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Hola a todos: ¿Me pueden decir como se pronuncian estas palabras, por favor? un águila (Sé que se pronuncia "ui" como "we" pero ¿en este caso se forma un diptongo? O se pronuncia como "ag-i-la" siguiente ¿Se pronuncia como "si-gi-en-te"? ¿Como se pronuncia "hielo"? Hay diptongo con la "i" y la "e"? Se pronuncia como "Hie-lo"? Gracias de antemano
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águila is pronounced: a-gi-la It's a hard g sound, and the u is not pronounced. Siguiente is the same.
Hielo indeed does have a diptongo, y se pronuncia "ie-lo".
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Hola!
tocante la palabra - águila - y en cualquier palabra que tenga la ui o ue, la pronunciación de la palabra seria con la u muda, no? Al menos que la u tenga (excuse my dumbness) los 2 puntitos sobre la u, no? David, necesito tu ayuda aqui. Elaina |
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Muchas gracias a los dos Elaina: Se pronuncia tanto la u como la e en "suelo." =sway-lo (ue)=way ¿No es asi? Espero que te sirva Saludos
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The reason for the <u> in <águila> is to preserve the hard sound of the <g> before the <i>. By "hard sound" I mean the sound that <g> has in other words before <a> and <o>, or to put that another way, it's roughly the same sound as English <g> in <goat>. Without the <u> it would be pronounced like the <g> in <gítano> or the <j> in <jefe>. The same principle is also true with words having an <e>. When the word has a [w] sound then a dieresis (two dots) is needed over it. Thus: <nicaragüense> has a hard <g> followed by a [w] and then an [e] sound. So the various spellings and their pronunciations are: <ga> is pronounced [ga], e.g. in <García> <gua> is pronounced [gua], e.g. in <Guatemala> <ge> is pronounced [he], e.g. in <general> <gue> is pronounced [ge], e.g. in <guerra> <güe> is pronounced [gwe], e.g. in <nicaragüense> <gi> is pronounced [hi], e.g. in <gítano> <gui> is pronounced [gi], e.g. in <guitarra> <güi> is pronounced [gwi], e.g. in <argüir> <go> is pronounced [go], e.g. in <golfo> <guo> is pronounced [gwo] (can't think of an example!) <gu> is pronounced [gu], e.g. in <Guzmán> <guu> would be pronounced [gwu] if it occurs in any word If you want to write the sound [h] followed by one of the back vowels (a, o, u) then you have to use the letter <j>, thus: [ha] is written <ja>, e.g. in <jabón> [hwa] is written <jua>, e.g. in <Juárez> [ho] is written <jo>, e.g. in <joven> [hwo] is written <juo> (can't think of an example!) [hu] is written <ju>, e.g. in <juventud> [hwu] would be written <juu> if it occurs in any word So in summary, <gu> before <a>, <o>, or <u> is always pronounced [gw], and so is <gü> before <e> or <i>, while <gu> (without the dieresis) before <e> or <i> is always pronounced as just [g]. Hope this made sense and was helpful!
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Thank you very much
That is really helpful Saludos |
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