Questions tagged [spanish]
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Some books use [c] to represent the ‘ch’ sound in Spanish, and is this sound only present in certain regional accents in Spain? [migrated]
My Spanish textbook 《现代西班牙语》 uses [c] to represent the ‘ch’ sound in Spanish, which is not seen in most other articles or books. Is the [c] sound only present in certain regional accents in Spain?
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Why is the palatal ‘ch’ sound in Peninsular Spanish represented by [t͡ʃ]?
In Martínez-Celdrán, Eugenio, Ana Ma. Fernández-Planas & Josefina Carrera-Sabaté, 2003, "Castilian Spanish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 33(2), the ‘ch’ sound in ...
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Question-embedding verb in Spanish [migrated]
I am designing some experimental items in Spanish, but I am not a native speaker.
I would like to ask which matrix verb makes the question sound more natural without a specific context: ¿Qué paquete ...
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Is Italian "closer" than Spanish is to English in "cognate-space"?
I am a native English speaker and I've studied Spanish and now I'm studying Italian and very, very impressionistically, it feels like it's easier to pick up Italian vocabulary because I recognize more ...
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Do native English speakers tend to over-pronounce Spanish names? -- specific example "Nicaragua"
Do native English speakers tend to over-pronounce Spanish names?
I am listening to an native English speaker talking about "Nicaragua". The "g" sound is completely missing, it ...
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How do you gloss "personal a" in Spanish?
The Spanish preposition "a" is used in transitive sentences when the object is definite and animate, for example in
Veo a mi hermana
see.1sg ? my sister
"I see my sister"
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Why are the <tt> in <utter> (american English) and <r> in <cara> (Spanish) considered the exact same sound [ɾ]?
According to Wikitionary, the american pronounciation of <utter> is [ˈʌɾɚ] in IPA, and <cara> in Spanish is pronounced as [ˈka.ɾa].
According to the IPA these are both the same voiced ...
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Why do Spanish dialects sound so close to Spanish?
Spanish dialects sound very close to Spanish from Spain. From what I could find, a lot of Spanish dialects sound very close to Spanish accent, even Basque a totally unrelated language sound like ...
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How similar are the French and Spanish R sounds, linguistically speaking?
To preface, I'm not particularly knowledgeable about linguistics, but I did take several semesters of French and Spanish in college several years ago. I remember putting a lot of effort into learning ...
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Is there any premise for Compounding Words in Spanish place names?
I'm trying to make a Fakemon (fanmade Pokemon) region based on Mexico, and I want to name a number of the cities with Spanish-sounding names. I admit that I'm terrible at making names, so I use this ...
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Is “actual” both a false friend and a cognate?
English definition of “actual”:
existing in fact; typically as contrasted with what was intended, expected, or believed.
Spanish definition of “actual”:
current, present, contemporary
These are ...
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Why do Spanish words change meaning when put in a sentence? [closed]
The word "ponga" means "I put" but when put in this sentence: Que solo la mire de lejito y se ponga asi" is "That he only looks at her from afar and gets like this" &...
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How do Latin American Spanish speakers acquire vosotros forms?
In travels throughout Latin America, during which I spoke Spanish learned in Spain, local people had no problem understanding my use of vosotros forms even if they lived in very isolated rural areas ...
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Conjugation stem changes in Portuguese
Currently, I am learning Portuguese. I have some knowledge of Spanish as well.
The biggest difference in conjugation (indicative present tense) that I have found between Spanish and Portuguese is that ...
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Does -z / -ces in Spanish plurals reflect sound change in the past?
Spanish nouns ending with -z become -ces in plural forms. (e.g. lapiz-lapices, vez-veces, etc.) While -zes and -ces sound same in Modern Spanish, they represented different sounds between 15-16th ...
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