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| tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 3 20 December 2005 at 4:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Does anyone have tips on how to pronunce vowels close to each other?
I 'stumble' over sentences like: "El edificio" "de argentina" "hora del almuerzo" Especialy del almuerzo because of the long "a" because of the "l" (al), how does one make that fluent? By not pronuncing the del too clear and long? More like "de l'almuerzo"? Edited by tuffy on 20 December 2005 at 4:22pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| KingM Triglot Senior Member michaelwallaceauthor Joined 7193 days ago 275 posts - 300 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Russian | Message 2 of 3 20 December 2005 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | ||
You're on the right track. Consonants often bleed onto the next word. It's subtle, though, and if you, as a beginner, are speaking slowly and thus separating the words carefully, nobody will fault you for being incorrect. As you grow more confident and you speak more rapidly, you'll find that you blend the words just like a native. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 3 22 December 2005 at 6:20am | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you.
In time it's also a matter of 'daring' to do such things. At first it sounds wrong to blend words together. But when you listen carefully you start to notice natives do it too and THAT is the reason why they sound more natural. I also have this with German. I'm very bad at German grammar (den or dem especially). But I have always talked a bit 'streetwise' so you don't hear the difference between den and dem. And that's how I got good grades with orals at school and compliments from German natives :-) Ofcourse you do need a good vocabulary and a good pronunciation. But so it does help when you talk a little less 'perfect' sometimes I gues. Edited by tuffy on 22 December 2005 at 6:24am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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