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I don't get you about your hexavocalical (?) words. |
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IOUslY. All we now need is a front end with ...... A...E..... The two other words I have suggested both mean the same thing. They concern drink or the lack of it. |
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I said "vocal" instead "vowel". Sorry, it was late in the night
I don't remember well, but I think you have about twenty phonetic sounds for vowels, while we have just five. |
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Los vocales epañoles son muy regulares. Lo entiendo sus problemas con los vocales ingleses. The vowel sounds are usually not as pure as the Spanish ones.
They can be long or short fAther or Fat They can depend on other letters in the word. The "magic" silent letter E can make pIn into pIne by lengthening the I. Each vowel is pronounced differently in different English speaking countries and each country has different regional variations. We tend to turn them into strange diphthongs, meaning that the sound varies as it is being spoken. In Spanish two adjacent vowels are pronounced separately, but in English side from one to another, not necessarily by the shortest routes. English spelling is very irregular. There are many rules but they all have exceptions. Even the USA and the UK have some different spelling rules!! I'm glad I know it already. |
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Wouldn't it be: 'I already know it'? |
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Well, you know, that's the sort of thing we say. It doesn't mean very much, we just use "you know" as a sort of filler to pad out a sentence.
The most difficult thing for me (and many English speakers) is your verbs (regular and irregular) and the many tenses. Last edited by Rusty; June 28, 2009 at 02:35 PM. Reason: fixed quote |
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From internet.
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saludos
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Abstemious y Abstentious (abstemio) aceituna tiene dos As. Aceito vale. Last edited by Rusty; June 29, 2009 at 05:29 PM. Reason: merged back-to-back posts |
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In English, the "ious" ending sure helps a lot.
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