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Basic Spanish PhrasesSpanish is a Romance language with approximately 417 million speakers, 322 to 358 of whom speak it as a first language while the remainder speaks it as a second language. A significant number of people also speak Spanish as a foreign language. Spanish is spoken in Spain and 43 other countries including: Andorra, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, the USA and Venezuela.The first Spanish grammar, by Antonio de Nebrija, and the first dictionaries were published during the 15th and 16th centuries. In Spain this language is generally called español (Spanish) when contrasting it with languages of other countries, such as French and English, but it is called castellano (Castilian, the language of the Castile region) when contrasting it with other languages spoken in Spain, such as Galician, Basque, and Catalan. Although the majority of the Spanish locals speak English and getting around without speaking Spanish is absolutely no problem, you may still be interested in learning the basics. So, if that should be the case, we have compiled a few phrases which are always useful. As Spanish derives from Latin, there are formal and informal ways of addressing another individual. In the translation of some phrases below you will find the following abbreviations:
D - Has two separate sounds, hard and soft. At the beginning of a word and after "n" or "l", the hard Spanish "d" closely resembles the "d" in the word "dog." The difference is that when pronouncing the hard Spanish "d", the tongue touches the back of the front teeth (rather than the gum ridge, as in English). In other situations (particularly between vowels) the "d" is softer, closely resembling the "th" sound in the word "this". R - Has two separate sounds, depending on whether or not it is the first letter of a word. Neither one of these sounds even remotely resembles the English "r" sound. When the "r" is the first letter of the word, it is trilled like the "rr". Otherwise, the "r" sounds much like the "dd" of the word "ladder." (It's not exactly the same, but it's much closer to this "dd" sound than to the English "r" sound.) RR - A vibrating or trilling sound. The single "r" is also pronounced this way when it is the first letter of a word. Intonation – Statements "Intonation" refers to pitch, or the rising and falling of one's voice. Intonation is important because it can change the meaning of an utterance. In Spanish, normal statements end in a falling pitch.
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