2007-12-13 04:12:43 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Here you have a little explanation: http://www.phrasebase.com/forum/read.php?TID=9603
Go to the last post and hear the example.
2007-12-13 05:05:19 · answer #1 · answered by kamelåså 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to do a passable pronunciation of it, Ñ sounds a lot like "ny" (like the "ni" in "onion").
If you want to do a perfect pronunciation of it, here are some tips...
Put your tongue in the proper position to make "n." You'll feel that the tip of your tongue is touching a hard ridge toward the front of your mouth.
Now smush the body of your tongue up against the top of your mouth as though you were going to say "y." The tip of your tongue should lower in the process.
It's like a simultaneous production of both "n" and "y," to create the palatalized nasal Ñ. It's a "y" that is nasalized/n-like, or an "n" that is palatalized/y-like. Ñ is a single sound, whereas "n"+"y" (as we have in English) is composed of two sounds and sounds slightly different.
2007-12-13 04:22:57 · answer #2 · answered by Bunny 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A common words and names and their "ñ-friendly" spelling.
onion = oñon
Enya = Eña
Make sure you pronounce the "ny" or "ni" as one sound, rather than separating the vowel from it.
For example the baseball player Jason Giambi is often pronounced jee-ambi, but in Italian it is just jambi (same principle as Spanish and other languages).
2007-12-13 04:45:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll give you a word to tell you how it's pronounced.
Niño - Ninyo
Niña- Ninya
The letter alone is pronounced enye.
The 'Y' is pronounced like the 'Y is Yes.
2007-12-13 04:18:56 · answer #4 · answered by ..... 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 19:54:56 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like the middle sound in the word canyon
2007-12-13 04:51:59 · answer #6 · answered by zim_8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like "en-yay."
Pronunced in a word like "ny" in caNYon.
Nancala :)
http://www.ncslearnalanguageresources.com
2007-12-13 05:00:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It sounds like n+y together--Like the ni in "onion".
2007-12-13 04:22:26 · answer #8 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
en e yeh or en yeh
2007-12-13 04:28:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
en-yay on its own
in a word its like "y"
EXTRAÑAR= extran-yar
2007-12-13 04:20:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋