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totally confused now about bs and vs
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on another subject - I am a man (yes I know thats a surprise to some lol)
I originally learnt - yo soy un hombre now its seems its only soy hombre no un needed,is this correct
different courses seem to teach different things -anciano/viejo for old for instance...maybe I should stick to one method lol
I originally learnt - yo soy un hombre now its seems its only soy hombre no un needed,is this correct
different courses seem to teach different things -anciano/viejo for old for instance...maybe I should stick to one method lol
Hartley: Most (really) Dominicans cannot distinguish bs and vs...
In "theory" the v is slightly "fricative" which means that there is a little brush of the lips.
The b is supposed to be slightly "explosive" ....
However, reality indicates that you can get away with pretty much everything.
Me boy = me voy ben = ven...and so forth.
This is not a really important matter. What matters more are your el and la; los and las
that is what really screws up a non-Spanish speaker....: La problema, la mapa (NOOO!!!) El problema, el mapa *YESSS*....
Rule of Thumb: if it ends in -ma, -pa, or -te, its masculine and therefore "el"....
Don't sweat the accent, you cannot lose it, but you can make yourself understood, and that is what matters.
QUERER CERBAISA will get you the same cold President as Quiero una cerveza.....
Good Luck!
HB
In "theory" the v is slightly "fricative" which means that there is a little brush of the lips.
The b is supposed to be slightly "explosive" ....
However, reality indicates that you can get away with pretty much everything.
Me boy = me voy ben = ven...and so forth.
This is not a really important matter. What matters more are your el and la; los and las
that is what really screws up a non-Spanish speaker....: La problema, la mapa (NOOO!!!) El problema, el mapa *YESSS*....
Rule of Thumb: if it ends in -ma, -pa, or -te, its masculine and therefore "el"....
Don't sweat the accent, you cannot lose it, but you can make yourself understood, and that is what matters.
QUERER CERBAISA will get you the same cold President as Quiero una cerveza.....
Good Luck!
HB
They will both indeed get you a beer, difference is, one approach will cost you 15%+ more, and might draw a couple "ladies" to your side.
Personally, I go with a v like a v, and a b like a b as it would be in english, french, or italian. Some words sound ok with either or, but some words sound bad with wrong sound - ex. natibo, berdad and others are ok, berguenza.
In defense of Dominicans that cannot distinguish or pronounce Bs and Vs differently, thi s is true of most Latin American Spanish speakers if not all. Many of us were taught in elementary school to pronounce them as they should, but it's quite hard when all you hear is the same "b" sound around you all the time. The only one word that I recall that you need to make sure you pronounce it right is vaca (cow) since a baca is a different word (car luggage rack).
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