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February 8th, 2008

Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! Are do you tired of speaking Spanish with a thick accent? Is it hard for you to understand why words are written one way and seem to sound completely different? Then you’re in the right place! Welcome to the seventh edition of our Phonetics Series. Today, we’re going to pick up where we left off and study “palabras esdrújulas” and “palabras sobresdtújulas”. What are these? This is the place to find out! Once you learn where the prosodic accent occurs with different kinds of words, the pronunciation of them becomes much, much easier! In this lesson, we’ll break down words to their syllables and show you exactly where the prosodic accent occurs, so that you can see just how these words should be pronounced. ¡Aprendan con nosotros!

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February 1st, 2008

Learn Spanish at SpanishPod101.com! Welcome to the sixth edition of the Spanish Phonetics Series. Here, you’ll learn how Spanish should sound, which will help with both speaking and listening comprehension. Today, we’re going to study Accentuation. This lesson provides the necessary tools to accenting words in Spanish correctly. This can be a bit tricky, when there is no graphic accent on the word, but only a periodic accent. What does this mean? This is the place to find out! The PDF for this lesson gives you written examples of who Spanish words are broken down syllable by syllable and shows you where the accent falls on “palabras agudas” and “palabras llanas”. ¡Suelta la lengua con SpanishPod101.com!

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