{"id":6846,"date":"2013-04-29T05:33:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T09:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=6846"},"modified":"2014-07-15T15:31:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T19:31:39","slug":"how-to-use-m-and-n-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/how-to-use-m-and-n-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use “m” and “n” in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, there! Did you have a good weekend? I hope you did!<\/p>\n

Both letters “m” and “n” have the same sound when they come at the end of a syllble, for example, in words like completo<\/em> [complete], cambio<\/em> [change], cinco<\/em> [five], alg\u00fan<\/em> [some], among others.<\/p>\n

We follow some rules:<\/p>\n

1. Before p<\/strong> and b<\/strong> we always use m: amp<\/strong>lio<\/em> [spacious], amb<\/strong>os<\/em> [both], emp<\/strong>ezar<\/em> [to start], emb<\/strong>arcar<\/em> [to board].<\/p>\n

2. We n<\/strong> at the end of words: jard\u00edn<\/strong><\/em> [garden], coraz\u00f3n<\/strong><\/em> [heart], cien<\/strong><\/em> [hundred], qui\u00e9n<\/strong><\/em> [who], alg\u00fan<\/strong><\/em> [some]. There are some exceptions with words that have their origin in other languages: \u00e1lbum<\/strong>, \u00eddem<\/strong>, \u00edtem<\/strong>, curr\u00edculum<\/strong>, r\u00e9quiem<\/strong>, ultim\u00e1tu<\/em>m.<\/p>\n

3. We use the clusters nm<\/strong> or nn<\/strong> in words formed with prefixes con, en, in. Examples: conm<\/strong>igo<\/em> [with me], conm<\/strong>emorar<\/em> [to celebrate], enm<\/strong>endar<\/em> [to fix], enm<\/strong>udecer<\/em> [to be silent], inm<\/strong>ueble<\/em> [real estate], inm<\/strong>ensidad<\/em> [immensity], inn<\/strong>ecesario<\/em> [unnecessary].<\/p>\n

4. There are a few words with the mn<\/strong> cluster: alumn<\/strong>o<\/em> [student], column<\/strong>a<\/em> [column], calumn<\/strong>ia<\/em> [slander].<\/p>\n

Test Yourself!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Complete the following words with m, n or mn:<\/p>\n

1. co…bustible [fuel]
\n2. ta..bi\u00e9… [too]
\n3. ca..pa..illa [small bell; Tinkerbell]
\n4. i..e..orable [memorable]
\n5. i…igrar [to immigrate]
\n6. \u00e1lbu…[album]
\n7. e…loquecer [to go crazy]
\n8. calu…ia [slander]
\n9. alu…o [student]
\n10. co…fu…dir [to confuse]
\n11. ca…sado [tired]
\n12. a…paro [support, shelter, cover]
\n13. \u00edte… [item]
\n14. co…igo [with me]
\n15. r\u00e9quie…
\n16. ho…bro [shoulder]
\n17. colu…a [column]
\n18. jard\u00ed… [garden]
\n19. ha…bre [hunger]
\n20. a…plio [spacious]
\n21. catal\u00e1… [Catalan]<\/p>\n

Check your answers in an online dictionary like this one<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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Hello, there! Did you have a good weekend? I hope you did! Both letters “m” and “n” have the same sound when they come at the end of a syllble, for example, in words like completo [complete], cambio [change], cinco [five], alg\u00fan [some], among others. We follow some rules: 1. Before p and b we…<\/p>\n

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