tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish
| Message 1 of 6 18 November 2005 at 6:03pm | IP Logged |
A new word again :)
This time I don't really know how to pronunce: ojalá (from ojalá que sí).
The J, is it pronunced very silent/soft like the h in house? Or ist it pronunced like a soft "ghaa"? I don't know an English word to describe what I mean and the g may be understand different than what I mean.
Anyway, if the j is not very soft and sillent I know what the correct alternative should be :)
But I can't explain it. A bit like and Arabian sound? Like scraping your throat a little.
Does it sound like Mujer for instance?
(That j is not very soft/silent either.)
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KingM Triglot Senior Member michaelwallaceauthor Joined 7193 days ago 275 posts - 300 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Russian
| Message 2 of 6 18 November 2005 at 6:10pm | IP Logged |
Yes, if you know how to pronounce mujer, you can pronounce ojalá.
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tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish
| Message 3 of 6 18 November 2005 at 6:18pm | IP Logged |
Ah cool, thanks.
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KingM Triglot Senior Member michaelwallaceauthor Joined 7193 days ago 275 posts - 300 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Russian
| Message 4 of 6 18 November 2005 at 8:04pm | IP Logged |
De nada.
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Luis Octoglot Newbie Spain Joined 7067 days ago 35 posts - 34 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Portuguese, Catalan, Latin, FrenchB2, English, Italian, Ancient Greek
| Message 5 of 6 21 November 2005 at 2:10pm | IP Logged |
But in Spain( Castilian ) you must pronounce /oxalá/ /x/ as in loch as in arabic or hebrew
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KingM Triglot Senior Member michaelwallaceauthor Joined 7193 days ago 275 posts - 300 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Russian
| Message 6 of 6 21 November 2005 at 2:40pm | IP Logged |
Luis wrote:
But in Spain( Castilian ) you must pronounce /oxalá/ /x/ as in loch as in arabic or hebrew |
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Is the j in mujer otherwise pronounced in Spain?
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