Spanish ............................................Prounounce
It................................English
.......................................................(Emphasis
on bold-faced syllable)
A few words to describe your friends:
rico, pobre.....................................................
rree-koh, poh-breh ...................................rich,
poor
viejo, joven ....................................................vee-ay-hoh,
hoh-ben ................................old, young
gordo, delgado ...............................................gore-doh,
del-gah-doh............................. fat, slender
perezoso, trabajador....................................... peh-reh-so-soh,
trah-bah-hah-dore ..........lazy, hard-worker
generoso, tacaño ............................................heh-neh-ro-soh,
tah-kahn-yoh ..................generous, stingy
inteligente, tonto ............................................een-tell-ee-hen-teh,
tone-toh .....................intelligent, foolish
simpático, feo...............................................
seem-pah-tee-koh, fay-oh .........................nice,
ugly
¿Cómo es su suegra?.....................................
koh-moh ess soo sweh-grah? ...................What is your
mother-in-law like?
Mi suegra es rica............................................
mee sweh-grah ess rree-kah .......................My
mother-in-law is rich
y generosa. .....................................................ee
heh-neh-ro-sah .......................................and
generous.
(In the words above, change the final o to a to describe a female
friend. Words not ending in o stay the same for describing male
and female friends. An exception is trabajador, which becomes
trabajadora.)