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studyspanish.com 3 years ago

I’ve been through all of the vowel pronunciation sessions and the “d” session.

In my studies, should I focus on pronunciation first, then learn vocabulary, etc. or should I alternate? In speaking Spanish it would be important to learn the proper pronunication instead of relearning it a different way, at least that’s my theory.

Does anyone have any comments or suggestions about the approach I should take? I’m keeping an open mind about this experience.



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Des is slowly regaining her sanity (unfortunately?)

Waiting

I’m waiting for someone’s reply to your question, because I have the same question.

Deni H is a master's degree student! WOW!

Me, too...

I was talking to my mother since entering this, and she has spoken 3 languages (English, Italian, and French). She said that it would probably be a good thing to get the pronunciation down before learning something wrong…so I guess until we get an answer we’ll be okay if we proceed forth with just the pronunciation. I think there’s a lot of those anyway…Also, I think it’s funny to hear myself try to say those words, too. Sometimes I end up sounding just like the people on the recording…other times I sound like someone with a speech impediment…how do people ever learn English with all its exceptions?

I can tell because my language is Spanish

Dear all, pronunciation in Spanish is not an issue, because we have few vowels and you can pronunciate approximately, there’s no a fixed vowel sound, i mean, it is a wide range of sounds that can correspond, say, to the sound “a”. Regarding the consonants sounds, i know you, English speakers, might find difficult the “rr” sound or the “j” (as ‘ch’ in loch) but there is no big deal about that, everyone will understand you anyway. The big issue with Spanish are verbs and their conjugation, I know english speakers who cry over the subjunctive mood. Anyway, I will be very glad to help you in any thing you like about my language.
Cheers!

Deni H is a master's degree student! WOW!

¡Muchas gracias!

Very informative, and I appreciate the time you took with it. Thanks for volunteering future help.

Sorry, i forgot two things

well, three if my apologizing for the mistakes in the other comment counts as one…
the first thing: spanish is a phonetic language, or almost phonetic, because two letters are not pronounced (‘h’ ahd ‘u” between a Q or a G and a vowel (e/i). This should make easier your learning. And then, well, yes, sometimes you probably sound like someone with a speech impediment (lol) and i think that happens with certain sounds (t/d/r/b or v) You pronounce the ‘t’ and ‘d’ sounds with your tongue behind your teeth, we pronounce them with the tonge between our lips (slightly!!!) as in your ‘th’, and regarding the ‘r’ sound, you should place your tonge touching the alveolar ridge, touching i mean strongly
well, i am tad wordy,sorry…

Deni H is a master's degree student! WOW!

not a problem at all, would rather have too much information, than not enough.


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