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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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