How to Say ‘I went to dance salsa with my cousins.’ in Mexican Spanish
Fui a bailar salsa con mis primas.
fwee ah bai-LAR SAHL-sah kohn mees PREE-mahs
[fwee ah bai-LAR SAHL-sah kohn mees PREE-mahs]
Phrase Breakdown
Fui a bailar salsa
fwee ah bai-LAR SAHL-sah
I went salsa dancing
Says what you did, in the past tense. Keep 'fui a' linked together and stress 'bai-LAR' and 'SAL-sa'.
El sábado fui a bailar salsa.
On Saturday I went salsa dancing.
Words in this phrase
Fui
[fwee]
I went
Past tense of 'ir' (to go), first person singular.
Ayer fui al cine.
Yesterday I went to the movies.
a
[ah]
to
Preposition used before a person as the object of introduction.
Voy a a la mesa de empresas internacionales.
I'm going to the table of international companies.
bailar
[bai-LAR]
to dance
Infinitive verb meaning to dance.
Me encanta bailar salsa.
I love to dance salsa.
salsa
[SAHL-sah]
salsa (dance)
A lively Latin dance and music style.
Me gusta bailar salsa.
I like to dance salsa.
con mis primas.
kohn mees PREE-mahs
with my cousins.
Says who you went with. Pause briefly before it, then let your voice fall at the end because it's a statement.
Fui al cine con mis primas.
I went to the movies with my cousins.
Words in this phrase
con
[kohn]
with
Preposition meaning 'with'; shows accompaniment or a characteristic.
Con experiencia puedes aspirar a más.
With experience, you can aim for more.
mis
[mees]
my
Plural possessive 'my', used with plural nouns.
Mis padres son de Puebla.
My parents are from Puebla.
primas
[PREE-mahs]
female cousins
Plural of 'prima', a female cousin.
Mis primas viven en Puebla.
My cousins live in Puebla.
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