@@stuff4232Para decir que es un mal estudiante por estar seis años estudiando español cuando el vive en un país donde la gente habla inglés no es correcto. Por lo menos deberías haberlo escrito en español para mostrarnos a nosotros que TU ERES UN EXCELENTE ESTUDIANTE DE ESPAÑOL
When you say Convenir, etc, the middle V letter sounds exactly like the soft "V" (to my ears at least), and not at all like a "B" sound. So it really depends where the letter is situated. Great explanation. Muchas Gracias!
Same impression for me! I wanted to point it out to her - like she says from her studients just before! If fact it's really subtle, but I think it's a reallyyyyy soft "B", so soft that it's seems like a "V"
Well... I must say, I'm a native Spanish speaker from Mexico and I DO make difference between the 'v' and 'b' pronunciation. I pronounce 'v' as in 'velvet', touching my lower lip with my teeth. And pronounce 'b' as in 'boat', with both lips. But, when I studied a little morphology and phonology, our teacher told us that both are pronounced with both lips... and in the RAE dictionary (Diccionario de la Real Academia Española) it's stated that both sound the same, like 'b'. I actually got confused. I've been making difference between the two sounds for 22 years now. My final thought would be, don't worry a lot about it. It's true that the correct pronunciation is 'b', but if you pronounce both with both lips, it's ok, and if you make a difference between them, it's ok too.
One more input from my rudimental experience in my Spanish class. My Spanish teacher said students with different linguistic backgrounds can "detect" different sounds (that sometimes are non-existent to even native speakers). For example, Asian students (which group I belong to) are very sensitive to a wide variety of sounds that even she didn't recognize. To me, the "J" sounds like a combination of "kh" (in Vietnamese) and "r" (in French) and "h" (in English), not just pure "h". Other tonal language speakers (Chinese, Vietnamese) can also "sense" a bunch of tones in Spanish that Spanish speakers don't acknowledge. In short, how sensitive you are to the sound of a new language might depend on your linguistic background.
I speak English, Russian, Arabic, korean and some Japanese so I definitely hear the V in her Bs 😆 What made me confused even more is when watching football match the commentators kept calling a Spanish player named Gavi as GHaBi (the gh is the Arabic غ) and it had me so confused.. my Spanish teachers never pointed that out back then.
Thank you for your explanation! As a Chinese speaker I've always been so confused when people say "j" is the same as "h" in English. They sound different😐
As a Vnese, I do agree with your explanation when the sound of "j" pronounces very similar to the "kh" in Vietnamese, Then I take it as a trick to pronounce those words have "j" as "kh" sound to make it easy for me haha Even though I know that this is not really an official way to do but we all know that it very depends on how to sensitive with a new language and try to capture it and simply it by using our own language as much as we can
Hola Anna, Yo llama Thomas. I am 60 years old and a senior in college studying corporate communications. The Spanish class that I am in is at a pace i cannot keep up with. I rely on your lessons to help tutor me through. I simply wanted for you to know that you are a blessing. I enjoy your lessons and your personality also, you are easy on the eyes. Keep up the good work ,God bless
Hard to believe I am learning Spanish, with no desire. I am really hooked on Anna and cannot escape her teaching style. So if the worst happens an I learn Spanish so much for the better. I love watching her and her words seem to stick.
This was clear to me. It reminds me of the letter P in my French class. My teacher spent some time emphasizing to us that a native French speaker almost doesn’t say the p, it’s so soft and quick, whereas native English speakers tend to pronounce the P very hard. It helped me easily understand exactly what you are trying to explain. Thank you for these videos. I love the personality of your channel for my self study. :) You explain very well. I look forward to working through many more of your videos.
Thank you for not taking yourself to serious in the videos that makes it easier to follow and thanks that we can send the people who hate on us to you!
Ive just started learning Spanish and I think I’m gonna learn more than I can from a book here! Thank you so much for teaching such small small details that many forget to mention...
I missed you Ana, glad you're back, I really look forward to your sense of humor displayed in your lessons. I wish I could come to Mexico and be one of your students.
Hi Ana, I love your videos. I am trying to learn Spanish on my own and the way you teach with smiles and giggles makes it so much fun!!!! I like the way you make things simple and therefore I don't get bored at all. Please keep uploading more videos. Stay smiling and beautiful as you are. Adios. Buenas Noches (I hope I wrote correctly in spanish) jijiji :D :) :*
intenta hija no cuesta creeme que es mas facil que el ingles el ingles es muy confuso y muchos significado
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Te haría una corrección, se escribe así: Adiós, buenas noches! It's neccesary the written accent mark (') because without it the word has other meaning. Keep learning! :)
manasi bapat It's correct. Adios comes from a very old Spanish way to say... A Dios te encomiendo... blah blah blah. You name God in the other person to wish him soul protection... and a very good discount in the hell... you know what I mean xD. Don't know who started that phrase. Old Italians vs Old Spanish... they got addio. So... Diós... hum... nope. Adios.
This video is a shit bro, I'm spanish and I say u B and V its the same sound!! In spain its the same! Like "Buscar" (Search) "Vaca" (Cow) its the same sound
Love from Vietnam. I've learned Spanish from scratch, everything is totally new to me, sometimes I felt drained and overwhelmed with the teachings & edu apps out there. But thanks to her training & explaning videos, I finally found Spanish pronunciation way easier to adopt.
Thank you! You have cleared this up so much. I found the pronunciations very perplexing because I can hear a difference. You make so much sense. I appreciate your videos very much. Your presentation style is FRESH!
it is the kind of lesson that one can't find in a book and I really needed. I have not still the reflex to say "b" when I see a "v" but it will come. It is the 6th video I watch and I really enjoy it. Your energy makes me memorize the lessons more easily.
Wow you exhibit so much enthusiasm in your teaching.... I don't even know that I'm watching a video... It's like you're in person... Falling in love with you over and over again Ana. Gracias.
Thanks for this video! I've been studying Spanish on Duolingo for a while and also wondered about the difference between B and V. Having watched your video on this topic, what I got from it is that both are pronounced as either B or V or anything in between and it doesn't really matter because native speakers don't even notice the difference. :)
Hi Ana, I just discovered your channel. You are a real inspiration to me as somebody who just starts out on UA-cam! I'm making videos on the Bavarian language and we have the same situation with "b" and "v" in our language. I'm going to make a video about it at some point :) Thanks for the many great videos you do!
Hola Ana. Soy de la India y estoy aprendiendo español para mejores oportunidades de carrera. Muchas gracias por el tiempo y esfuerzo que tu pones en estas lecciones. Es difícil aprender español en mi país pero han sido de gran ayuda. I tried my best to write this. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to more lessons.
I know this was 4 or 5 years ago, but I am still replying. I think it has to do with how everyone hearś things differently, kind of like the observer effect(which is when two people see the same situation unfolding but each perceives it happening differently.)
@@julioromanlopez8311 French speaker here, when we speak Spanish we put strong B everywhere and this is how we can recognize the French speakers. It's not exactly the same it's very subtle.
basically in short .... b is said b when its the first letter of the word but b is said v when its in between others letters and v is said v when its between other letters but v is said b when its the first letter of the word
@@lostboidavid9126 I was in Colombia in January and I noticed It differed quite a bit per person. One would speak a very clear hard B. Another would use a more subtle softer B. But always a B nonetheless. Nothing I would have taken for a V. In fact i heard very few words where the V did sound like a V to me.
Need more teachers like her. She explains everything in detail and its so fun to learn things in the way she teaches. I really like her. Good job Anna I am really enjoying your videos and learning a lot indeed.
Dear Ana, I know this is sort of a necro-post, but as someone who's studied phonology I have to tell you - if you sit in front of a mirror and observe yourself carefully while speaking with normal speed you're gonna realize the following : The 'B' sound in Spanish is pronounced by pushing the lips together and exploding air through once you release. The 'V' sound in English is pronounced by pressing the lower lip against the upper row of teeth and vibrating (voiced air expulsion). The 'V' sound in Spanish is pronounced by pressing the lower lip against the upper row of teeth exploding air through once you release. This is why the 'V' in Spanish sometimes comes out sounding like a the Voiced bilabial stop and sometimes like the Voiced labiodental fricative (English V). It (the Spanish 'V') is classified as a Voiced labiodental stop. I don't know how many Linguistics courses they teach prospective Spanish teachers, but it seems they could learn a bit more.
+G Ts Verrry good explanation! I see the subtelty now - and was always confused about this. So, there actually is a proper difference between spanish b & v, but the regional stuff makes it more confusing. I have a spanish lady right, and she pronounces "verde" like "(b)erde" - I watched her lips.
+G Ts Thank you very much. I just had a little practice of your explanation and it does make sense. If at all possible, I do like to try and do things properly, but just don't wish to get too bogged down in this particular section of learning Spanish, as I am so new to the process.
I did it. You wrote "It (The spanish 'V') is classified as a voiced labiodental stop" which is a lie. Both 'B' and 'V' in spanish are voiced bilabial stop. I suggest you to read this article buscon.rae.es/dpd/srv/search?id=d45ahCOicD6TkHkns8
No, it's not only in Spain. It happens in all spanish dialects. The reason is etymological. What was written with B in latin is written with B in spanish, and the same with V. +Zeero Kool En todos los dialectos del español la B y la V suenan igual. Distinguirlas es una ultracorrección, una pronunciación afectada por influencia de otras lenguas extranjeras.
Ανδρέας B and V are pronounced like english B, always, no matter the dialect. Some spanish speakers, influenced by other languages, try to pronounce V like english V, but this is not correct. The sound of english V doesn't exist naturally in any spanish dialect, it's a forced pronunciation induced by education or an alleged "prestige".
Ανδρέας I said, the reason is etymological, historical. What was written with B in latin is written with B in spanish, and what was written with V in latin is written with V in spanish. There is no phonetical reason, it's like the letter H which is always muted. Or like the whole english orthography, which is very conservative and phonetically incongruent.
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Enrique Granados it’s correct IN ENGLISH. david is pronounced like dabid in spanish, because that’s how spanish works, and that’s not incorrect (the incorrect thing would be to pronounce it with an english v)
@@xabii9797 And what about the writing? Vaca-baca (cow) Ventana- bentana (window) Vidrio- bidrio (glass) In Spanish, if you write Baca instead of Vaca, they'll call you ignorant. You don't want to be an ignorant, do you?
To an English speaker who does not know Spanish, the sounds of B and V seem extremely different and the idea that they could somehow be interchangeable seems crazy. But it appears that people who grow up speaking Spanish hear only a very subtle difference between the two letters.
The amazing thing is the Latin symbol "V" and the sound it represents is existent and thriving in Spanish, the only thing that is lacking is people's recognition that it does.
I always imagined the word "sabes" was spelled "saves." It was the realization that it is spelled with "b" that led me to this video. The "v" sound is used in Spanish ALL THE TIME.
@@Vee_Vee662 No se diferencia, suenan igual. No sé si eres de Estados Unidos donde quizá haya influencia del inglés al español y así lo escuches pero las dos letras tienen el mismo sonido.
This is important. Although technically there is not a difference. It does help to pronounce them differently in your head or when you speak to know which letter to put when you're writing. I don't know in other parts of Latin America, but in my region we do pronounce B as B in English, and V as V in English but not as strong, it doesn't get near an F sound. I live in Northern Mexico so it might be our proximity to USA that gave us that. Also, people will still understand what you're saying even if you pronounce them differently, they will probably not even notice. My personal recomendation is GO AHEAD and pronounce them differently, even if you're a native Spanish speaker, it helps with spelling.
+MARVJr My prof is from Mexico and I was wondering why she was the first native I have heard to use a lot of the english "v" sound. Possibly the same thing with her as you stated. Love the differences between cultures.
+MARVJr Thanks for this! I know the type of person I am when learning languages I tend to get a little hung up and bogged down on pronunciation, because I am quite a stickler (as we say in Britain) for grammar, as I proof read and write. Loving these videos, in combination with the Duolingo app. Spanish is a beautiful language.
Ahhh thank you so much!! I've been growing up and pronouncing my (spanish) v's the way you describe. Then today (I'm in HS taking AP Spanish), my teacher told me I was mispronouncing my v's and we actually got into a little argument. Needless to say, having grown up speaking it, I was pretty upset. Thanks for giving me some peace of mind!
MARVJr If it, s for the spelling why don, t you make the th sound for ce , ci and z? You won, t do that , do, you ?To pronounce them the same as s makes spalling rally difficult . If you make them different ( v and b ) it might be for the influence of English .
You're extremely cute, and funny. I couldn't stop grinning. Thanks for the help and confidence boost on this subject. That's an impressive poem, by the way.
anaaa, muchas gracias! i’ve tried so many different language learning apps but i have learned more in less than one month with you than all of those combined. i just watch one of your videos every day and feel more confident in mi español! i have been so stressed porque mi novio es de Peru y I WANT TO MAKE HIM SO PROUD & SOUND LIKE UNA LIMEÑO. you have made my dream come true. AMO BUTTERFLY SPANISH!!
"Es destacable mencionar que hay algunos hispanohablantes que diferencian entre b /b/ y v /v/ aunque no sea normativo para la Real Academia Española y el castellano estándar. Esto es debido al conocimiento de la existencia del sonido /v/ (quizás por conocer otra lengua donde exista tal sonido), sumado a la vacilación del uso correcto de b y v en la ortografía del español"
I love your video's but in this one I can certainly see why your students get confused about the V and B. When you say words like "Envidia" are "Convenir" it does sound like you're saying and English V rather than a B sound. It's not just the sound either , your lips looks as though you are pronouncing an English V. This can be very confusing for English speakers as the visual lip movement of a V just reenforces the sound. If we were to not see you speaking it may not be as bad but there is definitely a V sound there. I hope this doesn't lead to more sleepless nights :) keep up the great work and thanks much for dedicating your timeto teaching Spanish.
+SonicRising el sonido de la b en español tiene dos sonidos dependiendo de la posición. Uno de estos dos sonidos es un aproximante bilabial que se parece mucho a la v inglesa. Este sonido no existe en inglés por esa razón existe la confusión al escucharla. También he notado mucho que cuando un hispanohablante enseña estos sonidos, la mayoría de las veces al ella tratar de que se escuche de una manera clara, lo que hace es que el sonido cambie entonces produce sonidos que realmente ella no haría al hablar normalmente. En esta página lo explican un poco pero está en español es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aproximante_bilabial
I'm a native speaker from Puerto Rico & I was taught to pronounce the "b" and "v" exactly as they are in English. Many other Latinos from other countries pronounce their letters as I do.
James M. Burdine-Bermúdez Thanks for that info. My husband and I plan to visit PR very soon, and I've been brushing up on my Spanish. I thought the "b" and "v" were pronounced as in English.-but I wasn't 100% certain. I have a Nicaraguan friend whose "b's" sound like "b's", but the "v's" almost sound like a combination of "b" and "v" smashed together.
***** I'm not sure where you're moving to, but there will be plenty of people who can help you. Roughly 65% of people in Puerto Rico can speak some type of understandable English.
Ana, thank you very much for your lessons! However, I can't get this thing with B and V... I watched the video many times and it's clear you say some words with V whereas you say that it's always must be pronounced like "B", even soft "B". E.g. here - 8:23. You pronounce the word "embobado" more like "emboVado", two times :) Another, much more obvious example it's the word "CONVIVIR" at 10:48. You pronounce it very clear like "conViVir", without any B sound. Please check it out and listen it. Is it normal Spanish pronunciation or you just forgot to switch from English to Spanish? :) So I'm lost, to be honest :) You say that there's always should be B sound - hard B in the beginning of the word and softer B in the midle (say, after M or N). But you pronounce it differently in the examples. Also it's not the always we pronounce V like "B", right? Would you be so kind to share any resources where can I get more info about V sound and how you should pronounce it in different words? I suggest there are some rules and I'm eager to understand this stuff :) Thank you very much in advance!
As I understand it, this phenomenon is called an "Allophone" Being a native speaker she isn't just unaware of the difference but probably even unable to hear it. It's strange how a brain works... For me, being dutch myself the difference is crystal clear. Listen to her in some of her other lessons where she isn't so focused on the V/B. Even when speaking english she does the same thing. the V sometimes sounds like a B. But that's totally not the point here! You completely missed the lesson she tried to teach!. I'm in exactly the same boat as you are. I can't get this thing with B and V either. The lesson here is/was IT DOESN'T MATTER! We can just pronounce everything as a B. Maybe in time if we would go to live in a native spanish speaking country in time we would start to do the same thing naturally. Though I doubt it...
@@alex.polukord haha, I can relate. But did anyone look at you strange or did you notice in any way they thought you were pronouncing your B's/V's wrong? My experience in Colombia is: they do not. It seems to only be an issue for us/ourselves.
In Spanish, we just have one phoneme (sound) for the letters B and V. It's like the English B, only a bit softer. This phoneme is symbolized /b/. However, we do pronounce this sound as two allophones (two ways of pronouncing the same sound). One is similar to English B (symbolized [b]), the other (symbolized [ß]) is an approximant (lips are close to each other but without touching). We typically will pronounce [b] at the beginning of words or after consonants; we say [ß] between vowels. This is a subconscious process native speakers are totally unaware of. In fact, some Spanish speakers will swear they produce only one sound; still others will be positively sure they say B and V as in English, a different sound for each letter. That's not true - it's their mind (or their schooling) playing tricks on them. Both letters are pronounced the same, as /b/, only that depending on position we might produce that sound as [b] or [ß]. It's important you learn this only insofar as your goal is to speak without a foreign accent. Most people won't tell, though. If you happened to carry over your English B/V sounds to Spanish, folks would be OK with that.
Butterfly Spanish thank u so much your lessons are so hellpfull especialy this one. I was having a hard time with the "B" and "V". Keep it going . un saludos desde algeria
I kinda want to watch that again because it was so much fun and entertaining. But I will save it and watch it again when I want to laugh some more and when I need a good laugh. Ana is a great teacher but a fun person to be listening to. Thanks so much for your lessons. Quiero enviarte un beso, no solo un mensaje de texto. You are fantastic.
Me encantaría si pudieras hacer un vídeo sobre el objeto indirecto/directo... Te envío Lo veo Lo conozco Como profesor de español veo que es algo que se cubre durante un par de capítulos y después los estudiantes se olvidan muy rápidamente de cómo usarlo.. es una de las estructuras gramaticales más comunes y los estudiantes ni idea!! :)
I know you see two letters and logical thinking dictates that "two letters usually mean two different sounds", but languages and grammatical rules are not always that logical. In Latin, the letter "v" represented the labio-velar approximant (the English "w"), not a French "v". That Latin (v) depending on position sounded more like a vowel (/u/) or more like an aproximant (/β̞/ - /ʋ/ - /w/). This also depended on the dialect, so "Edvardvs" became "Eduardo" in Spanish but "Edvard" in north and east Europe and remained "Edward" in English. Or the Latin word "servvs", the first "v" being closer to a consonant and the second one to a vowel, becoming "siervo (/'sjerbo/)" in Spanish. In Old Spanish "(v)" could only appear between vowels ("bivir, lavar, bever"), and it was presumably a voiced bilabial fricative or approximant (/β̞/) but not a French /v/. The French "v" is an "f" pronounce with your vocal cords, an "f" that makes your throat vibrate. The OLD Spanish "v" was a "b" with a little touch of "f" but not an "/f/" nor a "/v/". - If you say "/bi'bir/" or "/bic'torja/", why do you write a "v" and not just a "b"? In old Castilian that was kinda the case but nevertheless people used to mistake them all the time. "Cerbantes (Don Quijote's writter)" used to sign as "Cervantes" with "v" and not with "b". You can also read old texts where the same word appears with two or three different spellings. The Spanish Academy regulated the spellings of words a few hundred years ago, and they decided (wrongly in my opinion) that "the closer we make them look to the original word in Latin, the better", so despite really being "bictoria" in Spanish, if in Latin was "victoria", that was going to be the spelling. The same with all the other words, and with "h" where there used to be an "f" in Latin, or with "g". - Do Spanish-speaking natives get confused when to write one and when the other? Yes, all the time, specially when the word is not that common or is a more educated word. The same happens with "-ll-" and "-y-" or "-je-" and "-ge-" or "with h" and "without h", because either way the pronunciation is the same. Despite "/v/" being a very common sound in European languages, is actually a rare sound worldwide, "/w/" being a lot more common. In Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, etc, "/v/" just doesn't exist and is actually quite hard for those people to pronounce it properly and to tell the difference between /b/ /f/ and /v/ : If you do a soft /v/ sounds like a /b/; if you do it stronger, sounds like /f/. The trick with Spanish speakers saying "/beri/" instead of "/veri/" is that we pronounce a non-aspirated "/b/" (like a soft /b/, without the usual puff of air), so that makes the trick when speaking in English. Just remember, "two letters, one sound": - "V = B = /b/~/β̞/" (approximant between vowels; NOT fricative). "B/V" are like a "soft English b" but without the aspiration/puff of air. - "LL = Y = /j/~/ʝ/". Usually a bit harder than the English "y" in "yes". Some people pronounce "-ll-" as /ʎ/, which was the usual way a few decades ago but it's disappearing, as it did in old French and is now doing in Hungarian as well. - "GE/GI = J = /x/". Harder than the English "h". - "H = silent"; no sound at all, no exceptions. The surname "Hernández" is pronounced "/er'nandeθ/" not "/her'nandeθ/". I think is the same in German, "V = F = /f/". But maybe in German reading /v/ instead of /f/ doesn't sound as bad as reading /v/ instead of /b/ in Spanish. Saying "volver" "/vfol'vfer/" instead of "/bol'ber/" sounds really bad. The only Spanish-speaking people that reads (v) as /v/ are some Puertorricans, and is because of the English influence that makes them do a Hypercorrection. But that's quite wrong. Saying "/Vfen a Puerto Rico/" instead of saying "/Ben a Puerto Rico/" sounds like a non-native speaker, like a foreigner. People that know a language that has the sound /v/ tend to read (v) in Spanish like in their native language instead of like in Spanish.
You're so sweet! Spanish is my first language but my family pushed me to learn English when I came here when I was 5. They always made fun of how I pronounced things instead of helping so instead I decided to not really speak Spanish to them anymore. I still speak Spanish to others if they need help. Maybe it's petty but it's also traumatic. Recently, I got a job at a call center and they put in the Spanish department as well and oh man, the love the callers are giving me is the best! I looked up a lot of different resources to help me better my Spanish and I'm glad to have found you! The last part when you said to send them to you meant a lot, thank you!😊
When she says the word "Vaca" the "V" sounds like an English "B" and when she says the word "Convenir" the "v" sounds like an English "v" like in "velvet". So I'm confused. Is "v" at the beginning of a word pronounced differently than when in the middle of a word?
Yes, that's exactly what she pointed out in the video Because when the v is in the middle of the word, the other letters overpower it Like in convenir, the uhbeh (v) is overpowered by the ene (n), so the sound is like an English v.
+Cexxar zzz haha, I can teach you English if you help with Spanish. Email Devin.torres@me.com -- I'm Mexican-American (norteamericano) born and raised in the USA.
I'm native Spanish speaker and I can tell you that in general there is not difference between "B" and "V" at the time of Speaking (90% of the time is similar to sound “V” in English). We are used to ask if a word is pronounced with “Tall” V or “Short” V precisely because the sound is the same. If you want to sound like native Spanish speaker, you should pay attention just in words “MB”, words starting with letter B, and words ending in “ABA”, for example: - Cambiar = Pronunciation is “CaMBiar” - Soplaba = Pronunciation is “SoplaVa” - Olvidaba = Pronunciation is “OlvidaVa” - Bigote = Pronunciation is “Bigote”, but in this case if you say “Vigote” most of the time will not a problem.
I am a home school student and these videos are my Spanish class. With the old class I was doing I hated it and didn't understand but now Spanish has become my favorite class. I look forward to watching your videos everyday!
Según la RAE no existe diferencia alguna en la pronunciación de la /b/ y de la /v/ : "No existe en español diferencia alguna en la pronunciación de las letras b y v. Las dos representan hoy el sonido bilabial sonoro /b/. La ortografía española mantuvo por tradición ambas letras, que en latín representaban sonidos distintos. En el español medieval hay abundantes muestras de confusión entre una y otra grafía, prueba de su confluencia progresiva en la representación indistinta del mismo sonido, confluencia que era ya general en el siglo xvi. La pronunciación de la v como labiodental no ha existido nunca en español, y solo se da de forma espontánea en hablantes valencianos o mallorquines y en los de algunas zonas del sur de Cataluña, cuando hablan castellano, por influencia de su lengua regional. También se da espontáneamente en algunos puntos de América por influjo de las lenguas amerindias. En el resto de los casos, es un error que cometen algunas personas por un equivocado prurito de corrección, basado en recomendaciones del pasado, pues aunque la Academia reconoció ya desde el Diccionario de Autoridades (1726-1739) que «los españoles no hacemos distinción en la pronunciación de estas dos letras», varias ediciones de la Ortografía y de la Gramática académicas de los siglos xviii, xix y principios del xx describieron, e incluso recomendaron, la pronunciación de la v como labiodental. Se creyó entonces conveniente distinguirla de la b, como ocurría en varias de las grandes lenguas europeas, entre ellas el francés y el inglés, de tan notable influjo en esas épocas; pero ya desde la Gramática de 1911 la Academia dejó de recomendar explícitamente esta distinción. En resumen, la pronunciación correcta de la letra v en español es idéntica a la de la b, por lo que no existe oralmente ninguna diferencia en nuestro idioma entre palabras como baca y vaca, bello y vello, acerbo y acervo.".
After years of working on Spanish with no way to really use it and practice I found Butterfly Spanish ❣️❣️❣️ Now I'm hooked watching each video. Gracias Ana ❤️
Isn't she just the cutest? I love the energy you put into your lessons!
Oh my God! I'm in love with her!!
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Nope. Not at all Dan Dan
That's true Wasatch Watchman
Trust me, your energy is so good. Who else is with me? I think I just found my Spanish teacher
In my six years studying Spanish- NONE of my teachers ever explained the difference between be de Burro and ve de vaca. Excellent explanation Ana!
six years? Man. that's on you. figure that out yourself. You're just a bad student
@@stuff4232 or you know... They teacher... It sounds like he mastered Spanish if he says it like that.
@@stuff4232calm down. Why are you insulting and berating someone over this??
No envenenarse a otros... You are just showing what "stuff" you are full of... 💩😂
@@stuff4232Para decir que es un mal estudiante por estar seis años estudiando español cuando el vive en un país donde la gente habla inglés no es correcto. Por lo menos deberías haberlo escrito en español para mostrarnos a nosotros que TU ERES UN EXCELENTE ESTUDIANTE DE ESPAÑOL
I love this!! She is so funny and sincere, I laugh along with her:) She makes learning Spanish fun !!!
She laughs and jokes so much it feels like she's trolling us. I wish all my teachers were like this
She is bery sweet :)
No she is not. A Kamal
@@saishawnstephens6147 yes she is
LOL
I mean she is
@Heldchenklein your stupid to
"I was envious, and I poisoned him"..... *The face of no regret*
I love your series haha
Ojaswini V lmaoo
That one second delay said it all, Haha!
Jajajajjja
I like how she made sure to clarify that poisoning someone isn't a nice thing to do. 😂
When you say Convenir, etc, the middle V letter sounds exactly like the soft "V" (to my ears at least), and not at all like a "B" sound. So it really depends where the letter is situated. Great explanation. Muchas Gracias!
Same impression for me! I wanted to point it out to her - like she says from her studients just before! If fact it's really subtle, but I think it's a reallyyyyy soft "B", so soft that it's seems like a "V"
I guess it would be good for me to learn those phonetic symbols. I never had the patience yet. :-)
Same here...I thought I really head soft "V" instead of "B"
Well... I must say, I'm a native Spanish speaker from Mexico and I DO make difference between the 'v' and 'b' pronunciation.
I pronounce 'v' as in 'velvet', touching my lower lip with my teeth.
And pronounce 'b' as in 'boat', with both lips.
But, when I studied a little morphology and phonology, our teacher told us that both are pronounced with both lips... and in the RAE dictionary (Diccionario de la Real Academia Española) it's stated that both sound the same, like 'b'.
I actually got confused. I've been making difference between the two sounds for 22 years now.
My final thought would be, don't worry a lot about it. It's true that the correct pronunciation is 'b', but if you pronounce both with both lips, it's ok, and if you make a difference between them, it's ok too.
Charles Martel nooooooo , pronuncie thế same
One more input from my rudimental experience in my Spanish class. My Spanish teacher said students with different linguistic backgrounds can "detect" different sounds (that sometimes are non-existent to even native speakers). For example, Asian students (which group I belong to) are very sensitive to a wide variety of sounds that even she didn't recognize. To me, the "J" sounds like a combination of "kh" (in Vietnamese) and "r" (in French) and "h" (in English), not just pure "h". Other tonal language speakers (Chinese, Vietnamese) can also "sense" a bunch of tones in Spanish that Spanish speakers don't acknowledge. In short, how sensitive you are to the sound of a new language might depend on your linguistic background.
I speak English, Russian, Arabic, korean and some Japanese so I definitely hear the V in her Bs 😆
What made me confused even more is when watching football match the commentators kept calling a Spanish player named Gavi as GHaBi (the gh is the Arabic غ) and it had me so confused.. my Spanish teachers never pointed that out back then.
Thank you for your explanation! As a Chinese speaker I've always been so confused when people say "j" is the same as "h" in English. They sound different😐
i speak tamil and im the same
As a Vnese, I do agree with your explanation when the sound of "j" pronounces very similar to the "kh" in Vietnamese, Then I take it as a trick to pronounce those words have "j" as "kh" sound to make it easy for me haha Even though I know that this is not really an official way to do but we all know that it very depends on how to sensitive with a new language and try to capture it and simply it by using our own language as much as we can
Same here... from Bangladesh and "J" sounds to me like a combination of the 2nd letter of bangla "kh"+ h
i was trying to learn Spanish in this Quarantine.. but now am in love with this cuteness
same lmao. she is the sweetest!
I thought i was alone.haha I can't even focus anymore.
Yeah, I'm smiling all the time, and it keeps me motivated^^
Omg I love this teacher, she is so good at not being another boring Spanish teacher! :)
Hola Anna, Yo llama Thomas. I am 60 years old and a senior in college studying corporate communications. The Spanish class that I am in is at a pace i cannot keep up with. I rely on your lessons to help tutor me through. I simply wanted for you to know that you are a blessing. I enjoy your lessons and your personality also, you are easy on the eyes.
Keep up the good work ,God bless
Hard to believe I am learning Spanish, with no desire. I am really hooked on Anna and cannot escape her teaching style. So if the worst happens an I learn Spanish so much for the better. I love watching her and her words seem to stick.
This was clear to me. It reminds me of the letter P in my French class. My teacher spent some time emphasizing to us that a native French speaker almost doesn’t say the p, it’s so soft and quick, whereas native English speakers tend to pronounce the P very hard. It helped me easily understand exactly what you are trying to explain. Thank you for these videos. I love the personality of your channel for my self study. :) You explain very well. I look forward to working through many more of your videos.
Thank you for not taking yourself to serious in the videos that makes it easier to follow and thanks that we can send the people who hate on us to you!
Ive just started learning Spanish and I think I’m gonna learn more than I can from a book here! Thank you so much for teaching such small small details that many forget to mention...
I missed you Ana, glad you're back, I really look forward to your sense of humor displayed in your lessons. I wish I could come to Mexico and be one of your students.
I try to share you with my friends.
Larry Richards I am back!!! jejeje.
Nice body haha
I'm in love with my Spanish teacher!.....
Anna, You make learning Spanish really enjoyable. I enjoy your humor, energy, and explanations. You are a real gem.
Who also laughed hard when she said "for example if I say BEACH" - y'all know what im talking about
me too....lol
I know lol. But English is not her first language. Understandable.
First I was shoked, but then I understood what she ment
😅🤣🤣🤣
Don't be mean and don't poison people. Got it.
LMAO
LMFAO
Shut up stupid
Sameoldrocket shut up
Hhh
Hi Ana, I love your videos. I am trying to learn Spanish on my own and the way you teach with smiles and giggles makes it so much fun!!!! I like the way you make things simple and therefore I don't get bored at all. Please keep uploading more videos. Stay smiling and beautiful as you are. Adios. Buenas Noches (I hope I wrote correctly in spanish) jijiji :D :) :*
+manasi bapat Muchas gracias. Sí, to está escrito correctamente.
+manasi bapat Si todo esta escrito correctamente, si todo fue escrito correctamente, sigue aprendiendo con Anita!!! keep learning, warmest regards.
intenta hija no cuesta creeme que es mas facil que el ingles el ingles es muy confuso y muchos significado
Te haría una corrección, se escribe así: Adiós, buenas noches! It's neccesary the written accent mark (') because without it the word has other meaning. Keep learning! :)
manasi bapat
It's correct.
Adios comes from a very old Spanish way to say... A Dios te encomiendo... blah blah blah.
You name God in the other person to wish him soul protection... and a very good discount in the hell... you know what I mean xD.
Don't know who started that phrase. Old Italians vs Old Spanish... they got addio.
So... Diós... hum... nope. Adios.
I really enjoy your videos, Ana! You have a great teaching style, and you're funny and super cute all around too, so that is definitely a plus.
This video is a shit bro, I'm spanish and I say u B and V its the same sound!! In spain its the same! Like "Buscar" (Search) "Vaca" (Cow) its the same sound
***** The pronunciation is the same!
+Aboud Shehab V, we always say the words with B or V like your V.
coldaziceee claro
Love from Vietnam. I've learned Spanish from scratch, everything is totally new to me, sometimes I felt drained and overwhelmed with the teachings & edu apps out there. But thanks to her training & explaning videos, I finally found Spanish pronunciation way easier to adopt.
13:31 "¡qué romántico
! jujuju ahhHHH... qué romántico. OKAY"😍
eyyy kyle
I find your lessons so helpful. You make the material easy to understand. Please continue!! You are amazing and many of us are learning from you!
11:26 lol she is so cute. (A fan from south Korea.)
Thank you! You have cleared this up so much. I found the pronunciations very perplexing because I can hear a difference. You make so much sense. I appreciate your videos very much. Your presentation style is FRESH!
The cutest teacher I've ever had in my life till now😍 such a nice person and a teacher too
it is the kind of lesson that one can't find in a book and I really needed. I have not still the reflex to say "b" when I see a "v" but it will come. It is the 6th video I watch and I really enjoy it. Your energy makes me memorize the lessons more easily.
Wow you exhibit so much enthusiasm in your teaching.... I don't even know that I'm watching a video... It's like you're in person... Falling in love with you over and over again Ana. Gracias.
Thanks for this video!
I've been studying Spanish on Duolingo for a while and also wondered about the difference between B and V.
Having watched your video on this topic, what I got from it is that both are pronounced as either B or V or anything in between and it doesn't really matter because native speakers don't even notice the difference. :)
I loved everything in this video! You explained everything clearly for me. You put so much passion into your teaching! Thank you! DR-D
Thanks!
I love the way how you enjoy yourself while teaching! It makes it all the more fun to learn!
Btw: In German the V is pronounsed like a F:
The car, VW is short for Volks Wagen and pronounsed "Folks Wagen" with means Peoples Car.
old comment i know but i think it would be pronounced folks vagen technically
Pia Konstmann so wagen is car ?
@@landamenglish9128 It means cart, but is often used as a synonym for car. Car is Auto in German
Bolksbágen in Spain. Or even Bolsbágen without the k 😂😂
But - be careful. Sometimes it’s pronounced like v/w - die Vase, Vampir, Vasall.
Hi Ana, I just discovered your channel. You are a real inspiration to me as somebody who just starts out on UA-cam! I'm making videos on the Bavarian language and we have the same situation with "b" and "v" in our language. I'm going to make a video about it at some point :)
Thanks for the many great videos you do!
5:09 "So remember, B de Burro, V de Vacca. Ok, let's forget about the animals now." lol
hahahaha...LOL
Hola Ana. Soy de la India y estoy aprendiendo español para mejores oportunidades de carrera. Muchas gracias por el tiempo y esfuerzo que tu pones en estas lecciones. Es difícil aprender español en mi país pero han sido de gran ayuda.
I tried my best to write this. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to more lessons.
she is real and authentic ...and that's what makes her adorable ..and making learning fun ..
thank you señorita
Oh I love this woman for her pronunciation😍
you do pronounce them differently, its very subtle i cant explain how, but it is different.
I noticed too) like a shortest V or something in the middle of V and B
I know this was 4 or 5 years ago, but I am still replying. I think it has to do with how everyone hearś things differently, kind of like the observer effect(which is when two people see the same situation unfolding but each perceives it happening differently.)
This has to be something like the McGurk Effect. The sound she is saying is /b/ but we are hearing /v/ because that's what we expect to hear.
Native speaker here. They are pronounced the same way.
@@julioromanlopez8311 French speaker here, when we speak Spanish we put strong B everywhere and this is how we can recognize the French speakers. It's not exactly the same it's very subtle.
basically in short ....
b is said b when its the first letter of the word but
b is said v when its in between others letters and
v is said v when its between other letters but
v is said b when its the first letter of the word
Viji Murali but we dont say bamos do we? it's vamos
and what about "VENTANA" ? you dont read it as "BENTANA", do you ?
@@lostboidavid9126 I was in Colombia in January and I noticed It differed quite a bit per person. One would speak a very clear hard B. Another would use a more subtle softer B. But always a B nonetheless. Nothing I would have taken for a V. In fact i heard very few words where the V did sound like a V to me.
@@zanetka28 No I don't read it as Bentana. I do (try to) pronounce it like that tho.
Not really between vowels , b and v , sound more like w
I like that your videos are all in one take. It feels more like a lesson and not a fast-paced crash course!
Need more teachers like her. She explains everything in detail and its so fun to learn things in the way she teaches. I really like her. Good job Anna I am really enjoying your videos and learning a lot indeed.
Dear Ana,
I know this is sort of a necro-post, but as someone who's studied phonology I have to tell you - if you sit in front of a mirror and observe yourself carefully while speaking with normal speed you're gonna realize the following :
The 'B' sound in Spanish is pronounced by pushing the lips together and exploding air through once you release.
The 'V' sound in English is pronounced by pressing the lower lip against the upper row of teeth and vibrating (voiced air expulsion).
The 'V' sound in Spanish is pronounced by pressing the lower lip against the upper row of teeth exploding air through once you release.
This is why the 'V' in Spanish sometimes comes out sounding like a the Voiced bilabial stop and sometimes like the Voiced labiodental fricative (English V). It (the Spanish 'V') is classified as a Voiced labiodental stop.
I don't know how many Linguistics courses they teach prospective Spanish teachers, but it seems they could learn a bit more.
+G Ts Verrry good explanation! I see the subtelty now - and was always confused about this. So, there actually is a proper difference between spanish b & v, but the regional stuff makes it more confusing. I have a spanish lady right, and she pronounces "verde" like "(b)erde" - I watched her lips.
+G Ts Thank you very much. I just had a little practice of your explanation and it does make sense. If at all possible, I do like to try and do things properly, but just don't wish to get too bogged down in this particular section of learning Spanish, as I am so new to the process.
Pronouncing the V in spanish as the V in english is a hypercorrection and must be avoided. Please stop confusing people.
Mauro Flores read before you post
I did it. You wrote "It (The spanish 'V') is classified as a voiced labiodental stop" which is a lie. Both 'B' and 'V' in spanish are voiced bilabial stop. I suggest you to read this article buscon.rae.es/dpd/srv/search?id=d45ahCOicD6TkHkns8
she is so adorable! good at explaining/teaching, too. great video. 🙂
11:22 to 11:30, How cute is that? Muy lindo!
¡Sí!
HAHAHA, *taps head... Ow... i literally laughed so hard at her doing this
Ella es muy *linda
I've never had so much fun learning a foreign language, you are the best!
You are the vest spanish teacher para mi.
1:22
At first I heard "bitch" instead of "beach" lol
daemon me too!! :-)
daemon no, she clearely said "Beech" not "Bech"
it's difficult to know the difference between those if your first language is Spanish because they sound exactly the same for us.
+daemon Then you don't speak English clearly.
+Eddy Nelson Lopez My native language is czech language and i heard the diference. But its ok, she speaks bastante bien :)
What's even the point of having the letter "v" if it makes the same sound as "b"?
No, it's not only in Spain. It happens in all spanish dialects.
The reason is etymological. What was written with B in latin is written with B in spanish, and the same with V.
+Zeero Kool En todos los dialectos del español la B y la V suenan igual. Distinguirlas es una ultracorrección, una pronunciación afectada por influencia de otras lenguas extranjeras.
*****
What sound does it make?
Ανδρέας B and V are pronounced like english B, always, no matter the dialect.
Some spanish speakers, influenced by other languages, try to pronounce V like english V, but this is not correct. The sound of english V doesn't exist naturally in any spanish dialect, it's a forced pronunciation induced by education or an alleged "prestige".
Reansel
Thanks. But if so, then why is the letter "v" in the Spanish alphabet? If it just wasn't there it would eliminate a lot of confusion.
Ανδρέας I said, the reason is etymological, historical. What was written with B in latin is written with B in spanish, and what was written with V in latin is written with V in spanish. There is no phonetical reason, it's like the letter H which is always muted. Or like the whole english orthography, which is very conservative and phonetically incongruent.
I loveeeee watching your Videos .. you're so nice , kind , cute and good teacher ^^ thank you alot for this videos ❤
sarah nabil Gracias a ti por verlos :)
Can't understand a thing except gracias :D .. I'm a very beginner here ^^ ..
sarah nabil i think it's mean " thanks for watching"
suryadi taufan oooh .. Thank you alot for letting me know ^^
your welcome ;)
You put a lot of work into your presentations. It’s like sitting in a classroom. Thanks.
Hello Ana.
Am from Kenya 🇰🇪 and am learning Spanish from you!u such a darling..I promise you we're no gonna sleep in class or afford to be absent coz your class is such a vibe 💕☺️☺️👍..you explain so well more love💕💕
So I’ve been pronouncing my v’s like an idiot this whole time?
Not at all.
Portuguese people pronounce «v» the correct way.
Enrique Granados you’re saying it as if a language having a different phonology was “incorrect” wtf
@@xabii9797 English speakers pronounce that letter in the correct way as well.
David.
Dabid.
¿Can you see the difference?
Ever.
Eber.
Enrique Granados it’s correct IN ENGLISH. david is pronounced like dabid in spanish, because that’s how spanish works, and that’s not incorrect (the incorrect thing would be to pronounce it with an english v)
@@xabii9797 And what about the writing?
Vaca-baca (cow)
Ventana- bentana (window)
Vidrio- bidrio (glass)
In Spanish, if you write Baca instead of Vaca, they'll call you ignorant.
You don't want to be an ignorant, do you?
14:18 poem took a dark twist lol
Ikr 😂💀
To an English speaker who does not know Spanish, the sounds of B and V seem extremely different and the idea that they could somehow be interchangeable seems crazy. But it appears that people who grow up speaking Spanish hear only a very subtle difference between the two letters.
thanks Ana, you are the first person to explain this clearly
Anna, you are such a good teacher, you make it fun. Thanks🎺!
She's too cute!! I can't learn anything hahaha.
lol,, yeah!
No she's not Momentum
Just open my mouth while I watching her...
covt
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She's the best!
The amazing thing is the Latin symbol "V" and the sound it represents is existent and thriving in Spanish, the only thing that is lacking is people's recognition that it does.
What sound?
I always imagined the word "sabes" was spelled "saves." It was the realization that it is spelled with "b" that led me to this video. The "v" sound is used in Spanish ALL THE TIME.
I am a native spanish speaker and honestly, B and V are the same lol
I'm also native spanish speaker and they sound different to me
@@Vee_Vee662 No se diferencia, suenan igual. No sé si eres de Estados Unidos donde quizá haya influencia del inglés al español y así lo escuches pero las dos letras tienen el mismo sonido.
@@yopiyopi9390 excuse me
@@johnnybrown9120 excused.
So what is the point man? I haven't understood
By far my favorite video of the series! Muchas Gracias Ana!
I swear I love you Ana. I binge on all your videos. Lots of love
Viendo vídeos de cómo aprender mi propio idioma xD
Siempre hay algo que aprender
jaja
JAJAJAJAJAJAJA ESTOY IGUAL
Ya somos dos e.e
sabe!
jajajaja somos varios
This is important. Although technically there is not a difference. It does help to pronounce them differently in your head or when you speak to know which letter to put when you're writing. I don't know in other parts of Latin America, but in my region we do pronounce B as B in English, and V as V in English but not as strong, it doesn't get near an F sound. I live in Northern Mexico so it might be our proximity to USA that gave us that. Also, people will still understand what you're saying even if you pronounce them differently, they will probably not even notice. My personal recomendation is GO AHEAD and pronounce them differently, even if you're a native Spanish speaker, it helps with spelling.
+MARVJr My prof is from Mexico and I was wondering why she was the first native I have heard to use a lot of the english "v" sound. Possibly the same thing with her as you stated. Love the differences between cultures.
+MARVJr Thanks for this! I know the type of person I am when learning languages I tend to get a little hung up and bogged down on pronunciation, because I am quite a stickler (as we say in Britain) for grammar, as I proof read and write. Loving these videos, in combination with the Duolingo app. Spanish is a beautiful language.
Ahhh thank you so much!! I've been growing up and pronouncing my (spanish) v's the way you describe. Then today (I'm in HS taking AP Spanish), my teacher told me I was mispronouncing my v's and we actually got into a little argument. Needless to say, having grown up speaking it, I was pretty upset. Thanks for giving me some peace of mind!
MARVJr If it, s for the spelling why don, t you make the th sound for ce , ci and z? You won, t do that , do, you ?To pronounce them the same as s makes spalling rally difficult . If you make them different ( v and b ) it might be for the influence of English .
You're extremely cute, and funny. I couldn't stop grinning. Thanks for the help and confidence boost on this subject. That's an impressive poem, by the way.
She is the best teacher I've seen on you tube. So funny and I'd love her to teach me Spanish! Awesome teacher
anaaa, muchas gracias! i’ve tried so many different language learning apps but i have learned more in less than one month with you than all of those combined. i just watch one of your videos every day and feel more confident in mi español! i have been so stressed porque mi novio es de Peru y I WANT TO MAKE HIM SO PROUD & SOUND LIKE UNA LIMEÑO. you have made my dream come true. AMO BUTTERFLY SPANISH!!
That's una limeña! :)
"Es destacable mencionar que hay algunos hispanohablantes que diferencian entre b /b/ y v /v/ aunque no sea normativo para la Real Academia Española y el castellano estándar. Esto es debido al conocimiento de la existencia del sonido /v/ (quizás por conocer otra lengua donde exista tal sonido), sumado a la vacilación del uso correcto de b y v en la ortografía del español"
Yo soy una de esas personas.
I love your video's but in this one I can certainly see why your students get confused about the V and B. When you say words like "Envidia" are "Convenir" it does sound like you're saying and English V rather than a B sound. It's not just the sound either , your lips looks as though you are pronouncing an English V. This can be very confusing for English speakers as the visual lip movement of a V just reenforces the sound. If we were to not see you speaking it may not be as bad but there is definitely a V sound there. I hope this doesn't lead to more sleepless nights :) keep up the great work and thanks much for dedicating your timeto teaching Spanish.
+SonicRising el sonido de la b en español tiene dos sonidos dependiendo de la posición. Uno de estos dos sonidos es un aproximante bilabial que se parece mucho a la v inglesa. Este sonido no existe en inglés por esa razón existe la confusión al escucharla.
También he notado mucho que cuando un hispanohablante enseña estos sonidos, la mayoría de las veces al ella tratar de que se escuche de una manera clara, lo que hace es que el sonido cambie entonces produce sonidos que realmente ella no haría al hablar normalmente.
En esta página lo explican un poco pero está en español es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aproximante_bilabial
yes , I'm confused. is it v or b? just want to confirm, thanks
You are correct. Why will she not admit that she says the letter v as in an American v all the time?
I'm a native speaker from Puerto Rico & I was taught to pronounce the "b" and "v" exactly as they are in English. Many other Latinos from other countries pronounce their letters as I do.
James M. Burdine-Bermúdez Seguro que sí. Gracias por compartirlo :)
James M. Burdine-Bermúdez Thanks for that info. My husband and I plan to visit PR very soon, and I've been brushing up on my Spanish. I thought the "b" and "v" were pronounced as in English.-but I wasn't 100% certain. I have a Nicaraguan friend whose "b's" sound like "b's", but the "v's" almost sound like a combination of "b" and "v" smashed together.
***** I'm not sure where you're moving to, but there will be plenty of people who can help you. Roughly 65% of people in Puerto Rico can speak some type of understandable English.
lori rush You're welcome. Spanish changes alot from country-to-country & even within cities. It's not really wrong, but more unfamiliar to my ears.
James M. Burdine-Bermúdez lema.rae.es/dpd/srv/search?id=d45ahCOicD6TkHkns8
The cutest Spanish teacher I ever had x) thanks
Gosh i love her. You make spanish unbelievably easy. Thank you so much.
Ana, thank you very much for your lessons! However, I can't get this thing with B and V... I watched the video many times and it's clear you say some words with V whereas you say that it's always must be pronounced like "B", even soft "B". E.g. here - 8:23. You pronounce the word "embobado" more like "emboVado", two times :)
Another, much more obvious example it's the word "CONVIVIR" at 10:48. You pronounce it very clear like "conViVir", without any B sound. Please check it out and listen it. Is it normal Spanish pronunciation or you just forgot to switch from English to Spanish? :)
So I'm lost, to be honest :) You say that there's always should be B sound - hard B in the beginning of the word and softer B in the midle (say, after M or N). But you pronounce it differently in the examples. Also it's not the always we pronounce V like "B", right?
Would you be so kind to share any resources where can I get more info about V sound and how you should pronounce it in different words? I suggest there are some rules and I'm eager to understand this stuff :) Thank you very much in advance!
As I understand it, this phenomenon is called an "Allophone" Being a native speaker she isn't just unaware of the difference but probably even unable to hear it. It's strange how a brain works... For me, being dutch myself the difference is crystal clear.
Listen to her in some of her other lessons where she isn't so focused on the V/B.
Even when speaking english she does the same thing. the V sometimes sounds like a B.
But that's totally not the point here! You completely missed the lesson she tried to teach!.
I'm in exactly the same boat as you are. I can't get this thing with B and V either.
The lesson here is/was IT DOESN'T MATTER!
We can just pronounce everything as a B.
Maybe in time if we would go to live in a native spanish speaking country in time we would start to do the same thing naturally. Though I doubt it...
inodder thank you! Actually, I have been living in Spain for few months in 2014/2015 but it didn’t help :)
@@alex.polukord haha, I can relate.
But did anyone look at you strange or did you notice in any way they thought you were pronouncing your B's/V's wrong?
My experience in Colombia is: they do not.
It seems to only be an issue for us/ourselves.
@@inodder no, I don't recollect anything like that. Good luck with your Spanish :)
In Spanish, we just have one phoneme (sound) for the letters B and V. It's like the English B, only a bit softer. This phoneme is symbolized /b/. However, we do pronounce this sound as two allophones (two ways of pronouncing the same sound). One is similar to English B (symbolized [b]), the other (symbolized [ß]) is an approximant (lips are close to each other but without touching). We typically will pronounce [b] at the beginning of words or after consonants; we say [ß] between vowels. This is a subconscious process native speakers are totally unaware of. In fact, some Spanish speakers will swear they produce only one sound; still others will be positively sure they say B and V as in English, a different sound for each letter. That's not true - it's their mind (or their schooling) playing tricks on them. Both letters are pronounced the same, as /b/, only that depending on position we might produce that sound as [b] or [ß].
It's important you learn this only insofar as your goal is to speak without a foreign accent. Most people won't tell, though. If you happened to carry over your English B/V sounds to Spanish, folks would be OK with that.
Also could you do a video on the 'r' and the 'rr'?
From Harrison
OMG ,you're so cute
:) Gracias por decirme cute.
Butterfly Spanish thank u so much your lessons are so hellpfull especialy this one. I was having a hard time with the "B" and "V". Keep it going . un saludos desde algeria
No she is not. Marwa Abdellaoui Bardy
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I enjoy learning Spanish because of this teacher...thank you ❤
I kinda want to watch that again because it was so much fun and entertaining. But I will save it and watch it again when I want to laugh some more and when I need a good laugh. Ana is a great teacher but a fun person to be listening to. Thanks so much for your lessons. Quiero enviarte un beso, no solo un mensaje de texto. You are fantastic.
Me encantaría si pudieras hacer un vídeo sobre el objeto indirecto/directo...
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Como profesor de español veo que es algo que se cubre durante un par de capítulos y después los estudiantes se olvidan muy rápidamente de cómo usarlo.. es una de las estructuras gramaticales más comunes y los estudiantes ni idea!! :)
dychui Claro que sí. I might have to make more that one on that topic. Saludos.
Butterfly Spanish Muchas gracias Ana! Un abrazo!
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You are lovely, so cute! Thank you for that great explanation!
I know you see two letters and logical thinking dictates that "two letters usually mean two different sounds", but languages and grammatical rules are not always that logical.
In Latin, the letter "v" represented the labio-velar approximant (the English "w"), not a French "v".
That Latin (v) depending on position sounded more like a vowel (/u/) or more like an aproximant (/β̞/ - /ʋ/ - /w/).
This also depended on the dialect, so "Edvardvs" became "Eduardo" in Spanish but "Edvard" in north and east Europe and remained "Edward" in English.
Or the Latin word "servvs", the first "v" being closer to a consonant and the second one to a vowel, becoming "siervo (/'sjerbo/)" in Spanish.
In Old Spanish "(v)" could only appear between vowels ("bivir, lavar, bever"), and it was presumably a voiced bilabial fricative or approximant (/β̞/) but not a French /v/.
The French "v" is an "f" pronounce with your vocal cords, an "f" that makes your throat vibrate. The OLD Spanish "v" was a "b" with a little touch of "f" but not an "/f/" nor a "/v/".
- If you say "/bi'bir/" or "/bic'torja/", why do you write a "v" and not just a "b"?
In old Castilian that was kinda the case but nevertheless people used to mistake them all the time. "Cerbantes (Don Quijote's writter)" used to sign as "Cervantes" with "v" and not with "b". You can also read old texts where the same word appears with two or three different spellings.
The Spanish Academy regulated the spellings of words a few hundred years ago, and they decided (wrongly in my opinion) that "the closer we make them look to the original word in Latin, the better", so despite really being "bictoria" in Spanish, if in Latin was "victoria", that was going to be the spelling.
The same with all the other words, and with "h" where there used to be an "f" in Latin, or with "g".
- Do Spanish-speaking natives get confused when to write one and when the other?
Yes, all the time, specially when the word is not that common or is a more educated word.
The same happens with "-ll-" and "-y-" or "-je-" and "-ge-" or "with h" and "without h", because either way the pronunciation is the same.
Despite "/v/" being a very common sound in European languages, is actually a rare sound worldwide, "/w/" being a lot more common.
In Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, etc, "/v/" just doesn't exist and is actually quite hard for those people to pronounce it properly and to tell the difference between /b/ /f/ and /v/ : If you do a soft /v/ sounds like a /b/; if you do it stronger, sounds like /f/.
The trick with Spanish speakers saying "/beri/" instead of "/veri/" is that we pronounce a non-aspirated "/b/" (like a soft /b/, without the usual puff of air), so that makes the trick when speaking in English.
Just remember, "two letters, one sound":
- "V = B = /b/~/β̞/" (approximant between vowels; NOT fricative). "B/V" are like a "soft English b" but without the aspiration/puff of air.
- "LL = Y = /j/~/ʝ/". Usually a bit harder than the English "y" in "yes". Some people pronounce "-ll-" as /ʎ/, which was the usual way a few decades ago but it's disappearing, as it did in old French and is now doing in Hungarian as well.
- "GE/GI = J = /x/". Harder than the English "h".
- "H = silent"; no sound at all, no exceptions. The surname "Hernández" is pronounced "/er'nandeθ/" not "/her'nandeθ/".
I think is the same in German, "V = F = /f/". But maybe in German reading /v/ instead of /f/ doesn't sound as bad as reading /v/ instead of /b/ in Spanish. Saying "volver" "/vfol'vfer/" instead of "/bol'ber/" sounds really bad.
The only Spanish-speaking people that reads (v) as /v/ are some Puertorricans, and is because of the English influence that makes them do a Hypercorrection.
But that's quite wrong. Saying "/Vfen a Puerto Rico/" instead of saying "/Ben a Puerto Rico/" sounds like a non-native speaker, like a foreigner.
People that know a language that has the sound /v/ tend to read (v) in Spanish like in their native language instead of like in Spanish.
You're so sweet! Spanish is my first language but my family pushed me to learn English when I came here when I was 5. They always made fun of how I pronounced things instead of helping so instead I decided to not really speak Spanish to them anymore. I still speak Spanish to others if they need help. Maybe it's petty but it's also traumatic. Recently, I got a job at a call center and they put in the Spanish department as well and oh man, the love the callers are giving me is the best! I looked up a lot of different resources to help me better my Spanish and I'm glad to have found you! The last part when you said to send them to you meant a lot, thank you!😊
Ohhh I'm going to be fluent in spanish in 3 months cuz of you , cuzzz why you so cuuuuute 😍😍😍😍 your smile is soooo sooo contagious
you're so sweet
learn is fun with you
thank you for your time
When she says the word "Vaca" the "V" sounds like an English "B" and when she says the word "Convenir" the "v" sounds like an English "v" like in "velvet". So I'm confused. Is "v" at the beginning of a word pronounced differently than when in the middle of a word?
Yes, that's exactly what she pointed out in the video
Because when the v is in the middle of the word, the other letters overpower it
Like in convenir, the uhbeh (v) is overpowered by the ene (n), so the sound is like an English v.
Whenever you say Ana and point to yourself, I imagine that you're speaking Arabic because your name 'Ana' sounds just the same as 'I' in Arabic :D
I'm Arabic and I feel the same way 😂 , then I remember "Oo, that's her name".
I didnt realise her name was Anna until later haha
Your teaching is very clear. I liked your poem. great series so far.
Muchas gracias por las lecciones, Senorita!
The cuteness with which she says "Don't do that"
this is very confusing...:(
+Cexxar zzz haha, I can teach you English if you help with Spanish. Email Devin.torres@me.com -- I'm Mexican-American (norteamericano) born and raised in the USA.
I'm native Spanish speaker and I can tell you that in general there is not difference between "B" and "V" at the time of Speaking (90% of the time is similar to sound “V” in English). We are used to ask if a word is pronounced with “Tall” V or “Short” V precisely because the sound is the same. If you want to sound like native Spanish speaker, you should pay attention just in words “MB”, words starting with letter B, and words ending in “ABA”, for example:
- Cambiar = Pronunciation is “CaMBiar”
- Soplaba = Pronunciation is “SoplaVa”
- Olvidaba = Pronunciation is “OlvidaVa”
- Bigote = Pronunciation is “Bigote”, but in this case if you say “Vigote” most of the time will not a problem.
@@Marcelo_Aussie a lot of that depends on regional dialects too. a mexican will pronounce their words very different from an Argentinian
1:22 thought she said the b word for a second LOL
Thank you so much Teacher Ana. Can't just watch your vdo and leave. You are very funny. I love spanish and I love it more because of you!
I am a home school student and these videos are my Spanish class. With the old class I was doing I hated it and didn't understand but now Spanish has become my favorite class. I look forward to watching your videos everyday!
Según la RAE no existe diferencia alguna en la pronunciación de la /b/ y de la /v/ : "No existe en español diferencia alguna en la pronunciación de las letras b y v. Las dos representan hoy el sonido bilabial sonoro /b/. La ortografía española mantuvo por tradición ambas letras, que en latín representaban sonidos distintos. En el español medieval hay abundantes muestras de confusión entre una y otra grafía, prueba de su confluencia progresiva en la representación indistinta del mismo sonido, confluencia que era ya general en el siglo xvi. La pronunciación de la v como labiodental no ha existido nunca en español, y solo se da de forma espontánea en hablantes valencianos o mallorquines y en los de algunas zonas del sur de Cataluña, cuando hablan castellano, por influencia de su lengua regional. También se da espontáneamente en algunos puntos de América por influjo de las lenguas amerindias. En el resto de los casos, es un error que cometen algunas personas por un equivocado prurito de corrección, basado en recomendaciones del pasado, pues aunque la Academia reconoció ya desde el Diccionario de Autoridades (1726-1739) que «los españoles no hacemos distinción en la pronunciación de estas dos letras», varias ediciones de la Ortografía y de la Gramática académicas de los siglos xviii, xix y principios del xx describieron, e incluso recomendaron, la pronunciación de la v como labiodental. Se creyó entonces conveniente distinguirla de la b, como ocurría en varias de las grandes lenguas europeas, entre ellas el francés y el inglés, de tan notable influjo en esas épocas; pero ya desde la Gramática de 1911 la Academia dejó de recomendar explícitamente esta distinción. En resumen, la pronunciación correcta de la letra v en español es idéntica a la de la b, por lo que no existe oralmente ninguna diferencia en nuestro idioma entre palabras como baca y vaca, bello y vello, acerbo y acervo.".
je te remercie pour vos cours et j aime ta façon you are cute
Honestly, my favorite part was when she said ow after she hit her forehead with the marker. That was too cute!
You are the best Spanish tutor I've come across so far! Muchas gracias :D
After years of working on Spanish with no way to really use it and practice I found Butterfly Spanish ❣️❣️❣️ Now I'm hooked watching each video. Gracias Ana ❤️