Spanish pronunciation: Soften, but not too much!

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In this channel I make videos on topics in Spanish language and linguistics. Mostly phonetics and phonology, but also dialectology, sociolinguistics, and historical linguistics. Many of my videos come from questions asked by viewers in the comment section.
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[CoronelC]

Simply the best Spanish pronunciation channel imo.

[edflam]

I'm a native spanish speaker trying to learn English pronunciation and this video has been super helpful!

[antoniofraguadols]

I am a native spanish, studying hispanic philology, and I really enjoy watching your videos. It is very interesting to observe how spanish is taught in other countries, and also your videos about spanish dialects in South America are very useful as well as interesting.
Many thanks!!

[johnjekyllson]

I learned to pronounce these consonants properly just from immersion, but I never noticed this phenomenon with the release of air from the lips!

[kori]

I have an issue with some of the terminology in this video.

2:31 In linguistics, plosives and stops are synonymous terms. The term you're looking for to describe English stops is that they're "aspirated" (in word-initial and stressed-syllable-initial positions)

2:36 Occlusives and Obstruents are different from stops/plosives. Occlusive includes affricates and nasals, while obstruents include fricatives and affricates but not nasals.

[themasterseiga]

This video was amazing! As a student of Spanish it helps me to see the language using international phonetic scripts with explanations. It is especially helpful because languages like English and Spanish share a similar written alphabet and interpret the symbols phonetically differently. On an unrelated note, I was surprised that you described the Spanish language as softer sounding than English based on the differences between certain consonant sounds. I do find that our English plosives and fricatives are stronger than the muddled "p" "g" "t" etc of Spanish but to my English ear Spanish sounds quite strong, sharp, pingy and even shrill at times due to its rigid vowel structure, nasality, trilled r and somewhat staccato rhythm.

[mle]

This whole channel has helped me immeasurably. Gracias por tu trabajo.

[kaikaichen]

I also theorize that, at least here in the US, many English speakers mix up the Spanish “ch” sound with the French one. Hearing words like champagne and chateau, they'll for example accidentally pronounce the name surname Chávez like “Shávez”.

[wadepatton]

New band name: "Interdental Fricative and the Approximants!" (IFA)

[teamo]

You're doing the lords work TMS.
Te Amo

[ladybirdad]

I've been looking for a channel like this for quite a long time. Thank you so much for your creative and helpful content. You're an excellent teacher btw.

[AnnQuigley]

That made perfect sense to my brain. Thank you!

[austino]

I still don't know how Ten Minute Spanish doesn't have more subs and views. Una lástima

[tomasbeltran]

As a native Spanish speaker watching for curiosity, I finally noticed how English "p" is different from spanish p. Wow

[thecaf]

i once asked you a question about merging words in spoken spanish, for example "para hablar" and how it sounded more like "parablar", you referred me to your "spanish has no glottal stops" video, which helped me understand a little bit, but there are still some things that are very difficult for me to understand. For example, I heard a speaker say "aunque sea un poquito" but it sounded more like "anque sem poquito". Other than just practicing my listening skills, are there any common patterns in fast speech that i should learn to help myself understand these seemingly random reductions of sounds better and more consistently? I've watched most videos on your channel, but some of what people say in spanish doesn't sound how i would expect even when i know how consonants and vowels are meant to be pronounced.

[itsuki_jeff]

I feel like the spanish “ch” is often realized more as a alveopalatal affricate [tɕ]

[danbucklew]

Great Spanish language material with precise instruction

[tomn]

Aunque usted puede haber cubierto esto antes, formar el último r de un infinitivo me da problemas. Me parece muy difícil. ¿Debe ser suave o definitivamente pronunciado? Quizás mi pregunta es cómo pronunciar una sola r después de una vocal.
Sus vídeos me han hecho mucho más consciente de lo que está haciendo mi boca cuando hablo. A veces demasiado consciente.
Gracias por su excelente trabajo.

[Superibis.]

I find it a lot of fun to see how different native speakers struggle with a language ^^ I'm a French and never had problem with this softening thing but damn were the R, D and B/V a struggle x)

[cimMIC_]

I'm so relieved that you choose the black board background but your browser seems to be light themed? 😂