Comment from ben

by the way, that looks like Brazilian in the subtitles at the very end where she is talking….

Comment from Kjersti (Realaficionada21)

I noticed an accent when Mercedes pronounced her ‘r’s. ‘rr’, and some ‘r en posición inicial’ also. She also seemed to aspirated some of her ‘s’. I find that is common in the Carribean region and possibly in Andalucia if I remember correctly. En algunos lugares “se comen los ‘s’es”.

It is a beautiful song!

Comment from Marten

I noticed that Argentines pronounce the ‘y’ as ‘dzj’, e.g.
playa = ‘pladzja’.
For people interested in an overview of all Sosa’s work, email me and I send it to you.
M.

Comment from Al

Qué bonita! De qué año es?

Her songs are beautiful. I especially like her singing of “Duerme, Duerme, Negrito”. Gracias a la vida, this one, is nice, too.

Thank you for posting, Marina and Ben!

Comment from pj

how do I email you Marten? I would love to have an overview

Comment from marten

PS: My email is x563334@hotmail.com

Comment from Suzanne

This is probably one of my most favorite songs. I get chills every time I hear it!

Comment from Edith

Beautiful! This is the kind of music I really love. By the way, how old is this video? She looks so radiant and young! Unfortunately she seems to be suffering from a number of health problems these days, which have made her grow old in a very short time. But she is still a great singer, and one of my favorites!

Comment from mafalda

Wow, a very nice song! I’m already trying to learn some more of the argentine spanish… it’s a bit difficult sometimes, but I love it. Here you can find a diccionario Argentina-Española: http://www.elcastellano.org/miyara/index.html

Comment from marten

another great song of sosa:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIcO63ros-Q

NB: the video is set in peru/bolivia, at lago titicaca.

Comment from Sendai

For me it’s hard to hear an accent when someone is singing. I think that singing tends to neutralized one’s accent.

In any case, her rr is definitely not from Buenos Aires. It sounds like she’s from the north of Argentina. (I just checked, and indeed she’s from Tucumán.)