How to pronounce Spanish words - French teacher
How to pronounce Spanish words
A) How to pronounce Spanish letters
1- Normally, all letters are pronounced, apart from the letters H, which is always silent. In certain cases (explained later), U can be silent too.
2- R is “rolled”. If you encounter RR, make the rolling longer.
3- J (in all cases) and G (followed by E, I or Y) are pronounced like a very hard H in English. Don’t be afraid to snore!
4- G followed by A, O, U or a consonant is pronounced as in gap.
5- To create the sound /g/ before E, I or Y, a U is inserted but not pronounced (e.g. Miguel).
6- If GU is followed by anything other than E, I or Y, then the U is pronounced (e.g. Guatemala).
7- C followed by E, I or Y is pronounced /th/.
8- C followed by anything other letter is pronounced /k/.
9- N is pronounced /n/. Ñ is pronounced /ny/.
10- Z is pronounced /th/.
11- V is pronounced almost like a B, but without letting your lips touched each other.
B) How to stress syllables in word containing more than one syllable.
1- When a word ends in a consonant, an N or an S, the stress falls on the penultimate vowel.
2- When a word ends in a consonant other than N or S, the stress falls on the last vowel.
3- When a word “decides” not to follow that pattern, an accent indicates which vowel is stressed. Accents in Spanish do not affect the pronunciation of the vowels.
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