How to learn New Mexican Spanish dialect

This is a novel way to view learning N.Mex.Spanish dialect. It is fairly easy, depending on how difficult you view language learning. It is not imperative that you be born in N.Mex., as I was, just be alert that although the word may be American English-looking, that it has Spanish sounds. The dictates of the Spanish sounds,of course, are based on the 5 vowels: a(ah), e(eh), i(ee), o, u(oo), that is, the parenthesis letters are American sounds, or close to it. A sample list of these N.Mex. words and how they are pronounced are as follows: 1. troca(truck):trill the "r", round the "o", c sounds like a "k", a(ah)-all a corruption of American Engish. 2. lonche(lunch): l, regular "l", "o" round o, regular n, "che" the "e" sounds like American "eh"; word can be converted into an "ar" infinitive verb as in "lonchear" where you conjugate it: loncheo=I lunch, loncheas=you lunch, lonchea=he/she lunches, loncheamos=we lunch, lonchean=they lunch; technically in N.Mex. dialect most converted vocabulary can be changed into an infinitive "ar"verb by simply adding an "ar" to make it so. *Note: the "vosotros" form used in Castillian is not used in New Mexican Spanish dialect. My last N.Mex.Spanish dialect phenomenon in this article is as follows: the preterit or completed past forms in N.Mex. vary greatly by switching the endings as in the "tu'" form of the verb, comer(to eat) which in the Castilliam standard Spanish would be, comi', comiste,comio', comimos, comieron which in N.Mex.dialect would become, comi', comites,comio', comimos, comieron. So, the "tu'" forms would alter in N.Mex. One theory has it that the Cervantine soldiers, when they traversed through N.Mex. left their forms for us to use, in deference to the standard Catillian.This aberration is distinct enough that in speaking in the preterit in N.Mex., plus using other vocabulary would identify you as germaine to the area. If not, you would be viewed as an outsider, Latino, Mexican or Spaniard who very well would be using the Castillian forms. There is a lot more to look at when it comes to N.Mex.Spanish dialect, perhaps enough to puruse more in detail at a later time.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

1. Study the particular spellings of the N.Mex. vocabulary:
   the word likely will look like the American spelling,
   the sounds of the vowels will take on the a(ah), e(eh),
   i(ee), o(round o) u(oo).
2. It is somewhat easier to take on the N.Mex. Spanish dialect if you understand that the vowels will take on the Castillian usage; however, be alert that you will be converting an American English word into a Spanish sound.
3. The converted "tu'" forms of the preterit, or completed past tense,
   are to altered by one vowel: "comiste" = "comites", understanding that it had been altered back in history when the Cervantine soldiers who came into northern N.Mex. left their dialectical mark on our ancestors born in N.Mex.