Learn Bolivian Spanish in La Paz
La Paz Spanish is clear and gentle, softening requests with pues and nomás and using diminutives everywhere. At the market you're casero or casera, and you might get a yapa, a little extra, with your shopping.
In Solvelingua you move to La Paz, find a home in Sopocachi, and learn Bolivian Spanish the way people there speak it: by talking with the baker, your landlord, your boss and your friends, by voice or by typing. Everyone remembers you, and gentle feedback after each conversation shows what to say next time.
What you'll hear in La Paz
Answering the phone
¿Aló?
Polite and friendly “you”
usted with strangers, tú with friends
Courtesies
con permiso, pase nomás and con mucho gusto
Money
Bolivianos
Local words and slang
- ya
- pues
- nomás
- ¿ya?
- chango
- harto
- jallalla
- pucha
- la yapa
- jailón
Where you'll live
- Sopocachi: Leafy streets of old houses and new blocks, cafés and bookshops round the Plaza Abaroa, and the Montículo's view of Illimani.
You can play in English and Portuguese: menus, feedback, lessons and translations come in the language you pick.
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