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Title: BAQ Pronunciation? Post by: Looking4Wife on January 01, 2005, 05:00:00 AM Ok folks, what syllable is stressed for BAQ? Is it... 1. Barr-AN-quilla? OR 2. Barran-QUI-lla? Gracias Title: Re: BAQ Pronunciation? Post by: Gator on January 01, 2005, 05:00:00 AM ... in response to BAQ Pronunciation?, posted by Looking4Wife on Jan 1, 2005
Stress QUI therefore your 2. Barran-QUI-lla would be correct. A la orden, gator? Title: Re: BAQ Pronunciation? Post by: Michael B on January 01, 2005, 05:00:00 AM ... in response to BAQ Pronunciation?, posted by Looking4Wife on Jan 1, 2005
Use this rule in all cases and you will be correct: If it ends in a vowel, 'n' or 's', it is stressed on the next to last syllable. If it does not end in a vowell, 'n' or 's', it is stressed on the last syllable. All words which do not follow this rule have an accent mark on the vowel in the syllable which is accented. BTW, what Thunderbolt said about the 'double l' is also correct....kind of varries regionaly, Some places (my ex from C.R. comes to mind) even pronounce 'll' as 'zah'....but eveybody will understand you if you pronounce it 'ya'. Title: Re: BAQ Pronunciation? Post by: doombug on January 01, 2005, 05:00:00 AM ... in response to BAQ Pronunciation?, posted by Looking4Wife on Jan 1, 2005
And the 'rr' is rolled, requires a little fluttering tongue sound. It's subtle, but it don't hurt to use it. Title: Re: BAQ Pronunciation? Post by: doombug on January 01, 2005, 05:00:00 AM Title: Re: BAQ Pronunciation? Post by: thunderbolt on January 01, 2005, 05:00:00 AM ... in response to BAQ Pronunciation?, posted by Looking4Wife on Jan 1, 2005
Number 2. Also, the 'lla' is not pronounced as an 'l', more like between 'ya' and 'gia'. |