The Spanish "Tricky" Consonants
Overview
This unit covers a few of the sounds that are considered “tricky” or “difficult” for learners. If you aren’t used to making these sounds, it would be good to start this unit with that expectations. It may take a while to condition you to make these sounds with ease. This section will teach you how to do that progressively, depending where you are on that spectrum. If you feel you need some extra attention on these sounds, you can practice them on a daily basis.
Homework #3 Review
Tricky Consonants Lecture
Homework
More Practice
- Take some time to practice with the 500 Frequency Words List
- Listen along with the Frequency List Audio Playlist found below
Assets
Frequency List Audio Playlist
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Drills Practice
Go through the exercises below to get some practice with what you just learned in the lecture above. If you need further explanation, you can reference the Drills section of the course from the main dashboard page.
Tricky Consonants Q&A
Questions List
- Are the Spanish, French and Portuguese /t/ and /d/ pronounced the same way?
- Can certain audio editing softwares (e.g., audacity) be used with any of your drill recordings?
- Where does the tongue tap on the alveolar tap (/&/)?
- Currently enrolled in Flow of Spanish and can do the alveolar tap but still can’t do the alveolar trill (roll my Rs). Do you have any advice or drills on that? I will also soon be in a language immersive environment – should I expect this sound to come naturally?
- I don’t get the difference between the easy consonant /j/ and the tricky consonant /ʝ/. Can you explain the difference in more detail?
- When the alveolar tap is at the end of a word it often sounds like an alveolar trill, which I still struggle with. Any advice on this?
- I have the hardest time with words like “tarde.”
- Do native speakers use trills for effect or emphasis? Are there times where you cannot use a trill but it must be a tap only?
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