{"id":14517,"date":"2023-07-27T23:07:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T03:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=14517"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:20:42","slug":"learning-spanish-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=14517","title":{"rendered":"Learning Spanish Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning with Alfabeto:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1 Introdution to the Spanish Alphabet\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dlazjKbt40Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Films used to learn Spanish (mostly from Spain):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>La Catedral Del Mar<\/em> \/ Cathedral of the Sea (2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Los herederos de la tierra<\/em> \/ Heirs to the Land (2022), sequel of Cathedral of the Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>La cocinera de Castamar<\/em> \/ The Cook of Castamar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Update 5\/7\/2026<\/strong>, this is interesting, thanks to Google AI:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is pronouncing v with b also yeismo?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, pronouncing \"v\" as \"b\" is not called <em>ye\u00edsmo<\/em>; the linguistic term for this merger is <strong>betacism<\/strong>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-do-people-pronounce-the-letter-V-as-the-letter-B-in-Spain-e-g-veintidos-Is-there-a-reason-for-it-being-so-different-from-other-languages-pronunciation-of-the-letter-V\">1<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While they are different phenomena, they follow the same logic: two letters that were historically different now represent the same sound in modern Spanish. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bergesinstitutespanish.com\/blog\/how-to-pronounce-b-and-v-in-spanish\">1<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Betacism vs. Ye\u00edsmo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Betacism (\"b\" and \"v\"):<\/strong> This is the merging of the letters <strong>B<\/strong> and <strong>V<\/strong> into a single bilabial sound. In standard Spanish, there is no difference in how these are pronounced\u2014both sound like an English \"b\" at the start of a sentence or after a nasal consonant (like in <em>un vaso<\/em>), and soften to a \"buzzed\" sound in other positions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ye\u00edsmo (\"ll\" and \"y\"):<\/strong> As we discussed, this is the merging of <strong>LL<\/strong> and <strong>Y<\/strong> into a single sound (usually a \"y\" or \"j\" sound). [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Spanish\/comments\/1cp0nqc\/when_does_v_b\/\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-do-people-pronounce-the-letter-V-as-the-letter-B-in-Spain-e-g-veintidos-Is-there-a-reason-for-it-being-so-different-from-other-languages-pronunciation-of-the-letter-V\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spanishdict.com\/guide\/the-sounds-b-and-v\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/pronouncing-the-spanish-b-and-v-3079534\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/spanishtips2024\/posts\/9978933745491721\/\">5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ye%C3%ADsmo\">6<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key Differences in Pronunciation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rae.es\/duda-linguistica\/existe-diferencia-en-la-pronunciacion-de-b-y-v\">Royal Spanish Academy (RAE)<\/a>, \"b\" and \"v\" are identical in speech for the vast majority of speakers. You can use these general rules from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spanishdict.com\/guide\/the-sounds-b-and-v\">SpanishDict<\/a>: [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/learnspanish\/comments\/xbehbt\/can_someone_explain_the_rules_of_pronouncing_b\/\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/spanish.stackexchange.com\/questions\/12890\/why-is-the-b-and-v-pronunciation-inconsistent\">2<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hard Sound:<\/strong> Pronounced like a strong English \"b\" when at the beginning of a word after a pause (e.g., <em><strong>V<\/strong><\/em><em>aca<\/em>) or after the letters <strong>M<\/strong> or <strong>N<\/strong> (e.g., <em>e<strong>n<\/strong>v\u00edo<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Soft Sound:<\/strong> Pronounced as a softer, \"fricative\" version where the lips don't fully close when the letter appears between vowels (e.g., <em>la <strong>v<\/strong>aca<\/em>). [, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spanishdict.com\/guide\/the-sounds-b-and-v\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/pronouncing-the-spanish-b-and-v-3079534\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GFYFol3txco\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/zFRdrpjTDqU\">5<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more practice, you can view pronunciation breakdowns on sites like <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/pronouncing-the-spanish-b-and-v-3079534\">ThoughtCo<\/a> or watch tutorials from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bergesinstitutespanish.com\/blog\/how-to-pronounce-b-and-v-in-spanish\">Berges Institute<\/a>. [, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bergesinstitutespanish.com\/blog\/how-to-pronounce-b-and-v-in-spanish\">2<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning with Alfabeto: Films used to learn Spanish (mostly from Spain): La Catedral Del Mar \/ Cathedral of the Sea (2018) Los herederos de la tierra \/ Heirs to the Land (2022), sequel of Cathedral of the Sea. La cocinera &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=14517\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabularies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14517"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20731,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14517\/revisions\/20731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}