Vocabulario
I've been reviewing my Spanish by making vocabulary cards. I started teaching myself Spanish when I was 16, so I have a pretty good grasp of Spanish vocab, but it's always good to review.
Portuguese Pronunciation (and Dominican Spanish)
Hi all, glad to say it's the second year of this blog, and my motivation for making serious progress in the languages I'm learning is higher than it's been for a while. The only thing I need to do is check my enthusiasm, so I don't get ahead of myself, which is always my downfall.
I know I kept mentioning I would discuss my pronunciation of Portuguese, and will keep it brief by simply saying that when listening to the two BP accents recorded here, I was better able to match the second female contributor (mistakenly placed under the EP text) when speaking along.
Switching to espanhol, here's a little info about Dominincan Spanish you may find interesting...
(The link where I got the following is dead, but wanted to keep the info)...
Dominicans speak a Spanish that they describe as "morcha'o", or cut off.
There is the tendency to simplify certain consonant combinations, especially -ado, and to level c, z, and s such that cazar, casar and cacer might sound s…
I know I kept mentioning I would discuss my pronunciation of Portuguese, and will keep it brief by simply saying that when listening to the two BP accents recorded here, I was better able to match the second female contributor (mistakenly placed under the EP text) when speaking along.
Switching to espanhol, here's a little info about Dominincan Spanish you may find interesting...
(The link where I got the following is dead, but wanted to keep the info)...
Dominicans speak a Spanish that they describe as "morcha'o", or cut off.
There is the tendency to simplify certain consonant combinations, especially -ado, and to level c, z, and s such that cazar, casar and cacer might sound s…
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