Today's lesson was on pronunciation. I'm feeling like maybe this is important! 😉😉😉 We had two videos to watch.
The second video was from SuperHolly, an American but according to our coach, speaks Spanish at a native level.
SuperHolly had several tips which helped me:
- The letter "T" is pronounced with the tongue touching the back of the teeth
- The letter "D" is pronounced like "TH" in English
- The "R" she compares to the "D" in English (e.g. caro vs cadet)
Practise Practise Practise!
Great entry! I was quite taken by Holly, and watched several of her videos…she was raised in Mexico and the US, and was sent to school in Mexico, with only about 2 words of Spanish.
ReplyDeleteThis reminded me of my husbands niece. Her dad was Mexican, her mom is French Canadian…She was raised in Mexico, US and Canada ….so is fluently tri lingual! She has no idea of the difficulties we face!!
I’ve also watched several videos on rolling your rrrrrr….your video sounded pretty good…I’m going to keep trying!!
How lucky your husband's niece is! Is she thinking of learning a fourth? It would probably be a snap for her!
DeleteI keep telling myself if we keep trying and encouraging each other we're ak going to experience our own breakthroughs. You can do it!
I’m also amazed at how much work this prof is putting into this course!
ReplyDeleteHe definitely is working hard! He must really want us all to speak Spanish.
DeleteOh, I was afraid of that!! I posted my first comment…went to preview the comment, and it seemed to disappear!! So I started over…now I see there are 2 versions of my comments!!
ReplyDeleteHaha, no worries. It just looks like I have TONS of comments now.
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