two LL -sounds like english letter "J"
when i encountered spanish speaker, he asked me a question, which at first, i wasn't able to answer right away..
He asked me "como te llamas" which i heard like, como te "jamas".... does double "LL" sounds like english letter "j"?
3 Answers
The sound of 'll' is different in many countries. Some pronounce it like our English 'y', others with a 'j' sound but with varying 'hardness'. To my ear, some of the South Americans (deeper south & closer to Brazil) almost say it with a 'zh' sound. You will encounter this with other consonant sounds as well. The 's' or 'c'/s sound in the Spanish of Spain sounds more like a "th" to me, where the 'c'/s sound here in Chile is more like the 's' ( not when 'c' makes the 'k' sound).
The consonant sounds in Spanish vary much like the vowel sounds do in English. The way a person from California says a word is totally different from someone in the deep south of the U.S.A. It is more because of the way that English speakers say their vowels that give the spoken language an accent. The way that consonants are pronounced in Spanish gives the different accents in the Spanish spoken language.
My son learned to say his 'll" in Chile and uses a "y' sound. However, in his university Spanish class, taught by a Puerto Rican, she insisted on the "j" sound. It just depends. Be aware and enjoy the variety.
The sound is quite diferent. Perhaps you talked to angentino men. In Argentina the sound of "ll" it´s stronger. it sound like "y" but no whit "J".
El sonido es muy diferente. Quizás hablaste con un argentino. En Argentina el sonido de la "ll" lo pronuncian muy fuerte, y puede sonar como una "Y" pero creo que no como una "J".
¿Que nacionalidad tenía la persona con la que hablaste ?
It depends on the word and local (Costa Rica), I guess it is one of the few eceptions in Spanish.
For "llave" the english phonic is yavay.
For "lluvia" the english phonic is juvia.
