Pronunciation
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$billions has been spent on the brand, the writing, the name and the said words. Can I help it if a Spaniard cannot understand a simple double barrelled word that is known by that name from Aalborg to Zamboanga.!
its almost as well known as Manchester United.
#32
To be fair most Brits seem to have problems pronouncing "San Miguel" or "plaza" correctly.
#34
She's brilliant. The Loch sound is never voiced. That's roughly your "j".
I cannot for the life of me roll my r's.
Hope it helps.
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You are in Spain, you should learn how to say Coca Cola so Spanish people understand you. The responsibility lies with you
#36
the "j" is usually pronounced like the "ch" in Loch as in Loch Lomond. Listen to Diana Speed or other broadcasters reading the UK shipping forecasts on internet radio/satellite.
She's brilliant. The Loch sound is never voiced. That's roughly your "j".
I cannot for the life of me roll my r's.
Hope it helps.
She's brilliant. The Loch sound is never voiced. That's roughly your "j".
I cannot for the life of me roll my r's.
Hope it helps.
HabÃa un perro debajo de un carro y vino otro perro y le mordió el rabo. Pobre perrito como lloraba sin su rabito.
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funnily enough I was getting my group in the bar to practice rrrrrrrs this morning & an old Spanish gent on the next table interrupted the class & dictated this to me - he says it's really good practice for those rrrrrrrrrrrrrrs!
HabÃa un perro debajo de un carro y vino otro perro y le mordió el rabo. Pobre perrito como lloraba sin su rabito.
HabÃa un perro debajo de un carro y vino otro perro y le mordió el rabo. Pobre perrito como lloraba sin su rabito.
El perro de San Roque no tiene rabo, porque Ramon Ramirez ha robado.
#41
we often have some fun with trabalenguas - they're really good for pronunciation & I have a few links to youtube trabalenguas on the blog I run for my students
here are a couple
#42
It's rudimentary, to say the least. Depends where you are; in Bilbao, not so much spoken, but here in Elorrio, quite a lot. In Donostia also, but there the Basque is nearer to Batua (cf BBC English!!).
If people think Tapas are good, down south, then they need educating with the "pintxos" here. (pronounced pincho). So much better, but then I'm biased!!
It's a devil of a language, but important to preserve. I fear the PP will win on Nov 20th, so not sure how things will pan out.
#44
Last edited by megmet; Nov 1st 2011 at 10:09 am.




