correct your spanish blunders

[...]... “extra” y as in “guy,” “way,” “boy” PRONUNCIATION 5 Spanish Letters and Sounds Because the Spanish and English alphabets are so similar, it is important to keep in mind that the sounds represented by most letters in Spanish are different from the sounds they represent in English Vowels Spanish vowel sounds are produced by first positioning the mouth correctly, then uttering the sound without moving the... Yolanda ✗ ya me amó The sound /r/ in Spanish is very different from the English /r/ To pronounce the English /r/, the lips are rounded, the top teeth are somewhat bared, and the tongue is suspended in the middle of the mouth without touching anything To pronounce the Spanish /r/, keep your lips in a flat position and tap the tip of your tongue once on the ridge behind your top front teeth The sound is... your tongue once on the ridge behind your top front teeth The sound is like the d in the English “body.” cara cero hora iré loro oro para Learn to make the trilled Spanish r by placing the tip of your tongue loosely on the ridge behind your top front teeth, then forcing air between the tongue and the ridge, causing it to flap rapidly and automatically This takes practice, but it’s worth learning The... rama rosa carro perro cierra error The Spanish s is pronounced like the s in “sun,” even in the middle or at the end of a word It is never pronounced like the English z, as in the second s of “Susan” or at the end of a word AVOID THE Blunder Pronounce the Spanish s (even in the middle or at the end of a word) like the s in “sun.” ✗ Suzanna ✗ rozez PRONUNCIATION 9 In Spanish, the only consonants that are... in Spanish argentino(-a) colombiano(-a) español(a) francés/francesa inglés/inglesa mexicano(-a) AVOID THE ✗ Español Argentine Colombian Spanish French English Mexican Blunder ✗ Inglés náhuatl panameño(-a) peruano(-a) portugués/ portuguesa quechua ✗ Peruano Nahuatl Panamanian Peruvian Portuguese Quechua ✗ Colombiana ] The names of religions and religious affiliations are typically not capitalized in Spanish. .. to Consonants The sounds /p/, /k/, and /t/ at the beginning of English words are followed by a puff of air Do not produce this puff of air when pronouncing these sounds in Spanish Pepe papá taco capa Paco tapas The sounds of the Spanish letters b, v, g, and d are similar to their English equivalents at the beginning of words However, when these letters fall between two vowels, they are softer and may... Place the tongue between the top and bottom teeth, exactly like the th in “brother.” cada AVOID THE dedo mide seda Blunder Do not use the English /d/ sound for the Spanish d in the middle or at the end of words This sound is used for the Spanish r Say the following words aloud, pronouncing d like the English th, and r like the English d cada todo ida mide cara toro ira mire cedo dudo comed hablad cero... Don Quijote de la Mancha AVOID THE Blunder Grammar of the Spanish Language Don Quixote of la Mancha ✗ Gramática De La Lengua Española ✗ Gramática de la Lengua Española ✗ Don Quijote De La Mancha CAPITALIZATION Exercises A Ⅵ Write the abbreviated form of the following words 1 don 2 señora 3 usted 4 señores B Ⅵ Circle the words below that have incorrect capitalization 1 Septiembre 6 Católico 2 viernes... over with my family.” ] Quotation marks are used, as in English, to mark someone’s exact words within a text In Spanish the symbols « » are often used for this purpose If the end punctuation of the quote is a question mark or exclamation point, it goes before the final quotation mark In Spanish, unlike English, this is followed by a period A colon, rather than a comma, is used to introduce the quote... libros es el mejor ACCENT MARK ACCENT MARK NO ACCENT MARK ACCENT MARK ACCENT MARK NO ACCENT MARK ACCENT MARK ACCENT MARK NO ACCENT MARK He perdido mi tarjeta, sin la cual no puedo comprar nada What’s your name? I would like to know which one is the best book I lost my card, without which I can’t buy anything 14 PRONUNCIATION AND SPELLING ACCENT MARK ACCENT MARK NO ACCENT MARK ACCENT MARK ACCENT MARK .