Talk:Spanish/Lessons/¿Cómo te llamas?

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The anki deck download is not available. - anonymous

Dialogue needs to be revised. "Regular" is hardly ever used in Spanish in this context. Other suggested words could be "bien," "fenómeno" (Arg.), "tranquilo/a." After "Qué tal?" the answer should be "Mal", not "Malo/a." 70.81.5.195 09:10, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

I would like the audio in a mp3 format so students with less computer knowledge can benifit from hearing the spoken word as I have never heard of ogg and I know alot of other people who also have not. Thanks MineAlways 12/31/06

Contents 1 about double r 2 about v and b 3 Alphabet 4 Double 'r'

[edit] about double r

"el pupitre" is not considered a separate letter (and has never been).

More correct imposible --AleG2 20:12, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] about v and b

Though in some regions (e.g. Valladolid) v and b are pronounced differently, the norm is that they sound exactly the same (as can be seen in http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltGUIBusUsual?LEMA=v&TIPO_BUS=3&TIPO_HTML=2)

[edit] Alphabet

This lesson page makes a few apparently inaccurate claims about the Spanish alphabet:

1. that "ch" is no longer considered a separate letter but merely a digraph
2. that "ll" is no longer considered a separate letter but merely a digraph
3. that "rr" is considered a distinct Spanish letter

From my understanding, "rr" has never been considered a separate letter. "ch" and "ll" are still considered separate letters, except for collation purposes. Is there some reference to back up those claims? Rodasmith 03:52, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, I was bold and changed the lesson page per my understanding. Feel free to revert and explain if you think I'm mistaken. Rodasmith 04:09, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Double 'r'

I'm afraid this is not correct: "r at the beginning of a word or when doubled (rr), it is pronounced as a full trill (IPA: /r/), [b]elsewhere[/b] it is a single-tap trill (IPA: /ɾ/)" 'R' is also pronounced like rr in the middle of some words like 'enredo', 'alrededor', 'enrabietar' It is used in words in wich the 'r' takes place as the begining of a syllable. So I am going to put 'syllable' instead of 'word'. I hope not to use my deficient English. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.125.39.236 (talk • contribs) .

Well, as you point out, it is trilled after an n or l. It's also trilled after an s (e.g. in Israel), but otherwise, it's just tapped at the beginning of a syllable. I've adjusted your edit accordingly. Rodasmith (talk) 15:35, 1 July 2008 (UTC)