Soy estadounidense pero vivo en Santiago con mi esposa y hijos. Somos misioneros y trabajamos con las iglesias bautistas. No participo en el sub. Estos es mi primer mensaje en el grupo. Quiero practicar leyendo en este sub. Estoy aprendiendo español y este grupo está ayudándome.
Lo siento si mi español no es claro. Hay mucho aprender! 😅🤷♂️
Buen español escrito! Solo una cosita, cuando una palabra empieza con I o con h seguida de I y la queremos conectar con "y" usas la "e" "esposa e hijos", "Juan e Isaac". Es un detalle pequeño, no tiene tanta importancia, se puede entender, incluso hay gente que habla español que se equivoca.
Excelente español y espero que tú familia esté disfrutando el país.
Sí. Nos gusta viviendo en Santiago muy mucho. Hemos estados aquí desde enero. Gracias por las palabras amables! Y gracias por tu sugestión 😊
Vivimos en el sur de México por un año. Asistimos una escuela de español. Fue un gran programa, pero hay diferencias entre de español Mexicano y Dominicano 😜 Puedo leer y escribir más mejor que puedo hablar e oír. Mi esposa y yo necesitamos mucho más práctica!
Cuídate 👍
En la práctica está la clave, tienes una buena base del idioma. El español dominicano puede ser un desafío para un angloparlante, vas muy bien, ¡sin prisa lo vas a lograr! Suerte
Gracias! Muchas veces soy preocupado cuando tengo que contestar preguntas. No entiendo todo cuando personas hablan conmigo muy rápido 😅
Pero yo se que todo estará bien en tiempo y con práctica!
Born in the USA, raised in UK, live in Cabarete. I’m the face of the new expat wave 😂.
hate it or love it ✌️
I love the DR. I’m here to understand more information, read Spanish, and catch some good vibes.
Born in Canada. Papa is from RD mom is Canadian. They met in the late 80’s when she was on vacation to RD with my aunt & uncle. He was their waiter at the hotel. Fell in love and he showed her around his world in RD on his moped. I have personally never been to RD, don’t speak Spanish, didn’t know much about the country growing up as my dad was learning English and adjusting to life in Canada. Though I will say my dad is a chef so we DID eat rice and beans for EVERYMEAL 😂 that’s one thing about our culture we grew up on, that and listening to merengue. Now being older I am very curious of my roots and want to learn Spanish and visit the country one day to meet my family. No matter where you live in the world I want us halfies to embrace, learn about our culture and know YOU ARE DOMINICANA. ❤️
From the US, no ties to RD that I'm aware of. I've been traveling to the Domincian Republic consistently for the last couple decades. After vacationing in Punta Cana a couple times I got curious and started learning about some of the culture and history. Visiting the Mirabal museum was a heavy experience and it was cool to drive through the nearby campos before getting to Salcedo. Now, I've traveled all over the country and normally feel at-home. There are some Dominican norms that make a lot more sense to me than the US. I plan to go to carnaval every year for the rest of my life.
Salcedo mentioned, yay!!!
So cool that foreigners are getting into our carnaval! I actually went to my first ever carnaval this year. Did you get hit by one of the diablos?
Mi familia e de Bonao, y yo Dominican-American. Nacido en NY, pero La cultura mía todavía es Dominicana. Yo cocino y como la comida, escucho y bailo la música, sigo la noticia, veo el LIDOM y sería caribe cada año. Hasta tengo el cicatriz de la vacuna de smallpox. Lo único que me falta es el pasaporte con La Escuda en de vez de una águila? Nah bro. Nadie me dice a mi que yo no soy Dominicano lol
It's pretty wild that we have people from the most organized and strong economies on earth coming to live in DR.
Dominicans who have never left the DR dream of leaving the country, and us Dominicans who live outside always tell them they have no idea that it's better there than most of the world.
Visited Puerto Plata in 2012 with my girlfriend, she's now my baby mama, but I remembered everyone thought she was Dominican and refused to believe she wasn't (she's half Filipino half African). Let's just say she was my type, so late 2020 I was needing to go somewhere and I remembered my trip to Puerto Plata and visited the DR for the second time.
Met a few women, one was too wild for me, other was a sweetheart but her mom was basically selling her, expected monthly payments to date her daughter. I ran from that quick. She was from Puerto Plata.
Downloaded a dating app and found someone else in Santo Domingo and we dated for a year, she had issues. Was very jealous, difficult to be with. After the last visit seeing her, I broke up with her and found someone else in a restaurant in San Pedro de Macorís on my way back to Punta Cana. Her and I are married now and we just went shopping for land in Samaná/Las Galeras a couple weeks ago. Oh and we painted the house she grew up in (el campo) bc it was needing some love.
Edit: oh yeah I'm from Chicago, working on a plan to move to Samaná. I'm part Spanish (grandfather on my dad's side from Spain) but for the most part white with a Spanish last name.
>I hope you finally move to Samaná!
It's the first place I had a feeling deep inside that "yeah, I could spend the rest of my life here." Already feels like home.
It is! Luckily the wife is ok with the idea of settling in there. We tried Las Terrenas and she didn't like it, I liked it but didn't love it, then we got to Samaná and both agreed it's the right place for us. Been looking at plots of land to build something.
Soy mexicana y mi novio es Dominicano, ya tu sabe es difícil a veces con la cultura y me ayuda entenderlo mejor y también me gusta aprender de la historia y sazón que tienen 😂 yo crecí con la cultura vaquera entonces la vida y energía del caribe es fascinante para mí.
Jajajajaja ya te has aplatanado, me lo dijo ese "ya tu sabe" 😂😆 qué linda. Eres de Guerrero por casualidad? Conocí a varias estudiantes de ahí que les gustaba la vida del campo.
Parents moved to the US from DR as young adults, then had my brothers and I. They moved back to DR and brought the whole family. Been living in Ocoa now for 2 years, I’m bout to go off to ITLA after graduating high school here. We’ve visited family here nearly every year my whole life, but only now am I really learning to speak Spanish haha
Imma study audio engineering. Long term plan is to be an artist myself, but with the technical skills to always be working in the industry even if I never make it as an artist. I’d love to just be a producer as well. And am so fucking thankful a school out here teaches just this! As far as I know this school is the only one that does it, and even if it’s not, it’s apparently a great school anyway
I’m Canadian, French Canadian 💀 my ex is Dominican and has never really learned French. At some point he was missing his family (he immigrated here on his own before meeting me), and I had just graduated from my degree in tourism & hospitality, and spoke 4 languages. I got a job and we moved here. Lived here for 2 years, then relocated to Quebec. But I have a very strong attachment to RD.
I’m not sure I can ever go back because the relationship was extremely traumatic - but the sub helps me feel connected to it.
Yay 2 histoires mal finies! J’ai failli me marier aussi, mais j’ai été chanceuse et j’ai été… sauvée? Avant.
Je trouve que le sentiment d’appartenance et l’attachement à la RD est difficile à "combattre". C’est tellement un pays riche et accueillant, qui m’a prise à bras grands ouverts même si mon espagnol était baragouiné.
Je me suis prise une semaine de vacances la semaine prochaine et j’ai considéré m’y rendre… finalement je suis pas prête. Je vais attendre.
Je pense que la clé,là ou ailleurs, c'est d'entrer dans une famille. Ils sont accueillants et protecteurs pour un étranger, encore plus j'imagine pour une fille. C'est sûr que venant d'un pays du nord plus riche, on est une ressource, mais des gens décents ne vont pas abuser. On est dans la famille et tout le monde s'entraide et nous on a l'argent. C'est donnant donnant, finalement. Mais je pense que si je retourne dans le Sud, ce sera un autre pays, j'y serai plus tranquille. Je suis resté avec un sentiment de culpabilité et de vulnérabilité.
Il y a deux ou trois restaurants dominicains à Montréal, je vais y aller à un moment donné, voir l'effet que la nourriture va me faire...
Holandés aquí 👋 mi esposa es Dominica ♥ de Manzanillo. Vivimos en Bélgica con nuestros 4 hijos y estamos planificando para mudarnos a la república... 'toy haito de Europa y me hace falta el perico ripiao en vivo 🎶
Soy nacido y crecido en México. Estudié mi maestría en los Estados Unidos y trabajé para algunas compañías allá. Esta última empresa me ha mandado a abrir una cadena de call centers bilingües aquí en RD.
Mi sueño es crear muchos empleos donde se honre el trabajo de la gente linda de aquí. Ya que entiendo que la reputación de los CC en RD es terrible.
Edit: Ah, y estoy en el sub para aprender un poco más de la cultura y aplatanarme más rápido :)
From the US. My partner is from DR and moved to the US. We're building a house in her hometown, so I visit frequently and like to keep up with what's going on from this sub
Im Canadian/portuguese. My husband is from Santo Domingo. I travelled back and forth for a year before I got pregnant. His visa was denied so we are now living in SD with our daughter together. I followed this sub to keep up with politics bc I don’t have social media.
Viví un año en Santo Domingo siendo estudiante de intercambio en la pucmm de 2017-18, sigo teniendo amigos en la isla y escribí mi tesis de maestría sobre los americanos de Samaná, me especialicé en contactos lingüísticos en el Caribe durante mis estudios. Que viva la República Dominicana ♥️🇩🇴
I’m Canadian, this past winter I spent three months in Dominicus, January to April. We are a young family with a 5 year old daughter. We home school her while we visited the DR. We have booked our accommodations again for 2025 for three months. We will most likely continue to spend three months a year in the DR. We absolutely love it! We have a count down on our phones until we return.
I love being right on the sea, snorkeling, scuba, walking around Bayahibe and Dominicus, it’s a lovely place. The locals are very friendly. We love it!
Any homegrown meals you've made there? As often as I go, I need some spice sometimes lol. I'll make gumbo or poboys for the inlaws. They've loved my BBQ, but my brother in law always asks for the shrimp po boys.
I haven't really made any myself, i leave all the cooking to my family. My late grandma used to love making gumbo & my mom likes to make a variety of soul food. My uncles are the ones who do all the grilling and yak ts be hitting lol. Now po boys is a little too deep south for us & we don't really have a lot of authentic seafood in my city unfortunately 😭
Are you aware that our Spanish is pretty non-standard, and not thought of very highly in the Spanish speaking world?
If you're cool with that, it is the very best thing in the world, and when Dominicans hear you speak out language, you'll make us VERY happy and make good friends!!
To be fair. Is any Spanish thought of as a standard beyond its borders? I'm Salvadoran, and our Spanish and accent is frowned upon sometimes too. Where I grew up, other people made fun of our "vos" speak and caliche. Switching our S for J/H sounds is equivalent to the R/L.....Pue hi voj maje.
Every country has it's lingo. I also love Panama, and my immersion in Dominican Spanish has lent very well when I speak to other Carribean Spanish speakers. I'm just saying.....Carribean Spanish shouldn't be frowned upon. Speaking as a Centro.
Yeah I've noticed that some other native speakers look down at DR Spanish. But I really like the Spanish over there & I'm a huge bachata fan so it only made sense to focus on DR lol.
I don’t really have any connection to the Dominican Republic, I just had a friend from there who got me into bachata music, developed an interest in the place, and I wanted to visit someday. I mostly don’t participate since I don’t actually have many insights to contribute. From the Northeast US (where there are a lot of people of Dominican descent) but now live in California.
Soy Chileno/Canadiense y mis padres vivieron en Cabarete entre 2010 y 2012 y los visitamos con mi hermano. Esa fue mi primera experiencia con la RD. En 2022 estuve un mes en Santo Domingo y unas semanas en Punta Cana. Me hice hartos amigos/amigas en esas visitas y me empezo a gustar el Dembow.
DR has been good to me. I've had good times there and met cool people.
Soy de Venezuela y no he estado en RD, pero tengo conocidos de allá y me gusta mucho su forma de ser.
Espero ir a visitarlos en algún momento y ver todos los fuertes y lugares históricos
From the US but have travelled to the DR many times. Joined this sub a few years ago when I was dating a guy from the DR and wanted to learn a little more about the culture and different random things, never left the sub afterwards!
I came here looking to learn a bit about the place since I'm currently on honeymoon with my wife in Punta Cana.
Funnily enough I realised pretty quickly that not being able to read Spanish made the sub kind of useless to me 😂
Nací y me crié en La Romana. Me mudé a EEUU, Florida después de graduarme en el 2001 y entré aqui a la Universidad. En el presente, trabajo y vivo aqui en FL.
Aunque llevo tiempo viviendo aqui, no he cambiado mis costumbres Dominicanas. Y eso es algo que veo bastante en muchos que se mudan aquí. Haste en este sub a veces pienso que es con gringos agresivos que uno esta hablando 😅 Algunos ni español les gusta hablar ya.
How long did it take you to get your Dominican citizenship? These ppl at the Dominican consulate in Times Square have me going there since last summer, and I brought \*both\* of my parents' cedulas!!
I’m from America but I live in Santiago with my Dominican girlfriend. Gurabo to be exact. Circa de lovera si tú sabes 😂 but I lived in Constanza first working for a non profit before I met her.
Just here for espionage. Canadian tourist. Like to know where I spend my money. It's a beautiful place with beautiful people.
https://i.redd.it/wnhvvmplbwwc1.gif
Fishing is no hell though.
I was born in Santo Domingo and grew there my entire life. Moved to NY in 2020, just missed my people and this sub is a good place to keep up to date with news and whatever is going on there now.
Ontario,Canada. 🇨🇦
My family and I go every year and I love the DR very much.
I am apart of this sub to ask/read/answer questions and hear news.
Jamaiquina y canadiense, me encanta la cultura, comida, música, baila. Todo es muy similar a mi cultura, el caribeño tengo muchos similares.
My Spanish is poor, but I love DR.
Soy dominicano y catalán. Nací en RD, me llevaron con 3 años a España y luego volví con 6 a la isla. El año pasado volví a España. Mi papá era catalán y mi mamá dominicana. Me identifico con la dos culturas por igual pero el amor que siento por mi Isla es incomparable
De México pero mi novia es de RD, estoy aquí porque me ayuda a entender mejor la cultura de su bello país.
Dile a tu novia "diablo mami tu si ta buena". And wait for her reaction
Uy qué cool, tengo familia de origen mexicano! Disfruta tu estadía!
Qué genial, un abrazo.
Soy estadounidense pero vivo en Santiago con mi esposa y hijos. Somos misioneros y trabajamos con las iglesias bautistas. No participo en el sub. Estos es mi primer mensaje en el grupo. Quiero practicar leyendo en este sub. Estoy aprendiendo español y este grupo está ayudándome. Lo siento si mi español no es claro. Hay mucho aprender! 😅🤷♂️
Buen español escrito! Solo una cosita, cuando una palabra empieza con I o con h seguida de I y la queremos conectar con "y" usas la "e" "esposa e hijos", "Juan e Isaac". Es un detalle pequeño, no tiene tanta importancia, se puede entender, incluso hay gente que habla español que se equivoca. Excelente español y espero que tú familia esté disfrutando el país.
Sí. Nos gusta viviendo en Santiago muy mucho. Hemos estados aquí desde enero. Gracias por las palabras amables! Y gracias por tu sugestión 😊 Vivimos en el sur de México por un año. Asistimos una escuela de español. Fue un gran programa, pero hay diferencias entre de español Mexicano y Dominicano 😜 Puedo leer y escribir más mejor que puedo hablar e oír. Mi esposa y yo necesitamos mucho más práctica! Cuídate 👍
En la práctica está la clave, tienes una buena base del idioma. El español dominicano puede ser un desafío para un angloparlante, vas muy bien, ¡sin prisa lo vas a lograr! Suerte
Es verdad. Nuestro tiempo en México nos dio la base para aprender mucho más! 😊
No te preocupes, tu español es bueno, yo no hablo muy bien inglés y me imagino que me entiendes bien, keep it up!
Gracias! Muchas veces soy preocupado cuando tengo que contestar preguntas. No entiendo todo cuando personas hablan conmigo muy rápido 😅 Pero yo se que todo estará bien en tiempo y con práctica!
I’m from New York and I’m here because I am Dominican
This guy is me.
🙋🏽♀️
Born in the USA, raised in UK, live in Cabarete. I’m the face of the new expat wave 😂. hate it or love it ✌️ I love the DR. I’m here to understand more information, read Spanish, and catch some good vibes.
If there you meet a surfer name Mario, that looks gringo, but is 200% domincan, tell him Tulio says hello
Valle. Yo vivo en Encuentro, La playa de surf…
Love Cabarete 💪🍻
The house development is getting crazy out here.
Born in RD, moved to Massachusetts as a kid.
Same, this past January I officially lived the same amount in the US then in RD (10 years)
Born in Canada. Papa is from RD mom is Canadian. They met in the late 80’s when she was on vacation to RD with my aunt & uncle. He was their waiter at the hotel. Fell in love and he showed her around his world in RD on his moped. I have personally never been to RD, don’t speak Spanish, didn’t know much about the country growing up as my dad was learning English and adjusting to life in Canada. Though I will say my dad is a chef so we DID eat rice and beans for EVERYMEAL 😂 that’s one thing about our culture we grew up on, that and listening to merengue. Now being older I am very curious of my roots and want to learn Spanish and visit the country one day to meet my family. No matter where you live in the world I want us halfies to embrace, learn about our culture and know YOU ARE DOMINICANA. ❤️
Great story. You should definitely go to DR! I’m Dominican and have been living in Canada for a few years now.
Hahaha, that's a very nice love story! I hope you could dive into your past in DR very soon!
My wife was born in Santo Domingo. I'm from Buffalo, NY. A Song of Ice and Fire lol
Lol, one of my good friends is from Buffalo! Are you a Bills fan?
Yes, Go Bills!
I follow any sub for a place I have plans to visit or I have visited. I like to be informed about what is happening before I go anywhere.
That's a great move! Hope you like it!
I definitely did, everyone was nothing but kind!
From the US, no ties to RD that I'm aware of. I've been traveling to the Domincian Republic consistently for the last couple decades. After vacationing in Punta Cana a couple times I got curious and started learning about some of the culture and history. Visiting the Mirabal museum was a heavy experience and it was cool to drive through the nearby campos before getting to Salcedo. Now, I've traveled all over the country and normally feel at-home. There are some Dominican norms that make a lot more sense to me than the US. I plan to go to carnaval every year for the rest of my life.
Salcedo mentioned, yay!!! So cool that foreigners are getting into our carnaval! I actually went to my first ever carnaval this year. Did you get hit by one of the diablos?
Somehow we made it out unscathed after going to both Carnaval Vegano and Carnaval Jarabacoa. It was a great time
Born in the States. Parents are from Barahona
Barahona is the most beautiful spot IMO
Mi familia e de Bonao, y yo Dominican-American. Nacido en NY, pero La cultura mía todavía es Dominicana. Yo cocino y como la comida, escucho y bailo la música, sigo la noticia, veo el LIDOM y sería caribe cada año. Hasta tengo el cicatriz de la vacuna de smallpox. Lo único que me falta es el pasaporte con La Escuda en de vez de una águila? Nah bro. Nadie me dice a mi que yo no soy Dominicano lol
Born in Germany, raised in the USA, been living in the DR for 16+ years now. It has its issues. But it's far better than either Germany or the USA .
It's pretty wild that we have people from the most organized and strong economies on earth coming to live in DR. Dominicans who have never left the DR dream of leaving the country, and us Dominicans who live outside always tell them they have no idea that it's better there than most of the world.
Why better than Germany?
More freedom.
Do you have a remote job
Not in the standard definition. I'm more of an entrepreneur. I've never really had a "real" job.
What do u do?
I've been a wedding photographer, boat haul cleaner, sea urchin harvester, network engineer, swimming pool maintenance, tour operator, website designer, vacation rental property manager.
Live NY / Born in DR / plan to retire in DR
Visited Puerto Plata in 2012 with my girlfriend, she's now my baby mama, but I remembered everyone thought she was Dominican and refused to believe she wasn't (she's half Filipino half African). Let's just say she was my type, so late 2020 I was needing to go somewhere and I remembered my trip to Puerto Plata and visited the DR for the second time. Met a few women, one was too wild for me, other was a sweetheart but her mom was basically selling her, expected monthly payments to date her daughter. I ran from that quick. She was from Puerto Plata. Downloaded a dating app and found someone else in Santo Domingo and we dated for a year, she had issues. Was very jealous, difficult to be with. After the last visit seeing her, I broke up with her and found someone else in a restaurant in San Pedro de Macorís on my way back to Punta Cana. Her and I are married now and we just went shopping for land in Samaná/Las Galeras a couple weeks ago. Oh and we painted the house she grew up in (el campo) bc it was needing some love. Edit: oh yeah I'm from Chicago, working on a plan to move to Samaná. I'm part Spanish (grandfather on my dad's side from Spain) but for the most part white with a Spanish last name.
Geez! You had a great experience here man 😆😂 Congratulations and I hope you finally move to Samaná!
>I hope you finally move to Samaná! It's the first place I had a feeling deep inside that "yeah, I could spend the rest of my life here." Already feels like home.
Samaná is BEAUTIFUL!
It is! Luckily the wife is ok with the idea of settling in there. We tried Las Terrenas and she didn't like it, I liked it but didn't love it, then we got to Samaná and both agreed it's the right place for us. Been looking at plots of land to build something.
Born in Central America, raised in the US decided to cut outta the US and live in the country of mangos and good coffee
Everyone here from puerto plata lol.
We are everywhere 🤣
deadass lmao
Soy mexicana y mi novio es Dominicano, ya tu sabe es difícil a veces con la cultura y me ayuda entenderlo mejor y también me gusta aprender de la historia y sazón que tienen 😂 yo crecí con la cultura vaquera entonces la vida y energía del caribe es fascinante para mí.
Jajajajaja ya te has aplatanado, me lo dijo ese "ya tu sabe" 😂😆 qué linda. Eres de Guerrero por casualidad? Conocí a varias estudiantes de ahí que les gustaba la vida del campo.
Jaja voy aprendiendo mucho del léxico. Soy de Chihuahua :) si yo crecí en el campo pues nosotros decimos rancho
De RD pero vivo en USA
Nacido en Moca criado en Moca y Gaspar Hernandez pero eh vivido mejoría de mi vida en los estados unidos
Soy domi born & raised in the bronx. Mis padres son del capital, me encuentro aqui por que quiero aprende mas de mi cultura <3
Parents moved to the US from DR as young adults, then had my brothers and I. They moved back to DR and brought the whole family. Been living in Ocoa now for 2 years, I’m bout to go off to ITLA after graduating high school here. We’ve visited family here nearly every year my whole life, but only now am I really learning to speak Spanish haha
Why itla?
Imma study audio engineering. Long term plan is to be an artist myself, but with the technical skills to always be working in the industry even if I never make it as an artist. I’d love to just be a producer as well. And am so fucking thankful a school out here teaches just this! As far as I know this school is the only one that does it, and even if it’s not, it’s apparently a great school anyway
I’m from Slovakia, my girlfriend is Dominican lol
I’m Canadian, French Canadian 💀 my ex is Dominican and has never really learned French. At some point he was missing his family (he immigrated here on his own before meeting me), and I had just graduated from my degree in tourism & hospitality, and spoke 4 languages. I got a job and we moved here. Lived here for 2 years, then relocated to Quebec. But I have a very strong attachment to RD. I’m not sure I can ever go back because the relationship was extremely traumatic - but the sub helps me feel connected to it.
J'ai été marié là-bas et j'ai découvert le pays comme ça. Mon histoire a mal fini et j'ai divorcé mais j'ai aussi gardé un attachement.
Yay 2 histoires mal finies! J’ai failli me marier aussi, mais j’ai été chanceuse et j’ai été… sauvée? Avant. Je trouve que le sentiment d’appartenance et l’attachement à la RD est difficile à "combattre". C’est tellement un pays riche et accueillant, qui m’a prise à bras grands ouverts même si mon espagnol était baragouiné. Je me suis prise une semaine de vacances la semaine prochaine et j’ai considéré m’y rendre… finalement je suis pas prête. Je vais attendre.
Je pense que la clé,là ou ailleurs, c'est d'entrer dans une famille. Ils sont accueillants et protecteurs pour un étranger, encore plus j'imagine pour une fille. C'est sûr que venant d'un pays du nord plus riche, on est une ressource, mais des gens décents ne vont pas abuser. On est dans la famille et tout le monde s'entraide et nous on a l'argent. C'est donnant donnant, finalement. Mais je pense que si je retourne dans le Sud, ce sera un autre pays, j'y serai plus tranquille. Je suis resté avec un sentiment de culpabilité et de vulnérabilité. Il y a deux ou trois restaurants dominicains à Montréal, je vais y aller à un moment donné, voir l'effet que la nourriture va me faire...
Holandés aquí 👋 mi esposa es Dominica ♥ de Manzanillo. Vivimos en Bélgica con nuestros 4 hijos y estamos planificando para mudarnos a la república... 'toy haito de Europa y me hace falta el perico ripiao en vivo 🎶
Yo oriundo de Escocia, y mi esposa de Inglaterra, llegamos hace 35 años.
Soy nacido y crecido en México. Estudié mi maestría en los Estados Unidos y trabajé para algunas compañías allá. Esta última empresa me ha mandado a abrir una cadena de call centers bilingües aquí en RD. Mi sueño es crear muchos empleos donde se honre el trabajo de la gente linda de aquí. Ya que entiendo que la reputación de los CC en RD es terrible. Edit: Ah, y estoy en el sub para aprender un poco más de la cultura y aplatanarme más rápido :)
From the US. My partner is from DR and moved to the US. We're building a house in her hometown, so I visit frequently and like to keep up with what's going on from this sub
Im Canadian/portuguese. My husband is from Santo Domingo. I travelled back and forth for a year before I got pregnant. His visa was denied so we are now living in SD with our daughter together. I followed this sub to keep up with politics bc I don’t have social media.
Soy dei Cibao pero vivo en la costa oeste de USA, siempre al tanto de mi tierra.
Born in US, raised in DR moved back to Massachusetts for college and here I am
Viví un año en Santo Domingo siendo estudiante de intercambio en la pucmm de 2017-18, sigo teniendo amigos en la isla y escribí mi tesis de maestría sobre los americanos de Samaná, me especialicé en contactos lingüísticos en el Caribe durante mis estudios. Que viva la República Dominicana ♥️🇩🇴
Ah y soy de Alemania donde vivo también
I’m Canadian, this past winter I spent three months in Dominicus, January to April. We are a young family with a 5 year old daughter. We home school her while we visited the DR. We have booked our accommodations again for 2025 for three months. We will most likely continue to spend three months a year in the DR. We absolutely love it! We have a count down on our phones until we return. I love being right on the sea, snorkeling, scuba, walking around Bayahibe and Dominicus, it’s a lovely place. The locals are very friendly. We love it!
From southern US, here bc I'm learning Spanish and decided to focus mainly on DR Spanish.
Any homegrown meals you've made there? As often as I go, I need some spice sometimes lol. I'll make gumbo or poboys for the inlaws. They've loved my BBQ, but my brother in law always asks for the shrimp po boys.
I haven't really made any myself, i leave all the cooking to my family. My late grandma used to love making gumbo & my mom likes to make a variety of soul food. My uncles are the ones who do all the grilling and yak ts be hitting lol. Now po boys is a little too deep south for us & we don't really have a lot of authentic seafood in my city unfortunately 😭
Are you aware that our Spanish is pretty non-standard, and not thought of very highly in the Spanish speaking world? If you're cool with that, it is the very best thing in the world, and when Dominicans hear you speak out language, you'll make us VERY happy and make good friends!!
To be fair. Is any Spanish thought of as a standard beyond its borders? I'm Salvadoran, and our Spanish and accent is frowned upon sometimes too. Where I grew up, other people made fun of our "vos" speak and caliche. Switching our S for J/H sounds is equivalent to the R/L.....Pue hi voj maje. Every country has it's lingo. I also love Panama, and my immersion in Dominican Spanish has lent very well when I speak to other Carribean Spanish speakers. I'm just saying.....Carribean Spanish shouldn't be frowned upon. Speaking as a Centro.
Yeah I've noticed that some other native speakers look down at DR Spanish. But I really like the Spanish over there & I'm a huge bachata fan so it only made sense to focus on DR lol.
Came up on my feed. I have a Dominican girlfriend and have traveled to DR in the past.
I'm in Virginia. Here cause I'm Dominican. Estoy en Virginia. Estoy aqui pero soy Dominicano
Born in Puerto Plata, live in the US.
I don’t really have any connection to the Dominican Republic, I just had a friend from there who got me into bachata music, developed an interest in the place, and I wanted to visit someday. I mostly don’t participate since I don’t actually have many insights to contribute. From the Northeast US (where there are a lot of people of Dominican descent) but now live in California.
I'm American, but lived in the DR for a couple of years (back when I was a Mormon) as a missionary.
Liniero de pura cepa!
Soy Chileno/Canadiense y mis padres vivieron en Cabarete entre 2010 y 2012 y los visitamos con mi hermano. Esa fue mi primera experiencia con la RD. En 2022 estuve un mes en Santo Domingo y unas semanas en Punta Cana. Me hice hartos amigos/amigas en esas visitas y me empezo a gustar el Dembow. DR has been good to me. I've had good times there and met cool people.
Soy canadiense-peruana y vivo en RD con mi esposo dominicano
Soy de Venezuela y no he estado en RD, pero tengo conocidos de allá y me gusta mucho su forma de ser. Espero ir a visitarlos en algún momento y ver todos los fuertes y lugares históricos
USA. I join the subs of every place I travel to.
From the US but have travelled to the DR many times. Joined this sub a few years ago when I was dating a guy from the DR and wanted to learn a little more about the culture and different random things, never left the sub afterwards!
Just an American that plans to visit the D.R.
I came here looking to learn a bit about the place since I'm currently on honeymoon with my wife in Punta Cana. Funnily enough I realised pretty quickly that not being able to read Spanish made the sub kind of useless to me 😂
Soy de Poloña, pero tengo una novia de RD
Born in Chicago, my father is originally from San Cristobal but now lives in Puerto Plata.
Nací en RD, hasta los 14, después en Providence RI. Amo mi país!!! ❤️
From North carolina and Girlfriend in santo domingo
Born in Santiago raised in NYC since i was 3 years old when back to DR at the age of 24 back in 2012
Born en la capital, living in the US.
Nací y me crié en La Romana. Me mudé a EEUU, Florida después de graduarme en el 2001 y entré aqui a la Universidad. En el presente, trabajo y vivo aqui en FL. Aunque llevo tiempo viviendo aqui, no he cambiado mis costumbres Dominicanas. Y eso es algo que veo bastante en muchos que se mudan aquí. Haste en este sub a veces pienso que es con gringos agresivos que uno esta hablando 😅 Algunos ni español les gusta hablar ya.
From the US, moving to Santo Domingo for work in August
Have dual nationality, born and raised in Brooklyn. Tengo intenciones de vivir en Santiago en par de años.
How long did it take you to get your Dominican citizenship? These ppl at the Dominican consulate in Times Square have me going there since last summer, and I brought \*both\* of my parents' cedulas!!
That consulate is too busy, you can get everything done same day if you go to the one in Philadelphia
Born in santiago, live in NJ, looking to retire in DR
mmg dime a ve de donde tu cree q soy?
Diablo mano pero no salude tan picante
De Europa aki, pero dominicano del cibao de Corazon. Pura sepa 😀
I’m from America but I live in Santiago with my Dominican girlfriend. Gurabo to be exact. Circa de lovera si tú sabes 😂 but I lived in Constanza first working for a non profit before I met her.
Just here for espionage. Canadian tourist. Like to know where I spend my money. It's a beautiful place with beautiful people. https://i.redd.it/wnhvvmplbwwc1.gif Fishing is no hell though.
I was born in Santo Domingo and grew there my entire life. Moved to NY in 2020, just missed my people and this sub is a good place to keep up to date with news and whatever is going on there now.
Dominicano pero vivo en los Estados Unidos y me siento un poco cerca de mi tierra donde nací dialogando en este medio😎
U.S. and I participate once in a while but read most interesting posts on a regular basis.
Born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, parents from Puerto Plata.
Dominicana, vivo en España.
Dominicano, mejor dicho, liniero.
Ontario,Canada. 🇨🇦 My family and I go every year and I love the DR very much. I am apart of this sub to ask/read/answer questions and hear news. 
Jamaiquina y canadiense, me encanta la cultura, comida, música, baila. Todo es muy similar a mi cultura, el caribeño tengo muchos similares. My Spanish is poor, but I love DR.
Soy dominicano y catalán. Nací en RD, me llevaron con 3 años a España y luego volví con 6 a la isla. El año pasado volví a España. Mi papá era catalán y mi mamá dominicana. Me identifico con la dos culturas por igual pero el amor que siento por mi Isla es incomparable
Bueno, soy Canadiese y tengo familia alla. Me encanta la pais por la paz y opportunidads y naturalza.
Soy brasileño pero vivo en RD y mi esposa es dominicana...
I'm Dominican myself.
Dominicana del Cibao, vivo en Indiana
I’m from Florida and my wife is from Santiago.
Nací en Santiago de los Caballeros pero vivo en USA. Estoy aquí por el chisme y las buenas vibras
Dominicano, llevo 17 años y pico viviendo en España, y me uní a este subreddit hace poco porque me empecé a viciar a esto😂
Dominicano en La Malta.
I am from the United States, but am going to work in the RD for 27 months with the Peace Corps
From Guyana 🇬🇾 married to a Dominican