Phonetics (Second part)
La
letra H no se pronuncia. Pero la
unión CH, se pronuncia como un solo
sonido [ʧ]: charco.
H is never pronounced. But CH is pronounced as one sound: [ʧ]:
charco.
La
letra L se pronucia [l], pero la
unión LL, se pronuncia [λ] o [ǰ]:
llorar.
L is pronounced [l], but LL is pronounced [λ] or [ǰ]: llorar.
La
letra Y se pronuncia:
Y is pronounced like:
-
[ǰ] cuando va seguida de vocal: lacayo
-
[ǰ] when it is follewed by a vowel
-
[i] a final de palabra o cuando va sola: rey, Pedro y Pablo
-
[i] when it is at the end of the word or alone
La
letra Ñ se pronuncia [ɲ]: niña,
español
Ñ is pronounced [ɲ]
La
letra X se pronuncia:
X is pronounced like:
-
[s] cuando va a principio de palabra. Hay muy pocas palabras que
comiencen por X: xilófono
-
[s] when it is at the beginning of the word. There are very few words
that begin by X
-
[ks] en los demás casos: taxi
-
[ks] in the other cases
La
letra R se pronuncia:
R is pronounced like:
-
[r] suave: una R entre vocales París
a final de sílaba: cantar
* R + C, D, F, G, P, T: cresta,
dromedario, franco, gracias, prisa, tramo
-
Soft [r]: one R between vowels
at the end of the syllable
* R + C, D, F, G, P, T
-
[r] fuerte: R a principio de palabra: rosa
RR entre vocales: carro
R precedida de L o N: alrededor, enredo
-
Strong [r]: R at the beginning of the word
RR between vowels
R after L or N
