Originally Posted by
Isleño
The old folks in my family speak like that, using semos. I tend to try and use somos because I try to have better Spanish, but when I learned Spanish as a child I actually learned to use semos. A few things we use are not standard Spanish like use a h sound in place of s like loh ihleñoh/loj ijleñoj or we cut the s off on the end like tenemo-tenemos or like use an h sound (I spelled with Spanish j) nojotroh-nosotros, pronounce the H in hoy like joy-hoy, jace-hace. I try to speak more correct often, but when I'm with my family I just let it roll the way they do.