The Spanish Vowels
In this educational video, I try to teach my good friend Louise all about Spanish vowels. Her experience teaches valuable lessons that will help you with your own pronunciation over this sound primer.
In it, you'll learn about Spanish vowels and the most common English-speaker vowel mistakes. You can always refer back to this section later in the course.
In it, you'll learn about Spanish vowels and the most common English-speaker vowel mistakes. You can always refer back to this section later in the course.
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This audio first reviews this Spanish vowel sound and then compares the English and Spanish Pronunciation of the name "Ana." Mimic my pronunciation so that you can feel the difference.
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/i/
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/u/
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/e/
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This audio first reviews this Spanish vowel and compares the English and Spanish pronunciation of the words "se" and "sed." Notice the errors with the English "say" and "said." Mimic my pronunciation so that you can feel the difference.
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/o/
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This audio first reviews this Spanish vowel and compares the English and Spanish pronunciation of the words "no." Mimic my pronunciation so that you can feel the difference.
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Do not fret if you are unable to recreate or understand all these sounds yet. It will come with practice and exposure to these Spanish sounds. I recommend that you refer to these sections regularly as you begin to make sense of these insights.