ok, so i just got this new CD of this mexican group and they pronounce all there B's like V's! (the english sound of B and V i mean) I was always told to pronounce B and V the same, as a B sound, like "voy" = "boy" (phonetically i mean) and now they are doing the opposite. Is this common in Mexico? or a new trend or something! Anyone know anything? Thanks!
2007-11-09 10:26:05 · 10 answers · asked by John 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Spanish language NEVER made the distinction between those two sounds.
What you will find (at least in Mexican speakers) is that they use any of them. Even the same speaker would say /veso/ some times and /beso/ some others for the word "beso".
For us, the difference is unexistant. I know for speakers of other languages, there is an important difference, but that is not relevant from the point of view of a Spanish speaker.
2007-11-09 10:35:58 · answer #1 · answered by kamelåså 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why people keep saying that we mexicans mistake b and v, here in Mexico, in Spain, in Argentina, in every spanish speaking country b and v are the same. There are two sounds for this letters and none of them exists in english, actually the sound of english b to spanish ears sounds like a p. These sounds are represented in the phonetic alphabet by /b/ and /β/. When a b or v is a at the beginning of a word or after m or n the sound is /b/. Beetwen two vowels is /β/. Examples: víbora (snake): /b/í/β/ora bebé (baby): /b/e/β/é septiembre: septiem/b/re enviar (send): enm/b/iar. Actually the sound of that n is something beetwen n and m but that's a different story.
2016-05-29 00:09:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
V and B are used interchangeably with pronunciation. Ex. Vaso/baso...they sound the same...to native speakers. There is no distinction. So, you can pronounce words beginning with V or B with which ever you choose. We will still understand you! Best wishes...
2007-11-09 12:25:02 · answer #3 · answered by aguilar_laurita 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they're pronounced the same, how can it be the opposite? B's and V's sound the same, whether that sounds like a B or a V to you. I'm sure some people say it a little differently, maybe they also speak English and so it becomes Spanglish to them.
2007-11-09 10:30:12 · answer #4 · answered by Tina 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I'm confused by your question... Depending on where the speaker is from, I have heard the LETTER "v" pronounced either as a "v" sound or a "b" sound but the LETTER "b" has always been pronounced as a "b" sound, never as a "v" sound.
2007-11-09 10:57:39 · answer #5 · answered by elk312 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Spanish B And V
2016-10-18 08:08:42 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the European English (Spain), the letters/words are pronounced exactly as they are written. But in Latin American Spanish there are often interchanges of pronuciations.
2007-11-09 18:35:49 · answer #7 · answered by Ashok Pipal (India) 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sounds crazy but unfortunately that's how our Spanish V's/B's sound like. So is not you, believe it or not we say "Baca" (Vaca) instead of using our "V" sound.
Vaca means cow.
2007-11-09 10:42:57 · answer #8 · answered by Sabine 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is no difference in the pronunciation
2007-11-09 10:51:30 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think it is the other way around*star*
2007-11-09 10:29:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋