When to use the letter b
the letter b is used with all the verbs with the ending ¨ber,bir,example beber,recibir as always there are exceptions,volver,precaver, hervir,servir,vivir.
Before consonants, eg.blanco,brasa,obtuso,....etc......
After the syllables ending with the letter "M" example, cambio,ambos,trombón....etc
after cu,nu, ur..example......cubo,Nubia,turba Woords that start with the syllables,bu,bur,bus,bibl,example,bufon,burgomastre,búsqueda,bibliogarfia,the exceptions are,vuestro,vuestra,vusco.
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I have just been looking through yet another explanation of pronunciation in my new Collins Unabridged (Universal is in the name somewhere
) electronic dictionary (with which I am very pleased, by the way!)
I do not know if you are going to be helping us more with understanding which to choose when we hear and must write, i.e., spell, I hope so!!!
In any case, with regards to the pronunciation, besides the excellent description provided here by Lazarus1907, b/v is described in my new dictionary this way:
b, v
These two letters have the same value in Spanish. There are two distinct pronunciations depending on position and context:
[b]
At the start of the breath group and after the written letters m and n (pronounced [m]) the sound is like the English b
bomba boda enviar
[?] In all other positions the sound is between an English b and v in which the lips do not quite meet (called a bilabial fricative, a sound unknown in English) haba severo yo voy de Vigo
Of course none of that helps one spell the words correctly, so your post is very much appreciated.
