Tag Archives: Pronunciation
5 Sounds that Are Making Your Spanish Pronunciation Sound Super Gringo Posted by Jakob Gibbons on Dec 28, 2015
Speaking Spanish is kind of hard. Not just because every word has about 34 different meanings, but also because of its many nuanced sounds. For speakers of other languages, the sounds of Spanish — especially the consonants — can be counterintuitive. V‘s that sound more like B‘s and diphthongs that sound like not much of anything are just…
Making Spanish Vowels Even Easier with the IPA Posted by Jakob Gibbons on Oct 26, 2015
Are you one of the many language learners who think Spanish only has five simple vowels? It’s true, Spanish has an easy system of pure vowels or monophthongs — a, e, i, o, u — but what about words like rey, aire, or bueno? Spanish vowels are mostly easy, but the diphthongs, vowels made up…
The IPA for Spanish Language Learning: Consonants Posted by Jakob Gibbons on Oct 14, 2015
Did you learn Spanish out of a textbook in high school but still struggle to hold a conversation that doesn’t involve ordering food? Or maybe you’ve been speaking Spanish for years but are fed up with that awful acent that gets you made fun of everywhere you travel? I’ve had plenty of students with both of these…
Spanish singers: Pablo Alboran´s new hit “Por fin” Posted by Magda on Oct 23, 2014
¿Cuál es vuestro cantante favorito en español? Estoy segura de que si seguís el blog de Transparent Spanish, o soléis sintonizar alguna emisora española por internet, conoceréis a un chico malagueño que estos últimos años se ha hecho muy famoso: Pablo Alborán. Su nuevo disco, Terrain, se lanzará el próximo noviembre, pero el single actual…
Spelling quiz with audio – the answers! Posted by Adir on Apr 12, 2013
Hello, everybody! Here are the answers to Wednesday’s spelling quiz. U or Ü? agÜilla [a little trickle of water] agÜuero [omen, luck] ágUila [eagle] cagUeta [chicken, coward] cegUera [blindness] cigÜeña [stork] gUerra [war] gUitarra [guitar] gUiñar [to blink] higUera [fig tree] hogUera [bonfire] jugUete [toy] lingÜística [linguistics] pingÜino [penguin] segUir [to follow] sigUiente [following] trigUeño [olive-skinned] yegÜero [mare caretaker] zagUero [rear, back – sports] QU or CU? CUaderno [notebook] CUando [when] QUinientos [five hundred] CUanto [how much]…
Spelling quiz with audio Posted by Adir on Apr 10, 2013
Hi, there! Let’s take a spelling quiz en español. Listen to the audio then choose between the two options presented. Are you ready? Let’s start! U or Ü? ag__illa [a little trickle of water] ag__uero [omen, luck] ág__ila [eagle] cag__eta [chicken, coward] ceg__era [blindness] cig__eña [stork] g__erra [war] g__itarra [guitar] g__iñar [to blink] hig__era [fig…
Let´s celebrate the World Poetry Day with Mario Benedetti! Posted by Magda on Mar 21, 2013
Hoy es el Día Internacional de la Poesía, de la misma forma que ayer fue el Día Internacional de la Felicidad, y mañana será el día internacional de quién sabe qué… La necesidad humana de etiquetar y clasificar, ya sabéis. Lo encuentro algo absurdo, sobre todo en el caso de la felicidad, pero como me…