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| Hi everyone. |
| Welcome to The Ultimate Spanish Pronunciation Guide. |
| You've made it to the last lesson! Do you feel more confident about speaking in Spanish now? |
| In this last lesson, we'll wrap things up by teaching you proper rhythm when speaking Spanish. |
| Make sure to practice out loud with this lesson! |
| You know all the parts and pieces, but can you speak Spanish with a natural accent? |
| If you've been quiet up until now, be sure to speak out loud with Alex! |
| Are you ready? Let's go! |
| You probably knew this phrase before you started this series, but did you know how to pronounce it correctly? |
| Give it a shot! |
| pause |
| discúlpeme (excuse me) |
| discúlpeme (excuse me) |
| Remember the rules about Spanish accents? You must always stress the syllable which has the accent marker. |
| Try one more time after Alex. |
| discúlpeme |
| pause |
| discúlpeme |
| What about this useful phrase? |
| pause |
| no entiendo. (I don't understand). |
| no entiendo. (I don't understand). |
| Remember, words with out any accents or end in a vowel, usually has the stressed placed on the second last syllable. |
| Try once more. |
| no entiendo. (I don't understand). |
| pause |
| no entiendo. (I don't understand). |
| Okay. Let's move on to connecting words. |
| How would you pronounce this sentence? |
| Ella va a entrar a su casa. (She is going to enter to her house). |
| Ella va a entrar a su casa. (She is going to enter to her house). |
| A word that ends in a vowel can be connected to the following word if it starts with a vowel. |
| Try once more. |
| Ella va a entrar a su casa. (She is going to enter to her house). |
| pause |
| Ella va a entrar a su casa. (She is going to enter to her house). |
| Okay, one last sentence. |
| Carlos sabe que ella tiene hambre. (Carlos knows that she is hungry). |
| Carlos sabe que ella tiene hambre. (Carlos knows that she is hungry). |
| Remember, you can also connect words together if the consonants are identical. |
| Try once more. |
| Carlos sabe que ella tiene hambre. (Carlos knows that she is hungry). |
| pause |
| Carlos sabe que ella tiene hambre. (Carlos knows that she is hungry). |
| How did it go? Do you feel like you have a better accent than you did at the beginning of this series? |
| What parts of Spanish Pronunciation are still difficult for you? |
| Good luck as you continue learning Spanish! Bye! |
| This lesson is not so complicated because the rules aren't any different than what would be intuitive for English speakers. |
| Intonation |
| Intonation can give you an insight into the way a person is feeling |
| Intonation is the way in which we modulate or change the sounds of speech in order to reflect differences in meaning, intention, and emotion |
| Nice illustration of how different intonation of the phrase "It's sunny outside." can suggest different meanings, intentions, or emotions. |
| Different types of Sentences |
| statements |
| questions |
| Common Mistakes |
| The melody |
| Mañana es el cumpleaños de María. |
| Three parts to the melody of this sentence |
| Goes up at the beginning, holds until the end when it goes down again. |
| Mañana es el cumpleaños de María? |
| Starts in the midrange, shoots up, drops down and drops up again |
| Mañana and María are both up |
| Mañana es el cumpleaños de María! |
| The tone is the highest of the three, peaks at Mañana, cumpleaños, María! |
| Peaks typically happen in the words which express the most emotion. |
| Practice |
| Goes through a bunch of sentences and gives different intonations of each. |
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