Thursday, July 26, 2012
What Is The Common Word Harder to pronounce for speakers of Spanish?
In basic English - or general - What is the most common word difficult to pronounce for speakers of Spanish? Basic English means that your listeners might be able to understand you. Therefore, we must face and master the sounds and words difficult.
Translated by Alejandra Vallejo
What is the most common word difficult to pronounce for speakers of Spanish?
This is a difficult question, and must have many answers. After all, many non-native English speakers know how to pronounce all the words. For example, many native speakers have problems with words such as 'epitome' (easy for you because the 'e' at the end sounds) and therefore, they simply avoid using some words.
But for Hispanic students English pronunciation What common word tops the list?
In my experience this is 'available' (available). This word has five separate points of pronunciation.
V = v 1 ... oat
2. Ai = .... I (and not 'y' to 'wow' as it sounds in Spanish)
3. The = .... The
4. Ble =... bal, because the 'e' at the end should be a silent
5. Emphasis (tilde) on 'i'.
Thus we have:
AV - EI - LA - BAL
The pronunciation of this word is particularly difficult because of the confusion in Spanish between 'b' and 'v' (a confusion which does not exist in English). Also, if your first two syllables of 'available' sound like 'abay "in Spanish, who listens to you will never be able to guess which word you're trying to say.
Another simple word that causes problems in spoken English is 'world' (world). I think this is due to three consonants in a row that the word has. It is almost impossible to say them exactly.
The English people in England (not throughout Great Britain) can not pronounce the letter 'r' and usually do not try. To them 'pepper' (pepper) is 'pit' and 'letter' (letter) is 'violet.' You should not try and mimic this type of pronunciation.
So this means that the English people say 'uoold' (or pot) instead of 'world'. The Scottish people are famous for pronouncing the letter 'r' very strong, so they say something like 'uarrald.' The international sound right is something between the two types.
You do not have to worry about this, because as always in English, the context will help make your meaning clear. And there are no other common word in English that can be confused with 'world'.. The only possibility is 'wold' it is so regional and dark that I'm not even going to tell you what it means.
If you are a person who confuses 'world' (world) with 'word' (word), then you should note that although they are very similar, the phonetics of 'world' is 'uorld' (or pot and a "d "weak at the end) and 'word' is 'ave' (a oat with a 'D' strong finish.)
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