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The differences between English and Spanish

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Understanding Vowels & Consonants for Linking

To understand linking, it is important to know the difference between vowel sounds and consonant sounds. Here is a table of English vowels and consonants:

vowels a e i o u

consonants b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x y z

  • The phonological system of Spanish is significantly different from that of English, particularly in the aspects of vowel sounds and sentence stress.
  • These differences are very serious obstacles to Spanish learners being able to acquire a native English speaker accent.
  • Spanish has five pure vowel and five diphthongs.
  • The length of the vowel is not significant in distinguishing between words.
  • this contrasts with English, which has 12 pure vowel sound plays an important role.

LONG VOWEL SOUNDS

a mate

e eve

i like

o mote

u rude

ADDITIONAL VOWEL SOUNDS

sound of /a/ in tall

sound of /u/ in put

Spanish is a Romance language and part of the IndoEuropean language family .

  • with up to 400 million native speakers in Spain, Latin American and the USA.

S

short vowel sound

SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS

a pat

e pet

i pit

o pot

u pup

b bob

d dad

f fluff

g gag

h hot

j jam

k kick

l lap, un]til

m map, ham

n nap, pin

n sing

p pan, hop

r run, bar

s sit, less

t top, cot

v veil, love

w went

wh whale

y yell

z zoo

ch chain

sh shall

th thin

th this

sound of 's' in treasure

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