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Spanish courses abroadFree Spanish vocabulary - Lesson 11
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Spanish vocabulary
Here are all the new Spanish words that have come up in this dialog, plus some we've seen before that are very useful. There are 18 words in total. As always, I'll say each Spanish word twice and then its English translation.
Exercises: Pronunciation exercise. Words to watch out for.
In this exercise we're going to focus on how to run words together in Spanish to sound like a native.
As you will have noticed in the dialogs throughout my podcasts, native speakers often run words together, as if they were one long word, often making them quite difficult to work out.
The most effective way of learning to understand those words is by knowing when to expect words to run together. The rules are very simple:
Rule number 1. You run together a word than ends in a consonant and a word starting with a vowel, for instance: tenemos espárragos.
Rule number 2. You run together a word that ends in a consonant and a word that starts with the same consonant, for example: el limón.
Rule number 3. You run together a word that ends in a vowel and a word that starts with the same vowel, for example: ¿tiene espárragos?
Rule number 4. Remember that the letter 'h' is silent, so a word ending in a consonant and a word starting with an 'h + vowel' are also run together, or a word ending in a vowel and a word starting with 'h + the same vowel'. Here are some examples: la habitación, las habitaciones.
Let's practice running words together. I'll say each phrase once. Repeat after me: dónde están, ¿quién es?, tenemos un apartamento, tienen el apartamento, podemos aparcar, las instrucciones.
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