Name: Why Do Spanish Speakers Sound Spanish? | Improve Your Accent
Uploaded: 2020-04-23T19:33:02.000Z
Duration: 5 min 26 s
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in this video I'm going to show you some of the features

and I'm going to be using clips of actress Sofía Vergara to show you what I mean

of course there are many varieties of Spanish spoken across the world

but most of these features will apply to most varieties

in this word here, are the two L sounds pronounced the same?

if you're a speaker of Southern British English, like me,

then you'll probably pronounce them both as a Light L

when I pronounce the words dolphin, velvet, ungrateful

Spanish speakers tend to pronounce the TH sounds in English

with the tongue coming out the mouth past the teeth

but British speakers tend to keep the tongue behind the teeth

in Spanish, words and syllables can't end with a /m/ sound

Spanish speakers may replace a /m/ at the end of a word

listen to Sofía Vergara say time, handsome

Spanish words don't end in more than one consonant sound

this means that Spanish speakers aren't used to

may delete the final consonant of an English word

listen to Sofía Vergara say husband, understand, and front

like many non-natives, Spanish speakers will have problems with the /ɪ/ sound

listen to how I pronounce the vowel in tipsy, delicious, trip

Spanish speakers will also have problems with the /ʌ/ vowel

listen to how I pronounce the sound in money, hungry, dungeons

if you need some more time to think before speaking

you may make a sound to tell the other person you're still thinking

and different languages will have different hesitation sounds

these are just some of the features that create a Spanish accent in English

of course there are others like Bs and Vs and R sounds

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so that you know when I've released my next video!

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