10 Pronunciation Mistakes Spanish Speakers Make | Pronunciación en inglés para hispanohablantes
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In this video, you will learn the top pronunciation mistakes made by Spanish speakers. You will learn how to pronounce the H, the difference between B and V, Spanish R vs American R, why z's sound like s's by some Spanish speakers, words that end with M and more.
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Thank you for watching! If you are a Spanish speaker, tell me what is the biggest challenge you struggle with (from the ones mentioned here). If you're not a Spanish speaker, tell me what are the challenges you are facing as a speaker of another language. And don't forget to download the American accent guide (it's free): theaccentsway.com/spanish-accent/#freebie
To pronounce the Z sound for me is the most dificult challenge!!! Thanks a lot for this video, you can´t imagine how much I felt identified :D
Thank you so much for your videos! they are really useful and I also admire your body language, that makes your videos very engaging! My biggest challenge right now is trying to pronounce the long vowels, mostly in the middle of the words. There is also the pronunciation of the "L" sound, which is weird because we have the "L" sound in spanish, but it is just different I guess. I also think that might be some differences depending on what country are we coming from, I mean, we the costarricans do not have such a big problem with the "r" sound as some people from the caribbean might have; but instead we may struggle more with the -ed endings. Thank you so much! And I still looking forward to watch more videos in the near future :)
You should do ball and bowl. Every time I say soup bowl people think I’m saying soup ball.
The biggest challenge for me are the Z/R sounds, specially the R sound in the word "murder". I just CAN´T pronounce that word at all, so please let me know if you have a video teaching how to master the pronunciation to that word. Thanks a lot, Hadar for this video :)
The latin style of spanish speaker make them to speak very fast. that is a big situation for us.
I'm mexican and this video was absolutely mind blowing!!!!! Thank you so much for making this!
I'm a Spanish speaking--> English teacher for over a decade. I teach/have taught American English pronunciation to hundreds of thousands of Spanish speakers...and Let me just say... that THIS VIDEO is the BEST DAMN video I've ever seen on the topic of pronunciation mistakes that Spanish speakers make (or other language speakers). Simply incredible work, Hader! You deserve an award! YOU were born to be a teacher. BRAVO! BRAVO! Subscribed!!!
I am a Spanish speaker, you are completely right, in fact, those are the mistakes I've been struggling with. Thank you so much!!! You have helped me a lot!
I never realized the way I pronounce the "h" until now. Someone mocked me for it once, and I was confused because I thought I was saying it correctly the entire time lmfaoooo!!!😅 Thank you!!!
ME TOO. I'm living in Canada. Studied and I'm working full time. My boyfriend is English so I'm surrounded by English 24/7. AND YET I DID NOT KNOW THAT.
Hahaha so funny
All that you said it’s right because I’m Spanish Speaker I use to do those mistakes, I’m from Guatemala 🇬🇹 by the way, so now I know that my English with change a lot after I wanted this video. Thanks 😊 for your tips.
By the way you pronounce Spanish sounds, you would make an excellent Spanish speaker!
Haha definitely planning to learn Spanish soon!
For the way you pronounce its sounds, I would have bet that you were fluent in Spanish!
A person usually has a foreign accent after learning a new language. But if you try to study all the sounds in that languague like this woman did, you can identify what you're doing wrong when you speak, train yourself to do it the right way, and lose the foreign accent.
@@joszeb I thought so too.
She is spanish speaker...you can tell.
I am a native Spanish speaker and this video changed my life.
You said you are not a native English speaker. I would say now you are a native English speaker. Well done
I am a native Spanish (latino) speaker that lives in London and your video so impressed me as it made realise the mistakes I always make when I speak. English. I so hate my Spanish accent as I am always asked to repeat what I am saying when I talk to English native speakers and I'd give anything to get rid of it and to sound English. I am sure your videos will help me with so thanks in advance.
I always consider myself a pretty good speaker, until I watch your videos and I realise there's still a long way to go... :'s That S/Z distinction is such a tricky thing...
It is very tricky. I wrote why in the blog and guide. But if that's the only thing you' struggle with, you're in good shape😉
Wow, I didn't realize my english was so terrible!!!....... I'll keep trying to perfect my pronunciation.......... Thanks!!!
You hit the nail on the head, thanks for spanish speakers... We make those mistakes..... Thanks a lot... We adore you.... Greetings from Chile
That is so true! I am Spanish speaker and I noticed these are very common. Thanks for your suggestions.
I never felt so connected to any video about my accent, I feel like know I am most aware of how I speak. Thank you so much.
You are really amazing! You understand perfectly the challenge that non-native speakers find in our learning path. Your practical advice are really effective. Thank you so much 🎉😊🎉
Hadar!!! You're doing fantastically!!! Thank you so much for every video you share with us!!!
Hadar... thank you so much.. you have helped me a lot. I admire your dedication and interest to share your knowledge.
Thank you! Love the energy in your videos.
You're a phenomenal teacher. This particular video was very useful to me, great content, every day I learn something new from your channel. Much appreciated.
Great video! Some of my challenges had been pronouncing the "X" like in "six" and the "Th" followed by "s" like in "thousands". Nothing against numbers. I'm Spanish speaker from DR. Thank you!
Hello, you are incredible! Could you do a video for portuguese speakers? You are helping me a lot! Thank you.
You're the greatest teacher I've ever had. I have been trying to improve my spelling because some people make fun of my accent sometimes😔, but since I found your channel I've seen a good improvement.
Great video Hadar. Love it. Thanks for posting it!
Gosh! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for.! I’m a native Spanish speaker, completely fluent in English, but I’ve never been happy with my pronunciation, it does not suck but I’ve always wanted to sound more like a native English speaker, it may never happen but this really helps me improve! Thanks!
Me too. I want to sound very natural and it's very frustrating. Sometimes I feel I should just move to an english country and see if that's the final solution
@@angelg9981 I’ve lived in both Canada and the USA, for a little less than a year each and nope, it doesn’t help
Thank you so much! I love this video! It's really helpful
Gracias, Hadar!! Thank you!! :D from Argentina!
You are awesome, covered very important points.
What an awesome video! You’ve done an incredible job with this topic! As a native Spanish speaker, I wish I would’ve come across content like this in my early English learning stages…this is so good. Crazy accurate!!!! I’ve also seen your video regarding Portuguese, so accurate as well!!!
Thank you for your video as spanish speaker I make a lot of these mistakes when speaking english, I have been living in Scotland for the past three years but I've always listened to american english because I love it and because I am from the Dominican Republic therefore American english is what I used to listen to when I was in my country, I also fumble with the words quite a lot when speaking english and I'm always repeating myself although I recognised that sometimes I speak way too fast. Your english channel is wonderful, thank you.xx
Oh my god. I truly wish that every single Spanish speaker would watch this video. It does start with desire though, regardless of which language you wish to be proficient in. :)
Thank you, i came for an advise with the s ch sounds and i end up with so much more. I’ll be watching more of your videos 🤗
Thanks for sharing this video, really clear explanations! Now time to practice!
I am from Colombia. Thanks, the video is very useful.
In my opinion you are the best Englih teacher I've ever seen in KZhead. Your videos are very inspirating for me.
Your teaching is so amazing. I am so thankful of you. Keep the good work!. Wilfredo Trinidad.
I wanna thank you for helping people with you channel I'm from El Salvador and I've improved my speaking because I've been practicing with your channel
Great video as usual! Phonetically, Spanish is very simple, with fewer phonemes than most European languages I think. That's why we struggle speaking more phonetically complex languages. Greetings from Argentina!
Yes, absolutely. And it also has some unique phonological processes that don't occur in English, I guess that's part of the reason too. xoxo
Accent's Way English with Hadar Which unique processes?
Dibujo de Croquis I’m a native English speaker; I’m watching this because I’m curious about what’s difficult for Spanish people. She explained how to say ‘h’, the incorrect sound does not exist in English. I can make the sound if I practice, but no English word that I know of has that sound in it. I also think the Spanish ‘v’ sound is slightly different from the English ‘b’ sound. It seems like a combination of the English sounds of ‘v’ and ‘b’. By the way, I envy Spanish due to it’s far more consistent rules than English. I grew up with English, so I can pronounce pretty much any word, even if it’s new to me, but Spanish rules (not just pronunciation! Spelling, grammar, etc too!) are much more consistent. One spelling rule in English is annoying: “piece”, “ceiling”. A trick I learned is “i before e, except after c or sounding like ‘air’” (their)
Thanks Hadar your videos are really useful, your video gave me a great insight in some of the "mistakes" I could be making without even being aware of it
Im learning spanish as a native english speaker and I thought we had it tough lol I struggle greatly with the rolled r after an l like "caliente al ritmo" I noticed while trying to copy spanish speakers and their pronunciation.. spanish is spoken with what i think of as "high and tight" The tongue is always high in the mouth and forward sometimes right up on the back of the teeth and with little exhale or breath with speech. This helps with the speed of the language and pronunciation of the r/rr. When i speak spanish it feels like my tongue is tap dancing in my mouth. English speakers at least american english which i speak we have a much more open mouth the tongue hangs low and back.. we tap the top for certain sounds but its quick then the tongue is back down or often even curled backward slightly. We also exhale way more and speech can sound like theres a lot of breaths. Take your time. English is a slower spoken language so most people wont be too frustrated if you speak a little slower. In english pronunciation is more important than pace.. i guess thats true for all language but spanish being faster in general we won't notice it if you feel you're speaking slower than you should. Hope this helps! 😊
Great tips!!! Thanks a lot!!! Very usefull and enjoyable
Thank you, Haddar. I love your teaching style. Your videos are really approachable. I am Venezuela... Thank you so much !!
Wow,, love all your videos bu this one in particular, it’s over the top .. 🙏🙏
Hadar you're always so right on! Love u!
This video is amazingly helpful, thank you Hadar! I think for me, the most difficult, or at least, in terms of incorporating with fluency, is the last one: th versus d (they/day)
Hi! I’m in the 7 day pronunciation challenge and came here to complete my priority chart 😊 this is definitely the best tool for me to find out what are my high priority challenges ❤️❤️❤️ thank you so much!!❤❤❤❤
wow you are so right Hadar.
Thank you so much for this useful lesson .
Awesome work, Hadar. Girl, you're worth a bundle. The crowd loves you! Hispanic teacher in America
Thank you so much for your video. I love it!!!
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Amazing video! You are absolutely right! Please more videos for Spanish speakers :)
I am very happy to find this video. You are an excellent teacher. One of the best! t
OMG, where have you been all my life? hahahah I've been living in America for a little over 19 years, and I have tried multiple times to overcome speaking with a strong accent. I have not been successful, not just yet, but I have decided that 2023 will be the year that I will invest time, effort, and motivation to get rid of my accent. It is something I have always wanted to accomplish. Thank you for sharing these videos and resources with us. I was able to identify some of my mistakes, and it was eye-opening. Thank you so much!
I enjoy the way you explain the sounds & rhythm of language & demonstrate the sounds of American English. From your perfect pronunciation, I would have thought you're a native speaker, with only such a slight touch of occasional subtle accent indicating you're possibly a second generation immigrant, amazing!
This is such a great video. I'm majoring in Spanish and studying to teach English as a foreign/second language, and I place great importance on pronunciation and its benefit to learning/speaking a language. It's good to know these mistakes and how to correct them! Thank you :)
So helpful! Thank you🙏🙏🙏
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Thank you so much for this video, Hadar. I'm improving my pronunciation skils with your KZhead channel! 😊
Wou!!, The best video I've ever watched!!, you're Amazing!!
I love you Teacher... Thanks.
You are awesome. You covered very common spanish mistakes.
You are an amazing teacher
Really interesting!!! Thanks so much!
Wow! Thank you so much for the video! I've been working using English for a couple of years and I just realized that I was pronouncing incorrectly the h sound most of the time as well as getting the difference between the j and y sound. I knew about the other 8 mistakes but I have worked hard to improve them and I think I'm doing much better now. Anyways, it's always good to learn new things and your explanations are just amazing!! By the way, I'm from Venezuela.
Super great video! My students are all native Spanish speakers who have difficulty with these sounds. Thanks
Hi Hadar, you are great. Thanks
Hello. I am Thai, watching this English video from Thailand. You are a great E. teacher. You have a lot of capable of teaching E. Thanks Bye.
I paid thousands of money in an English academy in New Zealand back in 2014... My God... I feel like somebody stole my money haha. Thanks a lot.
St sound and th are my nemesis, thanks for sharing these tips
So true!! Thank you for compiling this list and dissecting why and where these mistakes happen. As a native Spanish speaker and English being my second language, I can attest those are top challenges when pronouncing English. Usually we are not even aware of it and unable to identify them, until we start listening carefully to ourselves and when people have some difficulty understanding what we said.
Exactly! In order to change it, one first has to hear it!!
Awesome and helpful video !
Hello Hadar! I randomly came across your channel and I love it. Your language skills and knowledge are commendable. You are definitely one of the real teachers on KZhead. I do hope to meet you one day. Sincerely, Robin Shaw
Thank you so much, Robin, for your beautiful comment. I really appreciate your words. I hope to meet you too!!
@@hadar.shemesh Hello! Thank you for the video. Is the letter T at the end of the word "Street" a stop t?
I'm an English teacher, too. This is amazing! thanks for sharing!!!
You’re right now I’m practicing the Y and J, the B and V, the R, the H, the st, the Th👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you so much Hadar for this video. Now I know why native English speaker having a hard time understanding when I speak. God Bless you.
Thanks so much. Regards from Argentina 🇦🇷❤️
Maravilloso... thumps up!
I make a lot of these mistakes but was not aware of it until I saw your video!☺️
This was wonderful!
Love it. I was looking for this. Nice. I know what I am going to do this break
I am a Spanish speaker and you have those Spanish sounds down pat , I’ve been pronouncing the word “ street” as “e street” forever until I watched your video. Thanks for all your videos, they’ve been very helpful
Very nice video. Thank you for the tips. I would love to watch a similar video related to Portuguese speakers...
I am amazed of how Hadar is a dedicated teacher. I can this a calling she answered from God very committed. God bless you I paid for English teaching for sometime. I got nothing close to this. Wow.
Hi from Chile... Thanks for your video... The practics that is all
Please ma'am, would you mind making a review video on the pronunciation of the R sound accompanied with diphtongs and vowels. Thank you so much for everuthing!
Hi Hadar, it is great to hear from you again, you mentioned a vital tool when it comes to tell if you're pronouncing the words as they should. In my case, I talk the word to google, If it repeats it back the same word, it means I am pronouncing the right word, otherwise I keep trying, if there is not success I let it for some other day.
You're the best teacher in the whole world. Thank you very much!
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What an amazing video. I'm an spanish speaker from Chile who live in New Zealand, and I have been following your videos for many months, and of course hundreds of videos of others, and this video is quite impressive. I have seen similar ones, but the way that you explain and imitate each mistake is superb. I would like to have "one day" my pronunciation as clear as yours. Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much for your beautiful words! Are you a part of our community? Come practice with us!! theaccentsway.com/fluency-challenge/
thanks Hadar really you are a great teacher..I like your way ^^
You are my heroin, my inspiration. Your pronunciation is like music. A friend of mine who was born in the States said your pronunciation is spot on. You are an amazing teacher. I will brush up on this video to improve my pronunciation.
very accurate. great video!
Nailed it!! Those are the most common mistakes we spanish speakers have, it is fun I was wondering last weekend: "if someone could clearly show me the difference between sounds I could do better" and here you are...out of the blue you appeared on Instagram and here I am. I'm going to practice during the day these sounds to get my tongue used to this new sounds. I'm tired people sometimes don't understand what I say and I gotta repeat 😅. Excellent video, cheers.
Thanks a lot for this video
Thank for the advice, You deserve more views and popularity.
You chose the Sheet /ʃit/ and Shit /ʃɪt/ minimal pair as an example. You are my hero!!
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Excellent teacher, good job....congratulation, one day I will speak clearly as you ...thanks so much......................................
You’re right, it’s not just me but I heard other Latinos doing the same mistake and it is not saying the word completely to the end. Like mind, I worked, start, started, game. Thank you so much for your help. Please don’t stop making videos. I watch your videos every week including the oldest one. I live in the USA also went to college and the frustration is that, the education system here forget to include the pronunciation part. Pronunciation is so fundamental to speak
Finding your videos today made my day... I really like your method and the way you make it easier for everybody. Thanks for doing this.
By the way, I’m a spanish speaker so this video was a blast!!!
You are absolutely right... I'm making that mistakes.... Thanks.... I got it now...