#spanish pronunciation

[foreverspanish]

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[frank-o-meter]

I’m Mexican American and I wasn’t offended by the sombreros and serapes. But the hosts and bakers butchered the pronunciation of Spanish words.

#great british bake off #Mexico week #spanish pronunciation

[peptalkradio]

#pep talk radio #languages #pep talk india #learn spanish #free online spanish #spanish pronunciation

[moviestarmartini]

the speed that jude has been learning spanish is INSANE

“ el mejor equipo del mundo, para mi *shrugs in cutie* “

#honestly his pronunciation is great and doesn’t have much of an accent #it’s similar to vini’s and he’s been living there longer + portuguese is closer to spanish than english is #i wonder if he has duolingo plus or sum #jude bellingham #real madrid #rma #supercopa de espana

[canisalbus]

Different Italian anon, but the thing with Tuscan C is that it's pronounced like a very strong H sound, which is extra weird cuz the letter H makes no sound in Italian, normally. It sounds the way Spanish pronounce the J. We say it's "aspirato". So then people from there will say things like Hoha Hola (coca cola), and it's funny. It's also extremely contagious, I got family in Florence, you spend 3 days with them you start doing it too before you even realize.

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#that sounds really endearing actually #answered #anonymous #this is entirely beside the point but I still feel sort of bamboozled by languages that have silent letters #or when letters have multiple pronunciations that vary wildly from word to word #and when the sound and the letter don't seem to match like how J sounds very close to H in Spanish like you mentioned #I'm generalizing a little but none of these are really a thing in Finnish #in Finnish words are pretty much always pronounced the way they are written if that makes sense #I don't know the language terminology but I think phonetic spelling is what you call it #each letter represents a specific sound and you string those together #when you hear a word you can always tell how it's written and when you read a word you know how to pronounce it #even if you're encountering the word for the first time and have no idea what it means #it's comparatively direct and predictable there's practically no need for guessing or memorizing #also the stress is always on the first syllabe and it's so subtle it might as well not be there at all #which sometimes makes spoken Finnish and Finnish accent sound kind of monotonous there isn't a lot of intonation #I was extremely confused by the concept of spelling bees as a kid #anyway long tag ramble but this stuff is just interesting to me

[hajihiko]

Actually interesting tidbit re: your languages comic! In game it’s implied that Kazuichi can speak/read English bc he reads a sign in English to Hajime! Although I always kind of just imagined he picked it up from watching TV/Movies and isn’t super fluent

Yeah lots of ppl pointed that out and admittedly I plain forgot. But i do think it makes sense that he taught himself through manuals and the internet, so he's better at reading it than most, but when it comes to listening to (the hurried, limp, molasses-like American) English that's where he fumbles. Seeing the words makes sense, hearing eybuddyowyadowein is another. Also being HoH post-game doesnt help.

#not an art #Listen. I'm very fluent in English it's my second language. But the way you Speak vs Write is fuckinfg worlds apart okay #I come from a very straight-forward pronunciation language (like japanese!) and its SO different. #Same with Spanish just for the pure Speed of it. Can I guesstimate some spanish written word? Yea! Can I HEAR shit? No.

[zeldahime]

And tell me in the notes how you voted, where you’re from, and what language(s) you speak!

#I say jag-wahr am a native English speaker and second language Spanish speaker and am from Arizona USA for reference #Jaguar #jaguars #pronunciation #poll #language #linguistics #feline #cat

[coop-of-coffee]

#is this anything #meme I made for myself and any other dee’s out there #dee rep or whatever. only go by that writing of my nickname online since I can’t trust gringos to pronounce my name correctly bc the way #it’s written has a different pronunciation in English uGH. but i’m fine with the nickname even if it’s written differently in Spanish #shoutout to Ale for giving it to me in the first place. only like 3 people use it with me irl so it became my online identity idk #enough of me. have this and if you know D’Argo talk to me about Farscape what do I know I miss everyone from moya #meme #dee reynolds #deandra reynolds #iasip #it’s always sunny in philadelphia #ka d'argo #farscape #*mine

[summerfevers]

rb for data i'm very curious. this has followed me my whole life and it seems to be very divisive?

#every day people irl ask me if i pronounce my name the english way or the french way. #the answer lies with which language you are speaking bro. dont break the 4th wall of language just to say my name in english be so fr #language #polls #poplars.txt #said this to one of my coworkers from argentina now he says it the spanish pronunciation i rlly dont think this is so weird

[bookwyrminspiration]

it’s been like 2 semesters and I still don’t remember the alphabet. i could refresh myself yet here I am winging it daily

#language learning #quil’s unholy underworld #by which I mean the Spanish alphabet #and like pronunciations #in my class. taught in Spanish #anytime I need to ask about a letter I pray #not really #but one time I tried to spell my name (four letters) and ohhhhh boyyyyy did I fuck it up bad #I just ended up showing her it #because man #i don’t remember how to say the alphabet in Spanish

[dersandmannkommt]

*has loved sign language since childhood* *is more or less proficient in american sign language* *has studied and continues to study Deaf culture and its history* *has met and befriended many d/Deaf people*

*asks deaf person to repeat a fingerspelled word more than once*

omg now they hate me and they probably hate me for trying to learn their language and then failing at it so miserably and i should probably just switch majors and gosh they probably think im just another stupid hearing person. please i can do better i swear i didnt mean to disrespect you

every single deaf person that i have ever met: *does not care* *probably didn't even register any mistake i made* *understands that I am learning an entirely new language and am bound to need a bit of help*

#asl #american sign language #sign language #deaf community #this goes for how it feels to learn any language tbh #a previous asl professor of mine was actually spanish #(english was her 3rd language) #and she once said “como estas?” #you know #one of the most well known spanish phrases that you dont even have to take a spanish class to know (“how are you?”) #and i completely blanked #not because I didnt know what it meant #but because i was too nervous to speak spanish with a native spanish speaker #which is actually hilarious #because the whole point of learning more than one language #is to be able to communicate with the people who speak those languages #i think this is more of an american culture thing #the fact that we are often taught to perfect things like pronunciation (if its spoken) and grammar #instead of actual communication #of course sign language grammar is a bit more important to learn than other languages grammar #you say smt wrong in english and a native english speaker will be able to understand you fine #but signed languages are pretty much dependent on the grammar side of things #but my point still stands

[mpregfrance]

so i've been thinking about writing more fanfic centering romano. whenever he appears in my fics i've always used his official assigned human name but i'm not 100% decided on that.

like i've pointed out, lovino is technically a real name but extremely uncommon therefore not rly representative. i'm italian-american and i don't have a super strong opinion on the 'accuracy'. on one hand i do like the uniqueness of lovino tho also i've noticed more people using lorenzo and enzo just happens to be one of my favorite names ever. plus, would it be weird to suddenly switch from what i've always used?

#just like i dont mind 'francis' for france its not *innacurate* but personally i prefer the french spelling/pronunciation 'françois' #also... vargas is a SPANISH last name #some prevalence in italy but #aph romano #hws romano #aph south italy #hws south italy

[canisalbus]

I had a dream that you revealed Machete's real name, and it was still Machete but pronounced "mah-hee-yet" or "mah-hee-yay", depending on how french the speaker was

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#DEPENDING ON HOW FRENCH THE SPEAKER WAS #beautiful #people occasionally ask me how his name is supposed to be pronounced #and the simple answer is that he's nicknamed after the big knife so you can just say it the same way it's not a big deal #also I'm not going to be there to hear you so I don't really care too terribly much #I say it how it reads in Finnish which is pretty far from the English pronunciation #but is coincidentally relatively close to the original Spanish one which is a reasonably lore friendly option #answered #anonymous #mah-hee-yay

[tombware]

Idk if anyone cares but if Astarions surname is meant to sound spanish-adjacent then itd be pronounced an-coo-NEEN (so like, coo like the actual word, and neen like neet)

#mind you i dont think if they pronounced it ingame theyd pronounce it like this at all i fear #i can only dream that they pronounce it an-ca-NEN or an-CA-nen #an-queue-NIN is worst case scenario. horrible #also the most likely thing is that they mashed syllables and thought oh pretty! #and then the accent was used to make it look fancy or elven or some shit #But the end result is very spanish anyways #The last syllable being -ín... #We have the surname bellerín for example #we also use it to make words small. Botella (bottle) Botellín (small bottle) #I hope we never get a canon pronunciation. #or at least one that i hate

[ahalliance]

monolingual english speakers: my accent in [foreign] language is so bad :[

me, rolling up to speak spanish with the worst accent you’ve ever heard:

#i cannot roll my Rs . i struggle with ‘ll’ pronunciations . no matter how comfortable i am with grammar and syntax #it is incredibly obvious spanish is a foreign language for me . do u think that stops me from speaking it ? NO #HOW ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO GET BETTER IF I DON’T PRACTICE #like okay i already speak two languages fluently so monolinguals don’t Get it but you do not have to have a perfect accent to speak another #language . it is so incredibly important to get over that ‘but i sound bad’ hurdle or else you will never get better at your chosen languag #mi acento es muy muy horrible pero sigo hablar español porque como puedo ser mejor sin hablar 😭 #jay rambles

[austennerdita2533]

What foreign language did you teach yourself and how?

Portuguese. (To be fair, it's grammatically similar to Spanish, a language I already know pretty well, so that certainly has aided me in picking things up faster.) And I've been using some language-learning websites and tools from the library. I also listen to music and watch videos on social media in the language as well. Anything to immerse my brain, really.

#renee561 #replies #the loveliest of lovely people #ashlee bree talks languages #i'm much better at reading portuguese than speaking it though #the pronunciation poses more of a challenge for me #because there's more of an emphasis on vowels/vowel sounds #whereas in spanish it's more on consonants