1111 Argentina Katia talks about her time in Argentina and her language background.

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Todd: Hey, Katia, you just lived in Argentina for a year. So can you talk a little bit about why you went to Argentina?Katia: Yes. Actually I did think it was a very interesting country, a very good experience for me. I was there for a year and I went there to do an internship for five months but actually at the end of the internship, after the five months, they decided to hire me and of course I said yes I was very happy to stay a little bit longer in Argentina and learn about Argentina and the Argentinians.
Todd: Was this the first time you had lived in Argentina?
Katia: Yes, first time.
Todd: Now you also come from a Spanish speaking country, so was it easy for you to adapt?
Katia: Yes, regarding the language of course it wasn't abarrier. I was able to understand and they were able to understand me but I haven't been in a Latin American country for a while so that was a little bit difficult, but other than that it was not a problem.
Todd: Now when you speak Spanish in Argentina, can theytell instantly that you are from Mexico?
Katia: They can right away tell that I'm not Argentinian. Some will struggle a little bit to know where I am from. Usually they were in between I'm either Colombian or Mexican.
Todd: And for your work environment it was always in Spanish?
Katia: It was always in Spanish.
Todd: Now you speak many languages right? You obviously speak English fluently and do you speak Russian?
Katia: And I also speak Russian.
Todd: That's because your parents are Russian?
Katia: My mother.
Todd: OK.
Katia: My mother is Russian and my father Mexican.
Todd: And do you speak any other languages?
Katia: I speak a little bit of Japanese.
Todd: Wow. It's almost like you have one language from every continent.
Katia: No not really. Probably the Arabic is missing.
Todd: All right. So Arabic, now you lived in Morocco correct?
Katia: No, I only visited Morocco.
Todd: OK.
Katia: So I haven't lived in an Arabic country, nor African.
Todd: OK.