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Old August 12, 2008, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by poli View Post
The pronunciation of ll varies by Spanish-speaking countries and even by individual words. I am not a native Spanish speaker, but I have learned that as a non-native speaker pronouncing ll as well pronounced y is understood.
However you will hear ll sounding like the French-Italian g in Argentine Spanish and sometimes more forceful like the English j.
In Spain you may hear ll pronounced like y with a slight L sound to it in words like amarillo.
Sorry, Poli. I didn't see you had already explained. Besides your explanation is a lot more complete than mine. I simply centred on the way I say it myself.
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