European consonant pronunciation guide suggestionMaybe there already is one, but a nice reference would be an explanation of the Spain-spanish pronunciations from a Latin American perspective. Because I am hearing the "th" sound in at least three different letters: c, g, and z. I sometimes hear "d" pronounced as "v".
Several letters (g, q, d, and even j) are often pronounced with a rough sound that has no equivalent letter sound, more like a middle eastern language sound.
Others (heard in the listening exercise following this one): T pronounced as d, d as q, and z as j. It's as if the european spanish mushes different letters into one sound, and many letters are pronounced differently depending upon the word.
never mind, I see what I did wrong (i do not see a way to delete a question)
In the test question, "Rafael y Julio son unos chicos muy . . . ," The English translation omits the "some" (unos). I wonder why that was done. Was it to show that "unos" is always added in the given Spanish usage? I would be interested in any corresponding lesson.
Not exactly sure what "These adjectives are always invariable in masculine and feminine singular" is trying to tell me. Does this imply that -e ending nationalities can be either masculine or feminine?
Is las required with desde/hasta?
Gracias, Shirley.
This is an excellent lesson. Very clearly explained.
I understand the idea of using the imperfect to picture what is happening in the moment. But there is another tense for this as well. I forget the name of it, so I will just use an example.
"La profesora abría la puerta."
"La profesora estaba abriendo la puerta."
Would the choice between these two tenses be up to the speaker, or would there be a grammatical rule that tells us which one to use?
Thanks.
In the example:
Nuestra ayuda está dirigida a jóvenes sin empleo. Estas son personas que han acabado sus estudios y no han encontrado trabajo.
why is it "Estas" and not "Estos"? Doesn't this pronoun need to agree with "jóvenes" rather than "personas"?
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Today I visited the least interesting monuments of the city. I wThere's an error here. The last part should be I was bored instead of I was boring.
Hi, the article makes no reference to “me recuerda” without either an “a” or a “que”, but several of the questions require this answer. John suggested a year ago that the article account for this situation:
“For the sake of completeness I would make a small change.
Something “reminds me of” OR “is similar to”: Do not omit the “a” [from Recordar + a]
Something “is brought to mind”: Omit the “a” [from Recordar + a].
Something reminds me that: Use Recordar + que”
If John is correct, could you please make this change because as it stands the article seems incomplete. Thanks!
Hi, I used the word "trancón" for traffic jam, but it was not recognized as a correct alternative. How come?
Maybe there already is one, but a nice reference would be an explanation of the Spain-spanish pronunciations from a Latin American perspective. Because I am hearing the "th" sound in at least three different letters: c, g, and z. I sometimes hear "d" pronounced as "v".
Several letters (g, q, d, and even j) are often pronounced with a rough sound that has no equivalent letter sound, more like a middle eastern language sound.
Others (heard in the listening exercise following this one): T pronounced as d, d as q, and z as j. It's as if the european spanish mushes different letters into one sound, and many letters are pronounced differently depending upon the word.
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