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The following Spanish tutorial was written by a soon to be graduate student in linguistics named Jennifer Wagner, who runs a fantastic website called Indo-European Languages - ielanguages.com. We thank her for generously allowing us to post her work here! |
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2. Spanish Pronunciation
| Spanish Letter | English Sound |
| a | ah |
| e | ay |
| i | ee |
| o | oh |
| u | oo |
| ll | y |
| v | b at beginning of word, real soft b between 2 vowels |
| ñ | ny (as in canyon) |
| r | almost like a d when in between 2 vowels |
| rr | r w/ a roll of the tongue |
| d | almost like a th when in between 2 vowels |
| j | hard h |
| g | g, sometimes a h |
| qu | k |
| ai / all / ay | eye |
| z | s |
| z, ce, ci | th (in most parts of Spain) |
Note: Any time I put a double r (rr) in the pronunciation of a word, you need to roll your tounge when you say the r's.
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