Questions tagged [vocales]
Preguntas sobre la historia y uso de las vocales en español.
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Spanish pronunciation of the word no
In Duolingo sessions, I keep tripping up over some mysterious difference between "no" being pronounced as "NO!" [no] and "NOH!" [nɔ]. What's the difference between these?
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How are vowels pronounced differently (regarding lip and/or tongue placement) in Spanish than in English?
When I was in college, one of my professors said something about vowels being pronounced differently in Spanish than in English, but I don't remember exactly what it was.
I'm not asking what sounds ...
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How is the letter "o" pronounced?
I know that in Spanish, all vowels have one pronunciation. But I don't see
that being followed by the letter "o".
Some words pronounce the "o" more like the stressed, first "o&...
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Rule for pronouncing 'ay' in a word
Apparently 'hay' has got only one syllable but:
'ayer' is /a-yer/, two syllables, and
'ayuda' is /a-yu-da/, three syllables.
So what is the rule for splitting 'ay' in a Spanish word like the name ...
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¿Por qué tan poco estudio sobre las vocales del español puertorriqueño?
Muchos de los fenómenos consonánticos del español puertorriqueño se saben (como la lenición de /s/ y /n/ finales, lateralización o lenición de la rótica implosiva, uvularización de /r/ y otros), pero ...
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¿Debe sustituirse "y" por "e" si la palabra empezada por "i" viene tras una coma y dentro de una frase secundaria?
Supongamos esta frase:
Me gusta el fútbol y, independientemente de la competición, miro todos los partidos de mi equipo.
Dicho en voz alta se oye un sonido /y/ redundante que hace que uno piense ...
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Why tribu, espíritu, ímpetu, not *tribo, *espírito, *ímpeto?
In the evolution of Latin to Spanish, nouns ending -us generally evolved into -o,
e.g. manus > mano
However this seems to have been avoided in a few words:
tribus > tribu
spiritus > espíritu
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Del origen y usos de los verbos podrir/pudrir en España
Según la RAE en España es de uso actual el verbo pudrir con U, siendo en América coexistentes las formas podrir y pudrir. Además ambas son existentes desde tiempo atrás (desde el español medieval). Si ...
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¿Es posible una oración que solo tenga palabras con úes?
He podido ver frases, oraciones como Este es el creyente hereje (valga la paradoja), o canciones donde se usa una y solo una vocal. Sin embargo no he podido ver ejemplos ni se me ocurren con la letra '...
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cAusa but veAmos (strong, weak vowels)
Could you explain to me why the combinations of two vowels are stressed differently? Are both of these combinations diphthongs?
Thank you
Edit: I found the proper explanation here http://www.learn-...
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How to explain to English speakers how to pronounce a pure Spanish E as in *meta*
Tell me if you want me to post this at ELU -- but please don't downvote me into oblivion. I'm happy to delete here and repost there if need be.
I thought I could explain to English speakers how to ...
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When did the Spanish language lose the long vowel sounds that Latin had?
It is known that the Latin language had both long and short vowel sounds. Nonetheless, the Spanish language does not have this differentiation and only has short vowels... or at least it seems so. ...
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¿Son éstas las vocales IPA que se usan en español?
En este video se muestra lo que parece ser las vocales a-e-i-o-u del español, pero tengo la duda si esas son en realidad las vocales usadas en español, y si los símbolos son los mismos dados a estas ...
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¿Por qué en español se debe cambiar la -i final por -y?
Anoche, leyendo un libro, me encontré con la palabra poni. Al principio se me hizo raro que no acabara en -y, así que me fui a buscar la norma de la ortografía española al respecto, y vi que solo se ...
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¿Por qué en español hay tan pocas palabras acabadas en "u"?
En el Diccionario de la Lengua Española hay pocas palabras que terminan en "u": alrededor de 75, incluyendo expresiones latinas y palabras importadas.
¿Cómo es que hay tan pocas, en comparación con ...
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What vowels and consonants are used in the Spanish language?
What are the vowels and consonants used in Spanish language?
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¿Cómo se llama la característica que tiene el español, y otros idiomas, por la que las vocales siempre se pronuncian de la misma manera?
Me gustaría saber cómo se llama cuando los sonidos de las vocales escritas suenan siempre de la misma manera al pronunciarlas.
Una vez me topé con la definición, pero esta vez no tuve mucha suerte en ...
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Why does "toalla" sound like "tualla"?
I am a native speaker from Mexico and I just noticed that the word "toalla" when pronounced sounds as if it has an "u" instead of an "o" as if you were pronouncing "tualla". This also happens with "...
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Why, when, and how did vowels E and I get special treatment from consonants like C,G & Q?
I think this question may involve more than Spanish, and may include Romance languages or even Latin.
I wonder why, when, and how did vowels E and I get special treatment from consonants like C, G, ...
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When do two vowels in Spanish form a diphthong? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Rules applied to the separation of syllables
Diphthongs (or triphthongs) are sets of two or three vowels that are pronounced as a single syllable as opposed to being separated ...
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