The most difficult sounds of Spanish for non-native speakers?

Question

What are the most difficult sounds of Spanish for non-native speakers? And the most difficult words?

Answer 1

Also g which is the only letter that seems to have significantly different pronunciations in different words like ángel, guardián, and others. Actually, ángel is one of the most difficult words for me to pronounce which is problematic because my wife actually is mi guardián ángel.

• ángel guardián - :) - InésDelRío Apr 20, 2010
• No tildes over the "a" in English. angel, guardian. Also.."my" guardian angel. - MexGuy Apr 20, 2010
• g is my problem also :( - cheeseisyumm Apr 20, 2010

Answer 2

Depends on the person's native language. English speakers tend to obsess over the pronunciations of 'b', 'll', 'r, 'rr', and 'y'. In fact, however, what usually marks an English speaker as such (when speaking Spanish) is the pronunciation of the vowels.

• Agree, 100% - LeslieW Apr 22, 2010

Answer 3

I think for non-native speakers is the sound "r" in words such as Ferrocarril, buro/burro, perro/pero.. And in other cases is the sound of "x", it has different sounds, Xochitl /Sochitl/, Xalapa /jalapa/, Tuxpan /tukspan/, Mixiote /mishiote/

Answer 4

The rolling of the "rr" is hard to master, also the fact that "c" sometimes sounds like "sh" depending of the word and the region

Answer 5

Trilled r's.

Answer 6

"rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

Answer 7

The vowels are easy, but I have to remember to pronounce them correctly especially in congates.

Answer 8

Hi Morbo. For me the "ll" is difficult because I hear a lot of variation. I pronounce it like "yo" and hope it sounds okay.

Some difficult words, for me ...

acondicionamiento del aire -13 vowels (?) c'mon!!!

¿Bear-r-dad? - ¿verrdath? - ¿berradth? (intento decir verdad )

Saludos

Answer 9

Para mí, son "erre" y "ere". No tenía problemas con estos sonios cuando estudiaba español en el colegio, pero estudié japonés en la universidad y el sonido de "r" es muy distinto del sonido español y del sonido inglés. Ahora, porque practicaba japonés mucho más de español, mi "erre" y mi "ere" en español suenan como "r" en japonés. Para mí, es dificil dejar hacerlo.

También tengo problemas con palabras con "nr" como "honrado" y "rl" como "charlar".

Answer 10

g and y!!!