Spanish pronounciations
First of all, thank you for sharing a lovely site..... Hubby and I will be headed for Machu Picchu this February 2013. I would like to be able to pronounce some of the areas we will be visiting, can someone help?
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Wow, that's wonderful! I also often have this pronunciation problem in Spanish languages. In this case, take the help of guides to know local words. Happy Journey to you!!!!!!!!
You will be impressed by the professionalism of the Peruvian certified tour guides. They will be able to teach you all the pronunciations you will need.
It would help us if we knew what background, if any, you have in Spanish but, here is a start. First of all the pronunciation of the vowels and explanation of this can only be approximately described in writng. Also, the vowels are always pronounced this way.
a - like ah! - short, not draw out, e - like the 'e' in cafe, i - like the e sound in see, o - like the o in show, u - like the o in do, never like the 'yu' sound in usual or university.
Machu Picchu is above the Urubamba - (ewrewbamba) valley in Peru (payroo). near Cuzco (kuzco). There are many stone houses (muchas casas de piedra - casas day peeaydra) and cerimonial temples (templos ceremoniales - tayplos sayraymonialays). This a brief start and like i said the pronunciations can one be approxiimated this way.
However, I think you if you are on a guided tour, it will be likely be in English. We have been on several tours in various parts of the world where we were the only native English speakers in the group but the tour was done in English.
