WELCOME TO WEST VIRGINIA VIRTUAL SPANISH PODCASTS

Lesson 1

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Hola amigos, me llamo Carlos. Let’s practice our Spanish pronunciation. The topic of this podcast is Spanish vowel sounds. This podcast will help you to pronounce the Spanish vowel sounds using vocabulary words from foods that you probably know.

a: taco, empanada, tortilla, salsa, enchilada, tamale
e: guacamole, queso, chile, chocolate
i: gordita, burrito, tortilla, chimichanga
o: nacho, sopapilla, chocolate, burrito, taco
u: chalupa, burrito, guacamole

Remember to make your vowels short and to imitate me as closely as possible. Now repeat each word twice after you hear me. (Repeat each word above twice)

Lesson 2

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Hola amigos, me llamo Carlos. Let’s practice our Spanish pronunciation. The topic of this podcast is Spanish vowel combinations. Listen to my pronunciation of the following words containing some vowel combinations.

diptongos: (combination of a, e, o with i, u) (can also be 2 weak vowels—u, i)
ai: baile	au: automóvil
ei: veinte	ue: bueno
io: labio	ia: familia
ie: bien	oi: oigo
ua: cuatro	ui: cuidado

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Lesson 3

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Hola amigos, me llamo Carlos. Let’s practice our Spanish pronunciation. The topic of this podcast is the Spanish consonant sounds of B and V. Listen to my pronunciation of the following words with the consonants.

When found at the beginning of a word or following a consonant, these are pronounced like a b. Otherwise, they have sounds which falls somewhere between the B and V sounds.

vaso	besos	ventana	verde	bebidas	bonita	vivir
veinte	boca	noventa	verano	nueve	abuelo	nublado
nieve	beber	ver	llevar	televisión	conversación

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Lesson 4

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Hola amigos, me llamo Carlos. Today we will practice our Spanish pronunciation. The topic of this podcast is the Spanish consonant sounds of R and RR. Listen to my pronunciation of the following words with the consonants.

The R sound is strongly rolled at the beginning of a word and following an l, n, or s. The R is lightly rolled (almost like a light D) at the end of a word. It has a medium roll in other positions.

carro	perro	interesante	raro	pero	gracias	rojo
claro	regular	divertido	correr	cuatro	madre	verduras

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Lesson 5

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Hola amigos, me llamo Carlos. Let’s practice our Spanish pronunciation. The topic of this podcast is the Spanish consonant sounds of “g”, “h” and “j.” Listen to my pronunciation of the following words with the consonants. The G-before E or I, the “g” is pronounced like the Spanish “j”; otherwise it is pronounced like the “g” in get.

gordo	el ingeniero	amigo	agosto
guapo	me gusta	gracias	el bolígrafo
el abogado	el garaje	domingo	el ingeniero

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The “h”-is always silent.

hasta	hay	el hijo	el hermano
hablar	las habas	el hospital	el helado
la historia	la hija	las habichuelas	hoy

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The j-is like an h but stronger

jueves	trabajar	junio	el jardín	la oreja
julio	jugar	el pájaro	la naranja	la mujer

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Lesson 6

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Hola amigos, me llamo Carlos. Let’s practice our Spanish pronunciation. The topic of this podcast is where the stress is placed on a word. Listen to my pronunciation of each word and pay attention to the stressed part of the word. If the word ends in a vowel, n or s, stress the next to the last syllable.

taco	burrito	contento	salsa	gracias
casa	casas	habla	hablan	luego

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estudiar	bailar	escuchar	mirar	practicaro
usted	actor	papel	ciudad	estar

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lápiz	atlético	estás	está	veintidós
inglés	francés	alemán	tío

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Lesson 7

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Hola amigos, me llamo Carlos. Let’s practice our Spanish pronunciation. The topic of this podcast is the sounds of the consonants C, Z, and S. Listen to my pronunciation of each word and pay attention to the stressed part of the word.

The C is pronounced like K as in kite or cat before a consonant, or the letter A, O, or U. It is pronounced like S when it is before an E or I as in sun.

Here the “C” sounds like the letter K.

carne	¿cómo?	catorce	¿cuántos?
calor	correr	cámara	cocina
cuenta	cuadro	cantar	cuaderno
disco	compacto	cuerpo

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Here the C sounds like the letter S.

cero	hace	doce	césped
once	bucear	recibir	ciencias
ciudad	dieciséis	gracias	decir

The letter S is pronounced like a Z before consonants B, D, G, L, M, and N, everywhere else like an “s.”

seis	escuchar	siete	semana
silla	televisión	ascensor	inglés/td>
saca	rosado	turista	presentación
conversación	hasta	disquete	escritorio

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The letter “z” is pronounced like an “s” as in the word “say.”

pez	zapatos	maíz	arroz
taza	brazo	zanahorias	manzana
vez	lápiz

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Lesson 8

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Hola amigos, me llamo Carlos. Let’s practice our Spanish pronunciation. The topic of this podcast is the sounds of the consonants n, ñ. Listen to my pronunciation of each word and pay attention to the letter “n” or “ñ.”

The letter N is like an N; except where it appears before a V then it is like an M*.

conversación*
nota	nariz	anaranjado	nueve
noche	naranja	nueva	no
noventa	novecientos	buenas noches	cuento
cantar	banana

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The letter Ñ is pronounced like the “N” in onion and in canyon.

año	piñata	piña	mañana
España	enseñar	montaña	baño
otoño	Señor	Señora	Señorita
Pequeño	español

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Lesson 9

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Hola amigos, me llamo Carlos. Let’s practice our Spanish pronunciation. The topic of this podcast is the sounds of the consonants q and d.

In Spanish, the d is pronounced in two different ways: hard and soft. The hard d occurs at the beginning of words and after the letters n or l. It sounds like the d in the English word “dog.” The soft d sounds similar to the th sound in the English word “this.”

día	padre
verdad	dónde
dar	bufanda
divertido	cuaderno
diez	cuaderno
cuando	ciudad

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In Spanish, the Q is always used with a U, just like in English. It’s pronounced like a hard English K sound, like in the word “kind.”

queso	quiero	aquí	quinientos
qué	quién	quince	puertorriqueño
pequeño	queso		qui-qui-rri-qui

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Lesson 10

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Hola amigos, me llamo Carlos. Let’s practice our Spanish pronunciation. This podcast will give you an opportunity to practice what you’ve learned about Spanish pronunciation. Try these tongue twisters (los trabalenguas).

Pepe Pecas pica papas con un pico, con un pico Pepe Pecas pica papas.

A-E-I-O-U arbolito del Perú

El bebé depende de la leche.

Voy a oír la lectura hoy.

Cuco compra Coca-Cola en Caracas.

Porque puedo, puedes, porque puedes, puedo. Pero si no puedes, yo tampoco puedo.

Si tú eres tú, y yo soy yo, quién es el más tonto de los dos? Remember to imitate me as closely as possible.