{"id":808,"date":"2010-06-08T13:30:59","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T13:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=808"},"modified":"2010-06-08T13:31:19","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T13:31:19","slug":"sound-of-letter-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/sound-of-letter-r\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronunciation Podcast &#8211; The Sound of the Letter R"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-808-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/03\/Podcast-01.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/03\/Podcast-01.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/03\/Podcast-01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Hola, mi gente.<\/p>\n<p>Today we\u2019re going to have our first Spanish podcast. I\u2019m really excited to be talking to you guys so let me tell you a little bit about myself.<\/p>\n<p>I was born in Bebedouro, in the state of S\u00e3o Paulo, in Brazil. I started studying Spanish when I was 16, now I\u2019m 34, and I\u2019ve been in love with this beautiful language ever since.<\/p>\n<p>OK, so let\u2019s start, <em>empecemos<\/em>. One of the hardest things in learning a foreign language is mastering its pronunciation. The golden tip is to listen, listen, and listen some more to Spanish and start recognizing the sounds and practice them.<\/p>\n<p>The sound of initial R and the double R present some difficulty for English speakers because you have to trill your tongue and this doesn\u2019t happen in English.<\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s listen to some common words in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Initial R<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>reloj <\/em>(watch) &#8211; <em>ropa <\/em>(clothes) &#8211; <em>rojo <\/em>(red) &#8211; <em>raz\u00f3n <\/em>(reason) &#8211; <em>rosa <\/em>(rose) &#8211; <em>raro <\/em>(rare) &#8211; <em>romper <\/em>(to break) &#8211; <em>roto <\/em>(broken)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Double R<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>perro <\/em>(dog) &#8211; <em>cerro <\/em>(hill) &#8211; <em>zorro <\/em>(fox) &#8211; <em>aburrido <\/em>(bored) &#8211; <em>arriba <\/em>(up) &#8211; <em>carrera <\/em>(career) &#8211; <em>correr <\/em>(to run) &#8211; <em>cerrar <\/em>(to close) &#8211; <em>carretera <\/em>(highway)<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the diference of the single R and the double R in these words.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>pero \u2013 perro<br \/>\ncero \u2013 cerro<br \/>\ncaro \u2013 carro<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s finish this podcast with a tonguetwister. Try saying it faster each time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Parra ten\u00eda una perra.<br \/>\nGuerra ten\u00eda una parra.<br \/>\nLa perra de Parra subi\u00f3 a la parra de Guerra.<br \/>\nGuerra peg\u00f3 con la porra a la perra de Parra.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Nos vemos prontito.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hola, mi gente. Today we\u2019re going to have our first Spanish podcast. I\u2019m really excited to be talking to you guys so let me tell you a little bit about myself. I was born in Bebedouro, in the state of S\u00e3o Paulo, in Brazil. 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