tengo muchas preguntan

Question

I am only learning spanish on this site so forgive me if you think theese are stupid questions 1.Did I pluraelize pregutar properly? & if I asked tha question wrong how should I have said it. 2,Are ALL words begining with v said with a b 3 If I said I walked to the shops & things like that would I use past part pret or imp That will do for now Please answer in English

They are not stupid questions. :) Welcome to the forum and good luck with your Spanish. =D - NikkiLR, Mar 8, 2012

Answer 1

Guimmy's is correct when he says, "All Spanish speaking countries make no difference in pronunciation. V and B are pronounced the same."

Welcome to the forum, Garry.

Some corrections in English for you;

I am only learning Spanish on this site so forgive me if you think these are stupid questions. 1.Did I pluralize "preguntar" properly? And if I asked that question wrong, how should I have said it? 2. Are ALL words begining with v said with a b? 3. If I said I walked to the shops and things like that, would I use past participal, preterit or imperfect? That will do for now. Please answer in English.

Answer 2

1. No, you should have used the noun pregunta instead of the verb preguntar. So the correct form would be 'Tengo muchas preguntas'.

2. It is just a kind of dialect, some spanish speakers pronounce the v as a b. But in other parts a v is spoken as a v.

3. It depends on the situation. If you for example want to say you walked to the shop and then bought a t-shirt you can use the preterito. Whereas if you want to say that you habitually walked to the shop you'll use the imperfecto.

Answer 3

It is just a kind of dialect, which the Catalans are using, they tend to pronounce the v as a b. But in other parts a v is spoken as a v.

This is not so. All Spanish speaking countries make no difference in pronunciation. V and B are pronounced the same.

Look at this old thread, where you have a lot of excellent native speakers' answers (several of these natives have left SD for a better place, so you don't see them now here) and you'll learn a lot about this subject.

Yeah, might be the thing because I'm non native english speaker and are more used to this kind of similar sounding letters. Though you will always do well if you pronounce v as a b that's right. But I still think some people are doing it more than others. - tombot, Mar 8, 2012

I hear them pronounce differently... - NikkiLR, Mar 8, 2012

Well, not by everyone, though. - NikkiLR, Mar 8, 2012

@00d312f5, whoever you are or were. There's no better site than SD to learn Spanish. - francobollo, Sep 3, 2012

Answer 4

in spain the V and B are pronounced the same . In South america and on SD , they are different . v like v in english .

Not correct. I'm from South America. I'll give you SD, because most of people here are English native speakers learning Spanish, and they believe they must be pronounced different. - - 00d312f5, Mar 8, 2012

thanks for the correction - marineroloco, Mar 9, 2012

Answer 5

The correct phrasing of your question depends, at least in part, on exactly what you mean to say. The usual way to politely phrase an interruption preliminary to asking questions would be as tombot suggests, "Tengo muchas preguntas." saying literally "I have many questions." This would also be what you might think to yourself if you suspect someone's motives, the nature of a business transaction or a conman's pitch, right? On the other hand, if someone asked you, "What happened in Spanish class?" you might want to answer, "Pregunté muchas cuestiones." [I asked a lot of questions.] or, "Todavia tengo una pregunta." depending on whether you "have" some questions or "asked" them or just thought of them.