Me llamo Bictor
¡Hola!
Welcome to Spanish Blog 365!
Post 10 of 365
Today is Part II of pronunciation
La pronunciación española, Parte II – las consonantes
Click here to review vowels in Spanish
la Pronunciación – Parte I
Let’s start today with a Quiz
A Quiz? Yes, a Quiz – you can do it!
A pronunciation quiz to see how well you already pronounce Spanish words.
Depending on what part of the country or world that you live in, you may already be familiar with most of these words.
Say these aloud.
amigo
mesa
señor
jalapeño
Jorge
tortilla
pollo
chile relleno
agua
queso
cerveza
Denver
cinco
hasta luego
mucho
Great job! – ¡Muy buen trabajo!
Consonant sounds in Spanish:
d – slight th (buenos días, ¿De dónde?, distancia)
h – silente (hasta, hola, humor, alcohol)
j – like h in Engish (Jorge, naranja, jicama, hijo)
ll – like the y in English (chile relleno, apellido, llamada, calle)
ñ – like ny in English or the sound of onion (español, compañero, año, ñoquí)
q – que = k, qui=key as in queso, Quito, Ecuador, arquitectura, arqueología
And now, here’s the reference to the title of this Post – Me llamo ‘B’ictor.
In Spanish the ‘V’ sounds like a ‘B’. When it starts a word, it’s very strong – Victor.
When it’s in the middle of a word, it is softer, but still a ‘b’ sound. Vive
Let’s practice.
v – like the b in English – Victor vive en Denver, – Me voy, – Vámonos
The last letter, the ‘Z’ is usually pronounced like an ‘s’, but it Spain it’s a ‘th’ sound
In Latin America say it like this:
z– like the s in English (cerveza, zapatos, zumo de toronja)
But when you go to Spain, you’ll hear this: a ‘th’ sound on the ‘z’ as in plaza, Zoo
Later this week we’ll do the final piece on pronunciation – Parte III.
Muchas gracias por acompañarme en el Spanish Blog 365
Hasta mañana,
Carolina
