Pronunciation of Albahaca
I've just completed Lesson 4.2, and I was surprised to hear an h sounded in al albahaca (you'll hear it twice between 4.48 and 5.15 secs).
I checked in the Dictionary, but it's one of those recordings that are a bit stuttery so it didn't help. Looking further I find it pronounced with no sounding of the h.
I wondered if Paralee was using the Arabic pronunciation, so I looked that up as well - however, the Spanish version of this herb's name has been a little mutated!
Arabic - al?abáqa so that's no help.
Thanks in advance for your assistance. 
Also, apologies if this has already been mentioned - I did a search in the forum and found nothing.
6 Answers
Entre aquí y escribe una frase que contenga la palabra "albahaca", por ejemplo "Añadí un poco de albahaca". Luego, haz click en SP->EN y cuando recibas la traducción, haz click en el icono de un auricular 
por encima de la frase española. Así puedes escuchar la frase.
It should be pronounced alba'aca, or with a slight aspiration in place of "h", but not a "real h".
HI Sally, listen to this one, only the word, Spanish from Spain, this is exactly as we say it.
If you want a really good sound track go to WR, the voices are real, not machines
You don't get all words but the ones you get are great.
I'm adding a link to this discussion in Paralee's thread on video errors.
Thinks: how many more words are there like this? The only thing that comes to mind is "almohada" and a couple of derivatives but surely there should be more. Oddly enough I was wondering only the other day what basil (= albahaca) is called in Spanish.
The "h" should be silent. Paralee is pronouncing it wrong.
Gracias a todos.
