Learning Spanish

[Valito]

Originally Posted by TreIsCool32

I'm late but thank you for the lesson anml. I found it very useful. El libro is masculine. La Pluma is feminine. Hope I'm right.

Yo soy de Argentina, el español es mi lengua nativa. Nunca me acuerdo de éste thread, pero prometo pasarme de vez en cuando. Si tienen dudas pueden escribirme!

I'm Argentine so Spanish is my mother tongue. I promise I'll drop by this thread every time I can, because I always forget to . Anyway just pm if you have any doubts!

Mucha suerte (Good luck!)

[Amanda]

Originally Posted by Amy_Lee_Rocks

lol

Aa Bb Cc Chch Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll LLll Mm Nn Ññ Oo Pp Qq Rr RRrr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

I believe this is the correct Mexican Alphabet

Thanks!

Bueno Valito, gracias!

[Alezito Volkova]

interesting Topic
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Interesante tema ........... XD

... Could Exist A thread To Learn English xD ...

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Podrìa exìstir Un thread para aprender inglès
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0 aporte ... Jejejejeje

[itsme22]

Originally Posted by Amy_Lee_Rocks

Aa Bb Cc Chch Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll LLll Mm Nn Ññ Oo Pp Qq Rr RRrr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

I believe this is the correct Mexican Alphabet

That is the Americanized Spanish alphabet. There is no such thing as a Mexican alphabet.

The traditional Spanish alphabet is
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Ññ Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

All the other letters were added, I believe, to help Americans remember the different sounds certain combinations of letters make.

[Amanda]

Question:

# How would I pronounce 'Paz'? I read it was 'paces'.

[Katoren]

Originally Posted by TreIsCool32

# How would I pronounce 'Paz'? I read it was 'paces'.

If you know how to pronounce 'paces', then it's simple. Just say 'paces', but stop at the 'c'.
If you don't, er... Put your tongue between your teeth as if you were to bite it, and then take the air out of your mouth through your teeth.
If you know what I mean.

[Amy_Lee_Rocks]

Originally Posted by TreIsCool32

Question:

# How would I pronounce 'Paz'? I read it was 'paces'.

Paz? as in Peace?
If you need help with prnounciation i got a mic.
U can IM me anytime on MSN

[anml]

Originally Posted by crazy malchik

anml said ella will make a lesson "mañana", but mañana was 4 days ago! lol

im srry tomorrow is holiday so i promise ill make it tomorrow. I apologize

Originally Posted by TreIsCool32

Question:

# How would I pronounce 'Paz'? I read it was 'paces'.

P - Like in Reply
A - Dad
Z - Zebra

'Paces' is the plural for Paz

[itsme22]

Originally Posted by anml

P - Like in Reply
A - Dad
Z - Zebra

In Latin American Spanish, the "Z" in "paz" would be pronounced the same at the letter "S." The English "Z" sound does not exist in Spanish. In Castillian Spanish, it would be pronounced "path"

[la aurora]

You, spanish-speaking people, are confusing

Whatever way I learn to pronounce some things, I always end up demonstrating result of my hard efforts to someone who has it 'different' and makes fun of me

[Amanda]

Thanks Katoren, Yoshi, anml and itsme22. I think I understand now.

EDIT: la aurora, ! They are confusing! But I <3 them!

[Amy_Lee_Rocks]

Originally Posted by la aurora

You, spanish-speaking people, are confusing

Whatever way I learn to pronounce some things, I always end up demonstrating result of my hard efforts to someone who has it 'different' and makes fun of me

It all depends what Spanish u are trying to learn..lol
Im pretty sure that when everyeone says something different
it gets confusing.

[Amanda]

Originally Posted by Amy_Lee_Rocks

It all depends what Spanish u are trying to learn..lol
Im pretty sure that when everyeone says something different
it gets confusing.

Yeah it really does. It's stressing, seeing as you think it's right, but it's wrong in this version, etc.

[la aurora]

Originally Posted by Amy_Lee_Rocks

It all depends what Spanish u are trying to learn..lol
Im pretty sure that when everyeone says something different
it gets confusing.

I have no idea on what Spanish I try to learn

I had a spanish friend some years ago and he was teaching me how to pronounce things and laughing at me saying I sound like someone from Latin America (seems latin spanish is closer to russian than spanish spanish phonetically). And now I have a colombian friend who mocks me a lot saying I sound too spanish and teaches me to pronounce things 'right'.

Having in mind that I haven't had any practice for quite a while and 'zapato', 'zanahoria', 'tiene usted una cerveza muy fria. tengo sed' + 1 song by Natalia Oreiro is pretty much everything that I remember, I can guess what a perfect object for mocking I am

[-Adruz-]

In my case, I think I'm cofunsing because my english is horrible I know a lot about spanish grammar, but I can't teach you in english.. Sorry.

Originally Posted by la aurora

Having in mind that I haven't had any practice for quite a while and 'zapato', 'zanahoria', 'tiene usted una cerveza muy fria. tengo sed' + 1 song by Natalia Oreiro is pretty much everything that I remember, I can guess what a perfect object for mocking I am

Offtop:
Do you know her? She's Argentinian

[Amy_Lee_Rocks]

Originally Posted by la aurora

I have no idea on what Spanish I try to learn

I had a spanish friend some years ago and he was teaching me how to pronounce things and laughing at me saying I sound like someone from Latin America (seems latin spanish is closer to russian than spanish spanish phonetically). And now I have a colombian friend who mocks me a lot saying I sound too spanish and teaches me to pronounce things 'right'.

Having in mind that I haven't had any practice for quite a while and 'zapato', 'zanahoria', 'tiene usted una cerveza muy fria. tengo sed' + 1 song by Natalia Oreiro is pretty much everything that I remember, I can guess what a perfect object for mocking I am

haha, wow
Well from my point of view, Russian isnt hard to pronounce..
the hard part is talking it at a normal speed..lol
Since im not use to using V or K in alot of words
or very long words, its kinda hard to say it fast.
Easy to read & Pronounce.

[itsme22]

Originally Posted by -Adruz-

We speak Castillian Spanish, but we don't pronounce the "Z" as the Spanish people do

Historically, "Castellano" refers to the language of Castilla, the Old Kingdom of Spain. After the Spanish language was brought over when much of Central and South America was conquered by the Spanish, obviously, the language evolved differently in every region. Technically, "Castellano" would refer the "Spanish" spoken in Spain since that's were the Old Kingdom was. Many countries in South America, especially the southern half, decided to adopt the term "castellano" for their language because calling it "español" would be too much of a link between them and their former Spanish conquerors.

I know that Argentina and Uruguay (I can't remember the others) call the language they speak "castellano," but technically, it isn't.

Originally Posted by Amy_Lee_Rocks

Well from my point of view, Russian isnt hard to pronounce..
Easy to read & Pronounce.

Russian and Spanish (well, the Romance languages in general) are more similar than I thought they'd be. Pronunciation shouldn't be hard for Spanish-speakers. My Russian teacher, Natalia Myshkina (haha), once told me I had a charming accent.

[la aurora]

Originally Posted by Amy_Lee_Rocks

haha, wow
Well from my point of view, Russian isnt hard to pronounce..
the hard part is talking it at a normal speed..lol
Since im not use to using V or K in alot of words
or very long words, its kinda hard to say it fast.
Easy to read & Pronounce.

I wonder what speed you consider 'normal'. If one Yulia speaks at then... well all I can say is 'don't try to repeat this trcik at home'. She's in the league of her own

Speed will come with confidence. Confidence will come with practice. Russian indeed isn't that hard as we don't have obvious tongue-twisting sounds.

From what I remember from Learning russian thread we had couple of years ago, the most difficult thing about russian pronouncation is softness of consonants. Many find it quite hard to make those sounds different enough. With reading main trouble is vocals though We constantly pronounce 'o' as 'a' and 'e' as 'i' etc. Well and for some people Zh, ch, sch sounds are hard a bit, spanish people often find it hard to get 'b' and 'v' difference right. Depends on the native language a lot but in general, spanish speakers shouldn't have serious problems with russian.

[itsme22]

Originally Posted by la aurora

Speed will come with confidence. Confidence will come with practice. Russian indeed isn't that hard as we don't have obvious tongue-twisting sounds.

Offtop:
In my Russian class we had to recite tongue twisters. Mine was something like "Shla Sasha po shosse i sosala sushku" and there was another one "Karl u Klary ukral korally, a Klara u Karla ukrala klarnyet." They're fun

[la aurora]

Originally Posted by itsme22

Offtop:
In my Russian class we had to recite tongue twisters. Mine was something like "Shla Sasha po shosse i sosala sushku" and there was another one "Karl u Klary ukral korally, a Klara u Karla ukrala klarnyet." They're fun

Offtop:
These 2 tongue-twisters are the most popular here as well, I think