I love that clues can be gathered as to how ancient languages were spoken based on common misspellings! A whole field of research made possible by humans making mistakes :D
I’m fascinated by your channel! I’m a native Spanish speaker who has a pretty much native pronunciation after 20 years of learning English. Everything I know about English pronunciation came from years of practice and massive exposure. I’m teaching myself French now, and I realized that if wanted to achieve a native-like pronunciation in a third language within a matter of years (and not decades!) I needed the help of phonetics and phonology. Surprisingly, the more I study English and Spanish phonetics/phonologies (and their relationship), the easier I find it to understand French phonetics and phonology. So thank you for inadvertently helping a French student in their studies! 😂
Where are you man? We miss you here! I hope everything is all right with you and your life... Please, continue making videos for this channel, especially the "Evolution of Spanish" series... it's very interesting! Kisses from Brazil
What do you think of this specific path to get from Latin /kt/ to Spanish /tʃ/:? /nok.te/ -> /nox.te/ (lenition) -> /noj.te/ (lenition + assimilation w/alveolar /t/) -> /no.tje/ (metathesis) -> /no.tʃe/ (palatalization + affrication) /ok.to/ -> /ox.to/ (lenition) -> /oj.to/ (lenition + assimilation w/alveolar /t/) -> /o.tjo/ (metathesis) -> /o.tʃo/ (palatalization + affrication) Perhaps in this scenario, steps 1 to 3 would be shared between Spanish and Portuguese, with Spanish in this case evolving further in both cases, and Brazilian Portuguese evolving further and similarly, but only in the case of words ending in orthographic 'e'.
Do you have a video on the Spanish from Equatorial Guinea? Not highly important, but lately TH-cam has been suggesting me Spanish videos from there. So, it would be interesting if you had any insights on what make it unique from a phonetics standpoint.
It is my understanding that in Equatorial Guinea, people speak their native African language in the home and use Spanish in education, business, and such things. In other words, Spanish is no one's native language there. As a foreign language, Equatoguinean Spanish contains African vocabulary words. It also has significant grammatical alterations. For example, Equatoguinean Spanish makes no distinction between indicative and subjunctive moods. And the pronunciation is heavily influenced by African languages. There are parallels between Equatoguinean Spanish and various dialects of English. For example, English spoken in Nigeria, Ghana, India, Trinidad and Tobago, and other places is heavily influenced by local languages. Sometimes, the influence of local languages is so strong, English is spoken with the unaltered phonology of a local language, and their accent is barely understandable to native English speakers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, etc. I have heard Equatoguinean Spanish in TH-cam videos and didn't have a hard time understanding it, but the African accent was obvious. I have never seen a resource that attempted to describe in detail the phonology of Equatoguinean Spanish, and I suspect the reason is that, since it is no one's native language, it isn't considered a natural organic dialect.
Could you make series of what makes spanish sound spanish Like the series Rachel'English analyzing films and shows . It would be very helpful . And thank you for this amazing content
I agree with your idea of "feeling that something does not belong in a word". Sometimes we say things that sound awkward and we question ourselves and self-correct. Sometimes we just go "meh" I will just keep saying it like that. Soon enough you have kids and your kids get made fun in school for the way the say something, and they have to choose whether to just change or keep the badly spoken word. Ridicule and mockery is a powerful language regulator specially in a language like spanish that has an imperial vigilante in the form the RAE.
@@tenminutespanish Yo my guy, i reallly appreciate ur work, like a ton! is there a way i can donate to you? I also was wondering if you could give me some advice. I’m half Mexican, my family is from guadalajara, and i don’t sound gringo it’s just there is something a little off that makes me not sound native. Idk what could be wrong. Thanks again and i really appreciate you.
I currently do not offer classes. I occassionally accept recordings and make videos for people. I haven't done that in a while. My email is tenminutespanish@outlook.com
I also noticed this although the opposite also It happens in old portuguese. As in: Madre - mare - mae - mãe Padre - pare - pae - pai Calente - caente - quente Animales - animaes - animais Luna - Lũa - Lua Celo - ceo - céu Dolor - dor Color - cor Mançana - maçãa - Maçã Lana - lãa - lã Sano - são Perdonar - perdõar - perdoar Irmana - irmãa - irmã
@@tenminutespanish You seem to have a very clear and good way of explaining spanish pronunciation, maybe we can come to some arrangement for intensive training?
@@bobthabuilda1525 Everything is fine, thanks. I'm still around, and I check out the comments every day. I'm really busy these days with my real job and haven't had time to make videos. But I'm alright. Thanks for asking!
Never stop learning, right? I'll do a couple more videos on Latin to Spanish evolution, then I'll think of a different topic. Maybe some more dialectology. Maybe some more pronunciation. I avoid doing videos on grammar, because I don't want to repeat topics that lots of other people have covered. I love grammar topics, but so many other people have done so much with grammar I think it would be a waste of my time.
@@tenminutespanish Do you have any channel recommendations for improving Spanish grammar? Your teaching style has been the most effective for me by far
@@joeyparrish21 Thank you so much. I'm happy you've gotten something out of my videos. I'm sorry, but I have no recommendations for you. I don't follow any other Spanish channels.
Latin had a more complex system that reduced -ar, -er, and -ir in Spanish and Portuguese. In Italian, the Latin system reduced to -are, -ere, and -ire. I'm not sure about the other romance languages
I love that clues can be gathered as to how ancient languages were spoken based on common misspellings! A whole field of research made possible by humans making mistakes :D
Indeed. This is a very big part of how we track phonological chage over time.
Been really excited to see this series continue. Great stuff, as always!
Thanks for the support. Glad you liked it.
Love this series as a historical linguistics enthousiast :) Keep it up ❤️
Thank you!
Thank you ! WE can not wait to see the next video in this series
I'm so happy you liked this video.
I’m fascinated by your channel! I’m a native Spanish speaker who has a pretty much native pronunciation after 20 years of learning English. Everything I know about English pronunciation came from years of practice and massive exposure. I’m teaching myself French now, and I realized that if wanted to achieve a native-like pronunciation in a third language within a matter of years (and not decades!) I needed the help of phonetics and phonology. Surprisingly, the more I study English and Spanish phonetics/phonologies (and their relationship), the easier I find it to understand French phonetics and phonology. So thank you for inadvertently helping a French student in their studies! 😂
Where are you man? We miss you here! I hope everything is all right with you and your life... Please, continue making videos for this channel, especially the "Evolution of Spanish" series... it's very interesting! Kisses from Brazil
@@brunorossibonin788 Thank you, friend. I appreciate the kind words. I'm still around, but I've been quite busy. Not a lot of time for Spanish videos.
@@tenminutespanish All right, good luck!
Hello can you do a video that explains all the dialects and its difference and uniqueness.
These videos are so interesting.
@@liambell495 Thank you!
I love the way you present the information in the video,
Thank you!
Early stages of this development resemble more Italian than Spanish.
What do you think of this specific path to get from Latin /kt/ to Spanish /tʃ/:?
/nok.te/ -> /nox.te/ (lenition) -> /noj.te/ (lenition + assimilation w/alveolar /t/) -> /no.tje/ (metathesis) -> /no.tʃe/ (palatalization + affrication)
/ok.to/ -> /ox.to/ (lenition) -> /oj.to/ (lenition + assimilation w/alveolar /t/) -> /o.tjo/ (metathesis) -> /o.tʃo/ (palatalization + affrication)
Perhaps in this scenario, steps 1 to 3 would be shared between Spanish and Portuguese, with Spanish in this case evolving further in both cases, and Brazilian Portuguese evolving further and similarly, but only in the case of words ending in orthographic 'e'.
I really enjoy watching your videos! Would you please make a video about the apical s in Spanish?
Do you have a video on the Spanish from Equatorial Guinea? Not highly important, but lately TH-cam has been suggesting me Spanish videos from there. So, it would be interesting if you had any insights on what make it unique from a phonetics standpoint.
It is my understanding that in Equatorial Guinea, people speak their native African language in the home and use Spanish in education, business, and such things. In other words, Spanish is no one's native language there. As a foreign language, Equatoguinean Spanish contains African vocabulary words. It also has significant grammatical alterations. For example, Equatoguinean Spanish makes no distinction between indicative and subjunctive moods. And the pronunciation is heavily influenced by African languages. There are parallels between Equatoguinean Spanish and various dialects of English. For example, English spoken in Nigeria, Ghana, India, Trinidad and Tobago, and other places is heavily influenced by local languages. Sometimes, the influence of local languages is so strong, English is spoken with the unaltered phonology of a local language, and their accent is barely understandable to native English speakers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, etc.
I have heard Equatoguinean Spanish in TH-cam videos and didn't have a hard time understanding it, but the African accent was obvious. I have never seen a resource that attempted to describe in detail the phonology of Equatoguinean Spanish, and I suspect the reason is that, since it is no one's native language, it isn't considered a natural organic dialect.
Could you make series of what makes spanish sound spanish
Like the series Rachel'English analyzing films and shows .
It would be very helpful .
And thank you for this amazing content
I agree with your idea of "feeling that something does not belong in a word". Sometimes we say things that sound awkward and we question ourselves and self-correct. Sometimes we just go "meh" I will just keep saying it like that. Soon enough you have kids and your kids get made fun in school for the way the say something, and they have to choose whether to just change or keep the badly spoken word. Ridicule and mockery is a powerful language regulator specially in a language like spanish that has an imperial vigilante in the form the RAE.
He’s not dead!
Yay.
@@tenminutespanish Yo my guy, i reallly appreciate ur work, like a ton! is there a way i can donate to you? I also was wondering if you could give me some advice. I’m half Mexican, my family is from guadalajara, and i don’t sound gringo it’s just there is something a little off that makes me not sound native. Idk what could be wrong. Thanks again and i really appreciate you.
@@PyroPerchlorate Send me an email and we'll talk about both things. tenminutespanish@outlook.com
@@tenminutespanish Ok i sent you an email, I might have sent two on accident mb.
@@tenminutespanishI love your stuff bro!
What fonts do you use for the intro and where could I get them? Thanks.
It may be the Romanus font. But I'm not fully sure.
Do you offer zoom classes in order to improve accent and pronunciation? Also, how does someone contact you?
I currently do not offer classes. I occassionally accept recordings and make videos for people. I haven't done that in a while. My email is tenminutespanish@outlook.com
Great video.
Thank you!
Most if not all of the old Spanish words or late latin versions are actually modern Portuguese 😮😮😮
I also noticed this although the opposite also It happens in old portuguese.
As in:
Madre - mare - mae - mãe
Padre - pare - pae - pai
Calente - caente - quente
Animales - animaes - animais
Luna - Lũa - Lua
Celo - ceo - céu
Dolor - dor
Color - cor
Mançana - maçãa - Maçã
Lana - lãa - lã
Sano - são
Perdonar - perdõar - perdoar
Irmana - irmãa - irmã
If you cannot roll the R how do you pronounce 1) R at the beginning of a sentence 2) RR
Hi, do you offer private tutoring for pronounciation?
@@alekseyshikula6927 I normally do not take private students.
@@tenminutespanish You seem to have a very clear and good way of explaining spanish pronunciation, maybe we can come to some arrangement for intensive training?
@@alekseyshikula6927 You can email me at tenminutespanish@outlook.com and we can discuss it.
Ascensor, piscina in these combinations it is hard to ceceo [c] sound. It is normal? Any spanish rules for it?
All of my observations are that Spaniards pronounce both s and theta in words like these.
Hey Ten Minute Spanish, can’t help but notice you haven’t uploaded in a while. Hope everything is ok
@@bobthabuilda1525 Everything is fine, thanks. I'm still around, and I check out the comments every day. I'm really busy these days with my real job and haven't had time to make videos. But I'm alright. Thanks for asking!
My dude keeps learning
Never stop learning, right? I'll do a couple more videos on Latin to Spanish evolution, then I'll think of a different topic. Maybe some more dialectology. Maybe some more pronunciation. I avoid doing videos on grammar, because I don't want to repeat topics that lots of other people have covered. I love grammar topics, but so many other people have done so much with grammar I think it would be a waste of my time.
@@tenminutespanish Do you have any channel recommendations for improving Spanish grammar? Your teaching style has been the most effective for me by far
@@joeyparrish21 Thank you so much. I'm happy you've gotten something out of my videos. I'm sorry, but I have no recommendations for you. I don't follow any other Spanish channels.
Would you know how and why all the verbs in Spanish end in ir, er, ar? Do any other romance languages have that? Does latin? Do any other languages?
Latin had a more complex system that reduced -ar, -er, and -ir in Spanish and Portuguese. In Italian, the Latin system reduced to -are, -ere, and -ire. I'm not sure about the other romance languages
French and italian have similar distributions. Spanish ar verbs are er in French. Spanish ir and er have similar correspondences in French.
French has three verb classes
I: -er
II: -ir
III: -re
IV: irregular verbs (which can end in -er, -ir or -re, of course)
Can you make a video focusing on the pronunciation of the letter J? Your videos are incredibly helpful!
yay
Hey what’s difference between χ and ʁ?
Voicing
@@Hiljaa_ danke
Hello can you do a video that explains all the dialects and its difference and uniqueness.