the nonsense in spanish

Question

I have noticed that certain things in spanish are no consistent. 1. spanish diphongs 2. The "G" pronunciation. Let's pick word "conseguir" . Why do us spanish speakers pronounce it without the "ui" diphong. We skip the "u" and only pronounce the "i" So it comes out sounding like the english word "gear" instead of "gwer" which is how we are supposed pronounce it according the the diphong rules. secondly, so sense we like to skip the "u" in the word "conseguir" the "g" should have an english "H" sound sense the "g" comes before a "i". There are many other things that make no sense but i don't want to fry my brain at this moment.

Thanks, Guellermo

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Answer 1

I have noticed that certain things in spanish are no consistent..... There are many other things that make no sense

You mean like we have in English?

Such as, the pronunciation of tough, through, borough, etc.? Or maybe the prepositions, e.g., on the bus, in the car, at the store, etc.?

:) agread Ime Kwite shure - ian-hill, Aug 21, 2012

Jeje :)))) - Cordobesa, Aug 21, 2012

exactly!! like englinsh - cubano83, Aug 21, 2012

Answer 2

As a self-proclaimed polyglot, I can say Spanish is inherently rather kind towards non-natives. I mean, in that particular sense: it is quite consistent and makes a lot of sense, most of the times. At least in comparison to the other languages I speak.

yep - ian-hill, Aug 21, 2012

thats true! - cubano83, Aug 21, 2012