The Spanish "b" and "v"

Frogess   Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:57 pm GMT
Are there any rules governing how these letters should be pronounced? How can one learn to pronounce that weird "b" sound???
Evinória   Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:04 am GMT
Simplesmente fale B no lugar do V e V no lugar do B!
Guest   Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:05 am GMT
^^^ WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS CRAZY BITCH TALKING ABOUT!?!?!?! ^^^
Invitado   Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:09 am GMT
No. It is easy. Both b and v are pronounced like B. In Spanish there is not a "V" pronunciation.
Gringa   Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:11 am GMT
That's weird. I don't hear the English "b" in the place of Spanish v's...
bailando   Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:47 am GMT
try to pronounce B sound, but don't touch your lips, but save a pleace for the air to come out through that small hole.
Gringo   Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:00 am GMT
<<That's weird. I don't hear the English "b" in the place of Spanish v's... >>

You certainly hear B in place of V at the start of a sentence. Consider something like:


Venezuela ... blah blah blah ... .
JGreco   Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:10 am GMT
It is kind of a combination of the b and v sound. The closes way I can remember to pronounce it is try to pronounce v without using your teeth, just push your lips together and pronounce the letter v. The b/v sound in Spanish is a labial(lips)- vibrant sound. That should be self explanatory.
blanc   Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:07 am GMT
Simplesmente fale B no lugar do V e V no lugar do B!

Por favor nao fale de temas que voce nao conhece, soa tao ridicula
Lusito   Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:00 pm GMT
At the very beginning of the sentence, B/V's are b: bueno [bweno], vino ['bino]
intervocalic B/V's are soft [β]: bobo ['boβo], abuela [a'βwela]

Evinória is Brazilian so she might not know that even Continental Portuguese 1. confuses b and v (in Oporto); 2. has softening of many consonants within a word: dedo ['deðu] , bobo ['boβu].
hoto   Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:58 pm GMT
but she doesn't know that. she's from Brazil, that's self explanatory
Harman   Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:10 pm GMT
I'm spaniard and i do B sound = V sound. Use B of Barcelona sound and it wil be ok.