Re: Question about Spanish language

2014-11-03 Thread Anton Meixome
2014-11-03 16:21 GMT+01:00 R.J. Baars : > It was not exactly what I was trying to ask. > > I will try again. Are there words that have ll sounding just like two l's > and not like 'll? > Same for rr and ch? > No, in spanish there aren't two l+l sounding as -l- or double -l- . Are diferent phonemes

Re: Question about Spanish language

2014-11-03 Thread Xavi Ivars
2014-11-03 16:21 GMT+01:00 R.J. Baars : > It was not exactly what I was trying to ask. > > I will try again. Are there words that have ll sounding just like two l's > and not like 'll? > Same for rr and ch? > > No, when you find "ll" it never sounds like two "l" (and that's why "salir+le" cannot b

Re: Question about Spanish language

2014-11-03 Thread R.J. Baars
It was not exactly what I was trying to ask. I will try again. Are there words that have ll sounding just like two l's and not like 'll? Same for rr and ch? Ruud > Yes, > > Are different -r- and -rr- or -l- and -ll- > > caro / carro > alegar / allegar > > Note: > There isn't rr- at the beginning

Re: Question about Spanish language

2014-11-03 Thread Anton Meixome
Yes, Are different -r- and -rr- or -l- and -ll- caro / carro alegar / allegar Note: There isn't rr- at the beginning of any word but there is word with l- or ll- (legar/llegar) Is this what are you questioning? 2014-11-03 14:40 GMT+01:00 R.J. Baars : > It may b a bit off-topic, but does anyo

Re: Question about Spanish language

2014-11-03 Thread R.J. Baars
I guess this is about the same as the Dutch 'ch' It is pronounced (more or less) as a 'g', unless is it is a coïncidence of stuc+hel, from two separate compounds of a word. In Dutch, ch is in both cases written as 2 letters. In Spanish, this seems to be the same for LL and RR since 1992. Long ago.

Re: Question about Spanish language

2014-11-03 Thread R.J. Baars
Thanks a lot... Ruud > Hi, > > I'm not sure I understand the question. > > In Spanish LL and RR are usually double letters o digraphs except in a few > cases. > > RR are two independent letters when they come from adding a prefix to a > word: inter+relacionar = interrelacionar; hiper+realismo =h

Re: Question about Spanish language

2014-11-03 Thread Xesús González Rato
Nowadays they are double letters. But they are pronnounced distinct, it is the same case as with the CH. About 15 years ago the Spanish Academy of Language changed that. Before, they were individual letters. El 3/11/2014 14:41, "R.J. Baars" escribió: > It may b a bit off-topic, but does anyone h

Re: Question about Spanish language

2014-11-03 Thread Xavi Ivars
2014-11-03 15:13 GMT+01:00 Jaume Ortolà i Font : > Hi, > > I'm not sure I understand the question. > > In Spanish LL and RR are usually double letters o digraphs except in a few > cases. > > RR are two independent letters when they come from adding a prefix to a > word: inter+relacionar = interrel

Re: Question about Spanish language

2014-11-03 Thread Jaume Ortolà i Font
Hi, I'm not sure I understand the question. In Spanish LL and RR are usually double letters o digraphs except in a few cases. RR are two independent letters when they come from adding a prefix to a word: inter+relacionar = interrelacionar; hiper+realismo =hiperrealismo, etc. But the spelling of

Question about Spanish language

2014-11-03 Thread R.J. Baars
It may b a bit off-topic, but does anyone here know the answer to this question? Spanish has the double letters LL and RR. Does that mean that every LL and RR is a double letter, or is it possible these are 2 single characters languagewise? Ruud ---