{"id":53307,"date":"2021-02-27T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/?p=53307"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:50:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:50:27","slug":"rules-with-spanish-pronunciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/blog\/rules-with-spanish-pronunciation\/","title":{"rendered":"More Rules with Spanish Pronunciation: Spanish Lesson 44"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the forty-fourth lesson in our beginner level Spanish course and we will look at More <strong>Rules with Spanish Pronunciation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In our previous lesson we started looking at <a href=\"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/blog\/spanish-pronunciation-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish Pronunciation<\/a>. We learned that on the whole Spanish pronunciation is very straightforward with most of the letters retaining one distinct sound in whichever words they are found. Alas, as is usually the case, there are exceptions to the rule and we will now delve a bit deeper and learn more <strong>Rules with Spanish Pronunciation<\/strong> to make sure you are confident with some of the letters which have more than one sound.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33337 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rules-with-Spanish-Pronunciation-1024x683.png\" alt=\"rules with Spanish Pronunciation\" width=\"798\" height=\"532\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>Spanish letter C<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Spanish letter C can be pronounced in two different ways. When it comes before the vowels \u201cA\u201d, \u201cO\u201d and \u201cU\u201d it has a similar sound to the English &#8220;K&#8221; or hard \u201cC&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Have a go:<\/p>\n<p>Casa: house<br \/>\nCuatro: four<br \/>\nColor: colour<br \/>\nColiflor: cauliflower<br \/>\nCara: face<\/p>\n<p>If the \u201cC\u201d comes before an \u201cE\u201d or an \u201cI\u201d its pronunciation is slightly different depending on whether the speaker is Spanish or <a href=\"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/blog\/differences-between-spanish-in-spain-and-latin-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Latin American<\/a>. In most of Latin America, the \u201cC\u201d has an English &#8220;S&#8221; sound when it comes before an \u201cE\u201d or an \u201cI\u201d. In most of Spain, the \u201cC\u201d before an \u201cE\u201d or an \u201cI\u201d is pronounced like the soft English &#8220;TH&#8221; in &#8220;through&#8221; or &#8220;think.&#8221; Contrary to common belief, this is not a lisp.<\/p>\n<p>Have a go:<\/p>\n<p>Cerilla: match<br \/>\nOnce: eleven<br \/>\nDiciembre: December<br \/>\nMarcela: female name \u201cMarcela\u201d<br \/>\nGracias: thank you<\/p>\n<p>It should also be noted that according to the rules of the Spanish pronunciation the \u201cCH\u201d is considered a separate letter with its own distinct sound.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>Spanish letter G<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Spanish letter G has various different pronunciations depending on its location in a word. When you combine a \u201cG\u201d with a consonant or when the \u201cG\u201d is located in front of an \u201cA\u201d, \u201cO\u201d or \u201cU\u201d, it sounds like an English \u201cG\u201d such as that found in words like \u201cgame\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Have a go:<\/p>\n<p>Gato: cat<br \/>\nGusano: worm<br \/>\nGota: drop<br \/>\nGanso: goose<br \/>\nGrano: grain<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cG\u201d sound changes when it is located in front of an \u201cE\u201d or an \u201cI\u201d and sounds more like the Spanish \u201cJ\u201d, or the English \u201cH\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Have a go:<\/p>\n<p>Generoso: generous<br \/>\nGeneral: general<br \/>\nGitano: gypsy<br \/>\nAgitar: to shake<br \/>\nGirar: to turn<\/p>\n<p>When the \u201cG\u201d is located in front of an \u201cUE\u201d or \u201cUI\u201d its sound is like an English \u201cG\u201d again. In these instances the pronunciation of the \u201cU\u201d is silent.<\/p>\n<p>Have a go:<\/p>\n<p>Guitarra: guitar<br \/>\nGuerra: war<br \/>\nManguera: hose<br \/>\n\u00c1guila: eagle<br \/>\nHamburguesa: burger<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>Spanish letter R<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Spanish letter R has two distinct pronunciations, one hard and one soft. The single, soft, Spanish \u201cR\u201d sounds much like the English &#8220;D&#8221; or the English \u201cTT\u201d heard in English words such as \u201clittle\u201d. It is formed by hitting the tongue, with a single tap, against the front ridge at the top of the mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Have a go:<\/p>\n<p>Cuchara: spoon<br \/>\nCaro: expensive<br \/>\nTrabajo: work<br \/>\nTriste: sad<br \/>\nEscribir: to write<\/p>\n<p>The hard Spanish pronunciation rule, rolling Spanish \u201cR\u201d is heard when the \u201cR\u201d is doubled and with a single \u201cR\u201d that is located at the beginning of a word or after an \u201cL\u201d, \u201cN\u201d or \u201cS\u201d. It is a trilled sound formed by flapping the tongue against the front roof of the mouth. It might help you to think of the purring of a cat, a helicopter or the revving of a car motor. Try loosely holding the tip of your tongue to the front roof of your mouth and then blow air through, with a relaxed tongue.<\/p>\n<p>Have a go:<\/p>\n<p>Cerrar: to close<br \/>\nPerro: dog<br \/>\nParrilla: grill<br \/>\nTorre: tower<br \/>\nCarro: car \/ cart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the forty-fourth lesson in our beginner level Spanish course and we will look at More Rules with Spanish Pronunciation. In our previous lesson we started looking at Spanish Pronunciation. We learned that on the whole Spanish pronunciation is very straightforward with most of the letters retaining one distinct sound in whichever words they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":53326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[1391,1516,1652],"class_list":["post-53307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spanish-lessons","tag-beginner-spanish-lessons","tag-learn-spanish","tag-spanish-language-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53331,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53307\/revisions\/53331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}