Thread: La -vs- Ella
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Old January 17, 2011, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Vonderbach View Post
Thanks so much, I think I understand now.

Is there any difference in how to pronounce el and él?
No - they sound exactly the same. As I said, the accent just serves to differentiate between the two written words. Having said that, the él could be when you are pointing at somebody specific, so you would be likely to emphasise the word anyway: I didn't do it, officer, he did.
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