English and spanish phonetic sounds with their phonetic differences

Question

the 44 English symbols compare with similarity of spanish sounds

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

I'm sure they do compare -- somehow.

But what is your question? Which 44 symbols are you talking about? Which Spanish sounds are you talking about?

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

well the English D and T sound like a Spanish R (not double R but just R)
- the Spanish J sounds like a English H
- the Spanish L and English L don't sound alike (they are different sounds), and the same happened with the Spanish and English T (they are different sounds)
- In English when one pronounce the letter "P" one relieses a puff of air, in Spanish you don't do that (that's what makes the Spanish and English T different too, by the way)
- the English N and M's sounds are way longer than the Spanish ones
- the Spanish Y and Spanish LL (or, double L) sound alike, and their sound is that of a English "J", unlike most people think, is the Spanish Y and double LL are not pronounce like an "ee" or an "eeL"
-when the Spanish G is followed by the vowels ui or ue it sounds like an English H, otherwise it sounds like a regular English G
- the Spanish Z sounds like a short 'S' as in the first letter of the word Sister but way shorter

Spanish Vowels

- A Spanish "A" sound like the English sound "uh" like in the word "hut"
- A Spanish "E" sounds like the Eh sound in the word bed
- A Spanish I sounds like the EA sound in the letter "eat" or "seat"
- A Spanish O sounds like the AW sound in the letter law

- A Spanish U sounds like the oo or double o sound as in "shoot"

IMPORTANT NOTE: Vowels is Spanish are prety short sounds unlike in English, so don't strenth the sound of the vowels or the letters "V" "L" "P" "T" "M" "N" "G" "K" and "S"
and the letter " ñ " DOES NOT SOUND LIKE 'eehN' or en AT ALL, it a completely different sound alone, think about the letter ñ as a quick NZ sound plus the vowel so ña would be nza (actually "NZUH" since te Spanish a sounds like "uh"), and DO NOT OVER ROLL YOUR "R' or even DOUBLE R, remember that there are tons o accents in Spanish so not every single country ROLL their R's so it's ok for you not to do so if you can't getting right, As a matter of fact, mainly (only) in Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Bolivia and Central America (not including the Caribean) ie where people roll their R's, in Spanish, Colombia, Ecuador The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, etc they don't really roll their R's. So yes OverRolling the R so make a Humongous difference, it makes it look foolish and and sound Stupid, plus theycatch up inmidiatle that you're a foreigner

English and spanish phonetic sounds with their phonetic differences

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