercial touristy hotspots are just the very tip of the iceberg. There are indigenous communities aplenty all around the country, especially in and nearby the Andes (by which I mean the mountain-range, not the apparent name for the North of the country). The entire western border of the country is the Andes, and the Patagonian, Cuyo and Northern Andes are all beautiful, very different experiences, and there's what locals call pre-cordillera, very beautiful in San Rafael, Mendoza for example.
So yeah. Probably ask locals for recommendations as well, they know all the best quiet spots. Probably the cheaper ones too if you're on a budget, since USD is like gold to an argentine.
We are travelling to BA in May.Can I take a USD$100 note to a Western Union Office to exchange and get pesos (at about the blur rate Thanks for any info.Corchito.
Wherefrom did you get the notion that there was ever a vote to decide between Spanish and Italian in Argentina?
Hello so if I send myself money through money gram, do I pick it up on any location with money gram in Buenos Aires? thanks in advance
could you explain bit more on how western union exchange work?
nice video great explanation
Thanks so much!
I’m visiting in December.
Cool over 16 million right ✅️
Ok I'm sold.
Buenos Aires city (CABA) has over 3 million inhabitants.
Bravo !
Do they yield for pedestrians? If so, it is the only Latin America country that I know of that does.
Hmm it was hard to follow the money section you kind of talk fast 😮
Hmm, where did the SH pronunciation come from? It's always been ZH and I spent 5 weeks in Argentina in 1980 with 3 weeks in BsAs and one in Bariloche and one in Mar Del Plata.
Que decis, che?
You said just get a ticket and come but do they not requir an onward ticket?
this is great. You do need a lavalier mic though Pierce, for these talking head videos. The echo was murder.
taken into consideration!
Today $1 us is 862 ARS, 6 April 2024.
thank you!
The most beautiful areas of Buenos Aires city are Recoleta, Palermo, Belgrano and Retiro.
I enjoyed the walking versions more. This room has lots of echo.Very informative nonetheless!
Getting a better mic soon
I'm a us citizen and i was thinking in visiting does anyone know if im good to travel with just my us citizen passport?
45 minutes for a sim card? Where the heck did you go? I'm Argentinian and never in my life have I heard of such a thing... I'm pretty sure you ended up at that place in Palermo where they handle repairs and complaints, but there are hundreds of places where you can buy sim cards without waiting for more than 5 minutes. Anyway, hope you enjoyed your trip, it's a really beautiful country.
**btw, there's very little Spanish architecture in Buenos Aires, most of it is either French or Italian, sometimes English. Unfortunately, most of the Spanish colonial buildings didn't survive.
Am I able to call Uber from eze airport? Or is it not allowed?
Yes, you can call an Uber, however, please note that most of them won't accept credit card payments. Credit cards are a "touchy" topic in Argentina. The society is mostly cash-based. So Uber in Argentina has the option to pay cash. Make sure to mark that you can pay cash in the app, otherwise you can run into the situation of Uber drivers cancelling the trip on their end and having to wait a long time.
As soon as you get to the airport, you can get pesos at the exchange booths (to the official rate, instead of the blue rate). You can do just a little bit of money, say for example $20 dollars and that should be enough to take you most places. Good luck!!
YOU CAN NOW GET THE BEST EXCHANGE IN ARGENTINA BY PAYING WITH INTERNATIONAL CREDIT CARDS!
not better than dollar blue still ?
Did they ask for travel insurance 🤔 when you flew in
You are misinformed regarding using credit cards (Visa and Mastercard). Rules changed in Nov 2022.
Why wouldn’t you buy a sim card simply at any kiosko? Don’t need ID like at a service provider office
have you done a video on fnding an apartment>???
Now using foreign credit card will give tourist a fair rate , with visa or MasterCard
Still not better then the "dollar blue" while exchanging cash USDs
Would you recommend taking cash to Argentina and having it exchanged to Argentinian pesos?
thanks so much! If we bring US cash in April, where is the best place to exchange in BA?
Bring the cash, with the biggest bills posible (just 100 dollars bills if you can), as those get the best exchange rate. And DON'T exchange the money at official exchange buildings. Do it at the black market in Florida street
Is Argentina ok for a job search as English speaking foreigner? And what is best to search for a job pls?
Soy argentino: te cuento que los sueldos aquí son muy bajos. Los que ganan mejor son los economistas, los contadores,los bancarios y los empleados de empresas internacionales. Podes ofrecerte desde tu pais 20:16 como profesor de inglés en las escuelas oficiales de las embajadas de EEUU y de Gran Bretaña, pero un poco de español debes conocer...
Can I save the same amount of money just by getting Argentinian pesos here in the US from my bank? Or is there something special about western union? I’m going in March 2023 so I was just going to ask by bank for like $1000 worth of pesos
No. If you get pesos outside Argentina, you will get the official conversion rate which is nearly half of the free market rate. If you exchange 1000 USD in the US, you will get 180,000 pesos. If you go to an argentinian unofficial exchange agent (there are lots of them, particularly within downtown area), you will get 350,000 pesos. And that is today. There is a high probability that the peso will continue to loose value against us dollars, so the best thing to do is to delay exchange as far as possible. Probably in march you will get 380,000 instead of today's 350,000, or maybe even more. Hope you enjoy visiting my country!!
@@guillermomansilla6018 thanks for the advice!
you need to just take $100 bills in cash and exchange it there at las "cuevas" You get the best rate.
Cheers
One correction: Spanish buildings in Buenos Aires are really rare. You can find it just in San Telmo. most of the architecture has a French (like the splendid belle epoque architecture neoclassical mainly) and a little Italian influence. But definitely not Spanish style. Good video.
Cool video! Just one thing: River Plate>Boca Jrs. ;)
Gracias al muñeco ya somos más famosos que los primos, que lo único que les está quedando es ser un lugar turístico 😢😢
what is "pago facil" ?????????????
There agencies were you can pay services, ,electric bill or tax. Some services offer payment by these type of agencies. " Pago facil", "Rapipago" .I think is like a pay pal kind of payment.
Can one use American currency in argentina??
Big supermarkets (like "COTO") would take your money at the official rate. Exchange your bills at Florida street, instead. There are hundreds of people shouting "cambio" in that street, and they will take you to a small "office". Bring one hundred notes, as these are later sold to locals who want to save in a stronger currency, and 100s get a better exchange rate because they fit better under the mattress.
Yes. But some places will only accept argentine Peso.